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Markus Persson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Notch, Markus Alexej Persson, xNotch, Nizzotch, Markus Alexei
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
OverviewAI-generated
Markus Persson, known by the pseudonym "Notch," is a figure whose professional work period began in 2009. He was born on 1979-06-01. His social media presence includes 3,856,925 followers.
Persson is listed as an author on Open Library, with a work count of 1, under the name PERSSON,MARKUS ALEXEJ/BERGENSTEN,JENS. Crossref records indicate he has 5 works. On Last.fm, his profile shows 36 listeners and a playcount of 124.
He has been referenced by 160 other encyclopedia articles. Wikiquote attributes two statements to him, including one describing "Mansplaining" as a sexist term designed to silence men via gender shaming.
Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 36
- Total plays
- 124
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Markus+Persson">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,797x
- SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor
· 2020 · cited 17,431x
- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
· 2016 · cited 14,659x
- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 14,115x
- Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation.
· 1991 · cited 14,114x
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Quotes
- “Mansplaining is a sexist term designed to silence men via gender shaming.”
- “Selectively choosing what gets condemned and forcing people to join sides while hiding behind semantics is pure evil.”
- “David Eddings: I'm afraid that ignorance, hate, racism, and violence will be exacerbated by silence. If speaking out is not an answer then what is?Markus Persson: Reading up on history, thinking for yourself, and not being an idiot.”
- “Privilege is a made up metric used to silence and repress. We are all different, and that is ok. We listen to individuals and help each other based on individual strengths and needs. We do not generalize based on skin color, bigot.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
~17 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Markus Alexej Persson (/ˈpɪərsən/ PEER-sən, Swedish: [ˈmǎrːkɵs ˈpæ̌ːʂɔn] ; born 1 June 1979), known by the pseudonym Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the creator of Minecraft, the best-selling video game in history. He founded the video game development company Mojang Studios in 2009.
Persson began developing video games at an early age. His commercial success began after he published an early version of Minecraft in 2009. Prior to the game's official retail release in 2011, it had sold over four million copies. After this point Persson stood down as the lead designer and transferred his creative authority to Jens Bergensten. In September 2014 Persson announced his intention to leave Mojang, and in November of that year the company was sold to Microsoft reportedly for US$2.5 billion, which made him a billionaire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Markus Persson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.