26 December 1791 Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage belongs in the Hall of Fame because he is the inventor of the analytical machine, which is the precursor to the electronic computer as we know it today.
10 December 1815 Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace assisted Charles Babbage in designing the analytical machine. She also translated Charles Babbage's notes from French to English, which is considered one of the first computer programs.
9 December 1906 Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper is credited with pioneering the first programs for the MARK I Calculator and creating the first true compiler for a programming language.
13 Februari 1910 William Shockley
William Shockley is the co-inventor of the transistor, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
3 Januari 1929 Gordon Moore
Gordon Moore is the co-founder of Intel and one of the Traitorous Eight.
11 Augustus 1950 Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak is the co-founder of Apple, along with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne.
24 Februari 1955 Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was the co-founder and CEO of Apple.
28 Oktober 1955 Bill Gates
Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft.
6 Augustus 1963 Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick is one of the most famous convicted hackers in the world. He is known for hacking into the Pentagon, among other exploits.
Rich Skrenta 6 Juni 1967
Rich Skrenta created the first computer virus to spread widely at the age of 15, known as the "Elk Cloner Virus." He also designed the search engine Blekko in the late 2000s.
Linus Torvalds 28 December 1969
Linus Torvalds is responsible for the creation of the Linux kernel, the core of the Linux operating system family.
Larry Page 26 Maart 1973
Larry Page, as a Co-Founder of Google along with Sergey Brin, has been the CEO of Google since 2011.
Sergey Brin 21 Augustus 1973
Sergey Brin, as a Co-Founder of Google along with Larry Page, was the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc.
Chad Hurley 24 Januari 1977
Chad Hurley, along with Jawed Karim and Steve Chen, co-founded YouTube in 2005. Chad also co-founded AVOS for YouTube.
Steve Chen 25 Augustus 1978
Steve Chen, along with Jawed Karim and Chad Hurley, co-founded YouTube in 2005 and served as CEO of the platform.
Jawed Karim 28 Oktober 1979
Jawed Karim, along with Steven Chen and Chad Hurley, co-founded YouTube in 2005 and was the first person to post a video on the platform on August 25, 2005.
Mark Zuckerberg 14 Mei 1984
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 during his time at Harvard University (which he eventually dropped out of), along with Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Sean Parker, and Chris Hughes.
