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Brad Fitzpatrick

American programmer and creator of LiveJournal

  • Audience13.4K
  • Fame61.7
  • Momentum0.0
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13.4K github followers
  • Audience13.4K
  • Fame61.7
  • Momentum0.0
  • Developers rank#51
  • Wikipedia1.5K
Born 1980 · age 46United States
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  • Biggest on GitHub
    13.4K
    @bradfitz
  • Wikipedia
    12 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Age
    46
    Born 1980
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
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Updated 2026-07-21

Bradley Joseph Fitzpatrick is an American programmer. He is best known as the creator of LiveJournal and is the author of a variety of free software projects such as memcached, WebSub, OpenID, and Perkeep.

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Fame
Falling
61.7
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical9.9
Source confidence85.0
Completeness90.0
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Category rank
#51
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