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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