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David Heinemeier Hansson

1979 - Today

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David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish programmer and racing driver. As a programmer, he is the creator of the popular Ruby on Rails web development framework and the Instiki wiki. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Heinemeier Hansson has received more than 760,931 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. David Heinemeier Hansson is the 210th most popular computer scientist (down from 196th in 2019), the 769th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 695th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Computer Scientist.

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  • 760k

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  • 30.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, David Heinemeier Hansson ranks 210 out of 201. Before him are Demis Hassabis, Ninoslav Marina, Danny Hillis, Larry Ewing, Katie Bouman, and John Resig. After him are Maria Klawe, David Karp, Gottfrid Svartholm, Manindra Agrawal, Blake Ross, and Arfa Karim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, David Heinemeier Hansson ranks 750. Before him are Chen Yanqing, Shinji Murai, Nikolče Noveski, Roberto Luongo, Curtis Axel, and Louay Chanko. After him are Ahmed Salah Hosny, Naoshi Nakamura, Natalya Nazarova, Matthias Kessler, Vedran Zrnić, and Jacob Pitts.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, David Heinemeier Hansson ranks 769 out of 893. Before him are Kristine Andersen (1976), Kristian Jensen (1971), Søren Kragh Andersen (1994), Frederik Sørensen (1992), Mikkel Beckmann (1983), and Pernille Harder (1992). After him are Frank Høj (1973), Jonas Lössl (1989), Jens Eriksen (1969), Lasse Norman Hansen (1992), Morten Østergaard (1976), and Kim Christensen (1979).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Denmark

Among computer scientists born in Denmark, David Heinemeier Hansson ranks 2. Before him are Peter Naur (1928).

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