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<h2 id="a">A</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Alfred_Aho/ljoQ1CMU">Alfred Aho</a>, co-developer of the <a href="/facts/AWK/lAQ0leyj">AWK</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Leonard_Adleman/uSGnztdj">Leonard Adleman</a>, <a href="/facts/Encryption/16q29Fdv">encryption</a> (<a href="/facts/RSA_(algorithm)/XTzyfHuq">RSA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marc_Andreessen/9mB21otp">Marc Andreessen</a>, co-founder of <a href="/facts/Netscape_Communications_Corporation/JGWlEUI7">Netscape Communications Corporation</a></li></ul> <h2 id="b">B</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tim_Berners-Lee/JRv21mt9">Tim Berners-Lee</a>, inventor of the <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">World Wide Web</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stephen_R._Bourne/x7p7ALJH">Stephen Bourne</a>, developer of the <a href="/facts/Bourne_shell/wUCh3Qkl">Bourne shell</a></li></ul> <h2 id="c">C</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_Carmack/PKRfqBQn">John Carmack</a>, realtime computer game graphics, <a href="/facts/Id_Software/NsbHCMsV">id Software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Noam_Chomsky/3rtpzlER">Noam Chomsky</a>, linguist, language theorist (<a href="/facts/Chomsky_hierarchy/tUYCL00R">Chomsky hierarchy</a>) and social critic</li></ul> <h2 id="d">D</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Theo_de_Raadt/306adTJA">Theo de Raadt</a>, founder of the <a href="/facts/OpenBSD/xmPS9tek">OpenBSD</a> and <a href="/facts/OpenSSH/2qxJ3Fe7">OpenSSH</a> projects</li></ul> <h2 id="e">E</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/J._Presper_Eckert/G3bXAwdt">J. Presper Eckert</a>, <a href="/facts/ENIAC/EcfmM1Y0">ENIAC</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Larry_Ellison/UjqY5XPm">Larry Ellison</a>, co-founder of <a href="/facts/Oracle_Corporation/0z14FygH">Oracle Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Marc_Ewing/QISHd3PB">Marc Ewing</a>, creator of <a href="/facts/Red_Hat_Linux/kIU5PueU">Red Hat Linux</a></li></ul> <h2 id="f">F</h2> <h2 id="g">G</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bill_Gates/z16t4m7s">Bill Gates</a>, co-founder and Chairman of <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Gosling/AIKS55X9">James Gosling</a>, "father" of the <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java programming language</a></li></ul> <h2 id="h">H</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Grace_Hopper/MEhbGazn">Grace Hopper</a>, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers.</li></ul> <h2 id="i">I</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jonathan_Ive/KuGlJm39">Jonathan Ive</a>, Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple</a></li></ul> <h2 id="j">J</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Steve_Jobs/fQpja1hx">Steve Jobs</a>, co-founder and CEO of Apple</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bill_Joy/3I8ehVtu">Bill Joy</a>, co-founder of <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems</a>, <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Software_Distribution/XQKcURrh">BSD</a></li></ul> <h2 id="k">K</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Brian_Kernighan/oW3I7FWJ">Brian Kernighan</a>, <a href="/facts/Dennis_Ritchie/I1yu1UWU">Dennis Ritchie</a>, C programming language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Donald_Knuth/GozNzDM6">Donald Knuth</a>, <i>The Art of Computer Programming</i>, <a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a></li></ul> <h2 id="l">L</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rasmus_Lerdorf/kIA4GNwF">Rasmus Lerdorf</a>, creator of the <a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP Scripting Language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lawrence_Lessig/FThAkl4b">Lawrence Lessig</a>, professor of law and founder of the <a href="/facts/Creative_Commons/b1fKDQHE">Creative Commons</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ada_Lovelace/s3c2GGRu">Ada Lovelace</a></li></ul> <h2 id="m">M</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_William_Mauchly/y6TeMdXU">John William Mauchly</a>, <a href="/facts/ENIAC/EcfmM1Y0">ENIAC</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist)/ajKU4SdD">John McCarthy</a>, <a href="/facts/LISP_programming_language/xJHA3CrX">LISP programming language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bob_Miner/IoXdhFDp">Bob Miner</a>, co-founder of <a href="/facts/Oracle_Corporation/0z14FygH">Oracle Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Marvin_Minsky/HTU5MYLL">Marvin Minsky</a>, <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">AI</a> luminary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gordon_E._Moore/AMW52edX">Gordon E. Moore</a>, co-founder of <a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a>, <a href="/facts/Moore%27s_Law/90CSekhl">Moore's Law</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elon_Musk/GFgcp9Im">Elon Musk</a>, co-founder of <a href="/facts/PayPal/tlShukIa">PayPal</a>, <a href="/facts/Tesla,_Inc/dSyLNM1D">Tesla, Inc</a>, <a href="/facts/SpaceX/2tKHsVdJ">SpaceX</a>,</li></ul> <h2 id="n">N</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Roger_Needham/sSz9TUYM">Roger Needham</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_von_Neumann/aUk6urof">John