Ole-Johan Dahl

Ole-Johan Dahl
Born(1931-10-12)12 October 1931
Died29 June 2002(2002-06-29) (aged 70)
Asker, Norway
EducationUniversity of Oslo (BS, MS)
Known forSimula
Object-oriented programming
AwardsTuring Award (2001)
IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2002)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsNorwegian Computing Center
University of Oslo

Ole-Johan Dahl (12 October 1931 – 29 June 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist. Dahl was a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo and is considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming along with Kristen Nygaard.