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Theodore Ts'o
1968 - Today
Theodore Ts'o
Theodore Yue Tak Ts'o (Chinese: 曹子德; born 1968) is an American software engineer mainly known for his contributions to the Linux kernel, in particular his contributions to file systems. He is the secondary developer and maintainer of e2fsprogs, the userspace utilities for the ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems, and is a maintainer for the ext4 file system. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Theodore Ts'o is the 237th most popular computer scientist (down from 232nd in 2024), the 17,426th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,906th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular American Computer Scientist.
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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
Among computer scientists, Theodore Ts'o ranks 237 out of 245. Before him are Mihalis Yannakakis, Mark Overmars, Dariusz Jemielniak, Jenova Chen, Greg Kroah-Hartman, and Larry Ewing. After him are Jeff Dean, Jon Lech Johansen, Rosalind Picard, Andrej Karpathy, David Braben, and Denny Vrandečić.
Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsMihalis Yannakakis
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 231
Mark Overmars
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 232
Dariusz Jemielniak
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 233
Jenova Chen
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 234
Greg Kroah-Hartman
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 235
Larry Ewing
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 236
Theodore Ts'o
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 237
Jeff Dean
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 238
Jon Lech Johansen
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 239
Rosalind Picard
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 240
Andrej Karpathy
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 241
David Braben
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 242
Denny Vrandečić
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 243
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1968, Theodore Ts'o ranks 1,020. Before him are Zhang Di, Dmitry Shevchenko, Bettany Hughes, Sean Gullette, Oleg Kutscherenko, and Luljeta Lleshanaku. After him are Hugo Pérez, Ulrik Jansson, Brian Leetch, Lubomir Geraskov, Zdeněk Moravec, and Margaret Morton.
Others Born in 1968
Go to all RankingsZhang Di
MARTIAL ARTS
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 1,014
Dmitry Shevchenko
ATHLETE
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 1,015
Bettany Hughes
HISTORIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 1,016
Sean Gullette
FILM DIRECTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 1,017
Oleg Kutscherenko
WRESTLER
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 1,018
Luljeta Lleshanaku
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 1,019
Theodore Ts'o
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 1,020
Hugo Pérez
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 1,021
Ulrik Jansson
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 1,022
Brian Leetch
HOCKEY PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 1,023
Lubomir Geraskov
GYMNAST
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 1,024
Zdeněk Moravec
ASTRONOMER
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 1,025
Margaret Morton
ATHLETE
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 1,026
Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States
Among computer scientists born in United States, Theodore Ts'o ranks 122. Before him are Nancy Lynch (1948), Douglas Crockford (1955), Steve Wilhite (1948), John Ousterhout (1954), Shawn Fanning (1980), and Greg Kroah-Hartman (null). After him are Jeff Dean (1968), Rosalind Picard (1962), Rich Skrenta (1967), Eric Bina (1964), Jordan Hubbard (1963), and Dave Hyatt (1972).
Nancy Lynch
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 116
Douglas Crockford
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 117
Steve Wilhite
1948 - 2022
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 118
John Ousterhout
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 119
Shawn Fanning
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 120
Greg Kroah-Hartman
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 121
Theodore Ts'o
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 122
Jeff Dean
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 123
Rosalind Picard
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 124
Rich Skrenta
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 125
Eric Bina
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 126
Jordan Hubbard
1963 - Present
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 127
Dave Hyatt
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 128


































