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John Draper

1943 - Today

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John Thomas Draper (born March 11, 1943), also known as Captain Crunch, Crunch, or Crunchman after a toy boatswain's call whistle once given away in boxes of Cap'n Crunch breakfast cereal that for some years could be used to make free long distance phone calls, is an American computer programmer and former phone phreak. He is a widely known figure within the hacker and computer security community. He is primarily known as a colorful and unconventional figure in Silicon Valley history and lore. He befriended and influenced Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in the years before they founded Apple Computer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Draper is the 106th most popular computer scientist (down from 97th in 2019), the 321st most popular biography from Canada (down from 274th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, John Draper ranks 106 out of 245. Before him are Ed Roberts, Robin Milner, Alan Cox, Charles P. Thacker, Eric S. Raymond, and Stephen Wolfram. After him are Subhash Kak, Alan Cooper, Manuel Blum, Robert W. Floyd, John Hopcroft, and Jacques Vallée.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, John Draper ranks 387. Before him are Mick Jackson, Sanmao, Oliver North, Hélène Vincent, Daniel Kablan Duncan, and Donald Sumpter. After him are Perry Christie, Robert Crumb, Anthony R. Hunter, Peter Straub, Jamie Gillis, and Odilon Polleunis.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John Draper ranks 321 out of 1,622. Before him are Yassine Bounou (1991), Ann Rutherford (1917), Jason Priestley (1969), Anne Hébert (1916), Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), and George Hodgson (1893). After him are Marc Garneau (1949), Cobie Smulders (1982), David Shore (1959), John Vernon (1932), Carlyle S. Beals (1899), and Robert Joy (1951).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Canada

Among computer scientists born in Canada, John Draper ranks 4. Before him are James Gosling (1955), Brian Kernighan (1942), and Alfred Aho (1941). After him are Kenneth E. Iverson (1920), Rob Pike (1956), Maria Klawe (1951), and Gilles Brassard (1955).

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