Computer Pioneers Birthdays and Contributions

Charles Babbage

Dec 26, 1791

Credited with the first idea of a programmable computer.

Ada Lovelace

Dec 10, 1815

The first computer programmer.

John Atanasoff

Oct 4, 1903

Click to Read More About John invented the first electronic digital computer.

George Stibitz

Apr 30, 1904

A Bell labs researcher known for his work in the 1930's and 1940's.

Adam Osborne

Apr 6, 1939

Click to read More About Adam Created the first commercially available portable computing device.

Barbara Liskov

Nov 7, 1939

Worked in the design of programming languages and software methodology that led to the development of objective-oriented programming.

Alan Kay

May 17, 1940

Click to Read More About Alan Worked at Xerox, and Walt Disney Company after working fro Windows and Apple on the OS.

Nolan Bushnell

Feb 5, 1943

Click to Read More About Nolan Created the computer game " Pong", and is one of the founders of video games.

Vint Cerf

Jun 23, 1943

Click to read More About Vint An American internet pioneer, who is recognized as one of the " Fathers of the internet".

Abhay Bhushnan

Nov 23, 1944

Click For More Facts A major contributor to the development of the internet TCP/IP architecture.

Al Alcorn

Jan 1, 1948

The designer of the video arcade game Pong, creating it underthe direction of Nolan Bushnell and Dabney.

Steve Wozniak

Aug 11, 1950

Click to read More About Steve Co-founder of Apple Incorporation.

James Gosling

May 19, 1955

Click to Read More About James A Canadian computer scientist.

Bill Gates

Oct 28, 1955

Click to Read More About Bill Co-founder of the Microsoft Incorporation.

Linus Torvalds

Dec 28, 1969

Click to Read More About Linus Creator of the Linux OS.