Computer People - C
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 'C'. Clicking on any of the below links will open a biography for that person.
![]() | Cali Lewis American podcaster and Internet personality. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X |
![]() | Carl Button British game artist, 2D/3D generalist, designer, and editor. Category: Editor, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Carl Petri Helped advance the fields of parallel computing and distributing computing. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Carl Sagan Astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. Category: Editor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer |
![]() | Carl Sassenrath Designer of operation systems and computer programming languages. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
![]() | Carol Bartz Former president and CEO of Yahoo! Category: CEO, Chairman, Female, Manager, President, and Writer |
![]() | Carol Shaw American software engineer and the first female video game designer. Category: Engineer, Female, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
![]() | Carolyn Meinel American hacker and author and specialist in script kiddie hacking. Category: Female, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X |
![]() | Caterina Fake American businesswoman known for co-founding the websites Flickr and Hunch. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Chad Davis American hacker and founding member of the globalHell syndicate of hackers. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Chad Hurley Co-founder of YouTube. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X |
![]() | Chandu Thota Computer engineer, author, and entrepreneur. Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Babbage Father of the computer. Category: Father, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Bachman Computer scientist known for his work in computer databases. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Flint American businessman who founded the company that became IBM. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Geschke Co-founder of Adobe. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Hamblin Australian philosopher, logician, and computer pioneer who is known for the introduction of Reverse Polish Notation. Category: Logician, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Hoare Computer scientist who developed the Quicksort algorithm. Category: Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Molnar Co-developer of one of the first minicomputers, the LINC. Category: Manager and Writer |
![]() | Charles Moore Inventor and developer of the Forth programming language. Category: Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Peddle Main designer of the 6502 microprocessor. Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Simonyi Software executive who oversaw the creation of Microsoft Office. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Stanhope Scientist and inventor of the printing press. Category: Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Thacker American Pioneer computer designer who worked as the project leader of the Xerox Alto. Category: Founder, Hacker, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Thomas Designer of the Arithmometer, the first successful mechanical calculator. Category: Entrepreneur, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Charles Weiss American computer scientist and software designer and one of the first employees of Oracle. Category: Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Charley Kline Sent the first letters of the word 'LOGIN' to start Computer Networking. Category: Investor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
![]() | Cher Wang Taiwanese entrepreneur and co-founder and chairperson of HTC Corporation. Category: Entrepreneur, Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Chester Carlson Inventor of electrophotography. Category: Inventor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer |
![]() | Chris Dewolfe American entrepreneur and former CEO and co-creator of Myspace. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Manager, Writer, and X |
![]() | Chris Pirillo Founder and maintainer of Lockergnome. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X |
![]() | Chris Wetherell CEO of Avocado and developer who help start Google Reader. Category: CEO, Manager, Writer, and X |
![]() | Christopher Poole American entrepreneur and founder of website 4chan. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Christopher Sholes Inventor of the typewriter and the first QWERTY keyboard. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Christopher Stone Co-founder and creative director of Twitter. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X |
![]() | Christopher Strachey British scientist known for CPL and Fundamental Concepts in Programming Languages. Category: Coined, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Christopher Weaver Software developer and game programmer and contributor to the real-time sports simulation technology. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Programmer, Writer, and X |
![]() | Chuck Hull Inventor of 3D printing and co-founder of 3D systems. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Cindy Bates Vice president of SMB (Small-to-Midsized Business) at Microsoft Company. Category: Female, Manager, President, Writer, and X |
![]() | Clair Lake IBM employee who helped develop the Type 1 Total Printing and Listing Tabulator and punch cards. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Claude Perrault Physician, anatomist, inventor, and author who designed a calculating device, called Abaque Rhabdologique. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Claude Shannon Father of information theory. Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer |
![]() | Clay Shirky American writer, consultant, lecturer, and teacher. Category: Manager, President, Writer, and X |
![]() | Cleve Moler American computer programmer and inventor of MATLAB. Category: Chairman, Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Clifford Berry American inventor and co-creator of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Clive Sinclair British inventor, most commonly known for his work in consumer electronics. Category: Entrepreneur, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Corrado Bohm Computer scientist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Rome. Category: Manager, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Craig Barrett Former Chairman and CEO of Intel. Category: CEO, Chairman, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Craig Federighi Senior vice president of Software Engineering at Apple Inc. Category: Manager, President, and Writer |
![]() | Craig Neidorf American hacker and founding editor of Phrack Magazine. Category: Convict, Editor, Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
![]() | Craig Newmark Founder of Craigslist. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X |
![]() | Craig Reynolds Creator of Boids artificial life simulation. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
![]() | Cuthbert Hurd Computer scientist who helped IBM develop the first general-purpose computer. Category: Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Cyril Cleverdon British librarian and computer scientist who is best known for his work on the evaluation of information retrieval systems. Category: Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
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