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Kristen Nygaard

1926 - 2002

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Kristen Nygaard (27 August 1926 – 10 August 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer, and politician. Internationally, Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming language Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the 1960s. Nygaard and Dahl received the 2001 A. M. Turing Award for their contribution to computer science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kristen Nygaard is the 93rd most popular computer scientist (up from 107th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Norway (up from 267th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Kristen Nygaard ranks 93 out of 245. Before him are Martin Hellman, Ninoslav Marina, Radia Perlman, John Henry Holland, Evan Williams, and Edward Feigenbaum. After him are Gary Kildall, Stephen Cook, Kathleen Antonelli, Betty Holberton, Judea Pearl, and Marlyn Meltzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Kristen Nygaard ranks 248. Before him are Alina Szapocznikow, Salahuddin of Selangor, Prince Dimitri Romanov, Julio Pérez, Heinz Kwiatkowski, and Richard Yates. After him are Peter Alexander, Yehuda Bauer, Bernhard Klodt, Enzo Sacchi, Carl Adam Petri, and James Samuel Coleman. Among people deceased in 2002, Kristen Nygaard ranks 159. Before him are Heinz von Foerster, Layne Staley, Julio Pérez, Ramón Grosso, Ted Williams, and Grote Reber. After him are Alan Lomax, Marion Dönhoff, Said Belqola, Vlado Perlemuter, Louis-Marie Billé, and Sune Andersson.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Kristen Nygaard ranks 230 out of 1,039. Before him are Niels Juel (1629), Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969), Helmer Hanssen (1870), Toralf Engan (1936), Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), and Georg Ossian Sars (1837). After him are Nina Grieg (1845), Nora Brockstedt (1923), Harald Grønningen (1934), Alf Andersen (1906), Jens Hundseid (1883), and Marit Bjørgen (1980).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Norway

Among computer scientists born in Norway, Kristen Nygaard ranks 2. Before him are Ole-Johan Dahl (1931). After him are Geir Ivarsøy (1957), and Jon Lech Johansen (1983).

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