Linus Torvalds, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer and hacker

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1969

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Profession: writer, businessperson, engineer, computer scientist, software developer, inventor, programmer, blogger

Nationality: United States, Finland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Linus Benedict Torvalds ( LEE-n?s TOR-vawldz, Finland Swedish: ['li?n?s 'tu?rv?lds] (listen); born December 28, 1969) is a Finnish-American software engineer who is the creator and, historically, the principal developer of the Linux kernel, which is the kernel for Linux operating systems (distributions) and other operating systems such as Android and Chrome OS.
He also created the distributed version control system Git and the scuba dive logging and planning software Subsurface. He was honored, along with Shinya Yamanaka, with the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize by the Technology Academy Finland "in recognition of his creation of a new open source operating system for computers leading to the widely used Linux kernel." He is also the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award and the 2018 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award.