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Jef Raskin

1943 - 2005

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Jef Raskin (born Jeff Raskin; March 9, 1943 – February 26, 2005) was an American human–computer interface expert who conceived and began leading the Macintosh project at Apple in the late 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jef Raskin is the 71st most popular computer scientist (down from 38th in 2019), the 4,206th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,710th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Jef Raskin ranks 71 out of 245. Before him are Jean Bartik, Ruth Teitelbaum, Robert C. Martin, Leonard Adleman, Larry Wall, and James H. Wilkinson. After him are Richard M. Karp, Fred Brooks, Alfred Aho, Martin Fowler, Ian Murdock, and Adi Shamir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jef Raskin ranks 256. Before him are Wilson da Silva Piazza, Osamu Dezaki, Maurice Bishop, Takaji Mori, Mie Hama, and Ilaiyaraaja. After him are Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Sly Stone, Robbie Robertson, Herman Van Springel, Scott Walker, and Roberto Rosato. Among people deceased in 2005, Jef Raskin ranks 122. Before him are Alain Bombard, Tilly Fleischer, Polina Astakhova, Edward Bunker, Link Wray, and George Mikan. After him are Leo Sternbach, Ronald Golias, Suzanne Flon, Zurab Zhvania, Alexander Gomelsky, and Zoran Mušič.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jef Raskin ranks 4,206 out of 20,380. Before him are Muse Watson (1948), Parry O'Brien (1932), William Bates (1860), Jerry Unser Jr. (1932), Robert Indiana (1928), and Karch Kiraly (1960). After him are Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), Robert David Hall (1947), Clara Barton (1821), Richard Belzer (1944), Steven Holl (1947), and Wilson Bentley (1865).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Jef Raskin ranks 42. Before him are Vernor Vinge (1944), Ron Rivest (1947), Jean Bartik (1924), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Leonard Adleman (1945), and Larry Wall (1954). After him are Richard M. Karp (1935), Fred Brooks (1931), Warren Weaver (1894), Evelyn Berezin (1925), Edwin Catmull (1945), and Larry Tesler (1945).

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