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David Heinemeier Hansson

Programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails

  • Audience25.1K
  • Fame71.0
  • Momentum15.0
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25.1K github followers
  • Audience25.1K
  • Fame71.0
  • Momentum15.0
  • Developers rank#12
  • Wikipedia10.1K
Born 1979 · age 47
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  • Biggest on GitHub
    25.1K
    @dhh
  • Wikipedia
    18 languages
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  • Age
    47
    Born 1979
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
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Updated 2026-06-21

David Heinemeier Hansson, also known by his initials DHH, is a Danish programmer, writer, entrepreneur, and racing driver. He is the creator of Ruby on Rails, a web framework written in Ruby. He also created Omarchy, a pre-configured version of Arch Linux catered towards developers. He is also a partner and chief technology officer at the web-based software development firm 37signals.

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Fame
Stable
71.0
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum15.0
Historical15.6
Now attention4.0
Source confidence80.0
Completeness80.0
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Category rank
#12
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