Computer Pioneers

Charles Babbage

Dec 26, 1791

Often called the father of computers.

Ada Lovelace

Dec 10, 1815

Read more about Ada LovelaceMathematician who worked with Charles Babbage creating the first naliticle machine.

Grace Hopper

Dec 9, 1906

Was an American Computer Scientist.

Jean Sammet

May 23, 1923

Read more about Jean Sammet Supervised her own scientific programming groups from 1955 to 1958.

Adam Osborne

Mar 6, 1939

Read more about Adam Osborne Introduced the first portable computer called "The Osborne 1".

Nolan Bushnell

Feb 5, 1943

Read more about Nolan Bushnell Nolan Bushnell is the inventor of pong and a founder of Atari.

Vinton Cerf

Jun 23, 1943

Read more about Vinton Cerf Vinton Cerf worked for IBM and won many awards and is referenced as "The Father of the Internet".

Anita Borg

Jan 17, 1945

Founded the Institute for Women and Technology.

Steve Wozniak

Aug 11, 1950

Read more about Steve Wozniak Co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs

Feb 24, 1955

Read more about Steve Jobs Founder of Apple.

James Gosling

May 19, 1955

He is the father of Java.

Bill Gates

Oct 28, 1955

Read more about Bill Gates Bill Gates is the inventor of Microsoft and the OS, Windows.

Jack Dorsey

Nov 19, 1976

He is the Co-founder and CEO of Twitter.

Ben Silbermann

Jan 1, 1982

Co-Founder and CEO of Pintrest.

Mark Zuckerberg

May 14, 1984

Co-Founder of the social network site, Facebook.