John Vlissides, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Vlissides

American Software scientist

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1961

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Date of Death: 24-Nov-2005

Profession: writer, engineer, computer scientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

John Matthew Vlissides (August 2, 1961 – November 24, 2005) was a software engineer known mainly as one of the four authors (referred to as the Gang of Four) of the book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software.
Vlissides referred to himself as "#4 of the Gang of Four and wouldn't have it any other way".