Explore Pioneers

Betty Holberton

U.S.A

programming languages

Adriaan van Wijngaarden

Netherlands

programming languages

Edsger W. Dijkstra

Netherlands

programming languages

Per Brinch Hansen

Denmark

programming languages

James H. Wilkinson

United Kingdom

algorithms

Edgar F. Codd

United Kingdom

database management systems

Alan Kay

U.S.A

human-computer interaction

Frances E. Allen

U.S.A

programming languages

Niklaus Wirth

Switzerland

programming languages

Per Martin-Löf

Sweden

mathematics

Margaret Hamilton

U.S.A

software engineering

Masatoshi Shima

Japan

hardware

Federico Faggin

Italy

hardware

Lynn Conway

U.S.A

hardware

Richard Stallman

U.S.A

software

Gary Kildall

U.S.A

operating systems

André Truong Trong Thi

Vietnam

personal computing

François Gernelle

France

personal computing

Jacek Karpinski

Italy

hardware

Charles Bachman

U.S.A

database management systems

Charles P. Thacker

U.S.A

hardware

Edwin Catmull

U.S.A

computer graphics

Elizabeth Feinler

U.S.A

internet

Jim Gray

U.S.A

distributed computing