Famous computer scientists

one who studies or practices computer science

862 people

All Alive Deceased
Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

1955 – 2011 · Age 56
Deceased
Alan Turing

Alan Turing

1912 – 1954 · Age 41
Deceased
Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace

1815 – 1852 · Age 36
Deceased
John von Neumann

John von Neumann

1903 – 1957 · Age 53
Deceased
Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage

1791 – 1871 · Age 79
Deceased
Kurt Gödel

Kurt Gödel

1906 – 1978 · Age 71
Deceased
Dennis M. Ritchie

Dennis M. Ritchie

1941 – 2011 · Age 70
Deceased
Paul Allen

Paul Allen

1953 – 2018 · Age 65
Deceased
Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper

1906 – 1992 · Age 85
Deceased
Benoit Mandelbrot

Benoit Mandelbrot

1924 – 2010 · Age 85
Deceased
Edsger W. Dijkstra

Edsger W. Dijkstra

1930 – 2002 · Age 72
Deceased
Jack Kilby

Jack Kilby

1923 – 2005 · Age 81
Deceased
Andrey Kolmogorov

Andrey Kolmogorov

1903 – 1987 · Age 84
Deceased
Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson

1918 – 2020 · Age 101
Deceased
Max Euwe

Max Euwe

1901 – 1981 · Age 80
Deceased
Douglas Engelbart

Douglas Engelbart

1925 – 2013 · Age 88
Deceased
Herbert Simon

Herbert Simon

1916 – 2001 · Age 84
Deceased
Claude Shannon

Claude Shannon

1916 – 2001 · Age 84
Deceased
John McCarthy

John McCarthy

1927 – 2011 · Age 84
Deceased
Marvin Minsky

Marvin Minsky

1927 – 2016 · Age 88
Deceased
Konrad Zuse

Konrad Zuse

1910 – 1995 · Age 85
Deceased
Herman Hollerith

Herman Hollerith

1860 – 1929 · Age 69
Deceased
Niklaus Wirth

Niklaus Wirth

1934 – 2024 · Age 89
Deceased
John Backus

John Backus

1924 – 2007 · Age 82
Deceased
Kevin Mitnick

Kevin Mitnick

1963 – 2023 · Age 59
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q82594