COMPUTER SCIENTIST

David Heinemeier Hansson

1979 - Today

David Heinemeier Hansson

David Heinemeier Hansson, also known by his initials DHH, is a Danish programmer, writer, entrepreneur, and racing driver. He is the creator of Ruby on Rails, a web framework written in Ruby. He also created Omarchy, a pre-configured version of Arch Linux catered towards developers. He is also a partner and chief technology officer at the web-based software development firm 37signals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. David Heinemeier Hansson is the 245th most popular computer scientist (down from 233rd in 2024), the 927th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 867th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, David Heinemeier Hansson ranks 245 out of 245. Before him are Jon Lech Johansen, Rosalind Picard, Andrej Karpathy, David Braben, Denny Vrandečić, and Fabrice Bellard. After him are Andrew Tridgell, Hamza Bendelladj, Rich Skrenta, Eric Bina, Jordan Hubbard, and Dave Hyatt.

Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia

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Jon Lech Johansen
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 239
Rosalind Picard
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 240
Andrej Karpathy
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 241
David Braben
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 242
Denny Vrandečić
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 243
Fabrice Bellard
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 244
David Heinemeier Hansson
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 245
Andrew Tridgell
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 246
Hamza Bendelladj
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 247
Rich Skrenta
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 248
Eric Bina
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 249
Jordan Hubbard
1963 - Present
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 250
Dave Hyatt
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 251

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, David Heinemeier Hansson ranks 1,063. Before him are Pablo Couñago, Javad Foroughi, David Kopp, Aleksandar Vasoski, Mika Hannula, and Bouchra Ghezielle. After him are Souad Aït Salem, Laura Huhtasaari, Marián Kelemen, Shamita Shetty, Juliet Rylance, and Homos.

Others Born in 1979

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Pablo Couñago
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 1,057
Javad Foroughi
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 1,058
David Kopp
CYCLIST
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 1,059
Aleksandar Vasoski
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 1,060
Mika Hannula
HOCKEY PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 1,061
Bouchra Ghezielle
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 1,062
David Heinemeier Hansson
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 1,063
Souad Aït Salem
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 1,064
Laura Huhtasaari
POLITICIAN
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 1,065
Marián Kelemen
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 1,066
Shamita Shetty
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 1,067
Juliet Rylance
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 1,068
Homos
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 1,069

In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, David Heinemeier Hansson ranks 927 out of 1,032. Before him are Riza Durmisi (1994), Basim (1992), Anne van Olst (1962), Tomas Thordarson (1974), Jakob Sveistrup (1972), and Andreas Bjelland (1988). After him are Oh Land (1985), Kristine Andersen (1976), Casper Nielsen (1994), Lasse Andersson (1994), Lotte Friis (1988), and Peter Christensen (1975).

Others born in Denmark

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Riza Durmisi
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 921
Basim
SINGER
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 922
Anne van Olst
ATHLETE
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 923
Tomas Thordarson
SINGER
1974 - Present
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 924
Jakob Sveistrup
SINGER
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 925
Andreas Bjelland
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 926
David Heinemeier Hansson
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 927
Oh Land
MUSICIAN
1985 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 928
Kristine Andersen
POLITICIAN
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 929
Casper Nielsen
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 930
Lasse Andersson
HANDBALL PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 931
Lotte Friis
SWIMMER
1988 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 932
Peter Christensen
POLITICIAN
1975 - 2025
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 933