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Richard Garfield

1963 - Today

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Richard Channing Garfield (born June 26, 1963) is an American mathematician, inventor, and game designer. Garfield created Magic: The Gathering, which is considered to be the first collectible card game (CCG). Magic debuted in 1993, and its success spawned many imitations. Garfield oversaw the successful growth of Magic and followed it with other game designs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Garfield is the 927th most popular mathematician (down from 853rd in 2019), the 11,011th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,758th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Richard Garfield ranks 927 out of 1,004. Before him are Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Caucher Birkar, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Fan Chung, and Evelyn Boyd Granville. After him are Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Barry Mazur, Béla Bollobás, Carl Pomerance, Antoni Zygmund, and Yakov Eliashberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Richard Garfield ranks 471. Before him are Cuca, José Basualdo, Dan Osman, Lotta Engberg, Anne Jahren, and Paul Oakenfold. After him are Toshiya Miura, Neil Burger, Igor Zhelezovski, Emi Shinohara, Ahmed Al-Maktoum, and Graham Norton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Garfield ranks 11,013 out of 20,380. Before him are Rikishi (1965), Charles Dumas (1937), Edward Egan (1932), Evelyn Venable (1913), Sam Balter (1909), and Robert Creeley (1926). After him are Baby Dodds (1898), Markie Post (1950), Bud Shank (1926), Edgar Buchanan (1903), Christian Serratos (1990), and Frank Henry (1909).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Richard Garfield ranks 83. Before him are Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), Clifford Truesdell (1919), Christine Darden (1942), David Blackwell (1919), Martin David Kruskal (1925), and Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924). After him are Barry Mazur (1937), Carl Pomerance (1944), Ormond Stone (1847), Cleve Moler (1939), Norman Johnson (1930), and David Singmaster (1938).

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