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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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Sam AltmanCEO of OpenAIFalling84.9Fame - #2
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Linus TorvaldsCreator of Linux & GitFalling84.8Fame - #3
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Tim Berners-LeeFalling84.7Fame - #4
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Guido van RossumStable74.7Fame - #5
Jonathan BlowBreakout74.5Fame - #6
George HotzStable73.7Fame - #7
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Bjarne StroustrupFalling73.2Fame - #8
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David PlummerBreakout71.9Fame - #9
Anders HejlsbergRising71.5Fame - #10
David Heinemeier HanssonStable71.0Fame - #11
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Yukihiro MatsumotoStable70.1Fame - #12
Naomi WuFalling69.8Fame - #13
John CarmackStable69.7Fame - #14
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Vitalik ButerinFalling69.1Fame - #15
Ward CunninghamRising68.9Fame - #16
American McGeeFalling68.6Fame - #17
Eugene KasperskyFalling68.2Fame - #18
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Donald KnuthFalling68.0Fame - #19
BY Mister J SonsRising67.4Fame - #20
Brendan EichFalling67.3Fame - #21
Eric S. RaymondRising67.3Fame - #22
Rob PikeFalling66.0Fame - #23
Jordan MechnerStable65.4Fame - #24
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Gabe NewellBreakout65.3Fame - #25
Alyssa RosenzweigBreakout65.2Fame - #26DMDaito ManabeStable65.0Fame
- #27
Nat FriedmanFalling65.0Fame - #28
maia arson crimewStable65.0Fame - #29
Ruan XiaohuanRising64.8Fame - #30
Tom Preston-WernerStable64.8Fame - #31
Ryan DahlStable64.7Fame - #32
Miguel de IcazaFalling64.6Fame - #33
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Jeremy AshkenasBreakout64.3Fame - #34
Junio C HamanoStable63.4Fame - #35
François CholletStable63.2Fame - #36
Eugen RochkoBreakout63.2Fame - #37
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Daniel StenbergFalling62.8Fame - #38
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Davey WredenStable62.6Fame - #39
Jeff MinterStable62.6Fame - #40
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Markus PerssonStable62.5Fame - #41
Dan BricklinRising62.5Fame - #42
Igor AshmanovFalling62.4Fame - #43
Joshua BlochFalling62.1Fame - #44
Brad FitzpatrickFalling61.7Fame - #45JZJamie ZawinskiStable61.6Fame
- #46
Armin RonacherFalling61.6Fame - #47
Hadley WickhamStable61.4Fame - #48
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Alexey PajitnovStable60.9Fame - #49
Herb SutterFalling60.5Fame - #50
Jaron LanierFalling59.7Fame - #51
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Alexandra ElbakyanRising59.2Fame - #52MJMoon Joon YongStable58.9Fame
- #53
Joel SpolskyFalling58.5Fame - #54
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Ivan LaninRising58.0Fame - #55
Brian KernighanStable57.9Fame - #56
Andrew S. TanenbaumStable57.9Fame - #57
Mitra HejazipourStable57.8Fame - #58
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Sid MeierStable57.7Fame - #59
Mike HarringtonBreakout57.7Fame - #60FBFabrice BellardStable57.6Fame
- #61
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John ResigStable57.5Fame - #62
Ray OzzieStable57.0Fame - #63
Leslie LamportStable57.0Fame - #64
Coraline Ada EhmkeFalling56.8Fame - #65
Lea VerouFalling56.8Fame - #66
Larry WallRising56.6Fame - #67
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Magnus ManskeFalling56.5Fame - #68
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Bill JoyFalling56.4Fame - #69
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Takashi TezukaStable56.2Fame - #70
Ivan SutherlandStable56.1Fame - #71
Peter MolyneuxFalling56.1Fame - #72KPKeith PackardStable56.1Fame
- #73
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Cher ScarlettFalling56.0Fame - #74
Behdad EsfahbodFalling55.9Fame - #75
Dave WinerFalling55.8Fame - #76
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Rasmus LerdorfFalling55.8Fame - #77
Ken ThompsonStable55.7Fame - #78
Denny VrandečićStable55.7Fame - #79
Paul GrahamFalling55.7Fame - #80
Ian HicksonFalling55.5Fame - #81
František FukaFalling55.3Fame - #82AAAlfred AhoStable55.3Fame
- #83
Michael WideniusFalling55.0Fame
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