Linus Torvalds

Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel since 1991. He also created the distributed version control system Git.

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Who was born first?

• Linus Torvalds and Tony Fadell were born the same year
• Linus Torvalds was born 1 year after Robin Li
• Linus Torvalds was born 2 years after Jony Ive
• Linus Torvalds was born 2 years before Peter Madsen
• Linus Torvalds was born 2 years before Elon Musk

Timeline

1. Jony IveFebruary 27, 1967 – present
2. Robin LiNovember 17, 1968 – present
3. Linus Torvalds (this page)December 28, 1969 – present
4. Tony FadellMarch 22, 1969 – present
5. Elon MuskJune 28, 1971 – present
6. Peter MadsenJanuary 12, 1971 – present

Related

• Albert EinsteinMarch 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955
• Leonardo da VinciApril 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519
• Galileo GalileiFebruary 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642
• Thomas EdisonFebruary 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931
• Archimedescirca 287 BC – 212 BC
• Steve JobsFebruary 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011
• Nikola TeslaJuly 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943
• Henry FordJuly 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947