computer pioneers By lldepue Dec 10, 1815 ada lovelace She also theorized a method for the engine to repeat a series of instructions, a process known as looping that computer programs use today. Oct 4, 1903 john atanasot Apr 30, 1904 george stibitz Jul 16, 1906 reynold johnson Jun 23, 1937 philip estridge Nov 7, 1939 barbara liskou Jun 23, 1943 vinton cerf Jun 3, 1952 alan cooper Oct 28, 1955 bill gates Oct 29, 1959 edithe clarke Dec 28, 1969 linus torvald Feb 4, 1975 marissa mayer Nov 19, 1976 jack dorsey Apr 24, 1983 alexis ohanian May 14, 1984 mark zuckerberg Dec 27, 1985 aaron levie