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Gordon Lyon

American network security expert, open source programmer, writer, and a hacker
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Gordon Lyon

Summary

Gordon Lyon is a human[1]. He was born in California[2]. He was born on January 1, 1953[3]. He worked as an engineer[4], software developer[5], writer[6], and hacker[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month, #7,272 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Gordon Lyon was born in California[2].
  • Gordon Lyon was born on January 1, 1953[3].
  • Gordon Lyon held citizenship in United States[9].
  • Gordon Lyon's professions included engineer[4].
  • Gordon Lyon worked as a software developer[5].
  • Gordon Lyon worked as a writer[6].
  • Gordon Lyon's professions included hacker[7].
  • A notable work attributed to Gordon Lyon is Nmap[10].
  • Gordon Lyon is recorded as male[11].
  • Gordon Lyon's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Gordon Lyon's item operated is recorded as seclists.org[13].
  • Gordon Lyon's residence is recorded as Palo Alto[14].
  • Gordon Lyon's family name is recorded as Lyon[15].
  • Gordon Lyon's given name is recorded as Gordon[16].
  • Gordon Lyon's given name is recorded as Fyodor[17].
  • Gordon Lyon's pseudonym is recorded as Fyodor Vaskovich[18].
  • Gordon Lyon's pseudonym is recorded as Fyodor[19].
  • Gordon Lyon's official website is recorded as https://insecure.org/fyodor/[20].
  • Gordon Lyon's email address is recorded as mailto:[email protected][21].
  • Gordon Lyon's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[22].
  • Gordon Lyon's public key fingerprint is recorded as BB61 D057 C0D7 DCEF E730 996C 1AF6 EC50 3359 9B5F[23].

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Origins and Family

Gordon Lyon was born in California[2]. He was born on January 1, 1953[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include engineer[4], software developer[5], writer[6], and hacker[7].

Works and Contributions

A notable work attributed to Gordon Lyon is Nmap[10].

Why It Matters

Gordon Lyon ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month, #7,272 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

FAQs

Where was Gordon Lyon born?

Gordon Lyon was born in California[2].

What did Gordon Lyon do for work?

Gordon Lyon worked as engineer[4], software developer[5], writer[6], and hacker[7].

Related Entities

California software developer United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . insecure.org. insecure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . insecure.org. insecure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . insecure.org. insecure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . insecure.org. Retrieved . insecure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . insecure.org. Retrieved . insecure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → California
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Occupation → —
    Instance of → human
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