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American computer scientists

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Bill AtkinsonDesigner · Modern designWilliam Dana Atkinson (March 17, 1951 – June 5, 2025) was an American computer engineer, computer programmer and photographer. Atkinson worked at Apple Computer from 1978 to 1990.
Bjarne StroustrupAuthor · BooksBjarne Stroustrup (lang; born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, known for the development of the C++ programming language.
Christos PapadimitriouAuthor · BooksChristos Charilaos Papadimitriou (born August 16, 1949) is a Greek-American theoretical computer scientist and the Donovan Family Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University.
Daniel BellAuthor · BooksDaniel Bell (born Daniel Bolotsky) (May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011) was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to…
Dennis M. RitchieAuthor · BooksDennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist.
Donald NormanAuthor · BooksDonald Arthur Norman (born December 25, 1935) is an American researcher, professor, and author. Norman is the founding director of The Design Lab at University of California, San Diego.
Edward YourdonAuthor · BooksEdward Nash Yourdon (April 30, 1944 – January 20, 2016) was an American software engineer, computer consultant, author and lecturer, and software engineering methodology pioneer.
Eliezer YudkowskyAuthor · BooksEliezer Shlomo Yudkowsky (born September 11, 1979) is an American artificial intelligence researcher and writer on decision theory and ethics, known for popularizing ideas related to…
Evi NemethAuthor · BooksEvi Nemeth (born June 7, 1940 – missing-at-sea June or July 2013) was an engineer, author, and teacher known for her expertise in computer system administration and networks.
Jane JensenAuthor · BooksJane Jensen (born January 28, 1963) is an American video game designer and author.
Jaron LanierPerson · Music memorabiliaJaron Zepel Lanier (born May 3, 1960) is an American computer scientist,[1] futurist, and composer. Considered a founder of the field of virtual reality,[2] Lanier and Thomas G.
Jef RaskinAuthor · BooksJef Raskin (born Jeff Raskin; March 9, 1943 – February 26, 2005) was an American human–computer interface expert who conceived and began leading the Macintosh project at Apple in the late…
Jeff AtwoodAuthor · BooksJeff Atwood (born 1970) is an American software developer, author, blogger, and entrepreneur.
Jeremy HammondPerson · Music memorabiliaHe founded the computer security training website HackTh
John KnollAuthor · BooksJohn Knoll (born October 6, 1962) is an American visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer (CCO) at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).
John MaedaDesigner · Modern designJohn Maeda (born 1966) is an American designer, visual artist, executive, strategic advisor, writer, and educator.
Jude MilhonAuthor · BooksJudith Milhon (March 12, 1939 – July 19, 2003), best known by her pseudonym St. Jude, was a self-taught programmer, civil rights advocate, writer, editor, advocate for women in computing,…
Katherine JohnsonAuthor · BooksKatharine Johnson (disambiguation)Katharine Johnson
Ken JenningsAuthor · BooksKenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show host and author who has hosted the syndicated quiz show Jeopardy! Since 2021.
Len BassEngraver · PrintsLeonard Joel (Len) Bass (born c.1943) is an American software engineer, Emeritus professor and former researcher at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), particularly known for his…
Linus TorvaldsAuthor · BooksLinus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel[88] since 1991.[7] He also created the…
Manuel DeLandaPerson · Film memorabiliaManuel DeLanda (born 1952) is a Mexican-American writer, artist and philosopher who has lived in New York City since 1975.
Mark RussinovichAuthor · BooksMark Eugene Russinovich (born December 22, 1966) is a Spanish-born American software engineer and author who serves as CTO of Microsoft Azure.
Martin FowlerAuthor · BooksMartin Fowler (18 December 1963) is a British software developer, author and international public speaker on software development, specialising in object-oriented analysis and design, UML,…
Michael S. HartAuthor · Books
Nathan MyhrvoldPhotographer · PhotographyNathan Paul Myhrvold (born August 3, 1959) is an American inventor, scientist, and businessman, former Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures and…
Nicholas NegroponteDesigner · DesignNicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek American architect.
Paul AllenPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American businessman, computer programmer, and investor.
Piero ScaruffiAuthor · BooksPiero Scaruffi (born 1955) is an Italian-American cognitive scientist, philosopher, cultural historian and writer who maintains a website on which his reviews of music, film, and art are…
Randall MunroeArtist · Comics and comic artRandall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984)[1][2] is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic xkcd.
Raymond SmullyanAuthor · BooksRaymond Merrill Smullyan (May 25, 1919 – February 6, 2017) was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher.
Robert Cecil MartinAuthor · BooksRobert Cecil Martin (born 5 December 1952), colloquially called "Uncle Bob", is an American software engineer, instructor, and author.
Robert SedgewickAuthor · Books
Rudy RuckerAuthor · BooksRudolf von Bitter Rucker (born March 22, 1946) is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement.
Sal SoghoianPerson · Music memorabiliaSal Soghoian is a user automation expert, software developer, author and musician. He joined Apple Inc.
Scott CawthonDesigner · Modern designScott Braden Cawthon (born June 4, 1978) is an American video game developer, writer, and producer best known for creating Five Nights at Freddy's, a series of horror video games which…
Tom DeMarcoAuthor · BooksTom DeMarco (born August 20, 1940) is an American software engineer, author, and consultant on software engineering topics. He was an early developer of structured analysis in the 1970s.
Tommy RettigPerson · Film memorabiliaThomas Noel Rettig (December 10, 1941 – February 15, 1996) was an American child actor, computer software engineer, and author.
Tsutomu ShimomuraPerson · Film memorabiliaTsutomu Shimomura is a Japanese-born physicist and computer security expert. He is known for helping the FBI track and arrest hacker Kevin Mitnick.
Vernor VingeAuthor · Books1987, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2014 Special Award for Lifetime Achievement
Watts S. HumphreyAuthor · BooksWatts S. Humphrey (July 4, 1927 – October 28, 2010) was an American pioneer in software engineering who was called the "father of software quality."
Will WrightDesigner · Modern designWilliam Ralph Wright (born January 20, 1960) is an American video game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis, which later became part of Electronic Arts.
William Daniel HillisAuthor · BooksWilliam Daniel Hillis (born September 25, 1956) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence.
Zoë QuinnDesigner · Modern designZoë Tiberius Quinn (born 1987) is an American video game developer, programmer, and writer. Quinn developed the interactive fiction game Depression Quest, which was released in 2013.

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