Contributers of the Computer World

Charles Babbage

Dec 26, 1791

Charles is known for the concept of a programmable computer.

Ada Lovelace

Dec 10, 1815

Analyst, Metaphysician, and Founder of Scientific Computing She's the world's first computer programmer.

George Stibitz

Apr 20, 1904

Stibitz is internationally recognized as one of the fathers of the modern first digital computer.

Reynold Johnson

Jul 16, 1906

Reynold Johnson Reynold Johnson created the scoring system that is used to score state tests that are used today.

Jean Sammet

Mar 23, 1928

Jean Sammet: Programming Language Contributor and Historian, and ACM President Jean Sammet is an American computer scientist who developed FORMAC programming language in 1962.

Philip Estridge

Jun 23, 1937

Estridge led the development of the original IMB PC.

Adam Osborne

Mar 6, 1939

Adam Osborne – The innovator of the first portable computer Adam Osborne introduced the first portable computer.

Steve Wozniak

Aug 11, 1950

Steve Wozniak is known for inventing the Apple computer.

James Gosling

May 19, 1955

James Gosling Gosling is known as the father of the Java programming language.

Linus Torvalds

Dec 28, 1969

Linus Torvalds: A Very Brief and Completely Unauthorized Biography Linus Torvalds is best known for Linux Kernel and Git.