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Ben Fry

American designer and computer scientist (born 1975)
Person human Q4888685

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
1975
Country of citizenship
United States[4]
Occupation
computer scientist, designer
Employer
Carnegie Mellon University[5]
Educated at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology[6]
Official website
benfry.com[11]
Part of
Pirouette: Turning Points in Design[8]
Student of
John Maeda[12]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[17]
Different from
Benjamin Fry[13]
Family name
Fry[9]
Given name
Benjamin[10]
Has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum of American Art[14][15][16]
Social media followers
24k (23k–25k, n=3)[18][19][20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ben Fry en Benjamin Fry ar بين فراي fr Benjamin Fry ja ベンジャミン・フライ ko 벤자민 프라이 ko 벤 프라이 ru Бенжамин Фрай
🔖 Identifiers · 27
ISNI
0000000036090686
VIAF cluster ID
51120881
Library of Congress authority ID
n2006079578
GND ID
135627265
ARTIC artist ID
111689
CiNii Research ID
1140563741827942656
DBLP author ID
f/BenjaminFry
Design & Art Australia Online ID
benjamin-fry
ELMCIP ID
7396
Freebase ID
/m/05r6_tp
IdRef ID
121622703
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
32964
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA15977393
NL CR AUT ID
mub2010596666
NUKAT ID
n2009134178
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007322416405171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201109766
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
31458871X
Open Library ID
OL3322275A
SHARE Catalogue author ID
311692
Tabakalera ID
58010
UOM ID
92132
Union List of Artist Names ID
500472471
Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID
8181
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxxjT44Qd89WjJ3kc3PcP
X (Twitter) username
ben_fry
Yale LUX ID
person/f6fe87fa-32fc-4b1d-8876-0f172066b0a0

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 3
Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum of American Art
Occupation 2
designer, computer scientist
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Employer 1
Carnegie Mellon University
Given name 1
Benjamin
Instance of 1
human
Sex or gender 1
male
Student of 1
John Maeda
Teachers 1
John Maeda
← Creator 1
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Summary

Ben Fry was born on January 1, 1975[1]. He worked as a computer scientist[2] and designer[3].

FAQs

What did Ben Fry do for work?

Ben Fry worked as computer scientist[2] and designer[3].

Where did Ben Fry go to school?

Ben Fry was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[6].

Related Entities

computer scientist John Maeda Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum of Modern Art Processing United States Whitney Museum of American Art

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 135627265
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  2. 5w ago · Bob08 · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → —
    Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID → 8181
    Official website → http://benfry.com/
    Student of → —
    + 80 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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