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Guido van Rossum

1956 - Today

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Guido van Rossum (Dutch: [ˈxidoː vɑn ˈrɔsʏm, -səm]; born 31 January 1956) is a Dutch programmer. He is the creator of the Python programming language, for which he was the "benevolent dictator for life" (BDFL) until he stepped down from the position on 12 July 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guido van Rossum has received more than 3,491,607 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Guido van Rossum is the 22nd most popular computer scientist, the 203rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 180th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Computer Scientist.

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  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Guido van Rossum ranks 22 out of 245. Before him are George Dantzig, Ray Kurzweil, John Backus, Ken Thompson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Vint Cerf. After him are Alan Kay, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Peter Naur, Kevin Mitnick, and Ward Cunningham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Guido van Rossum ranks 49. Before him are Alexey Pajitnov, Danny Boyle, Larry Bird, Steve Harris, Min Aung Hlaing, and Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. After him are Anthony Bourdain, Ian Curtis, Bakir Izetbegović, Michael Biehn, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, and Joe Satriani.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Guido van Rossum ranks 203 out of 1,646. Before him are Rachel Ruysch (1664), Jan van Scorel (1495), Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606), Jan Janszoon (1570), Willem Drees (1886), and Gustav Leonhardt (1928). After him are Philips Wouwerman (1619), Jan Ingenhousz (1730), William I, Count of Hainaut (1287), Rodolphus Agricola (1443), Johan Jongkind (1819), and C. C. Catch (1964).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Netherlands

Among computer scientists born in Netherlands, Guido van Rossum ranks 2. Before him are Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930). After him are Bram Moolenaar (1961), and Mark Overmars (1958).

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