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Brian Kernighan

Computer scientist and co-author of The C Programming Language.

Wikipedia-confirmed identity. Matched to Wikidata Q92608 ↗ with a Wikipedia article ↗. Checked 2026-10-02.

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Computer scientist and co-author of The C Programming Language.

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  1. Brian Kernighan↔Dennis Ritchie

    The C Programming Language

    coauthoredFrom 1978 · end not recordedCurated evidence
  2. Brian Kernighan→American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    Member of

    member ofDates not recordedWikidata statement
  3. Brian Kernighan→National Academy of Engineering

    Member of

    member ofFrom 2002 · end not recordedWikidata statement
  4. Brian Kernighan→Bell Labs

    Works or worked for

    employed by1969–2000Wikidata statement
  5. Brian Kernighan→Princeton University

    Works or worked for

    employed byDates not recordedWikidata statement
  6. Brian Kernighan→Project MAC

    Works or worked for

    employed byDates not recordedWikidata statement
  7. Brian Kernighan→Princeton University

    Educated at

    educated atThrough 1969 · start not recordedWikidata statement
  8. Brian Kernighan→Bell Labs

    Works or worked for

    employed byDates not recordedWikidata statement
  9. Brian Kernighan→University of Toronto

    Educated at

    educated at1960–1964Wikidata statement
  10. Brian Kernighan↔Ken Thompson

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  11. Brian Kernighan↔Eric Bina

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  12. Brian Kernighan↔Dennis Ritchie

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  13. Brian Kernighan↔Eric Schmidt

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  14. Brian Kernighan↔Alfred Aho

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  15. Brian Kernighan↔Marc Andreessen

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  16. Brian Kernighan↔Richard Stallman

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  17. Brian Kernighan↔Fred Brooks

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  18. Brian Kernighan↔Claude Shannon

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  19. Brian Kernighan↔Steve Jobs

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  20. Brian Kernighan↔Tim Berners-Lee

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  21. Brian Kernighan↔Richard Hamming

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

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