# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rob-pike
# Generated: 2026-08-31T11:50:34.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rob-pike"
name: "Rob Pike"
slug: "rob-pike"
description: "Robert Pike is a Canadian programmer and author.\nHe is best known for his work on the Go programming language while working at Google\nand the Plan 9 operating system while working at Bell Labs, where he was a member of the Unix team."
tagline: "Software engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rob-pike-oscon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Developers"
  slug: "developers"
profileType:
  name: "Developer"
  slug: "developer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740"
birthDate: "1956"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           65.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.85944666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  242
  category: 25
totalFollowers: 12133
platforms:
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    url:       "http://herpolhode.com/rob/"
  - platform:  "GITHUB"
    url:       "https://github.com/robpike"
    handle:    "robpike"
    followers: 12133
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rob Pike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rob Pike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rob Pike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rob Pike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rob Pike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rob Pike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Pike"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ロブ・パイク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rob Pike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Pike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rob Pike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rob Pike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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