GAME DESIGNER

Jeff Kaplan

1972 - Today

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Jeffrey Kaplan is an American video game designer and former vice president of Blizzard Entertainment, a position he held until he left the company in 2021. He designed elements of World of Warcraft and is the former lead director of Overwatch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeff Kaplan is the 43rd most popular game designer (up from 66th in 2024), the 11,343rd most popular biography from United States (up from 15,762nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Jeff Kaplan ranks 43 out of 77. Before him are John Romero, Yuji Horii, Tetsuya Nomura, Dave Arneson, Yuji Naka, and Tim Cain. After him are Mike Harrington, Toshihiro Nagoshi, Scott Cawthon, Jens Bergensten, Johan Andersson, and Ron Gilbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Jeff Kaplan ranks 379. Before him are Abel Korzeniowski, Laurent Binet, Michał Żebrowski, Claudia Black, Stephen Glass, and Mark Hoppus. After him are Masahiro Ando, Hamdi Ulukaya, Nikolaj Arcel, Colin Ferguson, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, and Andrew Holness.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Kaplan ranks 11,345 out of 20,380. Before him are Jimmy Carl Black (1938), Charles Eastman (1858), Ryan Dunn (1977), Dave Franco (1985), Christie Pearce (1975), and Artis Gilmore (1949). After him are Kevin Williamson (1965), Lloyd Price (1933), Chuck Peddle (1937), Steven Lisberger (1951), Jeff Dunham (1962), and Brandi Rhodes (1983).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Jeff Kaplan ranks 13. Before him are Steve Jackson (1953), Carol Shaw (1955), Will Wright (1960), Roberta Williams (1953), John Romero (1967), and Dave Arneson (1947). After him are Scott Cawthon (1971), Ron Gilbert (1964), Ed Boon (1964), Jordan Mechner (1964), Mark Cerny (1964), and John Tobias (1969).

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