COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Leonard Adleman

1945 - Today

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Leonard Adleman (born December 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist. He is one of the creators of the RSA encryption algorithm, for which he received the 2002 Turing Award. He is also known for the creation of the field of DNA computing and coining the term computer virus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonard Adleman is the 68th most popular computer scientist (up from 69th in 2019), the 4,117th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,078th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Leonard Adleman ranks 68 out of 245. Before him are J. C. R. Licklider, Vernor Vinge, Ron Rivest, Jean Bartik, Ruth Teitelbaum, and Robert C. Martin. After him are Larry Wall, James H. Wilkinson, Jef Raskin, Richard M. Karp, Fred Brooks, and Alfred Aho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Leonard Adleman ranks 247. Before him are Richard Long, Maryla Rodowicz, Gabriela Andersen-Schiess, Steve Gadd, Joanna Cassidy, and Thilo Sarrazin. After him are Eric Roth, Shulamith Firestone, Sam Webb, Herman van Veen, Ian Stewart, and David Chase.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leonard Adleman ranks 4,117 out of 20,380. Before him are Ted Nelson (1937), Judith Miller (1948), McCoy Tyner (1938), Linda Yaccarino (1963), Big Boss Man (1963), and Andrew Cunanan (1969). After him are Carl Wilson (1946), Eric Roth (1945), Sewall Wright (1889), Patrick Wayne (1939), Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850), and Chrissie Hynde (1951).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Leonard Adleman ranks 40. Before him are Alan Perlis (1922), J. C. R. Licklider (1915), Vernor Vinge (1944), Ron Rivest (1947), Jean Bartik (1924), and Ruth Teitelbaum (1924). After him are Larry Wall (1954), Jef Raskin (1943), Richard M. Karp (1935), Fred Brooks (1931), Warren Weaver (1894), and Evelyn Berezin (1925).

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