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Linus Torvalds
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Linus Torvalds

Finnish software engineer

Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel. He also created the distributed version control system Git.

Linus Torvalds was born on Sunday, December 28, 1969.
It was the 362. day of the year 1969.

Age:
55 Years 11 Months 9 Days

Next birthday: Sunday December 28, 2025

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Linus Torvalds has the same birthday as:
Martin Milner, Nash Grier and Maggie Smith

Birthday Fun Facts

Things that matter

  • The day 28 of month December 1969 was the 28th day of Winter (meteorological). The day 28 of month December 1969 was the 8th day of Winter (astronomical).
  • Age 55 The number 55 represents the element Cesium in the Periodic table of elements.
    Cesium is an alkali metal, very reactive and found in compounds such as salts.
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  • Since you visited this page, people have been born. In total there are people born today. They all celebrate the same birthday as you.

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Famous people and celebrities

Maggie Smith 89

Maggie Smith

British actress (1934–2024)

Born: December 28, 1934

Died: September 27, 2024

Would be 91 years

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Javier Bardem 56

Javier Bardem

Spanish actor

Born: March 1, 1969

🎂 Turns 57 years
Matthew McConaughey 56

Matthew McConaughey

American actor

Born: November 4, 1969

🎂 Turns 57 years
Matthew Perry 54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

Born: August 19, 1969

Died: October 28, 2023

Would be 57 years
Paul Rudd 56

Paul Rudd

American actor

Born: April 6, 1969

🎂 Turns 57 years
Peter Dinklage 56

Peter Dinklage

American actor (born 1969)

Born: June 11, 1969

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Did you know? Linus Torvalds is ...

Generation X

Period: 1965 ‐ 1979

At 55 years, Linus Torvalds belongs to the "Generation X". Well-known figures of this generation include Phil LaMarr, Natasha Gregson Wagner und Kevin Corrigan.

This generation is often referred to as "latchkey kids" because many of them grew up with their parents after work.

Astrology

Zodiac

♑ Capricorn

(December 22, 1969 - January 20, 1969)

Zodiac sign

Rooster

(December 22, 1969 - January 20, 1969)

Life Number

2

(Unstable, loving, family-oriented)

Birthstone

Blue Topaz

(Communication, wisdom, calm)

Age in absolute numbers

Since Linus Torvalds was born...

1.765.426.072 Seconds
29.423.767 Minutes
490.396 Hours
20.433 Days
2.919 Weeks
672 Months
55 Years
5.59 Decades
0.56 Centuries

On June 27, 2027 Linus Torvalds will be exactly 21000 days old.
On June 27, 2027 Linus Torvalds will be exactly 3000 weeks old.

By the way: Since you are here you are getting seconds older 😉

Milestones

Successes that speak for themselves

With 55 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

6.811 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 6.811 hours per day. At your age of 56 years, that equals approximately 6.811 days (18,65 years).

Eat & Drink

851 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 56 years, you have therefore spent approximately 851 days eating. (2,33 years).

Toilet visits

426 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 426 days (1,17 years).

Wait

709 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 709 days (1,94 years).

Laugh

85 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 85 days (0,23 years).

Brush teeth

57 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 57 days (0,16 years).

Work

5.534 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 5.534 days (15,15 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 529.627.822 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.206.782.590 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 441.356.518 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 306.498 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 112 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 3.065 A person produces approximately 0.5–1.5 liters of sweat per day, depending on lifestyle. We'll take the average at 1 liter per day.
Fart gases produced (in Liters) 20.433 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 392 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.007 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 408.663.442.592.593 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 6.743 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 2.335 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 24.315 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 224 A person vomits approximately four times a year, depending on lifestyle.

Information is based on statistical average values of a person.

Travelled distances

Always on the move

According to statistical averages, you have walked 73.559 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 1,84 orbits of the Earth...


... 6,74 moon orbits.


... and 3,45 Mars orbit on foot.



73.559 kilometers means:

2.797 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
547 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
383 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
102 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
4 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
2,63 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
72,54 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
6,40 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

2,48 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,25 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

Our Solar System

Since the birth of Linus Torvalds ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 748 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 232,28 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 90,93 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 55,94 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 29,74 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 4,72 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 1,90 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,67 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,34 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,23 times.

