Bill Atkinson
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American computer engineer, programmer, and photographer (1951–2025)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Foundings
- Big Brain Teasers Book for Kids
- Choices and challenges
- Electrical installation designs
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa — Self2024
- Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age1984
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Atkinson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Gatos
- Place of death
- Portola Valley
- Occupation
- inventor
- Educated at
- University of California, San Diego
- Employer
- Apple Inc.
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- EFF Award
- Notable work
- HyperCard
- Official website
- billatkinson.com
- Image
- Bill Atkinson at 25 years of HyperCard event (cropped).jpeg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1951-03-17
- name in native language
- Bill Atkinson
- Commons category
- Bill Atkinson
- date of death
- 2025-06-05
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- William Dana Atkinson
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