Ray Tomlinson

Ray Tomlinson

male, 68 years old
Raymond Samuel Tomlinson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni, at sign, QWERTYUIOP, Raymond Tomlinson, Bolt, Beranek and Newman…email
Raymond Samuel Tomlinson (born 1941) is a programmer who implemented an email system in 1971. It was the first system able to send mail between...
Nancy Hafkin

Nancy Hafkin

female
computer pioneer, computer network, internet, networking, email, Communications-Electronics
Nancy Hafkin is a pioneer of networking and development information and communications in Africa. She was among the first to enter the field of...
Phil Zimmermann

Phil Zimmermann

male, 55 years old
RSA Data Security, Inc., Public-key cryptographer, export of cryptography, Pretty Good Privacy, arms trafficking export controls, Philip R. "Phil" Zimmermann Jr…email
Philip R. "Phil" Zimmermann Jr. (born February 12, 1954) is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption...
Elizabeth Shin

Elizabeth Shin

female, deceased (2000)
burn victim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Self-immolations, suicide, self-immolation, wrongful-death…email
Elizabeth Shin (1980 - April 14, 2000) was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student who died from burns inflicted by a fire in her dormitory...
Allan B. Calhamer

Allan B. Calhamer

male, 78 years old
Harvard University, internet Diplomacy, Avalon Hill, Hasbro, sylvania, email
Allan B. Calhamer (born December 7, 1931) invented the board game Diplomacy. A friend of Calhamer's recounted how, when they were boys in La Grange...
Paul Walters

Paul Walters

male, deceased (2006)
wikt household name, Wheathampstead, British, BBC, webcam, hertfordshire…email
Paul Walters (June 15, 1947 - October 21, 2006) was a BBC radio and TV producer, most noted for his work and appearances on Sir Terry Wogan's BBC...
Hamid Hassani

Hamid Hassani

male, 41 years old
Kloden Institute, email, English, terminology, university of oslo, Blindern
"'Hamid (born [[November 23, 1968 in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, Iran) is an Iranian scholar and teacher, an expert on Persian, Arabic, and Kurdish...
Sam Brown

Sam Brown

male
explodingdog, illustrator, dog, writer, digital filter, Tablet PC…email
Sam Brown, pseudonym of Adam Culbert, is an American illustrator, father and author most famous for his website, explodingdog. The gimmick of the...
Christopher Porco

Christopher Porco

male, 26 years old
convicted of murder, Goshen, Capital Region, 48 Hours Mystery, change of venue, from Orange County, New York…email
Christopher Porco (born July 9, 1983) is a convicted murderer; he was convicted of killing his father and attempting to murder his mother. He was...
Robert Kearns

Robert Kearns

male, deceased (2005)
Marc Abraham, Flash of Genius, Intermittent, patent, patent infringement, email
Robert W. Kearns (10 March 1927 - 9 February 2005) was the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper systems used on most vehicles from 1969 to...