Computer People - B

Below is a listing of computer pioneers, inventors, and other people who have contributed to the computer industry that have a first or last name beginning with the letter 'B'. Clicking on any of the below links will open a biography for that person.

Bailey DiffieBailey Diffie
American cryptographer and pioneer of public-key cryptography.
Category: Manager, President, and Writer
Barbara LiskovBarbara Liskov
First women in the United States to be awarded a Ph.D. from a computer science department.
Category: Female, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Barbara SimonsBarbara Simons
American computer scientist and former president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Category: Director, Female, Founder, Manager, President, Scientist, and Writer
Barrett BrownBarrett Brown
American activist, author, and founder of Project PM.
Category: Convict, Director, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
Barry BoehmBarry Boehm
American software engineer known for his many contributions to software engineering.
Category: Director, Engineer, Manager, Professor, and Writer
Barry LamBarry Lam
Founder and Chairman of Quanta Computer.
Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Barry LeibaBarry Leiba
Developer at IBM Research that helped develop Spam Guru and is involved with the IETF.
Category: Manager, Researcher, Scientist, and Writer
Bashir RameyevBashir Rameyev
Soviet inventor and scientist and one of the founders of Soviet computing.
Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Becky WorleyBecky Worley
American journalist and broadcaster best known for being TechLive's Computer Security Analyst.
Category: Analyst, Female, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
Ben FortaBen Forta
Author and senior technical evangelist for Adobe Systems.
Category: Manager and Writer
Ben HammersleyBen Hammersley
British Internet technologist, journalist, author, and broadcaster.
Category: Editor, Manager, Writer, and X
Ben ShneidermanBen Shneiderman
American computer scientist, and professor for Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Category: Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer
Ben SilbermannBen Silbermann
Co-founder and CEO of Pinterest.
Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin
Author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, and much more.
Category: Inventor, Manager, President, Scientist, and Writer
Beny AlagemBeny Alagem
An Israeli American entrepreneur, developer, and the founder of Packard Bell Electronics.
Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Bernard GallerBernard Galler
American mathematician and computer scientist who worked in developing large-scale operating systems and computer languages.
Category: Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Bernard KardonBernard Kardon
American electrical engineer and co-founder of Harman/Kardon.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Bernd FixBernd Fix
German hacker known for his computer virus research.
Category: Hacker, Manager, and Writer
Bernhard ThalheimBernhard Thalheim
Computer scientist and professor of Information Systems Engineering known for conceptual modeling and its foundation.
Category: Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer
Bertrand MeyerBertrand Meyer
Author, and consultant who created the Eiffel programming language.
Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Bill AtkinsonBill Atkinson
Computer engineer at Apple who help create MacPaint, QuickDraw, and HyperCard.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Bill DuvallBill Duvall
Receiver of the first computer network communication, ARPANET.
Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Bill GatesBill Gates
Founder of Microsoft.
Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, President, Programmer, Writer, and X
Bill GosperBill Gosper
American mathematician and programmer and one of the founders of the hacker community with Richard Greenblatt.
Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, and Writer
Bill KendrickBill Kendrick
American software developer known for creating and maintaining Tux Paint.
Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
Bill MoggridgeBill Moggridge
British designer, author, and educator who designed one of the first laptop computer.
Category: Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Bill PytlovanyBill Pytlovany
Computer and network security program developer know as author of WinPatrol program.
Category: Manager, Writer, and X
Bjarne StroustrupBjarne Stroustrup
Computer scientist, known as the creator of the C++ computer programming language.
Category: Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal
Mathematician, writer, child prodigy, and inventor of the Pascaline.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, Physicist, and Writer
Blake RossBlake Ross
American software developer known for his work on the Mozilla web browser and for starting the Mozilla Firefox project.
Category: Director, Manager, Writer, and X
Bob BatesBob Bates
American computer games designer.
Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer
Bob BemerBob Bemer
Father of ASCII, escape character, backslash, and the curly bracket.
Category: Coined, Father, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Bob EvansBob Evans
Computer pioneer and corporate executive at IBM.
Category: Chairman, Manager, and Writer
Bob KahnBob Kahn
Internet pioneer, engineer, and computer scientist who helped develop TCP/IP.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, President, Scientist, and Writer
Bob RosenscheinBob Rosenschein
American-Israeli Internet entrepreneur and founder of Answers.com.
Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
Bob WallaceBob Wallace
American computer scientist, software pioneer and Microsoft's ninth employee.
Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Bonnie RossBonnie Ross
General manager at Microsoft Game Studios and studio head of 343 Industries.
Category: Female, Manager, and Writer
Boris BabayanBoris Babayan
Pioneering creator of supercomputers in Soviet Union.
Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Borje LangeforsBorje Langefors
Swedish engineer and computer scientist who made systems development a science.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Brad FitzpatrickBrad Fitzpatrick
Creator of LiveJournal and author of various free software projects such as OpenID and memcached.
Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
Brad TempletonBrad Templeton
Software Architect and early pioneer of Usenet.
Category: Chairman, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
Bram CohenBram Cohen
Author of the P2P BitTorrent protocol.
Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
Brendan EichBrendan Eich
Software developer and creator of JavaScript.
Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Brian CarpenterBrian Carpenter
British Internet engineer and former chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Brian EnoBrian Eno
Creator of the six-second start-up music sound of the Windows 95 operating system and the Prophecy Theme in the film Dune.
Category: Composer, Manager, Writer, and X
Brian FargoBrian Fargo
American video game designer, producer, programmer, executive, and founder of developers Interplay Entertainment.
Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Brian FoxBrian Fox
Entrepreneur, free software supporter, and original author of the GNU Bash shell.
Category: African American, Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Brian KernighanBrian Kernighan
Canadian computer scientist who coined the term Unix and helped develop Unix, AWK, and AMPL.
Category: Coined, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Brian MoriartyBrian Moriarty
American video game developer.
Category: Manager, Professor, and Writer
Brian ReynoldsBrian Reynolds
American videogame designer known for his online social games on Facebook.
Category: CEO, Chairman, Director, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
Brian TongBrian Tong
Former host and senior editor for CNET TV's the Apple Byte, Prizefight, Tap That App & How-To's.
Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
Bruce EckelBruce Eckel
Author and lecturer who has written numerous books and articles on computer programming.
Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
Bruce SchneierBruce Schneier
American computer security specialist, cryptographer, and writer.
Category: Founder, Manager, Researcher, Writer, and X
Burton SmithBurton Smith
Computer architect who has made major contributions to the field of parallel computation.
Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Butler LampsonButler Lampson
Computer scientist who helped develop the first personal computer.
Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer

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