Computer inventors and pioneers

This section of Computer Hope is designed to find a basic overview of individuals who have contributed significantly to areas that relate to computers. Here you can find an individuals date of birth, date of death if applicable, a small biography, and information about what contributions the individual has made.

Alphabetical listing

Click one of the letters below that corresponds to the first or last name of the computer pioneer you are trying to find. For example, if you were trying to find Bill Gates, click "B."

Browse by category

Below is a list of pioneers broken into their respected categories. For example, clicking "Female computer pioneers" displays all females who helped develop and contribute to the computer industry.

African American computer pioneers
Analyst
CEO
Chairman
Coined
Computer engineers
Computer programmers
Computer Scientist
Convict
Director

Editor
Entrepreneur
Father's of computing
Female computer pioneers
Founder
Grandmaster
Hacker
Inventor
Investor
Logician

Manager
Mathematician
Personality
Physicist
Pioneers on X
President
Professor
Researcher
Sponsor
Writer

Top 10 visited computer pioneers

  1. Tim Berners-Lee
  2. Leonard Kleinrock
  3. Charles Babbage
  4. Konrad Zuse
  5. Steve Wozniak
  6. Steve Jobs
  7. Ada Lovelace
  8. John Atanasoff
  9. Alan Turing
  10. Bill Gates