Markus Alexej Persson (, ; born 1 June 1979), also known as "Notch", is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is best known for creating the sandbox video game Minecraft, which has since become the best-selling video game in history; and for founding the video game development company Mojang Studios in 2009.
- Occupation
- programmer, video game producer, designer, game programmer
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- June 1, 1979