Statistische Lebenserwartung

Du hast noch einiges vor dir



Die Lebenserwartung von Linus Torvalds zum Zeitpunkt der Geburt liegt bei 78.5 Jahren. Sie hat damit statistisch gesehen 71.3% ihrer Lebenswerwartung erreicht. Rechnerisch betrachtet wird sie am 28. Jun 2048 ihre Lebenserwartung erreicht haben. Das ist heute in 22 Jahren.

71.3%

Ältester Mensch der Welt

Übrigens: Du bist aktuell 67 Jahre jünger als der offiziell älteste Mensch der Welt, die Französin Jeanne Calment. Sie wurde am 21. Februar 1875 geboren und starb am 4. August 1997 mit 122 Jahren und 164 Tagen.

Mit 55 Jahren hat Linus Torvalds die Lebenserwartung von diesem Tier erreicht: Gorilla.


Die Lebenserwatung ist lediglich eine statistische Größe. Sie sagt nichts darüber aus wie alt ein einzelner Mensch tatsächlich wird. Die Lebenszeit wird von vielen Faktoren beeinflusst. Datenquelle: Weltbank. Die Lebenserwartung ist von Land zu Land unterschiedlich. In Deutschland erheben sogar einzelne Bundesländer eigenen Statistiken zur Lebenserwartung.

Special birthdays

Next major birthday for Linus Torvalds: Friday, December 28, 2029 (60 years)

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1979 Friday December 28, 1979 55
18. 1987 Monday December 28, 1987 171
20. 1989 Thursday December 28, 1989 210
25. 1994 Wednesday December 28, 1994 325
30. 1999 Tuesday December 28, 1999 465
40. 2009 Monday December 28, 2009 820
50. 2019 Saturday December 28, 2019 1275
60. 2029 Friday December 28, 2029 1830
70. 2039 Wednesday December 28, 2039 2485
80. 2049 Tuesday December 28, 2049 3240
90. 2059 Sunday December 28, 2059 4095
100. 2069 Saturday December 28, 2069 5050
110. 2079 Thursday December 28, 2079 6105
120. 2089 Wednesday December 28, 2089 7260
130. 2099 Monday December 28, 2099 8515
140. 2109 Saturday December 28, 2109 9870
150. 2119 Thursday December 28, 2119 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Other Number systems

Decimal:
28 • 12 • 1969
Binary:
11100 • 1100 • 11110110001
Hexadecimal:
1c • c • 7b1
Octal:
34 • 14 • 3661
Roman:
XXVIII • XII • MCMLXIX
Morsecode:
··−−− −−−·· ·−·−·− ·−−−− ··−−− ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· −···· −−−−·
Numbers to letters:
ci • bc • bjgj
Cross sum:
38
Factor product:
661584
Birthday in words:
twenty eight • twelve • one thousand nine hundred sixty nine

Historical Events

How old was Linus Torvalds back then?

Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

April 17, 1970
The Apollo 13 mission safely returns to Earth after an oxygen tank explosion forced the crew to abort a moon landing. (Age: 0 years and 3 months) 🔗
June 21, 1970
Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup, permanently keeping the Jules Rimet trophy after their third victory. (Age: 0 years and 5 months) 🔗
January 2, 1971
The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act is passed in the US, banning cigarette advertising on television and radio. (Age: 1 years and 0 months) 🔗
August 15, 1971
U.S. President Richard Nixon ends the convertibility of the US dollar to gold, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. (Age: 1 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

June 17, 1972
Five men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex, triggering the scandal. (Age: 2 years and 5 months) 🔗
September 5, 1972
The Munich Massacre occurs at the Summer Olympics, where members of the Israeli Olympic team are taken hostage and killed by Palestinian terrorists. (Age: 2 years and 8 months) 🔗
January 27, 1973
The Paris Peace Accords are signed, formally ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. (Age: 3 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 6, 1973
The Yom Kippur War begins as Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israel. (Age: 3 years and 9 months) 🔗
October 17, 1973
OPEC places an oil embargo on nations supporting Israel, triggering the 1973 oil crisis and major economic disruption. (Age: 3 years and 9 months) 🔗
August 9, 1974
Richard Nixon resigns as U.S. President following the Watergate scandal, the only U.S. President ever to do so. (Age: 4 years and 7 months) 🔗
April 30, 1975
The Fall of Saigon marks the end of the Vietnam War, with North Vietnamese forces capturing the South Vietnamese capital. (Age: 5 years and 4 months) 🔗
June 25, 1975
Mozambique and Angola gain independence from Portugal, following years of armed liberation struggle. (Age: 5 years and 5 months) 🔗
April 1, 1976
Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. (Age: 6 years and 3 months) 🔗
May 25, 1977
The film "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope" is released, launching one of the most successful film franchises of all time. (Age: 7 years and 4 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

