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John Cocke

1925 - 2002

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John Cocke (May 30, 1925 – July 16, 2002) was an American computer scientist at IBM and recognized for his large contribution to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Cocke is the 18th most popular computer scientist (up from 46th in 2019), the 1,372nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,148th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, John Cocke ranks 18 out of 245. Before him are Geoffrey Hinton, Niklaus Wirth, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Linus Torvalds, Ray Kurzweil, and Marvin Minsky. After him are Don Norman, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, John Backus, Ken Thompson, Alan Kay, and Dorothy Vaughan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, John Cocke ranks 75. Before him are Jean Tinguely, Michael Halliday, Joshua Lederberg, Frei Otto, Tom Gehrels, and John Pople. After him are Celia Cruz, József Bozsik, Claude Lanzmann, Alain Touraine, Michele Ferrero, and Veljko Kadijević. Among people deceased in 2002, John Cocke ranks 43. Before him are James Tobin, Jonas Savimbi, Zizinho, William Luther Pierce, Abu Nidal, and Xi Zhongxun. After him are Ne Win, Yoshio Okada, Eduardo Chillida, Raf Vallone, John Gotti, and René Thom.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Cocke ranks 1,372 out of 20,380. Before him are Dred Scott (1795), Sarah Jessica Parker (1965), Ron Howard (1954), Ben Carson (1951), Peter Agre (1949), and Irving Fisher (1867). After him are Nettie Stevens (1861), John F. Kelly (1950), Wesley Snipes (1962), Richard S. Castellano (1933), Edward Norton (1969), and Izzy Stradlin (1962).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, John Cocke ranks 10. Before him are Barbara Liskov (1939), Dennis Ritchie (1941), Frances E. Allen (1932), Donald Knuth (1938), Ray Kurzweil (1948), and Marvin Minsky (1927). After him are Don Norman (1935), Andrew S. Tanenbaum (1944), John Backus (1924), Ken Thompson (1943), Alan Kay (1940), and Dorothy Vaughan (1910).

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