COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Hal Finney

1956 - 2014

Photo of Hal Finney

Icon of person Hal Finney

Harold Thomas Finney II (May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014) was an American software developer. In his early career, he was credited as lead developer on several console games. He later worked for PGP Corporation. He was an early Bitcoin contributor, and received the first Bitcoin transaction from the currency's creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hal Finney is the 34th most popular computer scientist (up from 129th in 2019), the 2,129th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,965th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Hal Finney by language

Loading...

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Hal Finney ranks 34 out of 245. Before him are George Dantzig, Arthur Samuel, Edgar F. Codd, Ward Cunningham, Richard E. Stearns, and Sergey Brin. After him are Guido van Rossum, Tony Hoare, Ken Kutaragi, Maurice Wilkes, Charles Bachman, and Peter Naur.

Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Hal Finney ranks 63. Before him are Anthony Bourdain, Bakir Izetbegović, Ian Curtis, Imelda Staunton, Almazbek Atambayev, and La Toya Jackson. After him are Joan Allen, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, Jan Peter Balkenende, Milan Babić, Iveta Radičová, and El Risitas. Among people deceased in 2014, Hal Finney ranks 82. Before him are P. D. James, Mike Nichols, Milan Galić, Karl Albrecht, Henry Hartsfield, and Vladimir Beara. After him are Billy Milligan, B. K. S. Iyengar, Siegfried Lenz, Gabriel Axel, Jean-Luc Dehaene, and Alice Herz-Sommer.

Others Born in 1956

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2014

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Hal Finney ranks 2,129 out of 20,380. Before him are Greg Bell (1930), Walter Chrysler (1875), Martin Kove (1946), Christine Baranski (1952), Madeleine Stowe (1958), and J. Michael Straczynski (1954). After him are Ellery Harding Clark (1874), James Spader (1960), Susan Atkins (1948), Brion James (1945), John Turturro (1957), and Lou Gehrig (1903).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Hal Finney ranks 23. Before him are Vint Cerf (1943), Larry Page (1973), George Dantzig (1914), Arthur Samuel (1901), Ward Cunningham (1949), and Richard E. Stearns (1936). After him are Charles Bachman (1924), Ivan Sutherland (1938), Steve Russell (1937), Kevin Mitnick (1963), David Patterson (1947), and Thomas E. Kurtz (1928).

American born Computer Scientists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous