1983 - Today
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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Among computer scientists, Jon Lech Johansen ranks 198 out of 201. Before 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.
1956 - Present
HPI: 35.85
Rank: 192
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 193
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 194
1958 - Present
HPI: 35.34
Rank: 195
1972 - 1998
HPI: 35.20
Rank: 196
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.23
Rank: 197
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 198
1933 - Present
HPI: 33.40
Rank: 199
1981 - Present
HPI: 32.96
Rank: 200
1948 - Present
HPI: 32.57
Rank: 201
1961 - 2023
HPI: 32.35
Rank: 202
1975 - Present
HPI: 32.23
Rank: 203
1976 - Present
HPI: 31.96
Rank: 204
Among people born in 1983, Jon Lech Johansen ranks 449. Before 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.
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.53
Rank: 443
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.52
Rank: 444
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.52
Rank: 445
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.45
Rank: 446
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.45
Rank: 447
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 448
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 449
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 450
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.42
Rank: 451
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.40
Rank: 452
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.38
Rank: 453
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.37
Rank: 454
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.36
Rank: 455
Among people born in Norway, Jon Lech Johansen ranks 646 out of 927. Before 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).
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.59
Rank: 640
1980 - Present
HPI: 33.58
Rank: 641
1997 - Present
HPI: 33.47
Rank: 642
1972 - Present
HPI: 33.45
Rank: 643
1960 - Present
HPI: 33.44
Rank: 644
1994 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 645
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 646
1969 - Present
HPI: 33.40
Rank: 647
1982 - Present
HPI: 33.36
Rank: 648
1973 - Present
HPI: 33.31
Rank: 649
1990 - Present
HPI: 33.26
Rank: 650
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.25
Rank: 651
1990 - Present
HPI: 33.18
Rank: 652
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).
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