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Computer Pioneers

  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace

    Ada LovelaceFounder of Scientific Computing
    Married William King
  • Edith Clarke

    Edith Clarke

    Read About EdithThe first female electrical engineer and the first female professor at the University of Texas.
    Liked astronomy
  • George Stibitz

    George Stibitz

    Father of the modern computer
    Came up with binary numbers
    Born and raised in Ohio
  • Ralph Baer

    Ralph Baer

    Created the Video Game Console industry in the 1960's
    known as the "father of video games"
  • Jean Sammet

    Jean Sammet

    Developed the FORMAC programming language in 1962
  • Adam Osborne

    Adam Osborne

    Created the first portable microcomputer.
    Otherwise known as a "laptop"
  • Alan Kay

    Alan Kay

    American Computer Scientist
    Creates examples of how small computers can be used.
    A "brainstormer"
  • J. Presper Eckert & John Mauchly

    J. Presper Eckert & John Mauchly

    Developed the ENIAC on May 31st 1943
  • Vinton Cerf

    Vinton Cerf

    Pioneer of the Internet
    Co-founded the Internet Society
  • Al Alcorn

    Al Alcorn

    PONGDesigner of the video game "PONG"
  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs ExtraordinaryCEO of Apple Inc.
  • Tim Berners-Lee

    Tim Berners-Lee

    Invented the World Wide Web
  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates

    Founder of Microsoft
  • Linus Torvalds

    Linus Torvalds

    Created Linux
  • Gary Thuerk

    Gary Thuerk

    Spam Talk"Father of Spam"