This is a list of people who made transformative breakthroughs in the creation, development and imagining of what computers could do.

Pioneers

~ Items marked with a tilde are circa dates.

See also

• Computer Pioneer Award

• IEEE John von Neumann Medal

• Grace Murray Hopper Award

History of computing

• History of computing hardware

• History of computing hardware (1960s–present)

• History of software

• List of computer science awards

• List of computer science journals

• List of computer scientists

• List of Internet pioneers

• List of pioneers in computer science

• List of people considered father or mother of a field § Computing

• The Man Who Invented the Computer (2010 book)

• List of Russian IT developers

• List of Women in Technology International Hall of Fame inductees

• Timeline of computing

• Turing Award

• Women in computing

References

Sources

External links

• Internet pioneers