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Bjarne Stroustrup

1950 - Today

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Bjarne Stroustrup (; Danish: [ˈbjɑːnə ˈstʁʌwˀstʁɔp]; born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, known for the development of the C++ programming language. He led the Large-scale Programming Research department at Bell Labs, served as a professor of computer science at Texas A&M University, and spent over a decade at Morgan Stanley while also being a visiting professor at Columbia University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bjarne Stroustrup has received more than 2,026,865 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Bjarne Stroustrup is the 55th most popular engineer (down from 49th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 118th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Engineer.

Bjarne Stroustrup is most famous for being the creator of the C++ programming language.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Bjarne Stroustrup ranks 55 out of 389. Before him are Arthur Scherbius, Godfrey Hounsfield, Gustaf de Laval, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Charles George Gordon, and Alexander Wienerberger. After him are Viktor Belenko, Masaru Ibuka, Loránd Eötvös, Henry Gantt, Immanuel Nobel, and Banū Mūsā.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Bjarne Stroustrup ranks 60. Before him are Janez Drnovšek, Christina Onassis, Lakshmi Mittal, Alan Silvestri, Mark Spitz, and Cybill Shepherd. After him are Marianne Bachmeier, Amos Gitai, Sahle-Work Zewde, John Candy, David Graf, and Chantal Akerman.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Bjarne Stroustrup ranks 126 out of 1,032. Before him are Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858), Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891), Asger Jorn (1914), Louis Hjelmslev (1899), Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969), and Theophil Hansen (1813). After him are Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Morten Olsen (1949), Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (1456), S. P. L. Sørensen (1868), Michael Ancher (1849), and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783).

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Among ENGINEERS In Denmark

Among engineers born in Denmark, Bjarne Stroustrup ranks 1. After him are Valdemar Poulsen (1869).

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