Rob Pike

Summary

Rob Pike is a human^[1]. He was born in Canada^[2]. He was born on +1956-01-01T00:00:00Z^[3]. He worked as a computer scientist^[4], writer^[5], engineer^[6], and programmer^[7]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month, #7,087 of 1,000,298).^[8]

Key Facts

• Rob Pike was born in Canada^[2].
• Rob Pike was born on +1956-01-01T00:00:00Z^[3].
• Among Rob Pike's spouses was Renée French^[9].
• Rob Pike held citizenship in Canada^[10].
• Rob Pike worked as a computer scientist^[4].
• Rob Pike worked as a writer^[5].
• Rob Pike's professions included engineer^[6].
• Rob Pike worked as a programmer^[7].
• Among Rob Pike's employers was Google^[11].
• Rob Pike's education included a stint at Erindale Secondary School^[12].
• Rob Pike's education included a stint at University of Toronto^[13].
• Rob Pike was educated at California Institute of Technology^[14].
• A notable work attributed to Rob Pike is Plan 9^[15].
• A notable work attributed to Rob Pike is Go^[16].
• A notable work attributed to Rob Pike is UTF-8^[17].
• Rob Pike's image is recorded as Rob-pike-oscon.jpg^[18].
• Rob Pike is recorded as male^[19].
• Rob Pike's instance of is recorded as human^[20].
• Rob Pike's ISNI is recorded as 0000000109244990^[21].
• Rob Pike's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 91891753^[22].
• Rob Pike's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82237212^[23].
• Rob Pike's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12713063g^[24].
• Rob Pike's IdRef ID is recorded as 056736231^[25].
• Rob Pike's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA00313527^[26].
• Rob Pike's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00452822^[27].

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Origins and Family

Born in Canada^[2], Rob Pike… he was born on +1956-01-01T00:00:00Z^[3].

Education

Educated at Erindale Secondary School^[12], a high school^[28], in Canada^[29], founded in 1967^[30]; University of Toronto^[13], a public research university^[31], in Canada^[32], founded in 1827^[33], headquartered in Toronto^[34]; and California Institute of Technology^[14], a university^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1891^[37], headquartered in California^[38].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist^[4], writer^[5], engineer^[6], and programmer^[7]. Rob Pike was employed by Google^[11].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Plan 9^[15], a distributed operating system^[39]; Go^[16], a programming language^[40], founded in 2009^[41]; and UTF-8^[17], a variable-width character encoding^[42].

Personal Life

Among Rob Pike's spouses was Renée French^[9].

Why It Matters

Rob Pike ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month, #7,087 of 1,000,298).^[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

FAQs

Where was Rob Pike born?

Born in Canada^[2], Rob Pike…

Who was Rob Pike married to?

Rob Pike's spouses include Renée French^[9].

What did Rob Pike do for work?

Rob Pike worked as computer scientist^[4], writer^[5], engineer^[6], and programmer^[7].

Where did Rob Pike go to school?

Rob Pike was educated at Erindale Secondary School^[12], University of Toronto^[13], and California Institute of Technology^[14].