Aaron Swartz
Born in 1986
Aaron Swartz was a prodigious computer programmer, writer, and political activist.
He made significant contributions to web technologies, co-developing RSS and helping create Reddit.
Swartz was passionate about free access to information, co-founding Creative Commons and advocating for open access to academic research.
His activism extended to politics, where he founded Demand Progress and fought against internet censorship.
Swartz's life was marked by remarkable achievements in technology and social justice, but ended tragically at age 26 when he took his own life while facing federal charges for bulk-downloading academic articles from JSTOR.
