# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-muuss
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:41:52.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-muuss"
name: "Mike Muuss"
slug: "mike-muuss"
description: "Michael John Muuss was the American author of the freeware network tool ping, as well as the first interactive ray tracing program."
tagline: "American computer programmer (1958–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Muuss.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1958-10-16"
deathDate: "2000-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.33
  momentum:             2.050632911392405
  historical:           10.68380266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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sources:
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    title: "Mike Muuss"
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    title: "Mike Muuss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Muuss"
    title: "Mike Muuss"
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    title: "Mike Muuss"
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    title: "Mike Muuss"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Muuss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Muuss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Муусс, Майк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Muuss"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump