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Mike Godwin

1956 - Today

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Michael Wayne Godwin (born October 26, 1956) is an American attorney and author. He was the first staff counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and he created the Internet adage Godwin's law and the notion of an Internet meme. From July 2007 to October 2010, he was general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation. In March 2011, he was elected to the Open Source Initiative board. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Mike Godwin is the 6,051st most popular writer (up from 6,196th in 2024), the 10,383rd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,686th in 2019) and the 760th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Mike Godwin ranks 6,051 out of 7,302. Before him are Lin Carter, Aleksandr Volodin, Dmitri Prigov, August Alle, Katri Vala, and Danièle Sallenave. After him are Darren Shan, Frances Wright, Dmitry Gordon, Julian Symons, Kjell Ola Dahl, and Saroo Brierley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Mike Godwin ranks 474. Before him are Salvatore Bagni, František Jakubec, Steven Saylor, Rebecca Harms, Andrew Lesnie, and Ingvar Ambjørnsen. After him are Sofia Corban, Carol V. Robinson, Karel Jarolím, Jacek Wszoła, Dean Butler, and Steve Archibald.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Godwin ranks 10,385 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Motian (1931), Narada Michael Walden (1952), Robert Burks (1909), Billy Eckstine (1914), Dean Kamen (1951), and Matt Sydal (1983). After him are David M. Walker (1944), Aaron Neville (1941), Ron Livingston (1967), Jenny Slate (1982), Chace Crawford (1985), and DeHart Hubbard (1903).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mike Godwin ranks 760. Before him are Charles Brackett (1892), Tim O'Brien (1946), Amy Tan (1952), Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), Nicholas Meyer (1945), and Lin Carter (1930). After him are Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Chaz Bono (1969), Gustav Hasford (1947), Michael Swanwick (1950), Maxine Kumin (1925), and Eldridge Cleaver (1935).

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