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Paul Vixie

American internet pioneer
Person human Q92777

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
May 23, 1963
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
computer scientist, engineer, writer
Employer
Digital Equipment Corporation
Field of work
American Registry for Internet Numbers, Request for Comments, Internet protocol suite, Unix[6][7][8][9]
Educated at
George Washington High School[10]
Award received
Internet Hall of Fame, O'Reilly Open Source Award[12][13]
Notable work
cron[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Family name
Category:Vixie (surname)[15]
Given name
Paul[16]
Social media followers
+9271, +10193[18][19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Paul Vixie en P. Vixie de Vixie fa پل ویکسی ja ポール・ヴィクシー ru Викси Пол
🔖 Identifiers · 15
ISNI
0000000032233475
VIAF cluster ID
78010334
Library of Congress authority ID
n94061099
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Paul Vixie - 2014.jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100588951
BIBSYS ID
90827264
CircleID writer ID
620
DBLP author ID
42/6644
Freebase ID
/m/05t1v
GitHub account
vixie
ICANNWiki page ID
Paul_Vixie
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007417405205171
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Open Library ID
OL3025069A
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbGQvC786HBKFYmPP3JDq
X (Twitter) username
paulvixie

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Field of work 3
Internet protocol suite, Request for Comments, American Registry for Internet Numbers
Occupation 3
writer, engineer, computer scientist
Award received 2
Internet Hall of Fame, O'Reilly Open Source Award
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
Digital Equipment Corporation
Founded entities 1
Internet Systems Consortium
Given name 1
Paul
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Notable work 1
cron
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Paul Vixie was born on May 23, 1963[1]. He worked as a computer scientist[2], engineer[3], and writer[4].

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Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include American Registry for Internet Numbers[6], a regional Internet registry[20], in United States[21], headquartered in Chantilly[22]; Request for Comments[7]; Internet protocol suite[8]; and Unix[9], a project[23], founded in 1969[24].

Recognition

Awards received include Internet Hall of Fame[12], a hall of fame[25], in United States[26], founded in 2012[27] and O'Reilly Open Source Award[13], an award[28], founded in 2005[29].

FAQs

What did Paul Vixie do for work?

Paul Vixie worked as computer scientist[2], engineer[3], and writer[4].

Where did Paul Vixie go to school?

Paul Vixie was educated at George Washington High School[10].

What awards did Paul Vixie receive?

Honors received include Internet Hall of Fame[12] and O'Reilly Open Source Award[13].

Related Entities

computer scientist Digital Equipment Corporation United States

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  11. [12] ↑ . internethalloffame.org. internethalloffame.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . mailman.postel.org. mailman.postel.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  7. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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