# Sam Lantinga

> Sam Oscar Lantinga is a computer programmer. He used to be the lead software engineer at Blizzard Entertainment, where he was known to the community as Slouken. He is best known as the creator of the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a very popular open source multimedia programming library, and also developed the compatibility database for Executor, a proprietary Mac OS emulator.

*American video game programmer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/sam-lantinga

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1974
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Total followers across platforms:** 506

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/slouken (@slouken)
- **LINKEDIN**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-lantinga-02771b10/ (@sam-lantinga-02771b10)
- **GITHUB**: https://github.com/slouken (@slouken, 506 followers)

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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93064)

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