# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-bright
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:24:44.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-bright"
name: "Walter Bright"
slug: "walter-bright"
description: "Walter G. Bright is an American computer programmer who created the D programming language, the Zortech C++ compiler, and the Empire computer game."
tagline: "American software developer known for designing compilers"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WalterBright.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "developers"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1959-03-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 215
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump