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Top Developers
The developers the tech world actually follows — the engineers, maintainers, and open-source names whose code quietly runs the internet. 294 tracked, ranked by a single fame score that blends search demand, knowledge-graph footprint, media mentions, and follower reach, refreshed daily.
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The most famous developers in the world right now — measured across search, news, Wikipedia, and social, and refreshed every day.
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Elon MuskCEO of Tesla, SpaceX, X. Founder of Neuralink, xAIResurging99.0Fame - #2
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Linus TorvaldsCreator of Linux & GitFalling88.8Fame - #3
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Mark ZuckerbergCEO of MetaBreakout87.1Fame - #4
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Julian AssangeStable79.5Fame - #5
Richard StallmanStable78.9Fame - #6
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Terry A. DavisStable75.8Fame - #7
Jonathan BlowBreakout74.5Fame - #8
George HotzStable73.7Fame - #9
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Bjarne StroustrupFalling73.2Fame - #10
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John RomeroFalling73.2Fame - #11
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David PlummerBreakout71.9Fame - #12
Aaron SwartzStable71.9Fame - #13
Anders HejlsbergRising71.5Fame - #14
David Heinemeier HanssonStable71.0Fame - #15
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Yukihiro MatsumotoStable70.1Fame - #16
Naomi WuFalling69.8Fame - #17
John CarmackStable69.7Fame - #18
Ward CunninghamRising68.9Fame - #19
American McGeeFalling68.6Fame - #20
Eugene KasperskyFalling68.2Fame - #21
BY Mister J SonsRising67.4Fame - #22
Rebecca HeinemanRising67.4Fame - #23
Brendan EichFalling67.3Fame - #24
Eric S. RaymondRising67.3Fame - #25
Jordan MechnerStable65.4Fame - #26DMDaito ManabeStable65.0Fame
- #27
Nat FriedmanFalling65.0Fame - #28
Miguel de IcazaFalling64.6Fame - #29
Dennis M. RitchieFalling64.0Fame - #30
Eugen RochkoBreakout63.2Fame - #31
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Daniel StenbergFalling62.8Fame - #32
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Davey WredenStable62.6Fame - #33
Jeff MinterStable62.6Fame - #34
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Markus PerssonStable62.5Fame - #35JMJed McCalebFalling62.4Fame
- #36
Chris WanstrathFalling62.4Fame - #37
Carlo AcutisStable62.1Fame - #38JZJamie ZawinskiStable61.7Fame
- #39
Armin RonacherFalling61.6Fame - #40
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Alexey PajitnovStable60.9Fame - #41
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Ryan NorthStable60.8Fame - #42
Jihadi JohnFalling60.7Fame - #43
Herb SutterFalling60.5Fame - #44
Tom BrierFalling60.5Fame - #45
Jean-Baptiste KempfFalling59.5Fame - #46
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Alexandra ElbakyanRising59.2Fame - #47MJMoon Joon YongStable58.9Fame
- #48
Dorothy VaughanStable58.8Fame - #49
Anatoly DyatlovFalling58.6Fame - #50
Joel SpolskyFalling58.5Fame - #51
John McAfeeFalling58.4Fame - #52
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Tim SchaferBreakout58.2Fame - #53
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Ivan LaninRising58.0Fame - #54
Niklaus WirthRising57.9Fame - #55
Brian KernighanStable57.9Fame - #56
Andrew S. TanenbaumStable57.9Fame - #57
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John ResigStable57.5Fame - #58
Gary KildallFalling57.2Fame - #59
Inge LehmannRising57.1Fame - #60
Tony HoareStable57.1Fame - #61
Ray OzzieStable57.0Fame - #62
Larry WallRising56.6Fame - #63
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Bill JoyFalling56.4Fame - #64
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Takashi TezukaStable56.2Fame - #65
Peter MolyneuxFalling56.1Fame - #66KPKeith PackardStable56.1Fame
- #67
Randall MunroeStable56.0Fame - #68
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Cher ScarlettFalling56.0Fame - #69
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Ian MurdockStable56.0Fame - #70
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Jan KoumFalling56.0Fame - #71
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Rasmus LerdorfFalling55.8Fame - #72
Ken ThompsonStable55.7Fame - #73
Paul GrahamFalling55.7Fame - #74
Edith WindsorFalling55.6Fame - #75
Ian HicksonFalling55.5Fame - #76AAAlfred AhoStable55.3Fame
- #77
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Raymond TomlinsonStable55.3Fame - #78
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Mark CernyRising54.9Fame - #79
Gunpei YokoiFalling54.9Fame - #80
Alan CoxRising54.8Fame - #81
Gary McKinnonStable54.8Fame - #82
Theo de RaadtStable54.7Fame - #83
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Alan KayFalling54.6Fame - #84
Andrew TridgellFalling54.4Fame - #85
David JonesRising54.2Fame - #86
Shawn FanningStable54.2Fame - #87
Gennady KorotkevichBreakout54.1Fame - #88
Bradley M. KühnRising54.0Fame - #89
Jef RaskinFalling53.9Fame - #90
John TobiasFalling53.9Fame - #91
Hans ReiserRising53.8Fame - #92
Ulrich DrepperStable53.7Fame - #93
Harald WelteFalling53.5Fame - #94
Minh LeRising53.5Fame - #95
Grady BoochRising53.4Fame - #96
Patrick VolkerdingStable53.4Fame - #97
Khaled Mardam-BeyRising53.4Fame - #98
Hal FinneyFalling53.4Fame - #99
Larry TeslerStable53.3Fame - #100
Henk RogersFalling53.3Fame
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