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Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 28 December 1969
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Torvalds
- Father
- Nils Torvalds
- Mother
- Anna Torvalds
- Spouse
- Tove Torvalds
- Field of work
- software engineer
- Occupation
- programmer, software developer, writer, inventor, blogger, computer scientist, engineer, businessperson
- Citizenship
- United States, Finland
- Native language
- Swedish
- Religion
- agnosticism
- Awards
- Millennium Technology Prize, Computer Pioneer Award, Suuret suomalaiset, Lovelace Medal, honorary doctor of Stockholm University, EFF Award, doctor honoris causa of the University of Helsinki, Computer History Museum Fellow, Internet Hall of Fame, European of the Year, IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award, Nokia Foundation Recognition Award
- academic degree
- Master of Science
- ACM Classification Code (2012)
- 10011425
- archives at
- Computer History Museum
- birth name
- Linus Benedict Torvalds
- educated at
- University of Helsinki, Svenska normallyceum
- employer
- Transmeta Corporation, Open Source Development Labs, Linux Foundation, University of Helsinki
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Finland Swedish, Finnish, English, Swedish
- name in native language
- Linus Torvalds
- named after
- Linus Pauling
- notable work
- Linux kernel, Git, Subsurface
- number of children
- 3
- public key fingerprint
- ABAF 11C6 5A29 70B1 30AB E3C4 79BE 3E43 0041 1886
- relative
- Ole Torvalds
- residence
- Helsinki, Santa Clara
- significant event
- sabbatical
- social media followers
- 33743, 34719, 35192, 36262, 46110
- topic's main category
- Category:Linus Torvalds
- work location
- Helsinki, Silicon Valley, Oregon
- writing language
- English
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