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John McAfee

1945 - 2021

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John David McAfee ( MAK-ə-fee; 18 September 1945 – 23 June 2021) was a British and American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and in 2020. In 1987, he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software, founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation. He resigned in 1994 and sold his remaining stake in the company. McAfee became the company's most vocal critic in later years, urging consumers to uninstall the company's anti-virus software, which he characterized as bloatware. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John McAfee is the 162nd most popular businessperson (down from 129th in 2019), the 1,189th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 918th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, John McAfee ranks 162 out of 847. Before him are Larry Flynt, Lorenzo Sanz, Armand Peugeot, Cyrus West Field, Ratan Tata, and Stanley Ho. After him are Chaleo Yoovidhya, Harvey S. Firestone, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Ethan Allen, Chandrashekhar Agashe, and Yingluck Shinawatra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, John McAfee ranks 117. Before him are Bubba Smith, Catherine Spaak, Bill Weld, Elis Regina, Bob Klose, and Patch Adams. After him are Kim Carnes, Anatoly Fomenko, Birendra of Nepal, Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Jeffrey C. Hall, and Milo Manara. Among people deceased in 2021, John McAfee ranks 91. Before him are Kim Yong-ju, Mamnoon Hussain, Bernard Tapie, Jean-Luc Nancy, George Jung, and Carolyn S. Shoemaker. After him are Richard Donner, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Ronald DeFeo Jr., Christa Ludwig, Abdelkader Bensalah, and Max Mosley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John McAfee ranks 1,189 out of 8,785. Before him are Lobsang Rampa (1910), Charles George Gordon (1833), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), Francis Walsingham (1532), Richard J. Roberts (1943), and Francis Lee (1944). After him are Terry Jones (1942), Kenneth Clarke (1940), William Tyndale (1494), John Mayall (1933), Roddy McDowall (1928), and Robert Powell (1944).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, John McAfee ranks 12. Before him are Ron Dennis (1947), Stanley Rous (1895), J. Bruce Ismay (1862), David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), Brian Epstein (1934), and Thomas Cook (1808). After him are Thomas Lipton (1848), Henry Cole (1808), Vidal Sassoon (1928), David Icke (1952), Edward Cave (1691), and George Williams (1821).

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