# Phil Katz

> Phillip Walter Katz was a computer programmer best known as the co-creator of the ZIP file format for data compression, and the author of PKZIP, a program for creating zip files that ran under DOS.

*American software developer, developer of the ZIP file format (1962-2000)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/phil-katz

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1962-11-03
- **Died:** 2000-04-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 16.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 13.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #160

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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q550635)

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