
Linus Torvalds
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Male
birthday
1969-12-28
place-of-birth
Helsinki, Finland
also-known-as
Linus Benedict Torvalds
biography
Linus Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer best known for creating the Linux operating system and the version control system Git. He was born on December 28, 1969, in Helsinki, Finland, and has played a significant role in the development of open-source software.