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Virgil Griffith

1983 - Today

Virgil Griffith

Virgil Griffith (born 1983) is an American programmer. He worked extensively on the Ethereum cryptocurrency platform, designed the Tor2web proxy along with Aaron Swartz, and created the Wikipedia indexing tool WikiScanner. He has published papers on artificial life and integrated information theory. Griffith was arrested in 2019 and in 2021 pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate U.S. laws relating to money laundering using cryptocurrency and sanctions related to North Korea. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Virgil Griffith is the 246th most popular computer scientist (down from 242nd in 2019), the 19,852nd most popular biography from United States (down from 18,915th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Virgil Griffith ranks 246 out of 245. Before him are Jamie Zawinski, Manindra Agrawal, Ian Goodfellow, Arfa Karim, Paul Buchheit, and Blake Ross. After him are Coraline Ada Ehmke.

Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia

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Jamie Zawinski
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 240
Manindra Agrawal
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.80
Rank: 241
Ian Goodfellow
1987 - Present
HPI: 35.44
Rank: 242
Arfa Karim
1995 - 2012
HPI: 35.25
Rank: 243
Paul Buchheit
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.98
Rank: 244
Blake Ross
1985 - Present
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 245
Virgil Griffith
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.61
Rank: 246
Coraline Ada Ehmke
2000 - Present
HPI: 26.82
Rank: 247

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Virgil Griffith ranks 1,487. Before him are Meghan Musnicki, Zesh Rehman, Cappie Pondexter, Hashim Amla, James Bourne, and Megan Kalmoe. After him are Kentaro Takada, Andrew Boyens, Kris Commons, Rebecca Scown, Anne Keothavong, and Douglas David Fernandes.

Others Born in 1983

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Meghan Musnicki
ATHLETE
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.81
Rank: 1,481
Zesh Rehman
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.77
Rank: 1,482
Cappie Pondexter
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.76
Rank: 1,483
Hashim Amla
CRICKETER
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.76
Rank: 1,484
James Bourne
MUSICIAN
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.72
Rank: 1,485
Megan Kalmoe
ATHLETE
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.72
Rank: 1,486
Virgil Griffith
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.61
Rank: 1,487
Kentaro Takada
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.59
Rank: 1,488
Andrew Boyens
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.51
Rank: 1,489
Kris Commons
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.51
Rank: 1,490
Rebecca Scown
ATHLETE
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.51
Rank: 1,491
Anne Keothavong
TENNIS PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.46
Rank: 1,492
Douglas David Fernandes
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.42
Rank: 1,493

In United States

Among people born in United States, Virgil Griffith ranks 19,860 out of 20,380. Before him are Hedy Burress (1973), Quinn Shephard (1995), Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (2007), Jeremy Lamb (1992), Tyler Oakley (1989), and Brian T. Delaney (1976). After him are Kimberly J. Brown (1984), Nicole Malliotakis (1980), Ben Bishop (1986), Sean Couturier (1992), Li Kochman (1995), and Blueface (1997).

Others born in United States

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Hedy Burress
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 32.66
Rank: 19,854
Quinn Shephard
ACTOR
1995 - Present
HPI: 32.66
Rank: 19,855
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons
ACTOR
2007 - Present
HPI: 32.66
Rank: 19,856
Jeremy Lamb
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 32.65
Rank: 19,857
Tyler Oakley
YOUTUBER
1989 - Present
HPI: 32.64
Rank: 19,858
Brian T. Delaney
ACTOR
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.64
Rank: 19,859
Virgil Griffith
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.61
Rank: 19,860
Kimberly J. Brown
ACTOR
1984 - Present
HPI: 32.61
Rank: 19,861
Nicole Malliotakis
POLITICIAN
1980 - Present
HPI: 32.61
Rank: 19,862
Ben Bishop
HOCKEY PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 32.61
Rank: 19,863
Sean Couturier
HOCKEY PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 19,864
Li Kochman
WRESTLER
1995 - Present
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 19,865
Blueface
SINGER
1997 - Present
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 19,866