1968 - Today
Rasmus Lerdorf (born 22 November 1968) is a Danish-Canadian programmer. He co-authored and inspired the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participating in the development of later versions led by a group of developers including Jim Winstead (who later created blo.gs), Stig Bakken, Shane Caraveo, Andi Gutmans, and Zeev Suraski. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rasmus Lerdorf has received more than 627,222 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Rasmus Lerdorf is the 81st most popular computer scientist (down from 77th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Greenland (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Rasmus Lerdorf ranks 81 out of 201. Before him are Ed Roberts, Ivar Jacobson, Martin Hellman, Geoffrey Hinton, Stephen Cook, and Edward Feigenbaum. After him are David A. Huffman, Evelyn Berezin, Adi Shamir, Eric S. Raymond, Richard M. Karp, and Liviu Librescu.
1941 - 2010
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 75
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 76
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 77
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 78
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 79
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 80
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 81
1925 - 1999
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 82
1925 - 2018
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 83
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 84
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 85
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 86
1930 - 2007
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 87
Among people born in 1968, Rasmus Lerdorf ranks 110. Before him are Martin Dahlin, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Cuba Gooding Jr., Billy Boyd, Ramush Haradinaj, and LL Cool J. After him are Rachael Harris, Iñaki Urdangarin, Patsy Kensit, Emily Procter, Dina Meyer, and Juan Antonio Pizzi.
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 104
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 105
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 106
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 107
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 108
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 109
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 110
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 111
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 112
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 113
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 114
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 115
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 116
Among people born in Greenland, Rasmus Lerdorf ranks 3 out of 11. Before him are Knud Rasmussen (1879) and Henning Jakob Henrik Lund (1875). After him are Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938), Kim Kielsen (1966), Lars-Emil Johansen (1946), Jesper Grønkjær (1977), Kuupik Kleist (1958), Aleqa Hammond (1965), Hans Enoksen (1956), and Naja Marie Aidt (1963).
1879 - 1933
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1
1875 - 1948
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 2
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 3
1938 - 2010
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 4
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 6
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 8
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 9
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 10
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 11
Among computer scientists born in Greenland, Rasmus Lerdorf ranks 1.