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Alexey Pajitnov

Russian video game designer (born 1955)

  • Fame60.9
  • Momentum15.3
  • Developers rank#56
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  • Fame60.9
  • Momentum15.3
  • Developers rank#56
  • Wikipedia37.6K
Born 1955 · age 71United States
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  • Age
    71
    Born 1955
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-21

Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov is a Russian and American computer engineer and video game designer. He is best known for creating, designing, and developing Tetris in 1985 while working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre under the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

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60.9
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Momentum15.3
Historical25.2
Now attention8.9
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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