# William Daniel Hillis

> William Daniel Hillis is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. He founded Thinking Machines Corporation, a parallel supercomputer manufacturer, and subsequently was Vice President of Research and Disney Fellow at Walt Disney Imagineering.

*American computer scientist (born 1956)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-daniel-hillis

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1956-09-25
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Daniel_Hillis)
- [داني هيليس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3)
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- [Дани Хилис](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81)
- [W. Daniel Hillis](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Daniel_Hillis)
- [Danny Hillis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Hillis)
- [William Daniel Hillis](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Daniel_Hillis)
- [دانیل هیلیس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3)
- [Danny Hillis](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Hillis)
- [Դանիել Հիլիս](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A5%D5%AC_%D5%80%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%BD)
- [William Daniel Hillis](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Daniel_Hillis)
- [ダニー・ヒリス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9)
- [W. Daniel Hillis](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Daniel_Hillis)
- [William Daniel Hillis](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Daniel_Hillis)
- [William Daniel Hillis](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Daniel_Hillis)
- [Хиллис, Уильям Даниэль](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C)
- [Денні Гілліс](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%93%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81)
- [丹尼尔·希利斯](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B9%E5%B0%BC%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E5%B8%8C%E5%88%A9%E6%96%AF)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Danny_Hillis)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92942)

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