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Richard Garriott

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Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (né Garriott; born 4 July 1961) is a British-born American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut. Garriott, who is the son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, was originally a game designer and programmer, and is now involved in a number of aspects of computer-game development. On October 12, 2008, Garriott flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 mission to the International Space Station as a private astronaut, returning 12 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-12. He became the second space traveler, and first from the United States, to have a parent who was also a space traveler. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Garriott is the 182nd most popular computer scientist (down from 146th in 2019), the 5,372nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,421st in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Richard Garriott ranks 182 out of 245. Before him are Bassel Khartabil, David Marr, David Karp, Peter Shor, Jean E. Sammet, and Michael Dertouzos. After him are Rob Pike, Scott Fahlman, Grady Booch, Dave Cutler, Tim Paterson, and Robert Tappan Morris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Richard Garriott ranks 482. Before him are Kim Delaney, Yahiro Kazama, Toshinobu Katsuya, Bob Loughman, Katy Garbi, and Jorge Barrios. After him are Nia Peeples, Nick Chinlund, Deepak Tijori, Greg Gianforte, Konstantin Lavronenko, and Debbi Peterson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Garriott ranks 5,374 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Hill-Wood (1936), A. Edward Sutherland (1895), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), John McEnery (1943), Matthew Carter (1937), and Brian Kidd (1949). After him are Thomas C. Jerdon (1811), Jackie Burroughs (1939), Titus Oates (1649), Andy King (1988), William Dunbar (1460), and Lynne Frederick (1954).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United Kingdom

Among computer scientists born in United Kingdom, Richard Garriott ranks 16. Before him are Alan Cox (1968), Stephen Wolfram (1959), Karen Spärck Jones (1935), Demis Hassabis (1976), Kathleen Booth (1922), and David Marr (1945). After him are Gary McKinnon (1966), Andrew Morton (1959), Sophie Wilson (1957), and Stuart J. Russell (1962).

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