# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harald-welte
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:28:07.177Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harald-welte"
name: "Harald Welte"
slug: "harald-welte"
description: "Harald Welte, also known as LaForge, is a German programmer."
tagline: "German Linux kernel hacker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harald_Welte_27C3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Developers"
  slug: "developers"
profileType:
  name: "Developer"
  slug: "developer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740"
birthDate: "1979-02-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.49
  momentum:             0.6122448979591837
  historical:           6.546437333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 119
totalFollowers: 436
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/laf0rge"
    handle:    "laf0rge"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://laforge.gnumonks.org/"
  - platform:  "GITHUB"
    url:       "https://github.com/laf0rge"
    handle:    "laf0rge"
    followers: 436
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%93%88%E6%8B%89%E7%88%BE%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E9%9F%8B%E7%88%BE%E7%89%B9"
    title: "哈拉爾德·韋爾特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "هارالد ويلتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Welte"
    title: "Harald Welte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Welte"
    title: "Harald Welte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Welte"
    title: "Harald Welte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86"
    title: "ハラルト・ヴェルテ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Вельте, Харальд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70870"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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