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Jakob Nielsen

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Jakob Nielsen (born 5 October 1957) is a Danish web usability consultant, human–computer interaction researcher, and co-founder of Nielsen Norman Group. He was named the “guru of Web page usability” in 1998 by The New York Times and the “king of usability” by Internet Magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob Nielsen is the 439th most popular businessperson (down from 381st in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 351st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jakob Nielsen ranks 439 out of 847. Before him are Armand Hammer, Alfred P. Sloan, Naguib Sawiris, Aliko Dangote, David Sarnoff, and Lisa Su. After him are S. Robson Walton, Jim Ratcliffe, Christopher O'Neill, Mark Cuban, Uğur Şahin, and Charles Yerkes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Jakob Nielsen ranks 207. Before him are Inès de La Fressange, Aliko Dangote, Cécilia Attias, Timothy Treadwell, Michael Foreman, and Kevin Pollak. After him are Tsai Ming-liang, Goodluck Jonathan, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, Carlos Renato Frederico, Nick Hornby, and Ali Larijani.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jakob Nielsen ranks 390 out of 1,032. Before him are Henning Larsen (1925), Peter Georg Bang (1797), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778), Viggo Kampmann (1910), and Ole Beich (1955). After him are Patricia Crone (1945), Trine Dyrholm (1972), Jacob Riis (1849), August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1612), Robert Jacobsen (1912), and Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1864).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Denmark

Among businesspeople born in Denmark, Jakob Nielsen ranks 5. Before him are Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891), Paul Elvstrøm (1928), Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913), and J. C. Jacobsen (1811). After him are Anders Hejlsberg (1960), and Janus Friis (1976).

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