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
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