Computer Pioneers

1780-2000

Period: Jan 1, 1780 to Jan 1, 2000

Charles Babbage

Dec 26, 1791

Charles Babbage originated the concept of a programable computer.

Ada Lovelace

Dec 10, 1815

Ada Lovelace was a British mathematician known as the first programer.

Edith Clarke

Feb 10, 1883

Edith Clarke invented the Clarke calculater.

George Stibitz

Apr 30, 1904

George Stibitz invented the eletrical digital computer in 1937.

Grace Hopper

Jan 1, 1906

Grace Hopper was a computer programer helped develop the COBOL computer language.

Lenoard Kleinrock

Jun 13, 1934

Lenoard Kleinrock Is a professer at UCLA and is the first person to send a message using the internet.

Barbara Liskov

Jan 1, 1939

Barbara Liskov, alongside Jeannette Wing, developed a particular definition of subtyping, commonly known as the Liskov substitution principle.

Adam Osborne

Mar 6, 1939

Adam Osborne made the first portable computer.

Alan Kay

May 17, 1940

Alan Kay was in the Apple team and also helped develop laser printing.

Abhay Bhushan

Nov 23, 1944

Abhay Bhushan invented the File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

Al Alcorn

Jan 1, 1948

Al Alcorn invented the first sucessful video game, Pong and helped build the Atari gaming system.

Tim Berners-Lee

Jun 8, 1955

Tim Berners-Lee is the Founding Director of the World Wide Web Foundation.

Bill Gates

Oct 28, 1955

Bill Gates owns and founded the Microsoft Coorpation.

Alan Cooper

Jun 3, 1962

Alan Cooper develped a visual progrqaming language that allowed Windows to build Finder.

Linus Torvalds

Dec 28, 1969

Linus Torvalds is the creator of Linux Kernel. he also worked with Apple and Android.