PageRank
Who
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Stanford graduate students; Brin was born to a Jewish family in Moscow, and Page's mother is Jewish.
When
1996
Where
Stanford, California, USA
PageRank is the algorithm that ranks web pages by the quantity and quality of links pointing to them, forming the original core of Google Search. Larry Page and Sergey Brin devised it as Stanford students in 1996. Brin emigrated from the Soviet Union with his Jewish family, and Page's mother, Gloria, is also Jewish.
Sources
Part of “The Gifts of the Jews” — verified Jewish contributions to the world, with sources.