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Ole-Johan Dahl

1931 - 2002

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Ole-Johan Dahl (12 October 1931 – 29 June 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist. Dahl was a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo and is considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming along with Kristen Nygaard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ole-Johan Dahl is the 41st most popular computer scientist (up from 58th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Norway (up from 176th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Ole-Johan Dahl ranks 41 out of 245. Before him are Guido van Rossum, Tony Hoare, Ken Kutaragi, Maurice Wilkes, Charles Bachman, and Peter Naur. After him are Ivan Sutherland, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Steve Russell, Kevin Mitnick, David Patterson, and Thomas E. Kurtz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ole-Johan Dahl ranks 122. Before him are James Tolkan, Morris Chang, Ivan Klíma, Sri Chinmoy, Viliam Schrojf, and Yao Wenyuan. After him are Augusto Boal, Ermanno Olmi, Masaaki Hatsumi, Dean Smith, Barbara Eden, and Márta Mészáros. Among people deceased in 2002, Ole-Johan Dahl ranks 82. Before him are Velibor Vasović, Pierre Werner, George Roy Hill, Chico Xavier, Peggy Lee, and John Entwistle. After him are Marina Berti, Erwin Chargaff, François Périer, Thomas Gordon, Dhirubhai Ambani, and Juan Antonio Bardem.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ole-Johan Dahl ranks 118 out of 1,039. Before him are Arne Garborg (1851), Arne Næss (1912), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Ole Bull (1810), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (1973), and Jonas Gahr Støre (1960). After him are Axel Paulsen (1855), Kristian Birkeland (1867), Stein Rokkan (1921), Magnus, Duke of Saxony (1042), Christian Sinding (1856), and Carsten Borchgrevink (1864).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Norway

Among computer scientists born in Norway, Ole-Johan Dahl ranks 1. After him are Kristen Nygaard (1926), Geir Ivarsøy (1957), and Jon Lech Johansen (1983).

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