von Neumann</a>, theoretical computer science</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Noyce/J77WDDld">Robert Noyce</a>, co-founder of <a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a> and the founder of <a href="/facts/Integrated_circuit/fjn6vg7C">integrated circuit</a></li></ul> <h2 id="p">P</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_Pople/1UmPknsL">Sir John Anthony Pople</a>, pioneer in computational chemistry</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jon_Postel/7FIv4teq">Jon Postel</a>, <a href="/facts/Internet/Xw1rVvJU">Internet</a> pioneer, founder of <a href="/facts/Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority/b6MlP6zQ">IANA</a></li></ul> <h2 id="q">Q</h2> <h2 id="r">R</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eric_S._Raymond/9jLGSUtk">Eric Raymond</a>, <a href="/facts/Open_source/7X9rCdz4">Open source</a> movement luminary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dennis_Ritchie/I1yu1UWU">Dennis Ritchie</a>, <a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a> operating system and <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C programming language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ron_Rivest/nQsIcAKa">Ron Rivest</a>, <a href="/facts/Encryption/16q29Fdv">encryption</a> (<a href="/facts/RSA_(algorithm)/XTzyfHuq">RSA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Guido_van_Rossum/xADcJVjl">Guido van Rossum</a>, <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python (programming language)</a> <a href="/facts/Benevolent_Dictator_For_Life/dhYltQlN">Benevolent Dictator For Life</a></li></ul> <h2 id="s">S</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Adi_Shamir/CTnaUeP6">Adi Shamir</a>, <a href="/facts/Encryption/16q29Fdv">encryption</a> (<a href="/facts/RSA_(algorithm)/XTzyfHuq">RSA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mark_Shuttleworth/cgJ218ec">Mark Shuttleworth</a>, founder of Canonical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Stallman/hhoPN0Mw">Richard Stallman</a>, founder of <a href="/facts/GNU/HlAKKBdt">GNU</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Olaf_Storaasli/EbB7MzY6">Olaf Storaasli</a>, NASA <a href="/facts/Finite_element_machine/nyzPKvNn">Finite element machine</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bjarne_Stroustrup/Be1Yq6rn">Bjarne Stroustrup</a>, founder of <a href="/facts/C%2B%2B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a></li></ul> <h2 id="t">T</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ken_Thompson/KQtrw9YM">Ken Thompson</a>, <a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a> and <a href="/facts/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs/pQjPlS7w">Plan 9</a> operating systems</li> <li><a href="/facts/Linus_Torvalds/EdDKP534">Linus Torvalds</a>, <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alan_Turing/klov9b6g">Alan Turing</a>, British <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a> and <a href="/facts/Cryptography/e94PEVau">cryptographer</a></li></ul> <h2 id="u">U</h2> <h2 id="v">V</h2> <h2 id="w">W</h2> <ul><li>Prof. <a href="/facts/Joseph_Weizenbaum/Sy2f7I4h">Joseph Weizenbaum</a>, computer critic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kevin_Warwick/854Vfodb">Kevin Warwick</a>, <a href="/facts/Cyborg/Ih2KzUEw">cyborg</a> scientist, implant self-experimenter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Niklaus_Wirth/krsLUB11">Niklaus Wirth</a>, developed Pascal</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_J._Weinberger/Gd45juyQ">Peter J. Weinberger</a>, co-developer of the <a href="/facts/AWK/lAQ0leyj">AWK</a> language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sophie_Wilson/9pkb5BXL">Sophie Wilson</a>, designer of the <a href="/facts/ARM_architecture_family/SALsYA79">ARM</a> instruction set</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stephen_Wolfram/pJTChkGB">Stephen Wolfram</a>, founder of <a href="/facts/Wolfram_Research/rDU0dXdE">Wolfram Research</a>, physicist, software developer, mathematician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Steve_Wozniak/qSHwIrMz">Steve Wozniak</a>, co-founder of <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple</a>; creator of the <a href="/facts/Apple_I/MCLPkKgE">Apple I</a> and <a href="/facts/Apple_II/se82CNvK">Apple II</a> computers</li></ul> <h2 id="x">X</h2> <h2 id="y">Y</h2> <h2 id="z">Z</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jill_Zimmerman/k9MuE2l2">Jill Zimmerman</a>, James M. Beall Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at <a href="/facts/Goucher_College/rHBUTp8c">Goucher College</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Konrad_Zuse/yrvbaEg3">Konrad Zuse</a>, built one of the first computers</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mark_Zuckerberg/TJpEwVE6">Mark Zuckerberg</a>, co-founder of <a href="/facts/Facebook/0IhXFR6u">Facebook</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_programmers/MKLyNJKH">List of programmers</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_computer_scientists/zd2xpuxp">List of computer scientists</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_pioneers_in_computer_science/XlurWBLL">List of pioneers in computer science</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Russian_IT_developers/U2sLP1aW">List of Russian IT developers</a></li></ul>