May 18, 1980
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, a major volcanic eruption that caused widespread devastation. (Age: 10 years and 4 months) 🔗
December 8, 1980
John Lennon, a co-founder of The Beatles, is assassinated in New York City. (Age: 10 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 12, 1981
The first Space Shuttle, Columbia (STS-1), launches from Kennedy Space Center, marking a new era of reusable spacecraft. (Age: 11 years and 3 months) 🔗
June 5, 1981
The U.S. CDC reports the first cases of what would later be known as AIDS, marking the beginning of the global pandemic. (Age: 11 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 12, 1981
IBM releases the IBM Personal Computer (Model 5150), popularizing personal computing for business and home use. (Age: 11 years and 7 months) 🔗
April 2, 1982
Argentina invades the Falkland Islands, starting the Falklands War with the United Kingdom. (Age: 12 years and 3 months) 🔗
January 1, 1983
The ARPANET officially switches to the TCP/IP protocol, considered the "birth" of the modern Internet. (Age: 13 years and 0 months) 🔗
January 24, 1984
Apple Computer launches the Macintosh, the first commercially successful personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). (Age: 14 years and 0 months) 🔗
December 2, 1984
A gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills thousands and is considered the world's worst industrial disaster. (Age: 14 years and 11 months) 🔗
March 11, 1985
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, initiating policies of Glasnost and Perestroika. (Age: 15 years and 2 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

April 24, 1990
The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. (Age: 20 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 3, 1990
German Reunification. East and West Germany are officially reunified, forming the Federal Republic of Germany. (Age: 20 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 17, 1991
Operation Desert Storm, the air and ground offensive to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, begins. (Age: 21 years and 0 months) 🔗
August 6, 1991
Tim Berners-Lee posts a summary of the World Wide Web project, making it publicly available. (Age: 21 years and 7 months) 🔗
December 26, 1991
The Soviet Union is officially dissolved, ending the Cold War. (Age: 21 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 6, 1992
The Bosnian War, an international armed conflict, begins in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Age: 22 years and 3 months) 🔗
September 13, 1993
The Oslo I Accord, the first direct agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), is signed. (Age: 23 years and 8 months) 🔗
April 7, 1994
The Rwandan genocide, a mass slaughter of Tutsi people by Hutu majority members, begins. (Age: 24 years and 3 months) 🔗
April 27, 1994
South Africa holds its first multiracial general election, marking the end of Apartheid. Nelson Mandela is elected President. (Age: 24 years and 3 months) 🔗
May 6, 1994
The Channel Tunnel, linking the United Kingdom and France, is officially opened. (Age: 24 years and 4 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

March 10, 2000
The dot-com bubble bursts, beginning a period of economic decline for technology and internet-related stocks. (Age: 30 years and 2 months) 🔗
September 11, 2001
The September 11 attacks occur, where al-Qaeda terrorists hijack four planes, striking the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (Age: 31 years and 8 months) 🔗
October 7, 2001
The U.S. and NATO allies invade Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks to dismantle al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban. (Age: 31 years and 9 months) 🔗
December 11, 2001
The People's Republic of China officially joins the World Trade Organization (WTO), integrating its economy deeply into global trade. (Age: 31 years and 11 months) 🔗
January 1, 2002
Euro banknotes and coins are introduced in 12 Eurozone member states, completing the currency's transition. (Age: 32 years and 0 months) 🔗
February 1, 2003
The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates upon re-entry, killing all seven crew members and halting the shuttle program for over two years. (Age: 33 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 20, 2003
The U.S. and a coalition of allies invade Iraq, marking the beginning of the Iraq War. (Age: 33 years and 2 months) 🔗
February 4, 2004
Mark Zuckerberg launches "The Facebook," initially limited to Harvard students, which later becomes the global social media giant. (Age: 34 years and 1 months) 🔗
December 26, 2004
The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami devastates coastal regions across 14 countries, killing over 230,000 people. (Age: 34 years and 11 months) 🔗
August 29, 2005
Hurricane Katrina strikes the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing massive damage and flooding in New Orleans, leading to major government criticism. (Age: 35 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

