COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Geir Ivarsøy

1957 - 2006

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Geir Ivarsøy (June 27, 1957 – March 9, 2006) was the lead programmer at Opera Software. He and Jon von Tetzchner were part of a research group at the Norwegian state phone company (now known as Telenor) where they developed browsing software called MultiTorg Opera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geir Ivarsøy has received more than 81,183 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Geir Ivarsøy is the 185th most popular computer scientist (down from 176th in 2019), the 540th most popular biography from Norway (down from 514th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Geir Ivarsøies by language

Over the past year Geir Ivarsøy has had the most page views in the with 8,681 views, followed by Chinese (2,167), and Russian (1,533). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (47.21%), Simple English (44.88%), and Catalan (42.41%)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 185 out of 245. Before him are Luis von Ahn, Sugata Mitra, Edward F. Moore, Noga Alon, Andrew Morton, and Pat Hanrahan. After him are Brian Acton, Bruce Perens, Hans Reiser, Elizabeth J. Feinler, Douglas Crockford, and Erich Gamma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 531. Before him are Michael W. Smith, Fatimata M'Baye, Ammar Souayah, Tertius Zongo, David Silverman, and Jenifer Lewis. After him are Bill Fagerbakke, Hans-Peter Friedrich, John Wark, Eddie Deezen, António Vitorino, and Peter Houtman. Among people deceased in 2006, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 364. Before him are Joseph Vissers, Soraya, Sybille Bedford, Tamara Dobson, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, and Valentín Elizalde. After him are Edward Albert, Luki Botha, Comandanta Ramona, Nandini Satpathy, Buck Owens, and Elizabeth Allen.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 540 out of 1,039. Before him are Tiril Eckhoff (1990), Frode Estil (1972), Charles Ericksen (1875), Marte Olsbu Røiseland (1990), Thomas Bergersen (1980), and Heidi Løke (1982). After him are Kim Leine (1961), Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (1961), Frode Johnsen (1974), Karsten Warholm (1996), Sophus Bugge (1833), and Dag Otto Lauritzen (1956).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Norway

Among computer scientists born in Norway, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 3. Before him are Ole-Johan Dahl (1931), and Kristen Nygaard (1926). After him are Jon Lech Johansen (1983).

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