Aaron Swartz
Actor
- Born
- November 8, 1986 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- January 11, 2013 (age 26)
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 prosecution that was characterized by his family as being "the product of a criminal-justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach".
Known for
Acting6
- 2024The Death of Reddit's Creator as self
- 2015Killswitch as Self
- 2014The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz as Self
- 2007Steal This Film II as Self
- 2006Steal This Film as Self
- 2005Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks as Self