# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-m-ritchie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:33:35.732Z

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name: "Dennis M. Ritchie"
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description: "Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie was an American computer scientist. He created, together with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system, C programming language, and B programming language."
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birthDate: "1941-09-09"
deathDate: "2011-10-12"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill