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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Atanasoff
Inventor
4-Oct-1903 15-Jun-1995 Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Norman Augustine
Business
27-Jul-1935   CEO of Martin Marietta, 1996-97
Ralph Baer
Inventor
8-Mar-1922   Inventor of the home video game console
Paul Baran
Engineer
29-Apr-1926 26-Mar-2011 Packet-sharing in computer communications
Stephen D. Bechtel
Business
24-Sep-1900 14-Mar-1989 Ran Bechtel from 1936-60
Arnold Beckman
Inventor
10-Apr-1900 18-May-2004 Philanthropist who invented pH meter
Forrest Bird
Inventor
9-Jun-1921   Bird Universal Medical Respirator
Erich Bloch
Business
9-Jan-1925   Director of NSF, 1984-90
Herbert W. Boyer
Biologist
10-Jul-1936   Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin
Fred Brooks
Computer Programmer
19-Apr-1931   Father of the IBM System 360
Ron Brown
Government
1-Aug-1941 3-Apr-1996 US Commerce Secretary, 1993-96
Vint Cerf
Scientist
23-Jun-1943   Co-Designed Internet's TCP-IP protocol
Stanley N. Cohen
Biologist
17-Feb-1935   Recombinant DNA
Denton Cooley
Doctor
22-Aug-1920   Pioneering heart surgeon
Harry Coover
Chemist
6-Mar-1919 19-Mar-2011 Invented Super Glue
Dave Cutler
Computer Programmer
13-Mar-1942   Father of Windows NT
W. Edwards Deming
Mathematician
14-Oct-1900 20-Dec-1993 Quality Control guru
Ray Milton Dolby
Inventor
18-Jan-1933   Inventor of Dolby stereo
James J. Duderstadt
Educator
5-Dec-1942   President, University of Michigan, 1988-96
Roger Easton
Inventor
30-Apr-1921   Global Positioning System
Doug Engelbart
Computer Programmer
30-Jan-1925   Pioneer of human-computer interaction
Robert W. Galvin
Business
9-Oct-1922 11-Oct-2011 CEO of Motorola, 1959-90
Bill Gates
Business
28-Oct-1955   Co-Founder of Microsoft
Chuck Geschke
Business
11-Sep-1939   Co-Founder of Adobe
Wilson Greatbatch
Inventor
6-Sep-1919 27-Sep-2011 Implantable pacemaker
Nick Holonyak
Physicist
3-Nov-1928   Light-emitting diodes
Grace Murray Hopper
Computer Programmer
9-Dec-1906 1-Jan-1992 Computer programming pioneer
Irwin M. Jacobs
Business
18-Oct-1933   Co-Founder of Qualcomm
Steve Jobs
Business
24-Feb-1955 5-Oct-2011 Co-Founder of Apple Computer
William H. Joyce
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001
Joseph M. Juran
Scientist
24-Dec-1904 28-Feb-2008 The Pareto Principle
Robert E. Kahn
Scientist
23-Dec-1938   Co-Inventor, Internet's TCP-IP protocol
Dean Kamen
Inventor
5-Apr-1951   Segway pedestrian vehicle
Jack S. Kilby
Inventor
8-Nov-1923 20-Jun-2005 Electrical engineering pioneer
Ray Kurzweil
Inventor
12-Feb-1948   Age of Spiritual Machines
Stephanie Kwolek
Chemist
31-Jul-1923   Invented Kevlar
Edwin H. Land
Inventor
7-May-1909 1-Mar-1991 Polaroid Land Camera
Edward R. McCracken
Business
c. 1944   CEO of Silicon Graphics, 1984-98
Carver A. Mead
Engineer
1-May-1934   Microelectronics
Bob Metcalfe
Business
1946   Co-Inventor of Ethernet
Gordon Moore
Business
3-Jan-1929   Co-founder of Intel, laid down Moore's Law
James C. Morgan
Business
27-Aug-1938   CEO of Applied Materials, 1977-2003
Arun Netravali
Business
26-May-1946   Chief Scientist at Lucent, 2002-03
Robert Noyce
Inventor
12-Dec-1927 3-Jun-1990 Co-Inventor, integrated circuit
David Packard
Business
7-Sep-1912 26-Mar-1996 Co-Founder of Hewlett Packard
Dennis Ritchie
Computer Programmer
9-Sep-1941 12-Oct-2011 Co-Creator of UNIX
John P. Stapp
Scientist
11-Jul-1910 13-Nov-1999 Rocket sled pioneer
Chauncey Starr
Physicist
14-Apr-1912 17-Apr-2007 Electric Power Research Institute
Ken Thompson
Computer Programmer
4-Feb-1943   Co-creator of UNIX
John Warnock
Computer Programmer
6-Oct-1940   Co-Founder of Adobe
Jerry M. Woodall
Inventor
c. 1938   Inventor of the red LED
Steve Wozniak
Computer Programmer
11-Aug-1950   Co-Founder of Apple Computer


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