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Rasmus Lerdorf

1968 - Today

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Rasmus Lerdorf (Danish: [ˈleɐ̯ˌtɒˀf]; born 22 November 1968) is a Danish-Canadian programmer. He co-authored and inspired the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participating in the development of later versions led by a group of developers including Jim Winstead (who later created blo.gs), Stig Bakken, Shane Caraveo, Andi Gutmans, and Zeev Suraski. He continues to contribute to the project. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rasmus Lerdorf is the 118th most popular computer scientist (down from 113th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Greenland (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Rasmus Lerdorf ranks 118 out of 245. Before him are Jacques Vallée, Jan Koum, Robert Fano, Kenneth E. Iverson, Lynn Conway, and Danny Hillis. After him are Adele Goldberg, Eugene Kaspersky, Eugene Garfield, Liviu Librescu, Gil Amelio, and Sergey Lebedev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Rasmus Lerdorf ranks 171. Before him are Brian Steen Nielsen, Tony Hawk, Marcus Schenkenberg, Emily Procter, Cristian Mungiu, and Debra Messing. After him are Kristin Chenoweth, Hassan Ali Khayre, Florence Devouard, Dorinel Munteanu, Chayanne, and Boris Gelfand.

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In Greenland

Among people born in Greenland, Rasmus Lerdorf ranks 8 out of 16. Before him are Lars-Emil Johansen (1946), Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938), Hans Enoksen (1956), Henning Jakob Henrik Lund (1875), Kuupik Kleist (1958), and Kim Kielsen (1966). After him are Aleqa Hammond (1965), Jesper Grønkjær (1977), Thue Christiansen (1940), Múte Bourup Egede (1987), Naja Marie Aidt (1963), and Niviaq Korneliussen (1990).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Greenland

Among computer scientists born in Greenland, Rasmus Lerdorf ranks 1. 

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