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George Stibitz
George Robert Stibitz is internationally recognized as one of the fathers of the modern first digital computer -
Grace Hopper
Grace Murray Hopper was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer in 1944 -
Konrad Zuse
Konrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. -
Alan Turning
Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS was a British pioneering computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, mathematical biologist, and marathon and ultra distance runner. -
Ralph Baer
BaerRalph Henry Baer was a German-born American video game developer, inventor, and engineer, and was known as "The Father of Video Games" due to his many contributions to games and the video game industry in the latter half of the 20th century -
Adam Osborne
Adam Osborne was a Thailand-born British-American author, book and software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere -
Alan Kay
Alan Curtis Kay is an American computer scientist. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts -
Vinton Cerf
Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf is an American internet pioneer, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with American engineer Bob Kahn. -
Jean Bartik
Jean Bartik was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer. -
Al Alcorn
Allan Alcorn is an American pioneering engineer and computer scientist. He grew up in San Francisco, California, and attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor of Science -
Steve Wozniak
WozStephen Gary "Steve" Wozniak, known as "Woz", is an American electrical engineer who co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. Wozniak single-handedly designed both the Apple I and Apple II computers in the late 1970s. -
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper is an American software designer and programmer. Widely recognized as the “Father of Visual Basic," Cooper is also known for his books on About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design -
Steve Jobs
JobsSteven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, who was the cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. -
James Glosling
James Arthur Gosling, OC is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the father of the Java programming language -
Bill Gates
GatesWilliam Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor
