# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-shannon-morse
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:00:51.921Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-shannon-morse"
name: "David Shannon Morse"
slug: "david-shannon-morse"
description: "David Shannon Morse was an American technology executive. He was the cofounder of Amiga. In 1982, he left Tonka Toys and became the Chief Executive Officer at Hi Toro, Inc., which he co-founded and which later that year morphed into Amiga, Inc. which he led through the development of the Lorraine Project, ultimately, the Amiga 1000 computer. In the 1980s, he was a software manager at Epyx, a video game developer and publisher where he helped to create the Atari Lynx, being credited with designing the graphics chip. In 1992, Morse would help co-found Crystal Dynamics with Judy Lange and Madeline Canepa, a video game developer famous for their extensive library."
tagline: "Co-founder of Amiga Corporation (1943-2007)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-04-15"
deathDate: "2007-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.88
  momentum:             3.139931740614335
  historical:           6.347193333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shannon_Morse"
    title: "David Shannon Morse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "ديفيد شانون مورس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "ديفيد شانون مورس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Morse_(executive)"
    title: "Dave Morse (executive)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shannon_Morse"
    title: "David Shannon Morse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shannon_Morse"
    title: "David Shannon Morse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shannon_Morse"
    title: "David Shannon Morse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533030"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump