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Peter Norton

1943 - Today

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Peter Norton (born November 14, 1943) is an American programmer, software publisher, author, and philanthropist. He is best known for the computer programs and books that bear his name and portrait. Norton sold his software business to Symantec Corporation (now Gen Digital) in 1990. Norton was born in Aberdeen, Washington, and raised in Seattle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Norton is the 128th most popular computer scientist (down from 115th in 2019), the 7,169th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,263rd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Peter Norton ranks 128 out of 245. Before him are Liviu Librescu, Gil Amelio, Sergey Lebedev, David A. Huffman, Ivar Jacobson, and Karen Spärck Jones. After him are Edmund M. Clarke, E. Allen Emerson, Abraham Lempel, Bill Joy, Robert Taylor, and Christos Papadimitriou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Peter Norton ranks 464. Before him are Harm Ottenbros, Motiur Rahman Nizami, Kenichi Ohmae, Jonny Nilsson, Borislav Paravac, and Androulla Vassiliou. After him are Jacques-Pierre Amette, Bobby Keys, Juan Masnik, Harley Race, Joël Robert, and Silvia Cartwright.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Norton ranks 7,171 out of 20,380. Before him are Ken Starr (1946), Evan Peters (1987), Carolyn Porco (1953), Ralph Towner (1940), Mike Larrabee (1933), and William Bradford (1755). After him are Harrison Young (1930), Renée Fleming (1959), Edmund M. Clarke (1945), Warren Frost (1925), Thomas H. Ince (1880), and Philip Ahn (1905).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Peter Norton ranks 73. Before him are Lynn Conway (1938), Danny Hillis (1956), Adele Goldberg (1945), Eugene Garfield (1925), Gil Amelio (1943), and David A. Huffman (1925). After him are Edmund M. Clarke (1945), E. Allen Emerson (1954), Bill Joy (1954), Robert Taylor (1932), Jack Dongarra (1950), and Andy Rubin (1963).

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