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This is a list of people who have made major conceptual breakthroughs in computer science.

Backus, John (1924-2007) - inventor of FORTRAN
Babbage, Charles (1791-1871) - early theorist for how a computing machine could be programmed
Boole, George (1815-1864) - inventor of Boolean algebra
Bricklin, Dan - invention of the first spreadsheet
Cerf, Vinton - practical definition of the catenet principle of interconnecting networks, the basic idea of the Internet
Church, Alonzo (1903-1995) - proof that first-order logic is undecidable; Church's thesis; creation of the lambda calculus
E. F. Codd (1923 - 2003) - the relational model for database management
Deutsch, David (1953 - ) - pioneer of quantum computing
Eric Drexler (1955 -) - father of molecular nanotechnology
Jay Forrester (1918 -) - invention of core memory in 1953 (while working on the Whirlwind computer)
Fourier, Joseph (1768-1830) - invented of Fourier series (long before electronic computers), making possible imaging algorithms for radar, xrays, etc
Hamming, Richard (1915-1998) - invention of Hamming code for error correction
Hopper, Grace (1906-1992) - invention of the compiler
Knuth, Donald - created an encyclopedia of algorithms; pioneer in analysis of algorithms
Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm - discovered the binary number system (base 2)
Lovelace, Ada (1815-1852) - wrote first computer program (instructions for calculating Bernoulli numbers on a Babbage machine)
Ritchie, Dennis (1941- ) - Created C programming language, co-developer of Unix.
Shannon, Claude (1916-2001) - association of boolean algebra with digital design; pioneering work in information theory
Tukey, John (1915-2000) - introduction of the word "bit" as a contraction of binary digit and the word "software" in a computing context
Turing, Alan (1912-1954) - theory of computability
von Neumann, John (1903-1957) - first publication proposing use of same memory space for program instructions and data (idea now recognized as not created by JVN), merge sort algorithm, cellular automata
Weiner, Norbert (1894 - 1964) Cybernetics.
Zuse, Konrad (1910-1995) - likely invented the first electronic computer; likely the first designer to propose pipelining in processors

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-This is a list of people who have made major breakthroughs in [[computer science]] or the [[history of computing]], possibly deserving articles of their own: (please try to limit your contributions to the really great ones who contributed something essential) [[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 16:06, 12 May 2007 (CDT)
+{{subpages}}
+This is a list of people who have made major ''conceptual'' breakthroughs in [[computer science]].
-* [[John Backus|Backus, John]] - invention of FORTRAN
+<!-- that we need to mention somehow in the [[history of computing]] article (which is currently organized as a timeline not amenable to inclusion of people per se).  If unlinked, these are placeholders until an article can be written.  The summary should describe briefly the most famous thing the person did.
-* [[Grace Hopper|Hopper, Grace]] - invention of the compiler, and COBOL
-* [[Claude Shannon|Shannon, Claude]] - association of boolean algebra with digital design
+This list should ''not'' include people just because they invented a new computer, operating system, or type of software, unless they devised an innovation which was so compelling that it was adopted by everyone later because it was such a good idea (and you can identify what that innovation was, and document it).  Let's keep this for the really great ones for now.
-* [[Alan Turing|Turing, Alan]] - theory of computability
+This article might be renamed, moved or removed later once we figure out how to structure more of the [[CZ:Computers Workgroup]] articles.
+Please also alphabetize by last name.
+[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 16:06, 12 May 2007 (CDT)-->
+* [[John Backus|Backus, John]] (1924-2007) - inventor of FORTRAN
+* [[Charles Babbage|Babbage, Charles]] (1791-1871) - early theorist for how a computing machine could be programmed
+* [[George Boole|Boole, George]] (1815-1864) - inventor of [[Boolean algebra]]
+* [[Dan Bricklin|Bricklin, Dan]] - invention of the first spreadsheet
+* [[Vinton Cerf|Cerf, Vinton]] - practical definition of the catenet principle of interconnecting networks, the basic idea of the [[Internet]]
+* [[Alonzo Church|Church, Alonzo]] (1903-1995) - proof that first-order logic is undecidable; Church's thesis; creation of the [[lambda calculus]]
+* [[E. F. Codd]] (1923 - 2003) - the relational model for database management
+* [[David Deutsch|Deutsch, David]] (1953 - ) - pioneer of quantum computing
+* [[Eric Drexler]] (1955 -) - father of molecular nanotechnology
+* [[Jay Forrester]] (1918 -) - invention of core memory in 1953 (while working on the Whirlwind computer)
+* [[Joseph Fourier|Fourier, Joseph]] (1768-1830) - invented of Fourier series (long before electronic computers), making possible imaging algorithms for radar, xrays, etc
+* [[Richard Hamming|Hamming, Richard]] (1915-1998) - invention of Hamming code for error correction
+* [[Grace Hopper|Hopper, Grace]] (1906-1992) - invention of the compiler
+* [[Donald Knuth|Knuth, Donald]] - created an encyclopedia of algorithms; pioneer in [[analysis of algorithms]]
+* [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz|Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm]] - discovered the binary number system (base 2)
+* [[Ada Lovelace|Lovelace, Ada]] (1815-1852) - wrote first computer program (instructions for calculating Bernoulli numbers on a Babbage machine)
+* [[Dennis Ritchie|Ritchie, Dennis]] (1941- ) - Created [[C programming language]], co-developer of Unix.
+* [[Claude Shannon|Shannon, Claude]] (1916-2001) - association of boolean algebra with digital design; pioneering work in [[information theory]]
+* [[John Tukey|Tukey, John]] (1915-2000) - introduction of the word "[[bit]]" as a contraction of binary digit and the word "[[software]]" in a computing context
+* [[Alan Turing|Turing, Alan]] (1912-1954) - theory of computability
+* [[John von Neumann|von Neumann, John]] (1903-1957) - first publication proposing use of same memory space for program instructions and data (idea now recognized as not created by JVN), merge sort algorithm, cellular automata
+* [[Norbert_Wiener|Weiner, Norbert]] (1894 - 1964) Cybernetics.
+* [[Konrad Zuse|Zuse, Konrad]] (1910-1995) - likely invented the first electronic computer; likely the first designer to propose pipelining in [[processors]]
+==References==
+<references/>

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