# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jakob-nielsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:03:48.299Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jakob-nielsen"
name: "Jakob Nielsen"
slug: "jakob-nielsen"
description: "Jakob Nielsen 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."
tagline: "Danish web usability consultant"
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birthDate: "1957-10-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump