Timeline: Reynold Johnson | Timetoast

Oct 4, 1903

John Atanasoff

American physicist and inventor, best known for inventing the first electronic digital computer.
Apr 30, 1904

George Stibitz

Made the first digital computer.
Jul 16, 1906

Reynold Johnson

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/18/business/reynold-johnson-92-pioneer-in-computer-hard-disk-drives.html
https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/builders/builders_johnson.html
http://ethw.org/Reynold_B._Johnson
An American Inventor and computer pioneer.
Jun 22, 1910

Konrad Zuse

http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html
http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Konrad,Zuse/
http://zuse.zib.de/
German Civil Engineeer
May 23, 1928

Jean Sammet

Developed the FORMAC programing language.
Jun 13, 1934

Leonard Kleinrock

http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_kleinrock.htm
http://internethalloffame.org/inductees/leonard-kleinrock
http://history-computer.com/Internet/Birth/Kleinrock.html
American engineer and computer scientist.
Jun 23, 1937

Philip Estridge

https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/builders/builders_estridge.html
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/1788/don-estridge/
http://www.thocp.net/biographies/estridge_don.html
Developed the IBM personal computer.
Feb 5, 1943

Nolan Bushnell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Bushnell
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33117769
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/bushnell_hi.html
An American engineer.
Jun 23, 1943

Vint Cerf

American Internet Pioneer.
Aug 11, 1950

Steve Wozniak

http://www.biography.com/people/steve-wozniak-9537334
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34188602
http://www.woz.org/
American pioneer for personal computers in the 1970's.
Feb 24, 1955

Steve Jobs

http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
http://www.biography.com/people/steve-jobs-9354805
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/the-tweaker
Founder of Apple Incorporation.
May 19, 1955

James Gosling

Father of the Java Programmer.
Jun 8, 1955

TIm Berners-Lee

http://webfoundation.org/about/sir-tim-berners-lee/
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tim_berners_lee
http://internethalloffame.org/inductees/tim-berners-lee
Nov 8, 1965

Robert Morris

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/morris-worm.htm
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day--Robert-Morris-Becomes-First-Hacker-Prosecuted-For-Spreading-Virus.html
Made the first worm on the internet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm
Dec 28, 1969

Linus Torvalds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/01/linus-torvalds-on-why-he-isnt-nice-i-dont-care-about-you/
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
Computer programmer.