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Bob Frankston

American businessman · United States · On the map · Developers · Born 1949 · age 77

Robert M. Frankston is an American software engineer and businessman who co-created, with Dan Bricklin, the company Software Arts and the spreadsheet program VisiCalc, the latter being vended by VisiCorp.

Bob Frankston is read about 15 times a day, in 13 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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ACM Fellow1994
ACM Software System Award1985
Computer History Museum Fellow

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Country
United States
Category
Developers
Type
Developer
Status
Living
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Born 1949 · age 77

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