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Anders Hejlsberg

1960 - Today

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Anders Hejlsberg (, born 2 December 1960) is a Danish software engineer who co-designed several programming languages and development tools. He was the original author of Turbo Pascal and the chief architect of Delphi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anders Hejlsberg has received more than 853,795 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Anders Hejlsberg is the 450th most popular businessperson (down from 439th in 2019), the 422nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 421st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Anders Hejlsbergs by language

Over the past year Anders Hejlsberg has had the most page views in the with 85,687 views, followed by Russian (14,986), and German (6,447). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kannada (440.00%), Egyptian Arabic (117.05%), and Finnish (36.15%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Anders Hejlsberg ranks 450 out of 847. Before him are Henry Clay Frick, Alan Lomax, Eduardo Saverin, Robert Durst, Walter Wild, and Michael Eisner. After him are Émile Étienne Guimet, Henry Luce, Vladimir Lisin, Astor family, Frédéric Vasseur, and Chad Hurley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Anders Hejlsberg ranks 209. Before him are Elia Suleiman, Linden Ashby, Oleg Bryjak, Mikael Håfström, Tomislav Ivković, and Aguri Suzuki. After him are Vladimir Krutov, Dominique Wilkins, Sally Yates, Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga, Viktor Lazlo, and Yurii Andrukhovych.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Anders Hejlsberg ranks 422 out of 1,032. Before him are Jan Heintze (1963), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Gustav Winckler (1925), Karl Madsen (1855), Thure Lindhardt (1974), and Steen Steensen Blicher (1782). After him are Nicklas Bendtner (1988), Ole Beich (1955), Simon Kjær (1989), Johan Kjeldahl (1849), Inge Sørensen (1924), and Vivi Bach (1939).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Denmark

Among businesspeople born in Denmark, Anders Hejlsberg ranks 6. Before him are Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891), Paul Elvstrøm (1928), Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913), J. C. Jacobsen (1811), and Jakob Nielsen (1957). After him are Janus Friis (1976).

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