Torvalds (Swedish: [ˈtǔːrvalds]) is a Swedish/Finnish family name. It may refer to:

People

• Ole Torvalds (1916–1995), journalist and poet
• Nils Torvalds (b. 1945), son of Ole; broadcast journalist, writer and politician
• Linus Torvalds (b. 1969), son of Nils; software engineer and creator of the Linux kernel, who now works and lives in the U.S.

Other

• 9793 Torvalds, asteroid named for Linus Torvalds
• Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate, debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds about Linux and kernel architecture in general