January 12, 2010
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Haiti, causing catastrophic damage and a massive humanitarian crisis. (Age: 40 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 20, 2010
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming the largest marine oil spill in history. (Age: 40 years and 3 months) 🔗
December 17, 2010
Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates in Tunisia, triggering the Tunisian Revolution and eventually the wider Arab Spring uprisings. (Age: 40 years and 11 months) 🔗
March 11, 2011
A magnitude 9.1 earthquake and subsequent tsunami strike Japan, causing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. (Age: 41 years and 2 months) 🔗
May 2, 2011
Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, is killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Age: 41 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 31, 2011
The world population is estimated to have reached 7 billion people. (Age: 41 years and 10 months) 🔗
August 6, 2012
NASA's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars to explore the Gale Crater and search for signs of past microbial life. (Age: 42 years and 7 months) 🔗
February 15, 2013
A large meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring over 1,000 people and raising awareness of asteroid defense. (Age: 43 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 13, 2013
Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected as Pope Francis, becoming the first pope from the Americas, the Southern Hemisphere, and outside Europe since the 8th century. (Age: 43 years and 2 months) 🔗
March 16, 2014
Russia annexes Crimea following a controversial referendum, leading to international sanctions and escalating geopolitical tensions. (Age: 44 years and 2 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

December 31, 2019
China informs the World Health Organization of a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown cause in Wuhan, later identified as COVID-19. (Age: 50 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 11, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic, leading to worldwide lockdowns and economic disruption. (Age: 50 years and 2 months) 🔗
May 25, 2020
George Floyd is murdered by police in Minneapolis, igniting mass global protests and strengthening the Black Lives Matter movement against racial injustice. (Age: 50 years and 4 months) 🔗
December 2, 2020
The UK becomes the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) for widespread use, beginning the global vaccination effort. (Age: 50 years and 11 months) 🔗
January 6, 2021
The U.S. Capitol is stormed by supporters of President Donald Trump in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. (Age: 51 years and 0 months) 🔗
February 18, 2021
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars, carrying the Ingenuity helicopter, the first powered flight on another planet. (Age: 51 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 15, 2021
The Taliban recaptures Kabul, leading to the collapse of the Afghan government and the end of the 20-year U.S./NATO presence. (Age: 51 years and 7 months) 🔗
February 24, 2022
Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest conventional military attack in Europe since World War II. (Age: 52 years and 1 months) 🔗
September 8, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II dies at age 96, ending the longest reign in British history and leading to the accession of King Charles III. (Age: 52 years and 8 months) 🔗
November 30, 2022
OpenAI launches ChatGPT, bringing large language models and generative AI into the public consciousness. (Age: 52 years and 11 months) 🔗

Birthday-FAQ for Linus Torvalds

Frequently asked questions

How many birthday candles did Linus Torvalds blow out so far?

» At 55 years, Linus Torvalds has already blown out 1540 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Linus Torvalds be twice as old as today?

» Linus Torvalds ist 20.433 days old today. On 16.11.2081 Linus Torvalds will be twice as old as today. Linus Torvalds will then be 111 Jahre und 10 Monate years old.

When will Linus Torvalds be half as old as today?

» On 17.12.1997 Linus Torvalds was half of age today. Back then Linus Torvalds were 27 Jahre und 11 Monate years old.

When was Linus Torvalds conceived? - Time of your conception

» That's an interesting question. Let's try it this way: A pregnancy lasts an average of 268 days. If we subtract 268 days from the day of your birth (04.04.1969), we get the 04.04.1969. However, this statement is not very meaningful, since only 3% of pregnant women actually give birth after 268 days. Most pregnant women give birth within a time window of 10 days from the actual due date. Therefore, Linus Torvalds were conceived between 25.03.1969 and 14.04.1969.

How many prime number birthdays has Linus Torvalds had so far?

» At 55 years old, Linus Torvalds has already celebrated 16 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 55 years, you've already celebrated 5 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44, 55). To be able to celebrate 10 special number birthdays, you have to live to be 111. But you still have some time until then. You'll celebrate your 111th birthday on 28.12.2080. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Linus Torvalds at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Linus Torvalds was born exactly 10961 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Linus Torvalds was 30 years and 0 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Linus Torvalds is currently 67 years younger (44714 days) than the officially oldest person in the world, the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment. She was born on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

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