Computer Pioneers

Early-Present Computers Pioneers

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Dec 31, 2000

Ada Lovelace

Dec 10, 1815

Read more...A gifted mathematician, Ada Lovelace is considered to have written instructions for the first computer program in the mid-1800s

Edithe Clarke

Feb 10, 1883

Read more...Patent for Graphical Calculator

George Stibitz

Apr 30, 1904

Read more...George Stibitz is known as one of the foundering fathers of the modern first digital computer.he was born in York Pennsylvania. He was a Bell Labs researcher known for his work in the 1930s and 1940s.

Reynolds Johnson

Jul 16, 1906

Read more...invented an electronic test scoring machine  

Ralph Baer

Mar 8, 1922

Read more...Created the Magnavox odyssey: Gaming system

Robert Morris

Jul 25, 1932

Read more...Cryptographer who helped develop the Unix computer operating system

Vinton Cerf

Jun 23, 1943

Read more...Went to stanford
 Also went to UCLA
 Began envisioning the internet in 1972
Won draper prize
Won presidential medal of freedom
Worked for IBM

Al Alcorn

Jan 1, 1948

Read more...Devoloped the first arcade game.

Anita Borg

Jan 17, 1948

Read more...Known for her work in the field of computer science, she encouraged the careers of other female computer scientists by founding the Institute for Women and Technology and by starting the Systers listserve for female programmers

Steve Jobs

Feb 24, 1955

Read More...Co-founder of Apple computers w/ Steve Wozinak

Bill Gates

Oct 28, 1955

Read more...He is the founder of the computer program Microsoft.

Linus Torvalds

Dec 28, 1969

Read more...Creator of Linus Kernel

Jawed Karim

Oct 28, 1979

Read more...Co-founder, along with Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, of YouTube and first to upload a video clip on YouTube, "Me at the zoo," on April 23, 2005

Alexis Ohanian

Apr 24, 1983

Read More...Co-Founder of Redditt

Mark Zuckerberg

May 14, 1984

Read more...Zuckerberg first launched Facebook from his dormitory at Harvard University