# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-mcewen-kildall
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:28:24.584Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothy-mcewen-kildall"
name: "Dorothy McEwen Kildall"
slug: "dorothy-mcewen-kildall"
description: "Dorothy Gene McEwen Kildall, often known as Dorothy McEwen, was an American microcomputer industry pioneer. In 1974, she co-founded Digital Research, the company that developed the first computer language, the first compiler and the first mainstream operating system for microcomputers."
tagline: "American microcomputer industry pioneer (1943-2005)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-03-03"
deathDate: "2005-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.742441333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_McEwen_Kildall"
    title: "Dorothy McEwen Kildall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_McEwen_Kildall"
    title: "Dorothy McEwen Kildall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_McEwen_Kildall"
    title: "Dorothy McEwen Kildall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_McEwen_Kildall"
    title: "Dorothy McEwen Kildall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5813626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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