Top Ten Greatest Computer Scientists
The Top Ten
1 Ada Lovelace
Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron) (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is sometimes regarded as the first to recognise the full potential of a "computing machine" and the first computer programmer. ...read more.
Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron) (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is sometimes regarded as the first to recognise the full potential of a "computing machine" and the first computer programmer. ...read more. A best of the times in the industry of machine development indeed/
2 Konrad Zuse
3 John Von Neumann
John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American pure and applied mathematician, physicist, inventor, computer scientist, and polymath.
John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American pure and applied mathematician, physicist, inventor, computer scientist, and polymath.
4 John Mauchly
5 Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing was a pioneering English computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist.
Alan Mathison Turing was a pioneering English computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist.
6 Marvin Minsky
7 Edsger W. Dijkstra
8 Grace Hopper
9 John McCarthy
10 Claude Shannon
The Contenders
11 Robin Milner
12 Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage, along with Ada Lovelace, is best remembered for originating the concept of a programmable computer.
Charles Babbage was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage, along with Ada Lovelace, is best remembered for originating the concept of a programmable computer.
13 Katie Bouman
She helped create the first black hole photo ever taken up close
From Galaxy M87, 55 million light years away.
And it took over a decade to set the telescopes in the world toward it and 2 years to get the image.
Giving us direct evidence of black holes.
14 Raunak Shrestha
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