Computer Pioneers

Ada Lovelace

Dec 10, 1815

Read more about Ada Lovelace A mathematician who worked with Charles Babbage on creating the first analytical machine

Edith Clarke

Feb 10, 1883

Learn More HereEdith Clarke was the first female electrical engineer.

George Stibitz

Apr 30, 1904

More about George George Stibitz is recognized as one of the fathers of the modern first digital computer.

Alan Turing

Jun 23, 1912

More about Alan Turing Helped break German Enigma Code durning World War II

Jean Bartik

Dec 22, 1924

Learn More Jean Bartik was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer.

Adam Osborne

Mar 6, 1939

More about Adam Osborne Adam was the creator of the Osborne 1

Allan Alcorn

Jan 1, 1948

More about Al Al Alcorn directed involvments with Atari.

Steve Wozniak

Aug 11, 1950

More about Steve Steve Wozniak is an American pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s.

Steve Jobs

Feb 24, 1955

Learn more here He was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.

Bill Gates

Oct 28, 1955

More about Bill Gates Gates co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company.

Linus Torvalds

Dec 28, 1969

More about Linus Creator of Linux

Jack Dorsey

Nov 19, 1976

Learn More Jack Dorsey is the co-founder and CEO of Twitter

Jawed Karim

Oct 28, 1979

more about him Jawed Karim is best known for being a co-founder of YouTube and the first person to upload a video on it.

Ben Silbermann

Feb 4, 1982

Learn more about Ben Ben Silbermann is a co-founder and is CEO of Pinterest

Mark Zuckerberg

May 14, 1984

More about Mark Zuckerberg Zuckerberg is the chairman and co-founder of the Facebook.