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Top Python Django Developers You Should Know on GitHub

A concise overview of notable contributors to Django ecosystem.

Name GitHub Notable Contributions
Simon Willison simonw Co-creator; Datasette, tooling
Jacob Kaplan-Moss jacobian Co-creator; community leadership
Adrian Holovaty adrianholovaty Co-creator; journalism tools
Russell Keith-Magee freakboy3742 Core dev; BeeWare founder
Carlton Gibson carltongibson Maintained Django core & packages
Audrey Roy Greenfeld audreyfeldroy Cookiecutter; Two Scoops book
Daniel Roy Greenfeld pydanny Two Scoops co-author; libraries
William S Vincent wsvincent Django education; books, podcast
Andrew Godwin andrewgodwin Async support; migrations
Daniele Procida evildmp Docs champion; community organizing
Paolo Melchiorre pauloxnet DSF director; Django Girls coach
Adam Johnson adamchainz Technical board; testing books
Ola Sitarska olasitarska Co-founded Django Girls
Matthew Westcott gasman Wagtail lead developer
Antonio Melé zenx Django By Example author
Raymond Penners pennersr django-allauth author
David Cramer dcramer Co-created Sentry from Django

These contributors have shaped Django’s development and community. You can find the full list, along with links to their other social media profiles and additional details, here: https://echoglobal.tech/technologies/django/

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