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Liviu Librescu

1930 - 2007

Liviu Librescu

Liviu Librescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈlivju liˈbresku]; Hebrew: ליביו ליברסקו; August 18, 1930 – April 16, 2007) was a Romanian–American scientist and engineer. A prominent academic in addition to being a survivor of the Holocaust, his major research fields were aeroelasticity and aerodynamics. Librescu is most widely known for his actions during the Virginia Tech shooting, when he held the doors to his lecture hall closed, allowing all but one of his students enough time to escape through the windows. Shot and killed during the attack, Librescu was posthumously awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, the country's highest civilian honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Liviu Librescu is the 122nd most popular computer scientist (down from 96th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from Romania (down from 297th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Liviu Librescu ranks 122 out of 245. Before him are Lynn Conway, Danny Hillis, Rasmus Lerdorf, Adele Goldberg, Eugene Kaspersky, and Eugene Garfield. After him are Gil Amelio, Sergey Lebedev, David A. Huffman, Ivar Jacobson, Karen Spärck Jones, and Peter Norton.

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Lynn Conway
1938 - 2024
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 116
Danny Hillis
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 117
Rasmus Lerdorf
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 118
Adele Goldberg
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 119
Eugene Kaspersky
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 120
Eugene Garfield
1925 - 2017
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 121
Liviu Librescu
1930 - 2007
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 122
Gil Amelio
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 123
Sergey Lebedev
1902 - 1974
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 124
David A. Huffman
1925 - 1999
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 125
Ivar Jacobson
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 126
Karen Spärck Jones
1935 - 2007
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 127
Peter Norton
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 128

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Liviu Librescu ranks 393. Before him are David Amram, Theodore Freeman, Hector Bianciotti, John Alcott, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, and Little Walter. After him are Egon Bondy, Chris Barber, Morgana King, Jean Tabary, Elmira Minita Gordon, and Tony Madigan. Among people deceased in 2007, Liviu Librescu ranks 253. Before him are Frankie Laine, Betty Hutton, Nicolae Dobrin, Frane Matošić, Dumitru Pârvulescu, and Chrisye. After him are Egon Bondy, Helen Walton, Maurice Boitel, Klausjürgen Wussow, Julius Wess, and Ellen Preis.

Others Born in 1930

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David Amram
MUSICIAN
1930 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 387
Theodore Freeman
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 1964
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 388
Hector Bianciotti
WRITER
1930 - 2012
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 389
John Alcott
FILM DIRECTOR
1930 - 1986
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 390
Christian Schwarz-Schilling
POLITICIAN
1930 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 391
Little Walter
SINGER
1930 - 1968
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 392
Liviu Librescu
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1930 - 2007
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 393
Egon Bondy
PHILOSOPHER
1930 - 2007
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 394
Chris Barber
MUSICIAN
1930 - 2021
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 395
Morgana King
ACTOR
1930 - 2018
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 396
Jean Tabary
COMIC ARTIST
1930 - 2011
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 397
Elmira Minita Gordon
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2021
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 398
Tony Madigan
ATHLETE
1930 - 2017
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 399