Computer Pioneers

Ada LoveLace

Dec 10, 1815

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Gifted mathematician,theorized a method for the engine to repeat a series of instructions, a process known as looping that computer programs use today.

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.

George Stibitz

Apr 30, 1904

Lean more about George StibitzGeorge Stibitz is known as one of the foundering fathers of the modern first digital computer.he was born in York Pennsylvania. He was a Bell Labs researcher known for his work in the 1930s and 1940s.

Reynold Johnson

Jul 16, 1906

Lean more about Reynolds Johnsoninvented an electronic test scoring machine

Jean Bartik

Feb 5, 1924

Lean more about Jean BartikShe attended Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, majoring in mathematics and graduating in 1945. Jennings graduated as the only math major from her college.

Philip Estridge

Jun 23, 1937

Lean more about Philip Don EstridgePhilip Donald Estridge, known as Don Estridge, led development of the original IBM Personal Computer, and thus is known as "father of the IBM PC".

Vinton Cerf

Jun 23, 1943

Learn more about Vinton CerfWent to stanford
Also went to UCLA
Began envisioning the internet in 1972
Won draper prize
Won presidential medal of freedom
Worked for IBM

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.

Alan Cooper

Jun 3, 1952

Lean more about Alan CooperAlan Cooper is known as the father of Visual Basic

Bill Gates

Oct 28, 1955

Learn more about Bill GatesHe is the founder of the computer program Microsoft.

Jack Dorsey

Nov 19, 1976

Learn more about Jack DorseyJack Dorsey is an American programmer and entrepreneur widely known as a co-founder and CEO of Twitter, and as the founder and CEO of Square, a mobile payments company.

Alexis Ohanian

Apr 24, 1983

Lean more about Alexis OhanianIn 2011 and 2012, Ohanian was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list as an important figure in the technology industry.
In 2013, Ohanian and Erik Martin were featured as "champions of innovation" in the 20th Anniversary issue of Wired.

Marissa Mayer

Feb 5, 2016

Learn more about Marissa MayerMarissa Ann Mayer is an American business executive and computer scientist, currently serving as the president and CEO of Yahoo!, a position she has held since July 2012.

Tim Berners-Lee

Feb 5, 2016

Learn more about Tim Berners-LeeSir Timothy John Berners-Lee OM KBE FRS FREng FRSA FBCS, also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web.

Robert Morris

Feb 5, 2016

Learn more about Robert Morris1.) cryptographer who helped develop the Unix computer operating system.
2.) He died by complications of dementia.
3.) Begun as a research effort at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories in the 1960's, Unix became one of the world’s leading operating systems, along with Microsoft’s Windows.
4.) He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a master’s in applied mathemati