Aaron Swartz
Birthday: 1986-11-08 | Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USAAaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer and Internet hacktivist who was involved in the development of the web feedformat RSS and the Markdown publishing format, the organization Creative Commons, the website framework web.py and the social news site, Reddit, in which he became a partner after its merger with his company, Infogami. He committed suicide while under federal indictment for data-theft, a prosecution that was characterized by his family as being "the product of a criminal-justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach".
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2015
Killswitch
as Himself
2014
2007
Steal This Film II
as Himself
2006
Steal This Film
as Himself
2005
Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks
as Himself
