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Jon Lech Johansen

1983 - Today

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Jon Lech Johansen (born November 18, 1983, in Harstad, Norway), also known as DVD Jon, is a Norwegian programmer who has worked on reverse engineering data formats. He wrote the DeCSS software, which decodes the Content Scramble System used for DVD licensing enforcement. Johansen is a self-trained software engineer, who quit high school during his first year to spend more time with the DeCSS case. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Lech Johansen has received more than 234,284 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jon Lech Johansen is the 231st most popular computer scientist (down from 198th in 2019), the 783rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 645th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Norwegian Computer Scientist.

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  • 32.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Jon Lech Johansen ranks 231 out of 245. Before him are Gottfrid Svartholm, Ninoslav Marina, Jenova Chen, Mihalis Yannakakis, Lex Fridman, and Danny Hillis. After him are Theodore Ts'o, David Heinemeier Hansson, Katie Bouman, Larry Ewing, Denny Vrandečić, and David Karp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Jon Lech Johansen ranks 684. Before him are Urko Pardo, Loral O'Hara, Claire van der Boom, Kim Jae-sung, Yuka Miyazaki, and Daniel Kajmakoski. After him are Alela Diane, Miho Fukumoto, Tigran Vardan Martirosyan, Daniel Albrecht, Igor Antón, and Mikkel Beckmann.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jon Lech Johansen ranks 783 out of 1,039. Before him are Lasse Ottesen (1974), Marit Malm Frafjord (1985), Stefan Strandberg (1990), Øyvind Leonhardsen (1970), Ragnhild Mowinckel (1992), and Maria Parr (1981). After him are Johannes Dale (1997), Erik Nevland (1977), Joshua King (1992), Josefine Frida Pettersen (1996), Sverre Lunde Pedersen (1992), and Vidar Riseth (1972).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Norway

Among computer scientists born in Norway, Jon Lech Johansen ranks 4. Before him are Ole-Johan Dahl (1931), Kristen Nygaard (1926), and Geir Ivarsøy (1957).

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