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Edwin Catmull

1945 - Today

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Edwin Earl Catmull (born March 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist and animator who served as the co-founder of Pixar and the President of Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has been honored for his contributions to 3D computer graphics, including the 2019 ACM Turing Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Catmull is the 81st most popular computer scientist (down from 53rd in 2019), the 4,582nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,391st in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Edwin Catmull ranks 81 out of 245. Before him are Martin Fowler, Ian Murdock, Adi Shamir, Warren Weaver, Evelyn Berezin, and Ruzena Bajcsy. After him are Larry Tesler, Nolan Bushnell, Dana Scott, Jay Wright Forrester, Joseph Sifakis, and Martin Hellman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Edwin Catmull ranks 267. Before him are Dragan Holcer, Vernon Wells, Salvador Valdés Mesa, P. Chidambaram, José Manuel Fuente, and Joseph Delaney. After him are Jandira Martini, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Sheila, Larry Tesler, Sylvester Levay, and Cem Karaca.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Catmull ranks 4,582 out of 20,380. Before him are La Monte Young (1935), John Henninger Reagan (1818), Thomas Sowell (1930), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), and Joe Viterelli (1937). After him are Chris Hardwick (1971), James Forrestal (1892), Elliott Carter (1908), Ken Myers (1896), John Stagliano (1951), and Desireé Cousteau (1956).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Edwin Catmull ranks 47. Before him are Larry Wall (1954), Jef Raskin (1943), Richard M. Karp (1935), Fred Brooks (1931), Warren Weaver (1894), and Evelyn Berezin (1925). After him are Larry Tesler (1945), Nolan Bushnell (1943), Dana Scott (1932), Jay Wright Forrester (1918), Martin Hellman (1945), and Radia Perlman (1951).

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