COMPUTER SCIENTIST

David Heinemeier Hansson

1979 - Today

David Heinemeier Hansson

David Heinemeier Hansson, also known by his initials DHH, is a Danish programmer, writer, entrepreneur, and racing driver. He is the creator of Ruby on Rails, a web framework written in Ruby. He also created Omarchy, a pre-configured version of Arch Linux catered towards developers. He is also a partner and chief technology officer at the web-based software development firm 37signals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Heinemeier Hansson is the 242nd most popular computer scientist (down from 233rd in 2019), the 917th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 867th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, David Heinemeier Hansson ranks 242 out of 245. Before him are Jeff Dean, Jon Lech Johansen, Rosalind Picard, Andrej Karpathy, Denny Vrandečić, and Fabrice Bellard. After him are Hamza Bendelladj, Dave Hyatt, Dries Buytaert, Valerie Aurora, John Resig, and Jamie Zawinski.

Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia

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Jeff Dean
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 236
Jon Lech Johansen
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 237
Rosalind Picard
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 238
Andrej Karpathy
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 239
Denny Vrandečić
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 240
Fabrice Bellard
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 241
David Heinemeier Hansson
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 242
Hamza Bendelladj
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 243
Dave Hyatt
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 244
Dries Buytaert
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 245
Valerie Aurora
HPI: 37.00
Rank: 246
John Resig
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.53
Rank: 247
Jamie Zawinski
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 248

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, David Heinemeier Hansson ranks 1,063. Before him are Pablo Couñago, Javad Foroughi, David Kopp, Aleksandar Vasoski, Mika Hannula, and Bouchra Ghezielle. After him are Souad Aït Salem, Laura Huhtasaari, Marián Kelemen, Shamita Shetty, Juliet Rylance, and Homos.

Others Born in 1979

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Pablo Couñago
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 1,057
Javad Foroughi
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 1,058
David Kopp
CYCLIST
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 1,059
Aleksandar Vasoski
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 1,060
Mika Hannula
HOCKEY PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 1,061
Bouchra Ghezielle
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 1,062
David Heinemeier Hansson
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 1,063
Souad Aït Salem
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 1,064
Laura Huhtasaari
POLITICIAN
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 1,065
Marián Kelemen
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 1,066
Shamita Shetty
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 1,067
Juliet Rylance
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 1,068
Homos
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 1,069

In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, David Heinemeier Hansson ranks 917 out of 1,032. Before him are Frans Nielsen (1984), Riza Durmisi (1994), Basim (1992), Tomas Thordarson (1974), Jakob Sveistrup (1972), and Andreas Bjelland (1988). After him are Oh Land (1985), Kristine Andersen (1976), Casper Nielsen (1994), Lasse Andersson (1994), Lotte Friis (1988), and Peter Christensen (1975).

Others born in Denmark

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Frans Nielsen
HOCKEY PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 911
Riza Durmisi
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 912
Basim
SINGER
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 913
Tomas Thordarson
SINGER
1974 - Present
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 914
Jakob Sveistrup
SINGER
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 915
Andreas Bjelland
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 916
David Heinemeier Hansson
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 917
Oh Land
MUSICIAN
1985 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 918
Kristine Andersen
POLITICIAN
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 919
Casper Nielsen
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 920
Lasse Andersson
HANDBALL PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 921
Lotte Friis
SWIMMER
1988 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 922
Peter Christensen
POLITICIAN
1975 - 2025
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 923