Computer Pioneers

Charles Babbage

Dec 26, 1791

Made the first mechanical computer
Lived in the UK his whole life

Ada Lovelace

Dec 10, 1815

Read more about Ada HEREThe world's first computer programmer
Inventor of the Difference Enginge

Edith Clarke

Feb 10, 1883

The first female electrical engineer
Born in Maryland

Grace Hopper

Dec 9, 1906

Invented first compiler
She popularized the term "debugging"

Konrad Zuse

Jun 22, 1910

Created the world's first programmable computer
German civil engineer

Jean Bartik

Dec 27, 1924

Helped create the first stored-program computer
Involved with ENIAC

Philip (Don) Estridge

Jun 23, 1937

Led the development of the original IBM Personal Computer
Rejected Steve Jobs' offer of being president of Apple

Adam Osborne

Mar 6, 1939

Created teh first commercially available portable computer
Born in Thailand

Nolan Bushnell

Feb 5, 1943

Play the Atari Arcade HERECreated the Atari
Made Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theater

Vinton Cerf

Jun 23, 1943

Engineer
"Father of the Internet"

Al Alcorn

Jan 1, 1948

Try Pong HEREDesigner of the video game Pong
Attended University of California, Berkeley

Anita Borg

Jan 17, 1949

Founded Institute for Women and Technology
She was a computer scientist

Steve Wozniak

Aug 11, 1950

Co-founder of Apple
Met Steve Jobs in 1971

Steve Jobs

Feb 24, 1955

Browse Apple products HERECreator of Apple
Dropped out of college to save his parents money

Bill Gates

Oct 28, 1955

Visit Microsoft's official home page HEREProgrammed Microsoft
Became paper billionaire in 1986