# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vitalik-buterin
# Generated: 2026-08-31T11:53:45.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vitalik-buterin"
name: "Vitalik Buterin"
slug: "vitalik-buterin"
description: "Vitaly Dmitrievich Buterin, better known as Vitalik Buterin, is a Russian-Canadian computer programmer best known for co-founding Ethereum. Buterin became involved with cryptocurrency early in its inception, co-founding Bitcoin Magazine in 2011. In 2015, Buterin deployed the Ethereum blockchain with Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, Anthony Di Iorio, and Joseph Lubin."
tagline: "Russian-Canadian computer scientist"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1994-01-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 16
totalFollowers: 13471
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill