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color=red><b>LISTS</b></font><p> <p><p><table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_c"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/954/000124582/"><font size=-1>Michael Abrash</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Graphics Programming Black Book</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/678/000057507/"><font size=-1>Scott Adams</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Adventureland</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/397/000252638/"><font size=-1>Howard Aiken</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Mar-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Mar-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Designer of early computers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/173/000159693/"><font size=-1>Gene Amdahl</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Engineer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Nov-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Parallel computing pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/442/000022376/"><font size=-1>Marc Andreessen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Founder of Netscape</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000125626/"><font size=-1>Bill Atkinson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Creator of HyperCard, QuickDraw, MacPaint</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/973/000137562/"><font size=-1>Ed Averett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prolific Odyssey 2 game programmer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/079/000129689/"><font size=-1>John Backus</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Dec-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Mar-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Inventor of BNF, led FORTRAN team</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/645/000126267/"><font size=-1>Richard A. Bartle</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>MUD</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/089/000125711/"><font size=-1>Brian Behlendorf</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Mar-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Author of Apache web server</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/573/000023504/"><font size=-1>Tim Berners-Lee</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jun-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Inventor of the World Wide Web</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/401/000031308/"><font size=-1>Daniel J. Bernstein</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Oct-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Bernstein v. United States</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/662/000057491/"><font size=-1>Danielle Berry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Feb-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jul-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Transsexual designer of <i>M.U.L.E.</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/000/000030907/"><font size=-1>Marc Blank</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Programmer behind <i>Zork</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/112/000030022/"><font size=-1>James Blinn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>3D computer imaging pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000120259/"><font size=-1>Grady Booch</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Feb-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Unified Modeling Language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/718/000126340/"><font size=-1>Steve Bourne</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>/bin/sh</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/748/000026670/"><font size=-1>Tim Bray</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jun-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Inventor of XML</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/991/000029904/"><font size=-1>Fred Brooks</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Apr-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Father of the IBM System 360</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/141/000026063/"><font size=-1>Bill Budge</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Programmed <i>Raster Blaster</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/041/000043909/"><font size=-1>Orkut Buyukkokten</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Feb-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Designed Google's Orkut social network</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/140/000125762/"><font size=-1>Steve Capps</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Apple Newton, SoundEdit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000057115/"><font size=-1>John Carmack</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Aug-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Lead programmer of <i>Doom</i>, <i>Quake</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/262/000136851/"><font size=-1>Steve Cartwright</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Barnstorming</i>, <i>Seaquest</i>, <i>Frostbite</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000117851/"><font size=-1>Ed Catmull</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Mar-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pixar Co-Founder, Disney Animation president</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/745/000023676/"><font size=-1>Vint Cerf</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jun-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Designed Internet's TCP-IP protocol</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/387/000115042/"><font size=-1>Kit Clayton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Electronic Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1974</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Orthlorng Musork</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/672/000113333/"><font size=-1>Bram Cohen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1975</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Creator of BitTorrent</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/572/000023503/"><font size=-1>Alan Cox</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jul-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Linux kernel developer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/166/000136755/"><font size=-1>David Crane</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Pitfall!</i>, <i>Freeway</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/341/000136930/"><font size=-1>Chris Crawford</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Balance of Power</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/213/000204598/"><font size=-1>Ward Cunningham</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Wiki inventor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/358/000118004/"><font size=-1>Dave Cutler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Mar-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Father of Windows NT</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/920/000137509/"><font size=-1>Don Daglow</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Utopia</i> for the Intellivision</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/937/000023868/"><font size=-1>Theo de Raadt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-May-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Developer of OpenBSD operating system</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000110002/"><font size=-1>John Diebold</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jun-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Dec-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Advocate of automation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/941/000023872/"><font size=-1>Edsger Dijkstra</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-May-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Enemy of the goto statement</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/820/000166322/"><font size=-1>Bruce Eckel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jul-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Thinking in Java</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/535/000252776/"><font size=-1>John Presper Eckert</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Apr-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jun-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/453/000225775/"><font size=-1>Wallace J. Eckert</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jun-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Aug-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>First