Linus Torvalds

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

28 December 1969

Born on the same birth day (28 December): Allar Levandi • Arun Jaitley • Bastiaan Lijesen • Brian Redhead • Clifford Cocks • Curt Byrum • Curtis Glencross • Edgar Winter • Hansjörg Kunze • Holger Blume • Hubert Green • James Blake (tennis) • Jocelyn Enriquez • Mariam A. Aleem • Max Hastings • Nichelle Nichols • Richard Clayderman • Sergi Barjuán • Steve Van Buren • Terry Butcher • Tomáš Jurčo • William Gates (basketball)

Born in the same month (December 1969): Chyna • Darren Berry • Dave Nilsson • Dmitri Tymoczko • Isaac Viciosa • Jennifer Ehle • Kent Hehr • Laurie Holden • Michelle McGann • Mihails Zemļinskis • Noel Goldthorpe • Oleg Skripochka • Pernille Fischer Christensen • Plum Sykes • President of Estonia • Richard Carrier • Sarah Vowell • Scott Hatteberg • Taro Goto • Wilfred Kirochi