# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/spencer-kimball
# Generated: 2026-08-31T12:55:30.512Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/spencer-kimball"
name: "Spencer Kimball"
slug: "spencer-kimball"
description: "Spencer Kimball is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and business executive. He is the CEO of Cockroach Labs, a company he co-founded in 2014. His work as a programmer includes creating GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) while still in college, and assisting the source code development of CockroachDB, the namesake software of Cockroach Labs. In addition to Cockroach Labs, Kimball was involved in the founding of other tech startups including WeGo and Viewfinder."
tagline: "American computer programmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spencer_Kimball.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1901"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           56.75
  momentum:             12.39560699102504
  historical:           6.365229333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 234
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/spencer08433091"
    handle:    "spencer08433091"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/spencekimball"
    handle:    "spencekimball"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerwkimball/"
    handle:    "spencerwkimball"
  - platform:  "GITHUB"
    url:       "https://github.com/spencerkimball"
    handle:    "spencerkimball"
    followers: 234
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Kimball"
    title: "Spencer Kimball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%84"
    title: "سبنسر كيمبل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Kimball_(computer_programmer)"
    title: "Spencer Kimball (computer programmer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Kimball"
    title: "Spencer Kimball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Kimball"
    title: "Spencer Kimball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Kimball"
    title: "Spencer Kimball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Kimball_(programmerer)"
    title: "Spencer Kimball (programmerer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7576106"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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