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Fred Brooks

1931 - 2022

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Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr. (April 19, 1931 – November 17, 2022) was an American computer architect, software engineer, and computer scientist, best known for managing development of IBM's System/360 family of mainframe computers and the OS/360 software support package, then later writing candidly about those experiences in his seminal book The Mythical Man-Month. In 1976, Brooks was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to computer system design and the development of academic programs in computer sciences". Brooks received many awards, including the National Medal of Technology in 1985 and the Turing Award in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Brooks is the 73rd most popular computer scientist (down from 50th in 2019), the 4,245th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,306th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Fred Brooks ranks 73 out of 245. Before him are Robert C. Martin, Leonard Adleman, Larry Wall, James H. Wilkinson, Jef Raskin, and Richard M. Karp. After him are Alfred Aho, Martin Fowler, Ian Murdock, Adi Shamir, Warren Weaver, and Evelyn Berezin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Fred Brooks ranks 217. Before him are Takashi Ono, Tom Wesselmann, Manolo Escobar, Guido Messina, George Baker, and Klas Lestander. After him are Moshé Mizrahi, Dominique Lapierre, Andrew Hill, Scotty Moore, Bernard Francis Law, and Alda Merini. Among people deceased in 2022, Fred Brooks ranks 194. Before him are Man of the Hole, John Aniston, Zofia Posmysz, Joe Turkel, Rupiah Banda, and Herman Van Springel. After him are Eugene Parker, Kitten Natividad, Dominique Lapierre, Maarten Schmidt, Kunimitsu Takahashi, and Elza Soares.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Brooks ranks 4,245 out of 20,380. Before him are Scott Bakula (1954), Sarah Clarke (1972), Diane Venora (1952), Willa Cather (1873), Cassie Ventura (1986), and Richard M. Karp (1935). After him are Beatrice Straight (1914), Angelo Dundee (1921), David Petraeus (1952), Buddy Guy (1936), Vincent Pastore (1946), and Peter T. King (1944).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Fred Brooks ranks 44. Before him are Jean Bartik (1924), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Leonard Adleman (1945), Larry Wall (1954), Jef Raskin (1943), and Richard M. Karp (1935). After him are Warren Weaver (1894), Evelyn Berezin (1925), Edwin Catmull (1945), Larry Tesler (1945), Nolan Bushnell (1943), and Dana Scott (1932).

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