GAME DESIGNER

Scott Cawthon

1971 - Today

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Scott Braden Cawthon is an American video game developer, writer, and producer. He is best known for creating Five Nights at Freddy's, a series of horror video games which expanded into a media franchise. Cawthon began his career developing family-friendly Christian video games to minimal success. He transitioned to horror with the first Five Nights at Freddy's game in 2014, which was a commercial success and gained a cult following. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Scott Cawthon is the 46th most popular game designer (down from 29th in 2024), the 11,980th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,478th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Scott Cawthon ranks 46 out of 77. Before him are Dave Arneson, Yuji Naka, Tim Cain, Jeff Kaplan, Mike Harrington, and Toshihiro Nagoshi. After him are Jens Bergensten, Johan Andersson, Ron Gilbert, Ed Boon, Neil Druckmann, and Yoshinori Kitase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Scott Cawthon ranks 393. Before him are Alex Borstein, Lorena Rojas, Joachim Björklund, Rosemarie DeWitt, Noriko Sakai, and Joel McHale. After him are David Ramsey, Sven Fischer, Fábio Assunção, José Amavisca, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, and Ryan White.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scott Cawthon ranks 11,982 out of 20,380. Before him are Rockwell (1964), Balthazar Getty (1975), Duane Swanson (1913), Félix Sánchez (1977), Katharine Jefferts Schori (1954), and George B. Seitz (1888). After him are Robert L. Gibson (1946), Lowell Sherman (1888), Glenn Greenwald (1967), Karen Silkwood (1946), Kawhi Leonard (1991), and Earl Van Dorn (1820).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Scott Cawthon ranks 14. Before him are Carol Shaw (1955), Will Wright (1960), Roberta Williams (1953), John Romero (1967), Dave Arneson (1947), and Jeff Kaplan (1972). After him are Ron Gilbert (1964), Ed Boon (1964), Jordan Mechner (1964), Mark Cerny (1964), John Tobias (1969), and Amy Hennig (1964).

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