Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland, the 28th December 1969, the son of journalists Anna and Nils Torvalds, the grandson of statistician Leo Törnqvist and of poet Ole Torvalds, and the great-grandson of journalist and soldier Toivo Karanko. His parents were campus radicals at the University of Helsinki in the 1960s.
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Linus Torvalds
Finnish-American software engineer
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. Wikipedia
Born: 1969 (age 54 years), Helsinki, Finland
Spouse: Tove Torvalds (m. 1997)
Education: University of Helsinki (1988–1996)
Awards: Millennium Technology Prize
Children: Daniela Yolanda Torvalds, Celeste Amanda Torvalds, and Patricia Miranda Torvalds
Parents: Nils Torvalds and Anna Torvalds