Computers Pioneers

Charles Babbage

Feb 2, 1791

Made the first computer.
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/about/babbage.html

Ada Lovelace

Feb 2, 1852

She was seventeen and was entranced when Babbage demonstrated the small working section of the Engine to her.
http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/adalovelace/

Edith Clarke

Feb 2, 1883

Electrical engineer.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/clarke.htm

Grace Hopper

Feb 2, 1906

U.S Navy admiral.
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html

Konrad Zuse

Feb 2, 1910

Made first progammable computer.
http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html

Geaoge Stibitz

Feb 5, 1911

Electric engineer research.
http://www.computer.org/web/awards/goode-george-stibitz

Alan Turing

Feb 2, 1912

English mathematic.
http://www.turing.org.uk/

Jean Sammet

Feb 2, 1928

Developed the format.
http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Jean,Sammet/

Vinton Cerf

Feb 2, 1943

Engineer.
http://research.google.com/pubs/author32412.html

Al Alcorn

Feb 2, 1948

Designer of the video game.
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/allan-alcorn/14/b2/653

Anita Borg

Feb 2, 1949

Founded the institute of apple.
http://www.google.com/anitaborg/

Steve Wozniak

Feb 2, 1950

Apple Co-founder.
http://www.woz.org/

Bill Gates

Feb 2, 1955

Inventor of microsoft.
http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520

Tim Berners-Lee

Feb 2, 1955

Invented the W.W.W.
http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/

Adam Osborne

Feb 2, 2003

Created first commercial.
http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/adamosborne.htm