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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Kristen Nygaard

1926 - 2002

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Kristen Nygaard (27 August 1926 – 10 August 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer, and politician. Internationally, Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming language Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the 1960s. Nygaard and Dahl received the 2001 A. M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kristen Nygaard has received more than 218,606 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Kristen Nygaard is the 141st most popular computer scientist (down from 71st in 2019), the 374th most popular biography from Norway (down from 233rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Computer Scientist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Kristen Nygaard ranks 141 out of 201. Before him are Jaron Lanier, James Rumbaugh, David Patterson, Rob Pike, Robert Tarjan, and Richard Garriott. After him are Bertrand Meyer, Steve Russell, Martin Fowler, Raj Reddy, Kent Beck, and Bruce Schneier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Kristen Nygaard ranks 379. Before him are Wolfgang Seidel, George Ariyoshi, Andrea Kékesy, Paul Lynde, Víctor Ugarte, and Conrad Hall. After him are George Rhoden, Heino Kruus, Garret FitzGerald, Danny Blanchflower, Moira Shearer, and Klaus Schütz. Among people deceased in 2002, Kristen Nygaard ranks 261. Before him are Mustafa Mansour, Anatoli Bashashkin, Ruth Svedberg, Signe Hasso, Jack Kruschen, and John Buscema. After him are Aileen Riggin, Jonathan Harris, José Hierro, Yuji Hyakutake, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, and Günther Ortmann.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Kristen Nygaard ranks 374 out of 927. Before him are John Carew (1979), Alfred Engelsen (1893), Oskar Olsen (1897), Johann Olav Koss (1968), Tora Berger (1981), and Anette Bøe (1957). After him are Jørn Lier Horst (1970), Grethe Kausland (1947), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), Johan Sverdrup (1816), Lasse Kjus (1971), and Bernt Evensen (1905).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Norway

Among computer scientists born in Norway, Kristen Nygaard ranks 2. Before him are Ole-Johan Dahl (1931). After him are Geir Ivarsøy (1957) and Jon Lech Johansen (1983).

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