The most important pioneers of computer science
The top 3 according to 3 votes from people: Ada Lovelace · Alan Turing · James Gosling. (Updated Jul 20, 2024.)
From Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace, who dreamed of the computer in the 19th century, through Alan Turing and Grace Hopper to Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web: the people without whom there would be no computers, no internet and no software. Who was the most important?
Automatically translated (original in Deutsch). See the original
Top 20
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1
Ada Lovelace
She wrote the first algorithm for a machine: the first programmer.
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2
Alan Turing
The Turing machine and the Turing test; father of modern computer science.
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3
James Gosling
He created the Java programming language.
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4
Charles Babbage
He designed the Difference Engine and conceived the Analytical Engine, a mechanical computer.
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5
John von Neumann
The von Neumann architecture: programs and data in the same memory.
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6
Grace Hopper
She developed the first compiler.
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7
Tim Berners-Lee
He invented the World Wide Web and HTML.
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8
Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn
The fathers of TCP/IP, the language of the internet.
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9
Donald Knuth
Author of "The Art of Computer Programming".
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10
Edsger Dijkstra
His algorithm finds the shortest path.
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11
Marvin Minsky
One of the founding fathers of artificial intelligence.
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12
Margaret Hamilton
She led the software for the Apollo Guidance Computer.
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13
Katherine Johnson
She calculated the trajectories of NASA missions.
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14
Frances E. Allen
A pioneer of compiler optimisation.
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15
Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman
They invented public-key cryptography.
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16
Linus Torvalds
He created the Linux kernel.
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17
Bjarne Stroustrup
He developed the C++ programming language.
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18
Guido van Rossum
He invented the Python programming language.
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19
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
They founded Google with their PageRank algorithm.
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20
Mark Dean
Co-inventor of the PC's ISA bus.
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