Torvalds ({{IPA-sv, ˈtǔːrvalds, lang) is a Swedish/Finnish family name. It may refer to:

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Ole Torvalds Ole Torvalds (4 August 1916 – 8 February 1995) was a Finnish-Swedish journalist and poet. He was the father of journalist-politician Nils Torvalds and grandfather of software engineer Linus Torvalds famous for the Linux kernel. His full name w ...

(1916–1995), journalist and poet *

Nils Torvalds Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds (born 7 August 1945) is a Finnish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2012. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for ...

(b. 1945), son of Ole; broadcast journalist, writer and politician *

Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds ( , ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish software engineer who is the creator and, historically, the lead developer of the Linux kernel, used by Linux distributions and other operating systems such as Android. He also ...

(b. 1969), son of Nils; software engineer and creator of the Linux kernel, who now works and lives in the U.S.

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* 9793 Torvalds, asteroid named for Linus Torvalds *

Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate The Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate was a written debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds, regarding the Linux kernel and kernel architecture in general. Tanenbaum, the creator of Minix, began the debate in 1992 on the Usenet discus ...

, debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds about Linux and kernel architecture in general

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