Markus Persson

Markus Alexej Persson, also known as "Notch", is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is best known for creating the sandbox video game Minecraft, which has since become the best-selling video game in history; and for founding the video game development company Mojang Studios in 2009. Persson is currently working on new games under the banner of Bitshift Entertainment.

1 June 1979

Born on the same birth date (1 June 1979): Santana Moss

Born on the same birth day (1 June): Amanullah Khan • Cleavon Little • David Westhead • Edward Deas Thomson • Frank Morgan • Geminiano Montanari • Jack Kralick • James H. Billington • Luis García (footballer, born 1969) • Martin Brundle • Max Emmerich • Michael Rasmussen (cyclist) • Otto of Greece • Pat Boone • Richard Schweiker • Sam Young (basketball) • Yury Voronov (botanist) • Zoltán Harsányi

Born in the same month (June 1979): Amanda Lassiter • Andy O'Brien (footballer) • Christian Malcolm • Dario Dainelli • Earl Watson • Esther Anderson (Australian actress) • Ivana Wong • Joey Cheek • José Kléberson • Martin Bourboulon • Mindy Kaling • Naohiro Takahara • Nick Rimando • Nila Håkedal • Pierre Poilievre • Randy McMichael • Roberto De Zerbi • Ryan Tedder • Shannon Hegarty • Survivor: Blood vs. Water