Open Source Database Hall of Fame

The OpenSource Database Hall of Fame seeks to recognize those in the Open Source world who have greatly contributed to providing database software to the community. Membership in the hall is small thanks to those whose activities have greatly contributed to making databases better for all.

Membership Eligibility

Membership is reserved for those who have contributed to the open source database community and members are voted on by a select group from that community.

Open Source Hall of Fame 2022 Inductees

Mark Callaghan

Mark Callaghan is a highly respected contributor to the open source database but may be best known for his work in InnoDB compression. He was a driving force at Facebook at many years and oversaw many code contributions during that time.

Michael “Monty” Widenius

Founder at MariaDB Foundation

Monty is the main author of the original version of the open source MySQL database, a founding member of the MySQL AB company and CTO of the MariaDB Corporation AB. He started developing what was to become the MySQL Database in 1995 and has continuously contributed both code and leadership.

Bruce Momjian

Vice President, Postgres Evangelist at EDB

Bruce Momjian started stabilizing the Ingres database code from the University of California, Berkeley which became the basis of PostgreSQL. He has tirelessly contributed code, presentations, writings, and support for the community ever since.

Yoshinori Matsunobu

FaceBook

Yoshinori has been the major driving force behind MyRocks, handler socket, and a tech lead at Facebook for a team that consistently makes important contributions to the community. He is well known for his technical presentations at conferences that have always spread his great knowledge to the community.