# Aaron Swartz

> Aaron Hillel Swartz, also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. As a programmer, Swartz helped develop the web feed format RSS; the technical architecture for Creative Commons, an organization dedicated to creating copyright licenses; and the Python website framework web.py. Swartz helped define the syntax of the lightweight markup language format Markdown, and was a co-owner of the social news aggregation website Reddit and contributed to its development until he left the company in 2007. He is often credited as a martyr and a prodigy, and much of his work focused on civic awareness and progressive activism.

*American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/aaron-swartz

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1986-11-08
- **Died:** 2013-01-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 71.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 25.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 5.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 80.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #247
- **Category rank:** #14
- **Total followers across platforms:** 2,437

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/aaronsw (@aaronsw)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2290901/ (@nm2290901)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.aaronsw.com
- **GITHUB**: https://github.com/aaronsw (@aaronsw, 2,437 followers)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/6341816)
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- [آرون سوارتز](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B2)
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- [Aaron Şvarts](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_%C5%9Evarts)
- [Арон Шварц](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86)
- [অ্যারন সোয়ার্টজ](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%9C)
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- [Aaron Swartz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz)
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- [آرون سوارتس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B3)
- [Aaron Swartz](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz)
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- [Aaron Swartz](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz)
- [એરન સ્વાર્ટઝ](https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%8F%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A8_%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9F%E0%AA%9D)
- [Aaron Swartz](https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz)
- [ארון שוורץ](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A5)
- [एरॉन श्वार्ट्ज](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C)
- [Wikiquote](https://bn.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%9C)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz)
- [Wikiquote](https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz)

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