Computer People - E

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 'E'. Clicking on any of the below links will open a biography for that person.

Ed BottEd Bott
Award-winning journalist and one of the most recognized voices in the computing world.
Category: Editor, Manager, Writer, and X
Ed ColliganEd Colligan
Former President and CEO of Handspring.
Category: CEO, Manager, President, and Writer
Ed RobertsEd Roberts
Father of the personal computer.
Category: Coined, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Edgar CoddEdgar Codd
English computer scientist and inventor of the relational model for database management.
Category: Analyst, Coined, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Edith ClarkeEdith Clarke
Electrical engineer and the first woman employed as an electrical engineer in the United States.
Category: Engineer, Female, Inventor, Manager, Professor, and Writer
Edmund BarbourEdmund Barbour
Boston businessman (merchant), philanthropist, genealogist, and inventor first representative of so called direct-multiplication devices.
Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Edmund BerkeleyEdmund Berkeley
Co-founder of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery).
Category: Founder, Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Edmund ClarkeEdmund Clarke
FORE system professor and computer scientist who developed a method for verifying hardware and software designs.
Category: Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer
Edmund GunterEdmund Gunter
English mathematician known for inventing Gunter's Scale and the first successful analog device.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer
Edouard-leon MartinvilleEdouard-leon Martinville
French printer and inventor of the earliest known sound recording device, the phonautograph.
Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Edsger DijkstraEdsger Dijkstra
Developer of ALGOL and the shortest path algorithm.
Category: Editor, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Edward FeigenbaumEdward Feigenbaum
Father of expert systems.
Category: Father, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Edward FredkinEdward Fredkin
Inventor of the trie data structure, the fredkin gate, and Billiard-Ball Computer Model.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Edward ShortliffeEdward Shortliffe
Canadian-born American physician and computer scientist known for his work in artificial intelligence in medicine.
Category: Manager, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Edward SnowdenEdward Snowden
American computer professional who leaked classified information from NSA to mainstream media.
Category: Manager and Writer
Edward TufteEdward Tufte
American statistician and professor.
Category: Coined, Manager, Professor, Writer, and X
Edward YourdonEdward Yourdon
Developer of structured analysis technique.
Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Edweard MuybridgeEdweard Muybridge
English photographer best known for his photographic studies of motion and in motion-picture projection.
Category: Manager and Writer
Edwin BelinEdwin Belin
English scientist and one of the early inventors of television.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Edwin CatmullEdwin Catmull
Computer scientist and President of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios.
Category: Inventor, Manager, President, Scientist, Writer, and X
Edwin TurneyEdwin Turney
Co-founder of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer
Eiichi GotoEiichi Goto
Japanese computer scientist known for inventing one of the first general-purpose computers in Japan.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Einar StefferudEinar Stefferud
Internet pioneer, entrepreneur, and computer researcher, who helped develop the Internet.
Category: Entrepreneur, Manager, Researcher, and Writer
Elisha GrayElisha Gray
Co-founder of Western Electric Manufacturing company and best known for his development of a telephone prototype.
Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Elizabeth FeinlerElizabeth Feinler
American information scientist and former director of the Network Information Systems Center.
Category: Director, Female, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Elon MuskElon Musk
Founder of SpaceX, and co-founder of Tesla Motors.
Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
Emanuel GoldbergEmanuel Goldberg
Inventor of such inventions as microdots, the kinamo movie camera, and the Contax 35mm camera.
Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer
Emil PostEmil Post
Influential mathematician and logician.
Category: Logician, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer
Emile BerlinerEmile Berliner
German-born American inventor known for developing the disc record gramophone (phonograph).
Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Enid MumfordEnid Mumford
British social scientist and computer scientist known for her work on human factors.
Category: Female, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi
Father of the atomic bomb.
Category: Father, Manager, Physicist, and Writer
Eric BinaEric Bina
Co-creator of Mosaic and the co-founder of Netscape.
Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Eric ChahiEric Chahi
Computer game designer and programming language author.
Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Eric RaymondEric Raymond
American computer programmer, author, and open source software advocate.
Category: Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
Eric SchmidtEric Schmidt
CEO of Google.
Category: CEO, Coined, Director, Engineer, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
Erik CasselErik Cassel
Administrator, and VP of Engineering of ROBLOX, a massively multiplayer online game, physics-based sandbox and user-generated content site.
Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
Erik SelbergErik Selberg
American software developer known for the creation of MetaCrawler.
Category: Manager and Writer
Ethan ZuckermanEthan Zuckerman
American Internet activist, media scholar, blogger, and author.
Category: Coined, Director, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
Eugene KleinerEugene Kleiner
One of the founders of Fairchild Semiconductor.
Category: Founder, Investor, Manager, and Writer
Evan WilliamsEvan Williams
Co-founder of Twitter and blogger.
Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
Evelyn BerezinEvelyn Berezin
American computer engineer known for designing one of the first word processors.
Category: Engineer, Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Evelyn GranvilleEvelyn Granville
One of the first African-American women to receive a Ph.D in mathematics.
Category: African American, Female, Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, and Writer

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