COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Robert Fano

1917 - 2016

Robert Fano

Roberto Mario "Robert" Fano (11 November 1917 – 13 July 2016) was an Italian-American computer scientist and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He became a student and working lab partner to Claude Shannon, whom he admired zealously and assisted in the early years of information theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Fano is the 114th most popular computer scientist (up from 120th in 2019), the 3,371st most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,547th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Robert Fano ranks 114 out of 245. Before him are Alan Cooper, Manuel Blum, Robert W. Floyd, John Hopcroft, Jacques Vallée, and Jan Koum. After him are Kenneth E. Iverson, Lynn Conway, Danny Hillis, Rasmus Lerdorf, Adele Goldberg, and Eugene Kaspersky.

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Alan Cooper
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 108
Manuel Blum
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 109
Robert W. Floyd
1936 - 2001
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 110
John Hopcroft
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 111
Jacques Vallée
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 112
Jan Koum
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 113
Robert Fano
1917 - 2016
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 114
Kenneth E. Iverson
1920 - 2004
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 115
Lynn Conway
1938 - 2024
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 116
Danny Hillis
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 117
Rasmus Lerdorf
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 118
Adele Goldberg
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 119
Eugene Kaspersky
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 120

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Robert Fano ranks 216. Before him are Helena Rasiowa, Christiane Rochefort, Kusuo Kitamura, Leandro Remondini, Isuzu Yamada, and Marion Donovan. After him are Ilse Steppat, Ossie Davis, Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Miroslav Brozović, Fritz Honegger, and Bagrat Shinkuba. Among people deceased in 2016, Robert Fano ranks 294. Before him are Paul Bley, Harry Wu, Doreen Massey, Tarık Akan, Leon Russell, and Joseph Keller. After him are Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Phyllis Schlafly, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Charmian Carr, Alan Young, and Alcindo.

Others Born in 1917

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Helena Rasiowa
MATHEMATICIAN
1917 - 1994
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 210
Christiane Rochefort
WRITER
1917 - 1998
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 211
Kusuo Kitamura
SWIMMER
1917 - 1996
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 212
Leandro Remondini
SOCCER PLAYER
1917 - 1979
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 213
Isuzu Yamada
ACTOR
1917 - 2012
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 214
Marion Donovan
INVENTOR
1917 - 1998
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 215
Robert Fano
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1917 - 2016
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 216
Ilse Steppat
ACTOR
1917 - 1969
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 217
Ossie Davis
ACTOR
1917 - 2005
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 218
Yahya Petra of Kelantan
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1979
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 219
Miroslav Brozović
SOCCER PLAYER
1917 - 2006
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 220
Fritz Honegger
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1999
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 221
Bagrat Shinkuba
POLITICIAN
1917 - 2004
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 222

Others Deceased in 2016

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Paul Bley
MUSICIAN
1932 - 2016
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 288
Harry Wu
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1937 - 2016
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 289
Doreen Massey
GEOGRAPHER
1944 - 2016
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 290
Tarık Akan
ACTOR
1949 - 2016
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 291
Leon Russell
SINGER
1942 - 2016
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 292
Joseph Keller
MATHEMATICIAN
1923 - 2016
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 293
Robert Fano
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1917 - 2016
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 294
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
POLITICIAN
1933 - 2016
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 295
Phyllis Schlafly
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1924 - 2016
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 296
Miriam Defensor Santiago
POLITICIAN
1945 - 2016
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 297
Charmian Carr
ACTOR
1942 - 2016
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 298
Alan Young
ACTOR
1919 - 2016
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 299
Alcindo
SOCCER PLAYER
1945 - 2016
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 300

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Robert Fano ranks 3,372 out of 5,161. Before him are Mario Perniola (1941), Raoul Bova (1971), Carlo Parola (1921), Gerino Gerini (1928), Giovanni Battista Giraldi (1504), and Angelo Di Livio (1966). After him are Pietro Participazio (939), Domenico Morosini (1080), Dante Ferretti (1943), Manius Aquillius (-101), Edoardo Menichelli (1939), and Italo Santelli (1866).

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Mario Perniola
PHILOSOPHER
1941 - 2018
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 3,366
Raoul Bova
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 3,367
Carlo Parola
SOCCER PLAYER
1921 - 2000
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 3,368
Gerino Gerini
RACING DRIVER
1928 - 2013
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 3,369
Giovanni Battista Giraldi
WRITER
1504 - 1574
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 3,370
Angelo Di Livio
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 3,371
Robert Fano
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1917 - 2016
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 3,372
Pietro Participazio
POLITICIAN
939 - 942
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 3,373
Domenico Morosini
POLITICIAN
1080 - 1156
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 3,374
Dante Ferretti
FILM DIRECTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 3,375
Manius Aquillius
POLITICIAN
101 BC - 88 BC
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 3,376
Edoardo Menichelli
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 3,377
Italo Santelli
FENCER
1866 - 1945
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 3,378