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John Hopcroft

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John Edward Hopcroft (born October 7, 1939) is an American theoretical computer scientist. His textbooks on theory of computation (also known as the Cinderella book) and data structures are regarded as standards in their fields. He is a professor emeritus at Cornell University, co-director of the Center on Frontiers of Computing Studies at Peking University, and the director of the John Hopcroft Center for Computer Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Hopcroft is the 111th most popular computer scientist (down from 109th in 2019), the 6,248th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,874th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, John Hopcroft ranks 111 out of 245. Before him are Stephen Wolfram, John Draper, Subhash Kak, Alan Cooper, Manuel Blum, and Robert W. Floyd. After him are Jacques Vallée, Jan Koum, Robert Fano, Kenneth E. Iverson, Lynn Conway, and Danny Hillis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, John Hopcroft ranks 338. Before him are Egon Zimmermann, Abdelmajid Chetali, Charles Geschke, Jerry Allison, Lothar Metz, and Khin Nyunt. After him are Luigi Simoni, Joseph Vilsmaier, Adrienne Clarkson, Jacques Vallée, Friedel Lutz, and Michael Gothard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Hopcroft ranks 6,249 out of 20,380. Before him are Anita Bryant (1940), Kevin Schwantz (1964), Ida B. Wells (1862), Tobias Wolff (1945), Jason Becker (1969), and Kim Manners (1951). After him are Ron Silver (1946), Dorothy Stang (1931), Bessie Coleman (1892), Helen Merrill (1930), Gene Clark (1944), and Stephen Root (1951).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, John Hopcroft ranks 66. Before him are Marlyn Meltzer (1922), Ed Roberts (1941), Charles P. Thacker (1943), Eric S. Raymond (1957), Alan Cooper (1952), and Robert W. Floyd (1936). After him are Lynn Conway (1938), Danny Hillis (1956), Adele Goldberg (1945), Eugene Garfield (1925), Gil Amelio (1943), and David A. Huffman (1925).

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