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): Curtis Glencross • Elaine Hendrix • Elizabeth Stuart (daughter of Charles I) • Harry Howell (ice hockey) • Ids Postma • Intikhab Alam • Khalid Boulahrouz • Louise of Savoy (nun) • Markus Weinzierl • Sandra Faber • Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)

Born in the same month (December 1969): Archie Kao • Aziza Mustafa Zadeh • Bixente Lizarazu • Dave Nilsson • Dionne Farris • Jakob Dylan • Jennifer Ehle • Justin Edinburgh • Morgan J. Freeman • Richard Carrier • Santiago Cañizares • Sarah Vowell • Wilfred Kirochi