# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/markus-persson
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:24:14.970Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/markus-persson"
name: "Markus Persson"
slug: "markus-persson"
description: "Markus Alexej Persson, known by the pseudonym Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the creator of Minecraft, the best-selling video game in history. He founded the video game development company Mojang Studios in 2009."
tagline: "Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)"
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birthDate: "1979-06-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill