John Romero

American video game designer
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John Romero

Summary

John Romero is a human[1]. He was born in Colorado Springs[2]. He was born on October 28, 1967[3]. He worked as an engineer[4], programmer[5], game programmer[6], computer scientist[7], and businessperson[8]. He ranks in the top 0.65% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,547 views/month, #6,493 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • John Romero's place of birth was Colorado Springs[2].
  • John Romero was born on October 28, 1967[3].
  • John Romero was married to Brenda Romero[10].
  • John Romero held citizenship in United States[11].
  • John Romero worked as an engineer[4].
  • John Romero worked as a programmer[5].
  • John Romero's professions included game programmer[6].
  • John Romero worked as a computer scientist[7].
  • John Romero worked as a businessperson[8].
  • John Romero's professions included television actor[12].
  • John Romero was employed by Softdisk[13].
  • Among John Romero's employers was id Software[14].
  • A notable work attributed to John Romero is Dangerous Dave[15].
  • John Romero is recorded as male[16].
  • John Romero's instance of is recorded as human[17].
  • John Romero's Commons category is recorded as John Romero[18].
  • John Romero's family name is recorded as Romero[19].
  • John Romero's given name is recorded as John[20].
  • John Romero's official website is recorded as http://rome.ro[21].
  • John Romero's topic's main category is recorded as Category:John Romero[22].
  • John Romero's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+149547'}[23].
  • John Romero's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+130991'}[24].
  • John Romero's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+174324'}[25].
  • John Romero's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+192233'}[26].
  • John Romero's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+22000'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1967-10-28[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 60daadda-801c-4950-a985-ec35ec259b94[31]

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Origins and Family

John Romero was born in Colorado Springs[2]. He was born on October 28, 1967[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include engineer[4], programmer[5], game programmer[6], computer scientist[7], businessperson[8], and television actor[12]. Employers include Softdisk[13], a business[32], in United States[33], founded in 1981[34], headquartered in Shreveport[35] and id Software[14], a video game developer[36], in United States[37], founded in 1991[38], headquartered in Richardson[39].

Works and Contributions

A notable work attributed to John Romero is Dangerous Dave[15].

Personal Life

Among John Romero's spouses was Brenda Romero[10].

Why It Matters

John Romero ranks in the top 0.65% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,547 views/month, #6,493 of 1,000,298).[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] He is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

Where was John Romero born?

John Romero was born in Colorado Springs[2].

Who was John Romero married to?

John Romero's spouses include Brenda Romero[10].

What did John Romero do for work?

John Romero worked as engineer[4], programmer[5], game programmer[6], computer scientist[7], and businessperson[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [3] . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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