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Fame leader86.2Sam Altman
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Linus Torvalds

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2nd84.9 · mom 11

Sam Altman

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1st86.2 · mom 19

Tim Berners-Lee

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3rd84.8 · mom 13
Sam Altman leads this board.

Fame score 86.2, ahead of Linus Torvalds by 1.3.

Chasing the podium
  1. 4thTerry A. DavisDevelopers75.8
  2. 5thDavid Heinemeier HanssonDevelopers75.8
  3. 6thAaron SwartzDevelopers75.3
  4. 7thGuido van RossumDevelopers75.2
  5. 8thGeorge HotzDevelopers73.3
  6. 9thAmerican McGeeDevelopers73.3
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PlaceNameCountryCategoryFame
10th, stableDavid PlummerDevelopers · b. 1968CanadaCanadaDevelopers72.5mom 711th, stableJohn CarmackDevelopers · b. 1970United StatesUnited StatesDevelopers71.9mom 412th, stableJonathan BlowDevelopers · b. 1971United StatesUnited StatesDevelopers71.9mom 313th, stableNaomi WuDevelopers · b. 1994ChinaChinaDevelopers70.5mom 214th, stableBjarne StroustrupDevelopers · b. 1950Developers70.5mom 315th, stableAnders HejlsbergDevelopers · b. 1960Developers70.4mom 416th, fallingVitalik ButerinDevelopers · b. 1994Developers69.3mom 017th, stableRyan DahlDevelopers · b. 1981United StatesUnited StatesDevelopers69.2mom 618th, risingNat FriedmanDevelopers · b. 1977United StatesUnited StatesDevelopers69.1mom 919th, fallingBrendan EichDevelopers · b. 1961United StatesUnited StatesDevelopers68.2mom 120th, fallingDonald KnuthDevelopers · b. 1938United StatesUnited StatesDevelopers68.0mom 1221st, stableYukihiro MatsumotoDevelopers · b. 1965JapanJapanDevelopers68.0mom 2

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Satoru Iwata holds 55th among developers

Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959-2015)

Leslie Lamport holds 69th among developers

American computer scientist

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