# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-cocke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:39:11.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-cocke"
name: "John Cocke"
slug: "john-cocke"
description: "John Cocke was an American computer scientist at IBM and recognized for his large contribution to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design. He is considered by many to be \"the father of RISC architecture.\" He won the 1987 ACM Turing Award."
tagline: "American computer scientist (1925-2002)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1925-05-30"
deathDate: "2002-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.86
  momentum:             1.934349355216882
  historical:           20.56998133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Џон Кок"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون كوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "জন কোক"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cocke"
    title: "John Cocke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Cocke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cocke_(computer_scientist)"
    title: "John Cocke (computer scientist)"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cocke"
    title: "John Cocke"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cocke"
    title: "John Cocke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9"
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    title: "John Cocke"
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    title: "John Cocke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cocke"
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    title: "ジョン・コック"
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    title: "존 코크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Cocke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cocke"
    title: "John Cocke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cocke"
    title: "John Cocke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cocke"
    title: "John Cocke"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cocke"
    title: "John Cocke"
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    title: "John Cocke"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92632"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump