# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edsger-w-dijkstra
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:28:17.390Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/edsger-w-dijkstra"
name: "Edsger W. Dijkstra"
slug: "edsger-w-dijkstra"
description: "Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, mathematician, and science essayist."
tagline: "Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NL"
category:
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  slug: "developers"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1930-05-11"
deathDate: "2002-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  96
  category: 26
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill