Here are the previous year's award winners. Many had quite humble beginnings, and now are quite notable.
2011 Ruby Hero Award Winners
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- Darcy Laycock 2011 Hero
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- Jonas Nicklas 2011 Hero
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- Loren Segal 2011 Hero
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- Michael Hartl 2011 Hero
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- Ryan Bigg 2011 Hero
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- Steve Klabnik 2011 Hero
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2010 Ruby Hero Award Winners
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- Jose Valim 2010 Hero
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- Aaron Patterson 2010 Hero
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- Gregory Brown 2010 Hero
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- Nick Quaranto 2010 Hero
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- Wayne Seguin 2010 Hero
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- Xavier Noria 2010 Hero
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2009 Ruby Hero Award Winners
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- Brian Helmkamp 2009 Hero
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- Aman Gupta 2009 Hero
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- Luis Lavena 2009 Hero
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- Pat Allan 2009 Hero
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- Dan Kubb 2009 Hero
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- John Nunemaker 2009 Hero
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2008 Ruby Hero Award Winners
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- Ryan Bates 2008 Hero
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- Yehuda Katz 2008 Hero
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- Ilya Grigorik 2008 Hero
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- Evan Weaver 2008 Hero
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- Tom Copeland 2008 Hero
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- James Edward Gray II 2008 Hero
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