John Koza

male
John R. Koza is a computer scientist and a consulting professor at Stanford University, most notable for his work in pioneering the use of genetic...
Peter Naur

Peter Naur

male, 81 years old
Peter Naur (born October 25, 1928) is a Danish pioneer in computer science and Turing award winner. His last name is the N in the BNF notation...
Ward Cunningham

Ward Cunningham

male, 60 years old
Howard G. "Ward" Cunningham (born May 26, 1949) is the American computer programmer who invented the wiki. A pioneer in both design patterns and...
Robert Hand

Robert Hand

male, 67 years old
Robert Hand (born December 5th, 1942 in Plainfield, New Jersey) is a prominent American practicing astrologer, author, translator, and lecturer. He...
Ward Christensen

Ward Christensen

male
Ward Christensen, born in West Bend, Wisconsin, was the founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first Bulletin board system ever brought online. It...

Paul Boersma

male, 50 years old
Paul Boersma (born 1959) is Professor of Phonetic Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. His research and teaching focus on the relationship...

Tierra

female
Tierra is a computer simulation developed by ecologist Thomas S. Ray in the early 1990s in which computer programs compete for central processing...
Phil Katz

Phil Katz

male, deceased (2000)
Phillip Walter Katz, better known as Phil Katz, was a computer programmer best-known as the author of PKZIP, a program for compressing files which...
Luigi Villa

Luigi Villa

male
Luigi Villa is a backgammon player from Milan, Italy. In 1979, he was the winner of the first World Championship held in Monte Carlo. The same...

Sir Dystic

Back Orifice (often shortened to BO) is a controversial computer program designed for remote system administration. It enables a user to control a...