COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Vint Cerf

1943 - Today

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Vinton Gray Cerf (; born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Robert Kahn. He has received honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Marconi Prize, and membership in the National Academy of Engineering. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vint Cerf is the 25th most popular computer scientist (down from 21st in 2019), the 1,879th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,562nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Vint Cerf is most famous for being one of the co-creators of the TCP and IP protocols, which form the foundation of the internet.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Vint Cerf ranks 25 out of 245. Before him are Don Norman, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, John Backus, Ken Thompson, Alan Kay, and Dorothy Vaughan. After him are Larry Page, Sudha Murty, George Dantzig, Arthur Samuel, Edgar F. Codd, and Ward Cunningham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Vint Cerf ranks 111. Before him are Lorenzo Sanz, Richard S. Hamilton, George Benson, Bernard Tapie, Reinaldo Arenas, and Robert Lefkowitz. After him are Richard J. Roberts, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Conchata Ferrell, Akinori Nakayama, Otoya Yamaguchi, and Grover Washington Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vint Cerf ranks 1,879 out of 20,380. Before him are Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947), George Jung (1942), Tony Todd (1954), Michael Madsen (1957), Vincent D'Onofrio (1959), and Grant Wood (1891). After him are Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Stephen McKinley Henderson (1949), Red Cloud (1822), Fred Durst (1970), Larry Page (1973), and Anthony Bourdain (1956).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Vint Cerf ranks 17. Before him are Don Norman (1935), Andrew S. Tanenbaum (1944), John Backus (1924), Ken Thompson (1943), Alan Kay (1940), and Dorothy Vaughan (1910). After him are Larry Page (1973), George Dantzig (1914), Arthur Samuel (1901), Ward Cunningham (1949), Richard E. Stearns (1936), and Hal Finney (1956).

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