Markus Persson by Henry By room4bbi2012 Jun 1, 1979 Born Period: Jun 1, 1979 to Feb 17, 2012 Markus Persson (Notch) He is still alive. Jun 1, 1985 Started programming at the age of 7 Jun 1, 1986 First game made at age of 8 Jan 1, 2005 Worked for King.com Jan 1, 2009 Worked for Jalbum May 17, 2009 Created Minecraft, a very popular computer game Nov 11, 2011 Official Minecraft release date (Minecraft 1.0.0)