Torvalds

Torvalds (Swedish: [ˈtǔːrvalds]) is a Swedish/Finnish family name. It may refer to:

People

Ole Torvalds (1916–1995), journalist and poet
Nils Torvalds (b. 1945), son of Ole; broadcast journalist, writer and politician
Linus Torvalds (b. 1969), son of Nils; software engineer and creator of the Linux kernel, who now works and lives in the U.S.

Other

9793 Torvalds, asteroid named for Linus Torvalds
Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate, debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds about Linux and kernel architecture in general

See also

Torvald (disambiguation)

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