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Luis von Ahn

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Luis von Ahn (Spanish: [ˈlwis fon ˈan]; born 19 August 1978) is a Guatemalan-American entrepreneur and software developer. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. For these projects and others, von Ahn is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. von Ahn was a professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis von Ahn is the 173rd most popular computer scientist (up from 180th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Guatemala and the most popular Guatemalan Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Luis von Ahn ranks 173 out of 245. Before him are Brewster Kahle, Audrey Tang, Noga Alon, Edward F. Moore, Randy Pausch, and Andy Hertzfeld. After him are Bruce Schneier, Katie Bouman, Bassel Khartabil, David Marr, David Karp, and Peter Shor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Luis von Ahn ranks 234. Before him are Carmen Kass, Elisabetta Canalis, Sarit Hadad, Ha Jung-woo, Hayley Wickenheiser, and Kim Sa-rang. After him are Wang Liqin, Alena Šeredová, Geoffrey Arend, Louise Brown, Caucher Birkar, and Vagner da Silva Sarti.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Luis von Ahn ranks 37 out of 44. Before him are Ricardo Arjona (1964), Jimmy Morales (1969), José María Orellana (1872), Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (1932), Carlos Batres (1968), and Sandra Torres (1955). After him are Norma Cruz (1962), Thelma Aldana (1955), Carlos Ruiz (1979), Soluna Samay (1990), José Francisco Calí Tzay (1961), and Marco Pappa (1987).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Guatemala

Among computer scientists born in Guatemala, Luis von Ahn ranks 1. 

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