The Most Famous

Computer Scientists from Denmark

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This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Computer Scientists. The pantheon dataset contains 245 Computer Scientists, 2 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 18th most number of Computer Scientists behind China and Italy.

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Danish Computer Scientists of all time. This list of famous Danish Computer Scientists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Peter Naur (1928 - 2016)

With an HPI of 64.18, Peter Naur is the most famous Danish Computer Scientist.   biography has been translated into 41 different languages on wikipedia.

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2. David Heinemeier Hansson (b. 1979)

With an HPI of 40.83, David Heinemeier Hansson is the 2nd most famous Danish Computer Scientist.   biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

People

Pantheon has 2 people classified as Danish computer scientists born between 1928 and 1979. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Danish computer scientists include David Heinemeier Hansson. The most famous deceased Danish computer scientists include Peter Naur.

Living Danish Computer Scientists

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Deceased Danish Computer Scientists

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