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Ton Roosendaal

1960 - Today

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Ton Roosendaal (Dutch: [tɔn ˈroːzənˌdaːl]; born 20 March 1960) is a Dutch software developer and film producer. He is the original creator of the open-source 3D creation suite Blender and Traces (an Amiga ray tracer which was the forerunner of Blender). He is also known as the founder and chairman of the Blender Foundation, and for pioneering large scale open-content projects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ton Roosendaal has received more than 328,973 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ton Roosendaal is the 660th most popular businessperson (down from 570th in 2019), the 972nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 839th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ton Roosendaals by language

Over the past year Ton Roosendaal has had the most page views in the with 43,644 views, followed by Russian (4,130), and Chinese (2,435). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Dutch (68.89%), Catalan (31.54%), and Urdu (26.29%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ton Roosendaal ranks 660 out of 847. Before him are Anil Ambani, Samuel Brannan, Philippe Kahn, Barry Diller, Heather Mills, and Benjamin Vulliamy. After him are Charles Saatchi, Ginni Rometty, Michel Roux, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Maki Kaji, and Gina Rinehart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Ton Roosendaal ranks 443. Before him are Joey Belladonna, Michael Lewis, Christoph Schlingensief, Claudia Losch, Masoumeh Ebtekar, and Alexander Bashlachev. After him are Mustapha El Biyaz, Brewster Kahle, Roger Taylor, Khadija Arib, Günter Hermann, and Pip Torrens.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ton Roosendaal ranks 972 out of 1,646. Before him are Maxime Verhagen (1956), Johanna ter Steege (1961), Peter Winnen (1957), Caroline van der Plas (1967), Melisa Aslı Pamuk (1991), and Anky van Grunsven (1968). After him are Dafne Schippers (1992), Jeremain Lens (1987), Mbark Boussoufa (1984), Marwan Kenzari (1983), Tom Dumoulin (1990), and Cody Gakpo (1999).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Netherlands

Among businesspeople born in Netherlands, Ton Roosendaal ranks 5. Before him are Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870), Colonel Tom Parker (1909), Frits Philips (1905), and Gerard Philips (1858).

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