Jef Raskin

Jef Raskin

male, deceased (2005)
apple macintosh, macintosh, State University of New York at Stony Brook alumni, human-computer interactionnotable, Apple employee, HCI…human-computer interface, computer pioneer, human-computer interaction researcher, Human-computer interaction notables, computer scientist
Jef Raskin (March 9, 1943-February 26, 2005) was an American human-computer interface expert best-known for starting the Macintosh project for...
Ted Nelson

Ted Nelson

male, 72 years old
hypertext, Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, Educator, Harvard University alumni, Innovator, human-computer interactionnotable…computer pioneer
Theodor Holm Nelson is an American sociologist, philosopher, and pioneer of information technology. He coined the term "hypertext" in 1963 and...
Alan Curtis Kay

Alan Curtis Kay

male, 69 years old
HP Labs, Turing Award laureate, Hewlett-Packard, computer scientist, graphical user interface, window…computer pioneer, American computer scientist, human-computer interactionnotable, computer programmer, Human-computer interaction notables
Alan Curtis Kay (born May 17, 1940) is an American computer scientist, known for his early pioneering work on object-oriented programming and...
Douglas Engelbart

Douglas Engelbart

male, 84 years old
computer pioneer, computer mouse, invented the mouse, GUIs, Human-Computer Interaction, mouse…human-computer interactionnotable, computer hardware engineer, computer network
Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart (born January 30, 1925 in Oregon) is an American inventor of Swedish and Norwegian descent. He is best known for inventing...
Jakob Nielsen

Jakob Nielsen

male, 52 years old (Fremont, California, United States)
usability, Nielsen Norman Group, user experience, web usability, Nielsen's Law, HCI…human-computer interactionnotable, Human-computer interaction notables, computer scientist
Jakob Nielsen (born 1957 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a writer, speaker, and consultant on software and web-design usability. He earned a Ph.D. in...