Computer Pioneers

  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage
    Known for the concept of a programmable computer
  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace
    Worlds first computer programmer
  • Edith Clarke

    Edith Clarke
    Edith ClarkeCalculated first seven terms of infinite series
  • George Stibitz

    George Stibitz
    George StibitzOne of the fathers of the first modern digital computers
  • Grace Hopper

    Grace Hopper
    She developed first complier for a computer programming language
  • Konrad Zuse

    Konrad Zuse
    Konrad ZuseZ1, Z2, Z3, Z4 computers
  • Jean Sammet

    Jean Sammet
    American computer scientist who developed FORMAC programming language
  • Philip Estridge

    Philip Estridge
    Led development of the original IMB PC
  • Adam Osborne

    Adam Osborne
    Introduced first portable computer
  • Barbara Liskov

    Barbara LiskovFundamental contributions to programming languages, programming methodology and distributed systems