Aaron Swartz

Birth Name: Aaron Hillel Swartz

Date of Birth: November 8, 1986

Place of Birth: Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.

Date of Death: January 11, 2013

Place of Death: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Aaron Swartz was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. He was involved in the creation of RSS, the Markdown publishing format, Creative Commons, and web.py. He was the co-founder of social news aggregation, content rating, and forum social network Reddit, with Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. He was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame after his death in 2013.

Aaron was born in Highland Park, Illinois, to Susan and Robert Swartz.

Aaron’s paternal grandfather was named William Mark Swartz.

Aaron’s paternal grandmother was named Mary Rosen.

Source: Genealogy of Aaron Swartz (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com