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Barack ObamavsTim Berners-Lee

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Winner by score

Barack Obama

president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)

United StatesPolitics

Global rank
#479,431
Editorial score
88
Confidence
70%
VS

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist (born 1955)

United KingdomScience

Global rank
#9,785,123
Editorial score
75.9
Confidence
61%
I think I am closer to Barack ObamaI think I am closer to the averageSee methodology

Signal breakdown

  • 96Achievement87
  • 91Impact73
  • 94Notability72
  • 78Public sentiment78
  • 94Source quality83
  • 54Economic reach44
  • 72Stability70

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