Computer Pioneers

  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage
    read moreThe invention of the analytical engine, which contained Arithmetic logic unit, flow control, and memory. Was the basic general purpose of the computer.
  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace
    Known for written instructions for the first computer program
  • Reynold B Johnson

    Reynold B Johnson
    more infoA long-time employee of IBM, Johnson is said to be the "father" of the disk drive
  • Grace Hopper

    Grace Hopper
    Grace Murray Hopper was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral
  • John Mauchly

    John Mauchly
    learn more!John William Mauchly was an American physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, designed ENIAC, the first general purpose electronic digital computer, as well as EDVAC, BINAC and UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer made in the United States.
  • Konrad Zuse

    Konrad Zuse
    more infoKonrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer. His greatest achievement was the world's first functional program-controlled Turing-complete computer, the Z3, which became operational in May 1941
  • Jean Bartik

    Jean Bartik
    Jean Bartik was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer
  • Leonard Kleinrock

    Leonard Kleinrock
    Leonard Kleinrock is an American engineer and computer scientist.
  • Alan Cooper

    Alan Cooper
    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
  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs
    Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, who was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.