scientist hired by IBM</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/095/000031002/"><font size=-1>Brendan Eich</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1961</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Invented <i>JavaScript</i> for Netscape</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/136/000024064/"><font size=-1>Taher Elgamal</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Aug-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Inventor of the Elgamal crypto algorithm</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/944/000023875/"><font size=-1>Jim Ellis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1956</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jun-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Usenet co-creator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/131/000026053/"><font size=-1>Doug Engelbart</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pioneer of human-computer interaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/473/000027392/"><font size=-1>Shawn Fanning</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Nov-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founded the Napster mp3 free-for-all</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/967/000031874/"><font size=-1>Dan Farmer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Cowrote SATAN security auditing tool</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/725/000115380/"><font size=-1>Ed Felten</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Mar-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Broke SDMI</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/394/000026316/"><font size=-1>Chuck Forsberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Creator of <i>ZMODEM</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/795/000166297/"><font size=-1>Martin Fowler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Manifesto For Agile Software Development</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/126/000026048/"><font size=-1>Bob Frankston</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jun-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Programmer of <i>Visicalc</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000137501/"><font size=-1>Tod Frye</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ported Pac-Man to the Atari 2600</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/208/000137794/"><font size=-1>Rob Fulop</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Demon Attack</i>, <i>Cosmic Ark</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/993/000167492/"><font size=-1>Erich Gamma</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1961</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Design Patterns</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/435/000022369/"><font size=-1>Bill Gates</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Oct-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Founder of Microsoft</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/390/000031297/"><font size=-1>John Giannandrea</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chief Technology Officer at <i>Tellme</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/703/000030613/"><font size=-1>Steve Gibson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Computer industry gadfly</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/974/000137563/"><font size=-1>Marc Goodman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Bilestoad</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/975/000137564/"><font size=-1>Dan Gorlin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1956</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Choplifter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/042/000136631/"><font size=-1>Ronald Graham</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Mathematician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Oct-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mathematician, Computer Scientist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/787/000048643/"><font size=-1>Philip Greenspun</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Sep-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>ArsDigita, Photo.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/633/000161150/"><font size=-1>Virgil Griffith</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Mar-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Author of <i>WikiScanner</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000124495/"><font size=-1>Bathsheba Grossman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sculptor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1966</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mathematical sculptor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/590/000168086/"><font size=-1>Scott Hassan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1970</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>eGroups, Willow Garage</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/648/000203039/"><font size=-1>Matthew Haughey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Blogger</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Oct-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>MetaFilter, PVRblog</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/947/000172431/"><font size=-1>Jeff Hawkins</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Inventor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jun-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Inventor of the Palm Pilot and Treo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000028323/"><font size=-1>Martin Hellman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Inventor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Oct-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Public key cryptographer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/791/000128407/"><font size=-1>Keith Henson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Victim</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Scientology Victim</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/127/000026049/"><font size=-1>Andy Hertzfeld</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Apr-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Macintosh designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/630/000204018/"><font size=-1>Starr Roxanne Hiltz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sociologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mother of on-line education</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/660/000098366/"><font size=-1>Grace Murray Hopper</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Computer programming pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/249/000125871/"><font size=-1>Randall Hyde</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Art of Assembly Language</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/995/000030905/"><font size=-1>Miguel de Icaza</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1973</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder of <i>Gnome</i> project</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/766/000137355/"><font size=-1>Eugene Jarvis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Defender</i>, <i>Robotron</i>, <i>Smash TV</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/104/000204489/"><font size=-1>Tom Jennings</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Author of FidoNet BBS protocols</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/279/000024207/"><font size=-1>Jon Johansen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Nov-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Wrote the DeCSS program to decrypt DVDs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/576/000023507/"><font size=-1>Bill Joy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Nov-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>BSD designer, C shell, vi, Java</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/487/000047346/"><font size=-1>Isamu Kaneko</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1971</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mr. 47, developed <i>WinNY</i> p2p program</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/290/000136879/"><font size=-1>Larry Kaplan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Kaboom!