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Andrew S. Tanenbaum

American-Dutch computer scientist
Person human Q92621

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[26]
Date of birth
March 16, 1944
Place of birth
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Ethnic group
Jewish people[10]
Occupation
computer scientist, engineer, programmer, writer, physicist, university teacher, hoogleraar, software developer[11][12][13]
Employer
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam[16]
Field of work
information technology, informatics[14][15]
Educated at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, White Plains High School[17]
Award received
IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, Akademiehoogleraren Prize, ACM Software System Award, SIGCSE Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education[20][21][22]
Notable work
MINIX[19]
Official website
www.cs.vu.nl[44]
Doctoral advisor
John M. Wilcox[18]
Doctoral student
Werner Vogels, Henri Bal, Frans Kaashoek, Robbert van Renesse, Sape Jurriën Mullender, Gerco Christiaan Ballintijn, Leendert Peter van Doorn, Michel André Oey, Erik Baalbergen, Philip Homburg, Arno Bakker, Bogdan C. Popescu, Melanie R. Rieback, Srijith Nair, Spyros Voulgaris, Raoul Bhoedjang, Jorrit Herder, Stefano Ortolani, Cristiano Giuffrida, Raja Appuswamy, Guido van 't Noordende, Tomas Hruby, David Van Moolenbroek, Erik Van der Kouwe[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Family name
Tanenbaum[42]
Given name
Andrew[43]
Interested in
computer science
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Association for Computing Machinery[23][24][25]
Name in native language
Andrew Stuart "Andy" Tanenbaum
Native language
English[9]
Owner of
Electoral-vote.com
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Residence
Amsterdam[41]
🏷️ Also known as
en Andy Tanenbaum en Andrew Stuart "Andy" Tanenbaum en Andrew Tanenbaum en Andrew S. Tanenbaum en Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum ar أندرو تانينباوم ar اندرو تانينباوم cs Andrew Tanenbaum cs A. S. T`a-nan-pao-mu cs Tanenbaum de Andrew Tanenbaum de Andy Tanenbaum de Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum el Άντριου Τανενμπάουμ es Andrew Tanenbaum es Andrew S Tanenbaum es Tenenbaum es Tanenbaum es Andy Tannenbaum es Andy Tanenbaum
🔖 Identifiers · 69
ISNI
0000000121037556
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9547-801X
VIAF cluster ID
108789370
Library of Congress authority ID
n80112769
GND ID
120278979
OpenAlex ID
A5048320589as of 2026-09-23
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
AndrewTanenbaum2.png ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100515843, 81100515854
AstroGen ID
22029
BIBSYS ID
90234819
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
TanenbaumAndrewS1944-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12056900d
Show all 69 identifiers +57
CANTIC ID
981058514993706706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12091786
CiNii Research ID
1140000791735218432
DBLP author ID
t/AndrewSTanenbaum
DDB person (GND) ID
120278979
ELNET ID
a11217042
Freebase ID
/m/013ps
Goodreads author ID
96575
Google Scholar author ID
TvjaNqkAAAAJ
IdRef ID
028809971
KBR person ID
14217592
Libraries Australia ID
35538747
Libris-URI
sq47c1qb248tww0
MR Author ID
297340
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
69777
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01148211
NARCIS researcher ID
PRS1235415
NDL Authority ID
00475932
NL CR AUT ID
ola2002113712
NLA Trove people ID
989048
NLAI ID
34089
NLP ID
a0000001155928
NSK (VIAF) ID
000118904
NSK ID
981005772203509366
NUKAT ID
n94300647
National Library of Brazil ID
000309126
National Library of Greece ID
67949
National Library of Israel ID (old)
002185798
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007439439305171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC199627058
National Library of Latvia ID
000013600
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:Qes;=B5
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810592415905606
National Library of Russia ID
770150003, 770150007
National Virtual Library of India ID
291041, 286678
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069535760
Notable Names Database ID
578/000023509
Obálky knih ID
ola2002113712
Open Library ID
OL236786A
Parsifal cluster ID
333331
Prabook ID
610106
Quora topic ID
Andrew-S-Tanenbaum
RERO ID (legacy)
A003887251
SBN author ID
RAVV021884
SELIBR ID
316270
SHARE Catalogue author ID
5726
SNAC ARK ID
w6b71wh6
SVKKL authority ID
p0073107-Tanenbaum-Andrew-S-1944
Sancho el Sabio Foundation ID
12658
Scopus author ID
7003338413
Topic's main category
Category:Andrew S. Tanenbaum
UOM ID
87844
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058514993706706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1080152
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkdhRYrXMTKWDj6fD7JXd
Yale LUX ID
person/0efb6075-3316-44f0-8400-de930ddafe86
ZbMATH author ID
tanenbaum.andrew-s

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 7
writer, engineer, physicist, programmer, computer scientist, software engineer, university teacher
Award received 4
ACM Software System Award, IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, Akademiehoogleraren Prize, SIGCSE Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education
← Developer 4
MINIX, Amoeba, MINIX 3, Amsterdam Compiler Kit
Doctoral student 3
Werner Vogels, Frans Kaashoek, Henri Bal
Doctoral students 3
Werner Vogels, Frans Kaashoek, Henri Bal
Member of 3
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Educated at 2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ethnic group 1
Jewish people
Field of work 1
information technology
Given name 1
Andrew
Instance of 1
human
Interested in 1
computer science
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Named after 1
Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate
Native language 1
English
Notable work 1
MINIX
Owned entities 1
Electoral-vote.com
Owner of 1
Electoral-vote.com
Place of birth 1
New York City
Residence 1
Amsterdam
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Electoral-vote.com
← Architect 1
MINIX
← Creator 1
MINIX
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Andrew S. Tanenbaum was born on March 16, 1944[1], in New York City[2]. He has worked as a computer scientist[3], engineer[4], programmer[5], writer[6], and physicist[7].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Andrew S. Tanenbaum include Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate[45], a polemic[46].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Electoral-vote.com[47], a website[48]. Entities named for him include Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate[45], a polemic[46].

His notable doctoral advisees include Werner Vogels[49], a computer scientist[50], b. 1958[51], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[52], specialised in distributed computing[53]; Frans Kaashoek[54], a computer scientist[55], b. 1963[56], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[57], awarded the ACM Prize in Computing[58]; and Henri Bal[59], an engineer[60], b. 1958[61], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[62], specialised in computer science[63].

FAQs

Where was Andrew S. Tanenbaum born?

Andrew S. Tanenbaum was born in New York City[2].

What did Andrew S. Tanenbaum do for work?

Andrew S. Tanenbaum worked as a computer scientist[3], engineer[4], programmer[5], writer[6], and physicist[7].

Where did Andrew S. Tanenbaum go to school?

Andrew S. Tanenbaum was educated at White Plains High School[17].

What awards did Andrew S. Tanenbaum receive?

Honors received include IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal[20], ACM Software System Award[21], and SIGCSE Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education[22].

Related Entities

Amoeba computer science computer scientist Frans Kaashoek Henri Bal information technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology MINIX MINIX 3 New York City programmer software engineer United States Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Werner Vogels

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  1. 6w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 15w ago · Frettiebot bot · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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