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Robert Tarjan

1948 - Today

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Robert Endre Tarjan (born April 30, 1948) is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is the discoverer of several graph theory algorithms, including his strongly connected components algorithm, and co-inventor of both splay trees and Fibonacci heaps. Tarjan is currently the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Tarjan is the 147th most popular computer scientist (down from 137th in 2019), the 8,312th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,547th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Robert Tarjan ranks 147 out of 245. Before him are Yukihiro Matsumoto, Rudolf Bayer, Demis Hassabis, Adam Osborne, Jack Dorsey, and Phil Zimmermann. After him are John L. Hennessy, Michael Stonebraker, Jaron Lanier, Kateryna Yushchenko, Shafi Goldwasser, and Raj Reddy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Robert Tarjan ranks 537. Before him are Nate Archibald, Srgjan Kerim, Hans Binder, Duncan Hunter, Lajos Kű, and Richard Riehle. After him are Gudrun Schyman, Edward Rutherfurd, Aleksandr Timoshinin, Staffan Tapper, Mikhail Chigir, and Avery Brooks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Tarjan ranks 8,314 out of 20,380. Before him are Natalie Talmadge (1896), Richard Riehle (1948), Sarah Frances Whiting (1847), Steve Lawrence (1935), William M. Tweed (1823), and Samuel Berger (1884). After him are Isabella Abbott (1919), Mike Patton (1968), Chris Adler (1972), Carol J. Adams (1951), Mildred Dunnock (1901), and Leigh Harline (1907).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Robert Tarjan ranks 84. Before him are Jack Dongarra (1950), Andy Rubin (1963), Anita Borg (1949), James Rumbaugh (1947), Jack Dorsey (1976), and Phil Zimmermann (1954). After him are John L. Hennessy (1952), Michael Stonebraker (1943), Jaron Lanier (1960), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Kent Beck (1961), and Elizabeth J. Feinler (1931).

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