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Robert Noyce

1927 - 1990

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Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968. He was also credited with the realization of the first monolithic integrated circuit or microchip made with silicon, which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name. Noyce founded The Noyce School of Applied Computing within the College of Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan awarded him the National Medal of Technology, and in 1989, he was inducted into the U.S. Business Hall of Fame, with President George H. W. Bush delivering the keynote. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Noyce is the 117th most popular inventor (down from 101st in 2019), the 1,786th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,229th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Inventor.

Robert Noyce was a co-founder of Intel Corporation, an American semiconductor company. He was also the co-inventor of the integrated circuit or microchip.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Robert Noyce ranks 117 out of 426. Before him are William Webb Ellis, Johann Philipp Reis, David Bushnell, Josiah Warren, Clément Ader, and Jacque Fresco. After him are James Hargreaves, Edmund Cartwright, Theobald Boehm, Franz Reichelt, Samuel Crompton, and Hans von Ohain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Robert Noyce ranks 84. Before him are César Milstein, Margot Honecker, Ibrahim Ferrer, Lee Grant, Hiroshi Yamauchi, and Victor Wong. After him are Jean-Claude Pascal, Kurt Masur, Steve Ditko, Rosemary Harris, R. D. Laing, and Günter Guillaume. Among people deceased in 1990, Robert Noyce ranks 51. Before him are Angelo Schiavio, Capucine, Viktor Tsoi, Ivan Serov, Aaron Copland, and John Stewart Bell. After him are Alexander Pechersky, Reinaldo Arenas, Delphine Seyrig, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Edward A. Murphy Jr., and Jill Ireland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Noyce ranks 1,786 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward C. Tolman (1886), George Carlin (1937), David Lane (1938), Jaco Pastorius (1951), Michael Rockefeller (1938), and Richard Axel (1946). After him are John Payne (1912), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), Henry J. Heinz (1844), Annie Leibovitz (1949), and Chris McCandless (1968).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Robert Noyce ranks 35. Before him are Leo Fender (1909), Elisha Otis (1811), Walter Hunt (1796), David Bushnell (1742), Josiah Warren (1798), and Jacque Fresco (1916). After him are George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), Percy Spencer (1894), Elisha Gray (1835), Elias Howe (1819), and Peter Cooper (1791).

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