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Jonathan Blow

1971 - Today

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Jonathan Blow (born 1971) is an American video game designer and programmer. He is best known for his work on the independent video games Braid (2008) and The Witness (2016). Blow became interested in game programming while at middle school. He studied computer science and English at the University of California, Berkeley, but dropped out to start a game company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Blow is the 81st most popular game designer (down from 70th in 2024), the 17,721st most popular biography from United States (down from 16,593rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Jonathan Blow ranks 81 out of 77. Before him are Chris Avellone, American McGee, Toby Gard, Chris Metzen, Kensuke Tanabe, and Adrian Carmack. After him are Cory Barlog, Rob Pardo, Jane Jensen, Minh Le, Jeff Minter, and Bruce Straley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Jonathan Blow ranks 1,061. Before him are Takeo Harada, Øyvind Berg, Christoph Sieber, Allan Houston, Marco Ferrante, and Kenichiro Tokura. After him are Jesús Olalla, Martin Frändesjö, Vin Baker, Gwenaëlle Aubry, Geoff Barrow, and Radu Muntean.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Blow ranks 17,728 out of 20,380. Before him are Sarah Jones (null), Mark Sanford (1960), Michael DeLuise (1969), Keala Settle (1975), Jackson Robert Scott (2008), and Michelle Carter (1985). After him are Marcus Hahnemann (1972), Linda Fratianne (1960), Kari Wahlgren (1977), Tom Emmer (1961), Bradley Beal (1993), and Peter Joseph (1978).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Jonathan Blow ranks 28. Before him are Tom Hall (1964), Rebecca Heineman (1963), Michael Morhaime (1967), Chris Avellone (1971), American McGee (1972), and Chris Metzen (1973). After him are Cory Barlog (1975), Rob Pardo (1970), Jane Jensen (1963), Bruce Straley (1978), Matt Harding (1976), and Robyn Miller (1966).

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