Kristen Nygaard

Kristen Nygaard 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.

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Who was born first?

• Kristen Nygaard and Paul Berg were born the same year
• Kristen Nygaard and Ben Roy Mottelson were born the same year
• Kristen Nygaard and Aleksandra Kornhauser Frazer were born the same year
• Kristen Nygaard and Andrew Schally were born the same year
• Kristen Nygaard and Masatoshi Koshiba were born the same year

Timeline

1. Aleksandra Kornhauser FrazerSeptember 26, 1926 – May 17, 2020
2. Andrew SchallyNovember 30, 1926 – October 17, 2024
3. Ben Roy MottelsonJuly 9, 1926 – May 13, 2022
4. Kristen Nygaard (this page)August 27, 1926 – August 10, 2002
5. Masatoshi KoshibaSeptember 19, 1926 – November 12, 2020
6. Paul BergJune 30, 1926 – February 15, 2023

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