Niklaus Wirth
Swiss computer scientist (1934–2024)
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- Fame57.9
- Momentum18.0
- Switzerland rank#120
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Lived 1934–2024, aged 90Switzerland
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Updated 2026-06-08
Niklaus Emil Wirth was a Swiss computer scientist. He designed several programming languages, including Pascal, and pioneered several classic topics in software engineering. In 1984, he won the Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science, "for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages".
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