computer Pioneers

Charles Babbage

Dec 26, 1791

learn more about Charles BabbageCharles Babbage KH FRS was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage is best remembered for originating the concept of a programmable computer.

ada lovelace

Dec 10, 1815

raed more about ada lovelacemathematician ahe work with Charles babbage on the crating the first

edith clarke

Feb 10, 1883

learn more about edith clarkeEdith Clarke was the first female electrical engineer and the first female professor of electrical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She specialized in electrical power system analysis and wrote Circuit Analysis of A-C Power Systems.

Alan Turing

Jun 23, 1912

learn more about Alan TuringAlan Mathison Turing OBE FRS was a pioneering British computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist.

adam osborne

Mar 6, 1939

learn more about adam osborneAdam Osborne was a Thailand-born British-American author, book and software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere

barbara liskov

Nov 7, 1939

learn more about Barbara Liskov is an American computer scientist who is an institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ford Professor of Engineering in its School of Engineering's electrical engineering and computer science department

Abhay Bhushan

Nov 23, 1944

learn more about Abhay BhushanAbhay Bhushan has been a major contributor to the development of the Internet TCP/IP architecture, and is the author of the File Transfer Protocol and the early versions of email protocols.

anita borg

Jan 17, 1946

learn more about Anita BorgAnita Borg was an American computer scientist. She founded the Institute for Women and Technology and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. She was born Anita Borg Naffz in Chicago, Illinois

Al Alcorn

Jan 1, 1948

leran more about AL Alcorn Allan Alcorn is an American pioneering engineer and computer scientist. He grew up in San Francisco, California, and attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor of Scien

alan cooper

Jun 3, 1952

Alan Cooper is an American software designer and programmer. Widely recognized as the “Father of Visual Basic," Cooper is also known for his books on About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design

Steve jobs

Feb 24, 1955

learn more about steve jobs Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American information technology entrepreneur and inventor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.; CEO and largest shareholder

bill gates

Oct 28, 1955

learn more about bill gates William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, and computer programmer. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company

Ben Silbermann

Feb 4, 1982

Ben Silbermann is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded and is CEO of Pinterest, a virtual pinboard which lets users organize images, links, recipes and other things.

Alexis Ohanian

Apr 24, 1983

learn more about Alexis OhanianAlexis Ohanian is an Armenian-American internet entrepreneur, activist and investor based in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, best known for co-founding the social news website Reddit,

aaron levie

Dec 27, 1985

learn more about aaron levie Aaron Winsor Levie is an American entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of the enterprise cloud company Box, which as of 2014 had 39,000 paying corporate customers.