# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-jolitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:44:20.702Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-jolitz"
name: "William Jolitz"
slug: "william-jolitz"
description: "William Frederick Jolitz, commonly known as Bill Jolitz, was an American software engineer best known for developing the 386BSD operating system from 1989 to 1994 along with his wife Lynne Jolitz."
tagline: "American software programmer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1957-02-22"
deathDate: "2022-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.8
  momentum:             8.105849582172702
  historical:           9.8234
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "GITHUB"
    url:       "https://github.com/williamjolitz"
    handle:    "williamjolitz"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E5%96%AC%E5%88%A9%E8%8C%A8"
    title: "威廉·喬利茨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام جوليتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Jolitz"
    title: "Bill Jolitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jolitz"
    title: "William Jolitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frederick_Jolitz"
    title: "William Frederick Jolitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%98%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ویلیام ژولیتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jolitz"
    title: "William Jolitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%84"
    title: "ウィリアム・ジョリッツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EC%A1%B8%EB%A6%AC%EC%B8%A0"
    title: "윌리엄 졸리츠"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jolitz"
    title: "William Jolitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jolitz"
    title: "William Jolitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109356"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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