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Jon Postel

1943 - 1998

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Jonathan Bruce Postel (; August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998) was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards. He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series, for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jon Postel is the 234th most popular engineer (up from 246th in 2019), the 5,723rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,309th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Jon Postel ranks 234 out of 389. Before him are Seymour Cray, Johannes Winkler, Georgy Beriev, Benoît Fourneyron, Enrico Forlanini, and Béla Barényi. After him are Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, Eilmer of Malmesbury, Alfred Neubauer, René Panhard, Hidetsugu Yagi, and Arthur Rudolph.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jon Postel ranks 368. Before him are Valerie Thomas, Ling Liong Sik, Éva Marton, Lyudmila Bragina, Maceo Parker, and Wolfgang Nordwig. After him are Terry Venables, Juan Giménez, Joe Haldeman, Charles P. Thacker, John Bryson, and Emile Ardolino. Among people deceased in 1998, Jon Postel ranks 174. Before him are Victor Papanek, Jafar Sharif-Emami, António Ribeiro, Luis Cruz, Zezé Moreira, and Genrich Altshuller. After him are Konstantinos Kollias, Michèle Arnaud, Laila Schou Nilsen, Keith Newton, Julio César Britos, and Inge Scholl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jon Postel ranks 5,723 out of 20,380. Before him are John Stamos (1963), Harold D. Babcock (1882), Robert Darnton (1939), Raymond Cruz (1961), Don Felder (1947), and Grace Sherwood (1660). After him are Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Patti LuPone (1949), Joe E. Tata (1936), Mike Porcaro (1955), Marion Davies (1897), and Mark Cuban (1958).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Jon Postel ranks 19. Before him are Kelly Johnson (1910), Joseph Strauss (1870), Eugene Stoner (1922), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), Gene Kranz (1933), and Seymour Cray (1925). After him are Charles F. Brush (1849), Ed Heinemann (1908), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Aron Ralston (1975), Butler Lampson (1943), and Frances Spence (1922).

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