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Alan Turing
Graphical user interface
A blue flash-memory USB drive plugged into the side port of a black laptop computer.
A line graph illustrating Moore's law, showing the exponential increase in the number of transistors on computer processors from 1970 to 2005, with key Intel processors labeled along the curve.
Brain cancer; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
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Open systems interconnection (OSI)
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Ray Tomlinson
American computer engineer
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Konrad Zuse
German engineer
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Joseph Weizenbaum
American computer scientist
John von Neumann
John von Neumann
American mathematician
Alan Turing
Alan Turing
British mathematician and logician
Vannevar Bush with Differential Analyzer, c. 1935
Vannevar Bush
American engineer
St. Carlo Acutis
St. Carlo Acutis
English-born Italian computer programmer
Mark Zuckerberg at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards in New York City in 2025.
Mark Zuckerberg
American computer programmer and entrepreneur
Julian Assange
Julian Assange
Australian computer programmer
Bill Gates smiling and wearing glasses, a dark suit, a pale shirt, and a patterned tie.
Bill Gates
American computer programmer and entrepreneur
Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis
British computer scientist
Ahn Cheol-soo wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and light green tie, facing forward with a neutral expression against a blurred background.
Ahn Cheol-Soo
South Korean physician, educator, and entrepreneur
Lynn Conway, 2013
Lynn Conway
American computer scientist
John Carmack
John Carmack
American computer-game designer
Fei-Fei Li, 2024
Fei-Fei Li
Chinese-American computer scientist
Steve Wozniak smiling, wearing a black jacket and black shirt, pictured against a plain light background.
Steve Wozniak
American electronics engineer
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Bill Joy
American software developer and entrepreneur
Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist
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Danny Hillis
American businessman
Paul Allen
Paul Allen
American investor and philanthropist

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