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Peter Chen
1947 - Today

Peter Chen
Chen Pin-Shan (Chinese: 陳品山; born 3 January 1947), also known by his English name Peter Chen, is a Taiwanese-American computer scientist and applied mathematician. He is a retired distinguished career scientist and faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University and Distinguished Chair Professor Emeritus at Louisiana State University. He is known for the development of the entity–relationship model in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Chen is the 316th most popular engineer (down from 289th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Taiwan (down from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Taiwanese Engineer.
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Among ENGINEERS
Among engineers, Peter Chen ranks 316 out of 389. Before him are Robert H. Dennard, Peter Schreyer, K. Eric Drexler, Ralph Bagnold, Marina Popovich, and Geoffrey de Havilland. After him are Sidney Darlington, Charles Combes, Preston Tucker, Yuri Artsutanov, Gordon Bell, and Arthur E. Kennelly.
Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsRobert H. Dennard
1932 - 2024
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 310
Peter Schreyer
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 311
K. Eric Drexler
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 312
Ralph Bagnold
1896 - 1990
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 313
Marina Popovich
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 314
Geoffrey de Havilland
1882 - 1965
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 315
Peter Chen
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 316
Sidney Darlington
1906 - 1997
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 317
Charles Combes
1801 - 1872
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 318
Preston Tucker
1903 - 1956
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 319
Yuri Artsutanov
1929 - 2019
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 320
Gordon Bell
1934 - 2024
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 321
Arthur E. Kennelly
1861 - 1939
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 322
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1947, Peter Chen ranks 621. Before him are Franz West, Ada Kok, Peter Wilson, Theda Skocpol, Rustam Kazakov, and Sony Lab'ou Tansi. After him are Richard Palmer-James, Ginny Duenkel, Nina Fyodorova, Fabián Alarcón, Alexander Yakushev, and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh.
Others Born in 1947
Go to all RankingsFranz West
SCULPTOR
1947 - 2012
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 615
Ada Kok
SWIMMER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 616
Peter Wilson
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 617
Theda Skocpol
SOCIOLOGIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 618
Rustam Kazakov
WRESTLER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 619
Sony Lab'ou Tansi
WRITER
1947 - 1995
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 620
Peter Chen
ENGINEER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 621
Richard Palmer-James
MUSICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 622
Ginny Duenkel
SWIMMER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 623
Nina Fyodorova
ATHLETE
1947 - 2019
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 624
Fabián Alarcón
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 625
Alexander Yakushev
HOCKEY PLAYER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 626
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
COMPOSER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 627
In Taiwan
Among people born in Taiwan, Peter Chen ranks 38 out of 116. Before him are Eric Chu (1961), Chen Chien-jen (1951), Ko Wen-je (1960), Han Kuo-yu (1957), Jolin Tsai (1980), and Chi Cheng (1944). After him are Sally Yeh (1961), Kai-Fu Lee (1961), Vivian Hsu (1975), Ruby Lin (1976), Justin Yifu Lin (1952), and Chang Chen (1976).
Others born in Taiwan
Go to all RankingsEric Chu
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 32
Chen Chien-jen
POLITICIAN
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 33
Ko Wen-je
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 34
Han Kuo-yu
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 35
Jolin Tsai
MUSICIAN
1980 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 36
Chi Cheng
ATHLETE
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 37
Peter Chen
ENGINEER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 38
Sally Yeh
SINGER
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 39
Kai-Fu Lee
BUSINESSPERSON
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 40
Vivian Hsu
ACTOR
1975 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 41
Ruby Lin
ACTOR
1976 - Present
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 42
Justin Yifu Lin
ECONOMIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 43
Chang Chen
ACTOR
1976 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 44
Among ENGINEERS In Taiwan
Among engineers born in Taiwan, Peter Chen ranks 1.