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Ivan Sutherland

1938 - Today

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Ivan Edward Sutherland (born May 16, 1938) is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer, widely regarded as a pioneer of computer graphics. His early work in computer graphics as well as his teaching with David C. Evans in that subject at the University of Utah in the 1970s was pioneering in the field. Sutherland, Evans, and their students from that era developed several foundations of modern computer graphics. He received the Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery in 1988 for the invention of the Sketchpad, an early predecessor to the sort of graphical user interface that has become ubiquitous in personal computers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Sutherland is the 42nd most popular computer scientist (down from 15th in 2019), the 2,741st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,283rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Ivan Sutherland ranks 42 out of 245. Before him are Tony Hoare, Ken Kutaragi, Maurice Wilkes, Charles Bachman, Peter Naur, and Ole-Johan Dahl. After him are Luigi Federico Menabrea, Steve Russell, Kevin Mitnick, David Patterson, Thomas E. Kurtz, and Mary Kenneth Keller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ivan Sutherland ranks 144. Before him are Robert Smithson, Gerry Byrne, Karin Dor, Guy Roux, Arsen Dedić, and Shotaro Ishinomori. After him are Willy Claes, Aslan Abashidze, Rocco Granata, Zbigniew Religa, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, and Oscar Robertson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ivan Sutherland ranks 2,741 out of 20,380. Before him are Mitch McConnell (1942), Bo Diddley (1928), John Sullivan (1740), R. Kelly (1967), Donald Glover (1983), and Nancy Kassebaum (1932). After him are Tanya Roberts (1955), Richard Ford (1944), Gloria Steinem (1934), Paul Revere (1735), Alfred Vail (1807), and Virginia Cherrill (1908).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Ivan Sutherland ranks 25. Before him are George Dantzig (1914), Arthur Samuel (1901), Ward Cunningham (1949), Richard E. Stearns (1936), Hal Finney (1956), and Charles Bachman (1924). After him are Steve Russell (1937), Kevin Mitnick (1963), David Patterson (1947), Thomas E. Kurtz (1928), Mary Kenneth Keller (1913), and Allen Newell (1927).

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