COMPUTER SCIENTIST
Yann LeCun
1960 - Today

Yann LeCun
Yann André Le Cun ( lə-KUN, French: [ləkœ̃]; usually spelled LeCun; born 8 July 1960) is a French-American computer scientist working primarily in the fields of machine learning, computer vision, mobile robotics and computational neuroscience. He is the Silver Professor of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University and Vice President, Chief AI Scientist at Meta. He is well known for his work on optical character recognition and computer vision using convolutional neural networks (CNNs). He is also one of the main creators of the DjVu image compression technology (together with Léon Bottou and Patrick Haffner). Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yann LeCun is the 60th most popular computer scientist (up from 95th in 2019), the 2,887th most popular biography from France (up from 3,902nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Computer Scientist. Learn more about Yann LeCun's academic impact at Rankless.
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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
Among computer scientists, Yann LeCun ranks 60 out of 245. Before him are Leonard Kleinrock, Leslie Lamport, Alan Perlis, Pierre Bézier, James Gosling, and Amir Pnueli. After him are Brian Kernighan, J. C. R. Licklider, Vernor Vinge, Ron Rivest, Jean Bartik, and Ruth Teitelbaum.
Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsLeonard Kleinrock
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 54
Leslie Lamport
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 55
Alan Perlis
1922 - 1990
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 56
Pierre Bézier
1910 - 1999
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 57
James Gosling
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 58
Amir Pnueli
1941 - 2009
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 59
Yann LeCun
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 60
Brian Kernighan
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 61
J. C. R. Licklider
1915 - 1990
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 62
Vernor Vinge
1944 - 2024
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 63
Ron Rivest
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 64
Jean Bartik
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 65
Ruth Teitelbaum
1924 - 1986
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 66
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1960, Yann LeCun ranks 124. Before him are Michael Hutchence, Bob Casey Jr., Maurizio Cattelan, Takashi Miike, Axel Rudi Pell, and Abdullah Abdullah. After him are Julio César Romero, Benigno Aquino III, Angélique Kidjo, Tony Goldwyn, Werner Faymann, and Timothy Hutton.
Others Born in 1960
Go to all RankingsMichael Hutchence
MUSICIAN
1960 - 1997
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 118
Bob Casey Jr.
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 119
Maurizio Cattelan
SCULPTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 120
Takashi Miike
FILM DIRECTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 121
Axel Rudi Pell
MUSICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 122
Abdullah Abdullah
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 123
Yann LeCun
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 124
Julio César Romero
SOCCER PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 125
Benigno Aquino III
POLITICIAN
1960 - 2021
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 126
Angélique Kidjo
MUSICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 127
Tony Goldwyn
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 128
Werner Faymann
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 129
Timothy Hutton
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 130
In France
Among people born in France, Yann LeCun ranks 2,887 out of 6,770. Before him are Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (1000), Guy de Rothschild (1909), Michael Baius (1513), John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen (1638), Henri Desgrange (1865), and Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (1448). After him are Marcel Prévost (1862), Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748), Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau (1715), Favorinus (85), and Bernard Farcy (1949).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsGeoffrey I, Duke of Brittany
POLITICIAN
1000 - 1008
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 2,881
Guy de Rothschild
BUSINESSPERSON
1909 - 2007
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 2,882
Michael Baius
PHILOSOPHER
1513 - 1589
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 2,883
John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
POLITICIAN
1638 - 1704
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 2,884
Henri Desgrange
WRITER
1865 - 1940
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 2,885
Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine
POLITICIAN
1448 - 1473
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 2,886
Yann LeCun
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 2,887
Marcel Prévost
WRITER
1862 - 1941
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 2,888
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1675 - 1747
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 2,889
Félix Vicq-d'Azyr
BIOLOGIST
1748 - 1794
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 2,890
Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau
ECONOMIST
1715 - 1789
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 2,891
Favorinus
PHILOSOPHER
85 - 200
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 2,892
Bernard Farcy
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 2,893
Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In France
Among computer scientists born in France, Yann LeCun ranks 3. Before him are Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809), and Pierre Bézier (1910). After him are Jacques Vallée (1939), Bertrand Meyer (1950), and Yoshua Bengio (1964).
Luigi Federico Menabrea
1809 - 1896
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 1
Pierre Bézier
1910 - 1999
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 2
Yann LeCun
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 3
Jacques Vallée
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 4
Bertrand Meyer
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 5
Yoshua Bengio
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 6