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Ian Murdock

American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)

  • Fame56.0
  • Momentum15.0
  • Developers rank#89
Source-basedStable
  • Fame56.0
  • Momentum15.0
  • Developers rank#89
  • Wikipedia5.7K
Lived 1973–2015, aged 42United States
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  • Wikipedia
    41 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1973–2015
    Aged 42
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

Ian Ashley Murdock was an American software engineer, known for being the founder of the Debian project and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company.

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The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
56.0
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum15.0
Historical21.3
Now attention1.3
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
Global rank
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Category rank
#89
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