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/400/000031307/"><font size=-1>Phil Karlton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Feb-1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jun-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Netscape</i> Principal Curmudgeon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/392/000026314/"><font size=-1>Phil Katz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Nov-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Apr-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Creator of PKZIP</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/038/000097744/"><font size=-1>Alan Kay</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-May-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Father of Object-Oriented Programming</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/010/000117656/"><font size=-1>Brian Kernighan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The C Programming Language</i>, awk</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/272/000136861/"><font size=-1>Garry Kitchen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Keystone Capers</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/571/000023502/"><font size=-1>Donald E. Knuth</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Art of Computer Programming</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/613/000088349/"><font size=-1>Kai Krause</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Kai's Power Tools</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/552/000025477/"><font size=-1>Patrick Kroupa</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Lord Digital of LOD, <i>Mindvox</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/101/000032005/"><font size=-1>Ray Kurzweil</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Inventor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Feb-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Age of Spiritual Machines</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/996/000030906/"><font size=-1>Dave Lebling</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Oct-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Founder of Infocom, helped write <i>Zork</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/268/000163776/"><font size=-1>Rasmus Lerdorf</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Nov-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Creator of PHP programming language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/282/000050132/"><font size=-1>Lord British</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Jul-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Ultima</i> series creator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/946/000023877/"><font size=-1>Ada Lovelace</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Mathematician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1815</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Nov-1852</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Programmed the (theoretical) difference engine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000125915/"><font size=-1>Steve Maguire</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Writing Solid Code</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/005/000030912/"><font size=-1>Yukihiro Matsumoto</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Apr-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Creator of <i>Ruby</i> programming language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/006/000030913/"><font size=-1>John McCarthy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Sep-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Oct-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Created LISP programming language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/534/000056366/"><font size=-1>Steve McConnell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Author of <i>Code Complete</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/671/000057500/"><font size=-1>Sid Meier</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Father of Computer Gaming</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/003/000030910/"><font size=-1>Steve Meretzky</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-May-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Leather Goddesses of Phobos</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/267/000136856/"><font size=-1>Alan Miller</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Robot Tank</i>, <i>Surround</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/977/000030887/"><font size=-1>Lou Montulli</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1971</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Invented BLINK tag, wrote Lynx browser</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/570/000029483/"><font size=-1>Charles H. Moore</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Forth programming language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/466/000027385/"><font size=-1>Robert Morris, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Nov-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Author of 1988 Huge Internet Worm</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/825/000103516/"><font size=-1>Craig Mundie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CTO of Microsoft</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000126483/"><font size=-1>Mike Muuss</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Oct-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Nov-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ping</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/677/000057506/"><font size=-1>Graham Nelson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Created <i>Inform</i> programming language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/132/000026054/"><font size=-1>Ted Nelson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jun-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Hypertext pioneer, <i>Xanadu</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/727/000057556/"><font size=-1>Craig Newmark</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Dec-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder, Craigslist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/704/000030614/"><font size=-1>Peter Norton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Nov-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Retired computer utilities programmer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/560/000129173/"><font size=-1>Ray Ozzie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Nov-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Microsoft Chief Software Architect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/648/000057477/"><font size=-1>Alexey Pajitnov</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1956</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Helped invent <i>Tetris</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/292/000171776/"><font size=-1>Drazen Pantic</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1956</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Micromedia activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/037/000097743/"><font size=-1>Seymour Papert</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Programming language LOGO</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/397/000031304/"><font size=-1>Tom Paquin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Netscape</i> Fellow</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/987/000276159/"><font size=-1>Ken Perlin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Perlin noise</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/676/000126298/"><font size=-1>Charles Petzold</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Feb-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Windows programming guru</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/881/000126503/"><font size=-1>Marcus Ranum</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Nov-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Tenable Network Security</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/680/000091407/"><font size=-1>Jef Raskin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Mar-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Feb-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Designed Macintosh human interface</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/446/000022380/"><font size=-1>Eric S. Raymond</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Dec-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The New Hacker's Dictionary</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/132/000124757/"><font size=-1>Hans Reiser</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Dec-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>ReiserFS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/569/000023500/"><font size=-1>Dennis Ritchie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Sep-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Oct-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Creator of UNIX</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/160/000118803/"><font size=-1>Ron Rivest</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The