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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 226,402 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jon Lech Johansen is the 198th most popular computer scientist (down from 188th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from Norway (down from 560th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Norwegian Computer Scientist.

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  • 17

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  • 4.70

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  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Jon Lech Johansen ranks 198 out of 201Before him are Peter Norvig, Shawn Fanning, John Ousterhout, Martin Odersky, Tron, and Brian Acton. After him are Ruzena Bajcsy, Jenova Chen, Nancy Lynch, Bram Moolenaar, Bram Cohen, and Demis Hassabis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Jon Lech Johansen ranks 449Before him are Sam Jones III, Ioannis Bourousis, Janez Brajkovič, Yasmin Lee, Andres Ambühl, and Emmanuel Culio. After him are Daria Werbowy, Francis Capra, Édouard Roger-Vasselin, Carlos Diogo, Jennifer Hawkins, and Keith Langford.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jon Lech Johansen ranks 646 out of 927Before him are Mohammed Abdellaoue (1985), Agnes Kittelsen (1980), Sturla Holm Lægreid (1997), Vebjørn Rodal (1972), Ola By Rise (1960), and Maren Lundby (1994). After him are Anniken Huitfeldt (1969), Ola Vigen Hattestad (1982), Gunn Margit Andreassen (1973), Silje Solberg (1990), Kari Aalvik Grimsbø (1985), and Robert Johansson (1990).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Norway

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

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