1957 - 2006
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 (up from 19 in 2019). Geir Ivarsøy is the 176th most popular computer scientist (down from 145th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from Norway (down from 395th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 176 out of 201. Before him are E. Allen Emerson, Pat Hanrahan, Leslie Valiant, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Ian Murdock, and Jon Hall. After him are Kathleen Booth, Erich Gamma, Theo de Raadt, Phil Katz, Bassel Khartabil, and Douglas Crockford.
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 170
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 171
1949 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 172
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 173
1973 - 2015
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 174
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.99
Rank: 175
1957 - 2006
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 176
1922 - 2022
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 177
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 178
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 179
1962 - 2000
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 180
1981 - 2015
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 181
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 182
Among people born in 1957, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 509. Before him are Road Warrior Hawk, Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Peter Houtman, John Wark, and Ralph Brown. After him are Tertius Zongo, Scott Hahn, Ali Divandari, Milton Cruz, Scott Adams, and Aleksandr Lazutkin. Among people deceased in 2006, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 343. Before him are Adrienne Shelly, Nellie Connally, Lou Jones, Byron Nelson, Luki Botha, and Paul Hunter. After him are Ken Fletcher, Brian Labone, Gennadiy Tsygankov, Stanley Kunitz, John Spencer, and Naushad.
1957 - 2003
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 503
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 504
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 505
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 506
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 507
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 508
1957 - 2006
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 509
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 510
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.82
Rank: 511
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 512
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 513
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 514
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 515
1966 - 2006
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 337
1919 - 2006
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 338
1932 - 2006
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 339
1912 - 2006
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 340
1930 - 2006
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 341
1978 - 2006
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 342
1957 - 2006
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 343
1940 - 2006
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 344
1940 - 2006
HPI: 38.63
Rank: 345
1947 - 2006
HPI: 38.60
Rank: 346
1905 - 2006
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 347
1935 - 2006
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 348
1919 - 2006
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 349
Among people born in Norway, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 515 out of 927. Before him are Nils Gaup (1955), Samoth (1974), Frode Estil (1972), Heidi Løke (1982), Tore Pedersen (1969), and Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962). After him are Vibeke Skofterud (1980), Kjetil Jansrud (1985), Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (1964), Anders Lange (1904), Beate Eriksen (1960), and Kim Leine (1961).
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 509
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 510
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.99
Rank: 511
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.98
Rank: 512
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.92
Rank: 513
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 514
1957 - 2006
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 515
1980 - 2018
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 516
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 517
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 518
1904 - 1974
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 519
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 520
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 521
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).
1931 - 2002
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 1
1926 - 2002
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 2
1957 - 2006
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 3
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 4