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Anders Hejlsberg

1960 - Today

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Anders Hejlsberg (; Danish: [ˈhɑjlsˌpɛɐ̯ˀ]; born 2 December 1960) is a Danish software engineer who co-designed several programming languages and development tools. He was the original author of Turbo Pascal and the chief architect of Delphi. He currently works for Microsoft as the lead architect of C# and core developer on TypeScript. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anders Hejlsberg is the 539th most popular businessperson (down from 450th in 2019), the 511th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Anders Hejlsberg ranks 539 out of 847. Before him are Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Gautam Adani, Jean-Paul Agon, Walter Wild, Jim Marshall, and Mo Ibrahim. After him are Eike Batista, Richard Hilton, Hermann Josef Abs, Arianna Huffington, Claire Williams, and Andrew Planche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Anders Hejlsberg ranks 288. Before him are Alexandre Czerniatynski, Leland Orser, Maho Shimizu, Katsuyoshi Shinto, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Seth Godin. After him are Greg Louganis, Joseph Williams, Prvoslav Vujcic, Stefan Yanev, Ko Wen-je, and Víctor Fernández.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Anders Hejlsberg ranks 511 out of 1,032. Before him are Nils Asther (1897), August Blom (1869), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), Prince Christian of Denmark (2005), Lily Carlstedt (1926), and Katja K (1968). After him are Jørgen Jørgensen (1780), Jesper Olsen (1961), John Eriksen (1957), Christen Dalsgaard (1824), Henry Petersen (1900), and Johannes Schmidt (1877).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Denmark

Among businesspeople born in Denmark, Anders Hejlsberg ranks 6. Before him are Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891), Paul Elvstrøm (1928), Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913), J. C. Jacobsen (1811), and Jakob Nielsen (1957). After him are Janus Friis (1976).

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