Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
- Fame62.5
- Momentum15.2
- Sweden rank#172
Source-basedStable
- Fame62.5
- Momentum15.2
- Sweden rank#172
- Developers rank#34
- Wikipedia68.8K
Born 1979 · age 47Sweden
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Updated 2026-06-25
Markus Alexej Persson, known by the pseudonym Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the creator of Minecraft, the best-selling video game in history. He founded the video game development company Mojang Studios in 2009.
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Stable62.5
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Momentum15.2
Historical26.5
Now attention39.2
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
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- MusicBrainzLow confidencedatabase · musicbrainz.org
- Markus PerssonLow confidencewikipedia · af.wikipedia.org
- ماركوس بيرسونLow confidencewikipedia · ar.wikipedia.org
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