Aaron Swartz
Birthday
1986/11/08
Day of death
2013/01/11 (26 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Aaron H. Swartz, Aaron Hillel Swartz
Biography
Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer and Internet hacktivist who was involved in the development of the web feedformat RSS and the Markdown publishing format, the organization Creative Commons, the website framework web.py and the social news site, Reddit, in which he became a partner after its merger with his company, Infogami. He committed suicide while under federal indictment for data-theft, a...Read more
Acting
(2014) The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
as Self
(2006) Steal This Film
as Self
(2007) Steal This Film II
as Self
(2005) Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks
as Self
(2015) Killswitch
as Self
(2024) The Death of Reddit's Creator
as self
(2020) 70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) The Fortunate Pilgrim
as Dan Jacoby