hall of fame
On the 26th of December, Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage deserves a place in the Hall of Fame for being the inventor of the analytical machine, the precursor to the electronic computer as we know it today.
On the 10th of December, Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace assisted Charles Babbage in designing the analytical machine. She also translated Charles Babbage's notes from French to English, considered one of the first computer programs.
On the 9th of December, Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper, among other achievements, is credited with the first programs for the MARK I Calculator and the first true compiler for a programming language.
On the 13th of February, William Shockley
William Shockley, co-inventor of the transistor, earned the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution.
On the 3rd of January, Gordon Moore
Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel and one of the Traitorous Eight.
On the 11th of August, Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple along with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne.
On the 24th of February, Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple.
On the 28th of October, Bill Gates
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft.
On the 6th of August, Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick, one of the most notorious convicted hackers globally, known for hacking into the Pentagon.
Rich Skrenta, born on the 6th of June
Rich created the first computer virus to spread widely at the age of 15, the "Elk Cloner Virus." He also designed the search engine Blekko in the late 2000s.
Linus Torvalds, born on the 28th of December
Linus is responsible for the creation of the Linux kernel, the core of the Linux operating system.
Larry Page, born on the 26th of March
Larry was a co-founder of Google along with Sergey Brin and has been the CEO since 2011.
Sergey Brin, born on the 21st of August
Sergey co-founded Google with Larry Page and served as the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc.
Chad Hurley, born on the 24th of January
Chad, along with Jawed Karim and Steve Chen, co-founded YouTube in 2005 and later founded AVOS for YouTube.
Steve Chen, born on the 25th of August
Steve, along with Jawed Karim and Chad Hurley, co-founded YouTube in 2005 and served as the platform's CEO.
Jawed Karim, born on the 28th of October
Jawed, along with Steven Chen and Chad Hurley, co-founded YouTube in 2005 and was the first person to upload a video on the platform on the 25th of August 2005.
Mark Zuckerberg, born on the 14th of May
Mark founded Facebook in 2004 during his Harvard University studies, along with Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Sean Parker, and Chris Hughes.
