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Robert Tappan Morris

1965 - Today

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Robert Tappan Morris (born November 8, 1965) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating the Morris worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the Internet. Morris was prosecuted for releasing the worm, and became the first person convicted under the then-new Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). He went on to cofound the online store Viaweb, one of the first web applications, and later the venture capital funding firm Y Combinator, both with Paul Graham and Trevor Blackwell. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Tappan Morris is the 188th most popular computer scientist (down from 141st in 2019), the 12,011th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,182nd in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 188 out of 245. Before him are Richard Garriott, Rob Pike, Scott Fahlman, Grady Booch, Dave Cutler, and Tim Paterson. After him are Geir Ivarsøy, Sugata Mitra, Gary McKinnon, Maria Klawe, Brian Acton, and Ralph Merkle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 480. Before him are John Smith, Takumi Horiike, Kathryn Erbe, Frans Maassen, Alvis Hermanis, and Amos Mansdorf. After him are Danny Boffin, Aykut Kocaman, Norbert Röttgen, Katsumi Oenoki, Sonique, and Rei Sakuma.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 12,013 out of 20,380. Before him are Tracy Scoggins (1953), Edward Brophy (1895), Eric Rudolph (1966), Kenny Garrett (1960), Fred Ebb (1928), and Naya Rivera (1987). After him are Andrew Hampsten (1962), Thomas Corwin (1794), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), Jack Pierce (1962), David Draiman (1973), and Greg Valentine (1951).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 106. Before him are David Karp (1986), Peter Shor (1959), Jean E. Sammet (1928), Scott Fahlman (1948), Grady Booch (1955), and Dave Cutler (1942). After him are Brian Acton (1972), Ralph Merkle (1952), Jon Hall (1950), Craig Federighi (1969), Hans Reiser (1963), and Phil Katz (1962).

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