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Dennis Ritchie

Co-creator of Unix at Bell Labs.

Wikipedia-confirmed identity. Matched to Wikidata Q45575 ↗ with a Wikipedia article ↗. Checked 2026-10-02.

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Co-creator of Unix at Bell Labs.

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Affiliations retain their dates and sources. Roles may be historical; a missing end date does not establish a current role. Machine classifications need review; a co-mention alone does not establish a relationship.

  1. Brian Kernighan↔Dennis Ritchie

    The C Programming Language

    coauthoredFrom 1978 · end not recordedCurated evidence
  2. Dennis Ritchie→Bell Labs

    Joined

    joinedFrom 1967 · end not recordedCurated evidence
  3. Dennis Ritchie→Bell Labs

    Unix research

    worked atFrom 1969 · end not recordedCurated evidence
  4. Ken Thompson↔Dennis Ritchie

    Developed Unix

    collaboratedFrom 1969 · end not recordedCurated evidence
  5. Dennis Ritchie→Harvard University

    Educated at

    educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
  6. Dennis Ritchie→National Academy of Engineering

    Member of

    member ofDates not recordedWikidata statement
  7. Dennis Ritchie→Summit High School

    Educated at

    educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
  8. Dennis Ritchie→Harvard University

    Educated at

    educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
  9. Dennis Ritchie→Bell Labs

    Works or worked for

    employed by1967–2007Wikidata statement
  10. Dennis Ritchie↔Philip Rosedale

    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. Dennis Ritchie↔Charles Geschke

    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. Dennis Ritchie↔Robert Metcalfe

    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. Dennis Ritchie↔John Mauchly

    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. Dennis Ritchie↔John Backus

    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. Dennis Ritchie↔Larry Ellison

    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. Dennis Ritchie↔Steve Ballmer

    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. Dennis Ritchie↔Scott Hassan

    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. Dennis Ritchie↔Sam Altman

    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. Dennis Ritchie↔Mark Zuckerberg

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  20. Dennis Ritchie↔Ralph Merkle

    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. Dennis Ritchie↔Peter Norvig

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  22. Dennis Ritchie↔Bobby Seale

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  23. 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.

  24. Dennis Ritchie↔Jerry Yang

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  25. Dennis Ritchie↔Jack Kilby

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  26. Dennis Ritchie↔Travis Kalanick

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  27. Dennis Ritchie↔Ivan Sutherland

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  28. Dennis Ritchie↔Andy Hertzfeld

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  29. Dennis Ritchie↔Martin Edward Hellman

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  30. Dennis Ritchie↔Paul Allen

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  31. Dennis Ritchie↔Leonard Bosack

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  32. Dennis Ritchie↔Tim Berners-Lee

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  33. Dennis Ritchie↔Steve Chen

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  34. Dennis Ritchie↔Edwin McMillan

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  35. Dennis Ritchie↔Charles Ginsburg

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  36. Dennis Ritchie↔Joseph Stiglitz

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  37. Daniela Amodei↔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.

  38. Dennis Ritchie↔Vint Cerf

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  39. Andy Bechtolsheim↔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.

  40. Dennis Ritchie↔John H. Lawrence

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  41. Dennis Ritchie↔Glenn Theodore Seaborg

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  42. Dennis Ritchie↔Jim Clark

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  43. Dennis Ritchie↔John Warnock

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  44. Dennis Ritchie↔Andrew Grove

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  45. Dennis Ritchie↔Niklaus Wirth

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  46. Dennis Ritchie↔Elon Musk

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  47. Dennis Ritchie↔Federico Faggin

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  48. Dennis Ritchie↔George F. Smoot

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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  49. Dennis Ritchie↔Alvy Ray Smith

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

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

  50. Dennis Ritchie↔Ken Kesey

    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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