# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-kildall
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:26:04.573Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-kildall"
name: "Gary Kildall"
slug: "gary-kildall"
description: "Gary Arlen Kildall was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur. During the 1970s, Kildall created the operating system CP/M among other operating systems and programming tools, and subsequently founded Digital Research, Inc. to market and sell his software products. He is considered a pioneer of the personal computer revolution."
tagline: "American computer scientist and entrepreneur (1942–1994)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/GaryKildall.jpg"
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birthDate: "1942-05-19"
deathDate: "1994-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill