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Kees Schouhamer Immink

1946 - Today

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Kornelis Antonie "Kees" Schouhamer Immink (born 18 December 1946) is a Dutch engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, who pioneered and advanced the era of digital audio, video, and data recording, including popular digital media such as compact disc (CD), DVD and Blu-ray disc. He has been a prolific and influential engineer, who holds more than 1100 U.S. and international patents. A large portion of the commonly used audio and video playback and recording devices use technologies based on his work. His contributions to coding systems assisted the digital video and audio revolution, by enabling reliable data storage at information densities previously unattainable. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kees Schouhamer Immink is the 795th most popular physicist (down from 749th in 2019), the 987th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 908th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Dutch Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Kees Schouhamer Immink ranks 795 out of 851. Before her are Abhay Ashtekar, Jeffrey Goldstone, Edward C. Stone, Sverker Johansson, John Aitken, and Conyers Herring. After her are Werner Israel, Robert L. Forward, Daulat Singh Kothari, Mazlan Othman, Derek J. de Solla Price, and Hedwig Kohn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Kees Schouhamer Immink ranks 725. Before her are Manfred Zapf, Franz Fischler, Ian Wallace, Bruce Robinson, Adolfo Nef, and Yakov Eliashberg. After her are Anne-Marie Garat, Marv Wolfman, Pavel Chukhray, Jim Webb, Tony Hurt, and Alberto Quintano.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Kees Schouhamer Immink ranks 987 out of 1,646. Before her are Nikos Vertis (1976), Justin Kluivert (1999), Stan Valckx (1963), Melisa Aslı Pamuk (1991), Arthur Numan (1969), and Inge de Bruijn (1973). After her are Tom Dumoulin (1990), Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918), Jos Luhukay (1963), Loona (1974), Boy Hayje (1949), and Dick Schoenaker (1952).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Netherlands

Among physicists born in Netherlands, Kees Schouhamer Immink ranks 24. Before her are Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876), Balthasar van der Pol (1889), Abraham Pais (1918), Jan Burgers (1895), Dirk Coster (1889), and Antonius van den Broek (1870).

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