Computer Pioneers

  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage

    Developed calculators with Ada Lovelace
  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace

    Designed computer hardware sketches
  • Edith Clarke

    Edith Clarke

    Invented Graphical Calculators
  • George Stibitz

    George Stibitz

    Concieved first electrical digital computer in 1937
  • Alan Turing

    Alan Turing

    Created Turing machine, deciphered Nazi Enigma machine
  • Barbara Liskov

    Barbara Liskov

    Contributed to programming language and system design
  • Alan Kay

    Alan Kay

    Created object oriented programming
  • Nolan Bushnell

    Nolan Bushnell

    Created Atari
  • Vinton Cerf

    Vinton Cerf

    Co-designer of TCP/IP protocol
  • Al Alcorn

    Al Alcorn

    Created video game industry
  • Gary Thuerk

    Gary Thuerk

    Accidentally invented "spam" when sending out mass email promoting hsi new company
  • Steve Wozniak

    Steve Wozniak

    Co-founder of Apple
  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs

    Co-founder of Apple
  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates

    Founded Microsoft
  • Mark Zuckerberg

    Mark Zuckerberg

    Inventor of Facebook