Informatico

Niklaus Wirth

1934 - 2024

Niklaus Wirth

Niklaus Wirth (Winterthur, 15 febbraio 1934 – Zurigo, 1º gennaio 2024) è stato un informatico e inventore svizzero, pioniere dell'informatica. Fu l'inventore dei linguaggi di programmazione Pascal, Modula-2 e Oberon. Leggi di più su Wikipedia

His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Niklaus Wirth is the 13th most popular informatico (down from 5th in 2024), the 80th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Informatico.

Niklaus Wirth is most famous for inventing the programming language Pascal.

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Among Informaticos

Among informaticos, Niklaus Wirth ranks 13 out of 245. Before him are Barbara Liskov, Dennis Ritchie, Frances E. Allen, Donald Knuth, Edsger W. Dijkstra, and Geoffrey Hinton. After him are Lotfi A. Zadeh, Linus Torvalds, Ray Kurzweil, Marvin Minsky, John Cocke, and Don Norman.

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Barbara Liskov
1939 - Present
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 7
Dennis Ritchie
1941 - 2011
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 8
Frances E. Allen
1932 - 2020
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 9
Donald Knuth
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 10
Edsger W. Dijkstra
1930 - 2002
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 11
Geoffrey Hinton
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 12
Niklaus Wirth
1934 - 2024
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 13
Lotfi A. Zadeh
1921 - 2017
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 14
Linus Torvalds
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 15
Ray Kurzweil
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 16
Marvin Minsky
1927 - 2016
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 17
John Cocke
1925 - 2002
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 18
Don Norman
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 19

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Niklaus Wirth ranks 48. Before him are Bengt I. Samuelsson, Richard Meier, Georges Moustaki, Louise Fletcher, Bill Bixby, and Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler. After him are Alan Arkin, Lansana Conté, John L. Hall, Albert Speer, Carlo Rubbia, and Wole Soyinka. Among people deceased in 2024, Niklaus Wirth ranks 52. Before him are Roberto Cavalli, Sebastián Piñera, César Luis Menotti, Rik Van Looy, Robin Warren, and Ismail Haniyeh. After him are Shelley Duvall, Kris Kristofferson, Gena Rowlands, Johan Galtung, Luigi Riva, and Yahya Sinwar.

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Bengt I. Samuelsson
CHEMIST
1934 - 2024
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 42
Richard Meier
ARCHITECT
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 43
Georges Moustaki
SINGER
1934 - 2013
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 44
Louise Fletcher
ACTOR
1934 - 2022
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 45
Bill Bixby
ACTOR
1934 - 1993
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 46
Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler
POLITICIAN
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 47
Niklaus Wirth
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1934 - 2024
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 48
Alan Arkin
ACTOR
1934 - 2023
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 49
Lansana Conté
POLITICIAN
1934 - 2008
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 50
John L. Hall
PHYSICIST
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 51
Albert Speer
ARCHITECT
1934 - 2017
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 52
Carlo Rubbia
PHYSICIST
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 53
Wole Soyinka
WRITER
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 54