R in RSA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/361/000096073/"><font size=-1>Warren Robinett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Atari 2600 game <i>Adventure</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/654/000057483/"><font size=-1>John Romero</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Oct-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Doom</i>, <i>Quake</i>, <i>Daikatana</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/324/000172805/"><font size=-1>Aviel Rubin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Nov-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Computer security expert at Johns Hopkins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/716/000023647/"><font size=-1>Rudy Rucker</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Mar-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Author of <i>Wetware</i> series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/522/000123153/"><font size=-1>Mark Russinovich</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1966</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Microsoft Windows Internals</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/650/000057479/"><font size=-1>Hironobu Sakaguchi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Nov-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Created <i>Final Fantasy</i> videogame series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/339/000055174/"><font size=-1>Bruce Schneier</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jan-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Applied Cryptography</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/309/000168802/"><font size=-1>Robert Sedgewick</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Algorithms</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/515/000166017/"><font size=-1>Adi Shamir</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Mathematician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The S in RSA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/297/000136886/"><font size=-1>Carol Shaw</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>River Raid</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/667/000057496/"><font size=-1>Bruce Shelley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Created computer game <i>Age of Empires</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/359/000233657/"><font size=-1>Tsutomu Shimomura</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Oct-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Helped catch Kevin Mitnick</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/633/000205018/"><font size=-1>Wil Shipley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Oct-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The Omni Group, Delicious Monster</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/141/000125763/"><font size=-1>Charles Simonyi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Sep-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Hungarian notation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/498/000127117/"><font size=-1>Rich Skrenta</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>First PC virus, Elk Cloner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/866/000030776/"><font size=-1>Gene Spafford</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Spaf</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/543/000128159/"><font size=-1>Mark Spencer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Apr-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Creator of Asterisk</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/568/000023499/"><font size=-1>Richard Stallman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Mar-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder, GNU software project</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/949/000023880/"><font size=-1>Bjarne Stroustrup</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Inventor of C++ programming language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/536/000203924/"><font size=-1>Aaron Swartz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1986</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Inventor of RSS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/578/000023509/"><font size=-1>Andrew Tanenbaum</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Mar-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Creator of Minix</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/405/000171889/"><font size=-1>Brad Templeton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/905/000255140/"><font size=-1>Andrey Ternovskiy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1992</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chatroulette</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/570/000023501/"><font size=-1>Ken Thompson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-creator of UNIX</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/292/000167788/"><font size=-1>Peter Tippett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Antivirus software pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/444/000022378/"><font size=-1>Linus Torvalds</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Dec-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Created the kernel for the <i>GNU/Linux</i> OS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/671/000126293/"><font size=-1>Roy Trubshaw</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>MUD</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/952/000023883/"><font size=-1>Alan Turing</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Mathematician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jun-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jun-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Computing pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000030849/"><font size=-1>Guido van Rossum</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Created Python programming language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/968/000031875/"><font size=-1>Wietse Venema</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>SATAN, tcpwrappers, postfix</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/389/000167885/"><font size=-1>John Vlissides</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Aug-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Nov-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Author number 4 of the Gang of Four</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/575/000023506/"><font size=-1>Larry Wall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Creator of <i>Perl</i> programming language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000120471/"><font size=-1>Silas Warner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Aug-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Feb-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Castle Wolfenstein</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/128/000026050/"><font size=-1>John Warnock</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Founder of Adobe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/588/000169081/"><font size=-1>Joseph Weizenbaum</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Mar-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>ELIZA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/292/000136881/"><font size=-1>Bob Whitehead</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Chopper Command</i>, <i>Stampede</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/647/000026569/"><font size=-1>Dave Winer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-May-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Creator of RSS, <i>Scripting News</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/786/000023717/"><font size=-1>Niklaus Wirth</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Feb-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Inventor of Pascal, Modula-2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/325/000022259/"><font size=-1>Stephen Wolfram</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Mathematician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Creator of <i>Mathematica</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/519/000023450/"><font size=-1>Steve Wozniak</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Founder of Apple Computer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/670/000057499/"><font size=-1>Will Wright</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Created <i>SimCity</i>, <i>The Sims</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/574/000023505/"><font size=-1>Jamie Zawinski</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> 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