Father computer pioneers
Below is a listing of computer pioneers that have been tagged as a Father. Clicking on any of the below links will open the biography for that person.
 | Abraham Lempel Father of LZ family of lossless data compression algorithms. Category: Father and Scientist |
 | Alan Cooper Father of Visual Basic. Category: Father, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Bob Bemer Father of ASCII. Category: Coined, Father, and Inventor |
 | Charles Babbage Father of the computer. Category: Father, Inventor, and Writer |
 | Claude Shannon Father of information theory. Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | Dan Bricklin Creator of VisiCalc. Category: Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | David Cutler Father of Windows NT. Category: Engineer and Father |
 | Donald Bitzer American electrical engineer and computer scientist and Father of PLATO. Category: Engineer, Father, Inventor, Programmer, and Scientist |
 | Donald Knuth Father of analysis of algorithms, creator of the TeX computer typesetting system and metafont font. Category: Father, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Douglas Ross Computer scientist pioneer who is known for the term CAD and as the father of APT. Category: Chairman, Engineer, Father, Inventor, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Ed Roberts Father of the personal computer. Category: Coined, Father, and Founder |
 | Edward Feigenbaum Father of expert systems. Category: Father, Founder, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Elisha Gray Co-founder of Western Electric Manufacturing company and best known for his development of a telephone prototype. Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Inventor, and Writer |
 | Enrico Fermi Father of the atomic bomb. Category: Father, Physicist, and Writer |
 | Gary Thuerk Father of Spam. Category: Father |
 | George Stibitz Computer pioneer recognized as the fathers of the modern first digital computer. Category: Father |
 | Greg Chesson American computer scientist and UNIX expert known as the godfather of Networking. Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Inventor, and Scientist |
 | Guglielmo Marconi Father of long distance radio transmission. Category: Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Inventor, and Physicist |
 | Jagadish Bose Indian pioneer who investigated the radio and microwave optics and made a significant contribution to plant science. Category: Father, Inventor, Physicist, and Writer |
 | James Burke British broadcaster, author, futurist and science historian. Category: Father, Founder, Researcher, and Writer |
 | James Gosling Father of the Java programming language. Category: Father, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | James Martin Father of Computer Aided Systems Engineering (CASE). Category: Father, Founder, and Writer |
 | Jane Jensen American game designer and writer known for the Gabriel Knight adventure games. Category: Director, Father, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jay Miner Father of the Amiga. Category: Father |
 | John Cocke Father of RISC architecture. Category: Father, Inventor, and Scientist |
 | Ken Kutaragi Former Chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment and Father of the PlayStation. Category: CEO, Chairman, and Father |
 | Konrad Zuse Developer of the Z1, the first programmable computer. Category: Father, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Lawrence Roberts One of the four fathers of the Internet who help create the ARPANET. Category: CEO, Director, Father, and Manager |
 | Lee Forest American inventor who invented the Audion, a vacuum tube. Category: Father, Inventor, and Writer |
 | Leo Fantl Father of business computing responsible for the many advanced payroll applications he helped deliver. Category: Father |
 | Leonard Adleman Widely referred to as the Father of DNA Computing. Category: Father, Inventor, Professor, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Mark Crispin Which he invented in 1985. Category: Father, Inventor, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Martin Goetz Pioneer in the development of the commercial software industry. Category: Father and Manager |
 | Max Hopper American IT manager considered the Category: Chairman, Father, and Manager |
 | Morris Chang Founding Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Category: Chairman, Father, Founder, and Writer |
 | Noam Chomsky Linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and historian. Category: Father, President, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Nolan Bushnell American engineer and entrepreneur who founded both Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain. Category: Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, and Twitter |
 | Ole-johan Dahl Norwegian computer scientist considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming Category: Father, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Oliver Selfridge Pioneer of artificial intelligence referred to as the father of Machine Perception. Category: Father and Writer |
 | Pafnuty Chebyshev Statistics, mechanics, and analytical geometry. Category: Father, Founder, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | Paul Otlet Father of information science who created the Universal Decimal Classification. Category: Entrepreneur, Father, and Writer |
 | Philip Estridge Led the development of the original IBM Personal Computer (PC). Category: Father, Inventor, and President |
 | Ralph Baer Father of Videogames. Category: Engineer, Father, Inventor, and Writer |
 | Rene Descartes French philosopher, mathematician, and writer dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy' Category: Father, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | Reynold Johnson Inventor of the disk drive and videocassette tape. Category: Father, Inventor, and President |
 | Robert Morris Best known for creating the Morris Worm, the first Internet worm. Category: Convict, Father, Founder, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Stephen Cook American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician and one of the forefathers of computational complexity theory. Category: Father, Mathematician, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Steve Mann Researcher and inventor known for his work on computational photography and wearable computing. Category: Editor, Father, Inventor, Programmer, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Steve Wolff One of the fathers of the internet and developer of NSFNET. Category: Director, Father, President, and Researcher |
 | Thomas Watson Early chairman and CEO of IBM. Category: CEO, Chairman, Father, and President |
 | Thomas Watson Jr Jr. an American businessman, political figure, and philanthropist and 2nd President of IBM. Category: Father and President |
 | Tim Berners-lee Father of the World Wide Web (WWW). Category: Father, Founder, Inventor, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tony Fadell Known as Category: Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Inventor, Investor, President, and Twitter |
 | Valentin Turchin Soviet and American computer scientist and cybernetician who developed the Refal programming language. Category: Father, Founder, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Victor Hayes Senior Research Fellow at the Delft University of Technology Often referred to as Category: Chairman, Father, and Writer |
 | Vint Cerf Father of the Internet. Category: Father, Founder, Personality, President, and Scientist |
 | Wayne Pickette Often referred to as the African American father of the microprocessor. Category: African American and Father |
 | Wesley Clark One of the creators of the first mini-computer (LINC laboratory computer). Category: Father |
 | William Inmon American computer scientist Often referred to as the father of the data warehouse. Category: Coined, Father, Scientist, and Writer |
 | William Lowe American businessman who managed the team that developed the first IBM personal computer. Category: Father and President |
