Computer People - G

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

Gabe NewellGabe Newell
Producer of the first three releases of Windows and co-founder of Valve.
Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
Garrett GruenerGarrett Gruener
Information technology specialist and founder of Ask.com.
Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Garry KasparovGarry Kasparov
Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion.
Category: Grandmaster, Manager, Writer, and X
Gary HendrixGary Hendrix
American businessman and founder of Symantec Corporation.
Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer
Gary KildallGary Kildall
American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur who invented the CP/M operating system and gave Bill Gates the world.
Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Personality, Scientist, and Writer
Gary McgrawGary Mcgraw
American computer scientist and Internet technology author.
Category: Manager, Personality, Scientist, Writer, and X
Gary MckinnonGary Mckinnon
Scottish system administrator and hacker.
Category: Hacker, Manager, and Writer
Gary PriceGary Price
Co-founder of infodocket.com and fulltextreports.com.
Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer
Gary RobinsonGary Robinson
American software engineer, inventor and computer programmer known for fighting spam.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Gary StarkweatherGary Starkweather
Inventor of the laser printer.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Gary ThuerkGary Thuerk
Father of spam.
Category: Father, Manager, and Writer
Gary WangGary Wang
Chinese entrepreneur and founder of Tudou.com, a Chinese video sharing company.
Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Gaston GonnetGaston Gonnet
Uruguayan-Canadian computer scientist known for his work with the Maple computer algebra system.
Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer
Gene AmdahlGene Amdahl
American computer architect and founder of Amdahl Corporation.
Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Gene GolubGene Golub
Renowned numerical analyst, professor, and author.
Category: Analyst, Editor, Founder, Manager, President, Professor, Researcher, and Writer
Geoffrey DummerGeoffrey Dummer
Electronics engineer and the first person to conceptualize and build a prototype of an integrated circuit.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Georg OhmGeorg Ohm
German physicist and mathematician best known for Ohm's law.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, Physicist, Scientist, and Writer
Georg ScheutzGeorg Scheutz
Inventor of the Scheutzian calculation engine.
Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer
George BooleGeorge Boole
Mathematician, logician, and inventor of what is now known as Boolean logic.
Category: Founder, Inventor, Logician, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer
George DantzigGeorge Dantzig
Mathematical scientist best known for linear programming.
Category: Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
George EastmanGeorge Eastman
American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film.
Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
George FairchildGeorge Fairchild
Businessman and investor and best known as the chairman of IBM.
Category: Chairman, Investor, Manager, and Writer
George GrantGeorge Grant
Founder of Grant Calculating Machine Company and developer of several calculating machines.
Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer
George NeculaGeorge Necula
Best known for his Ph.D. thesis work first describing proof-carrying code.
Category: Manager, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
George PakeGeorge Pake
Physicist and research executive that help found Xerox.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer
George PerlegosGeorge Perlegos
Electrical engineer who participated in developing the first cell flash memory from Intel and helped develop EEPROM.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer
George StibitzGeorge Stibitz
Computer pioneer recognized as the fathers of the modern first digital computer.
Category: Father, Manager, and Writer
Georgii LopatoGeorgii Lopato
Computer pioneer recognized as the fathers of the modern first digital computer, the Minsk.
Category: Father, Manager, and Writer
Georgy Adelson-velskyGeorgy Adelson-velsky
Soviet computer scientist who helped invent the AVL tree and developing chess programming.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Gerald EstrinGerald Estrin
UCLA professor who led developing the WEIZAC, the first large-scale electronic computer outside of the United States.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Professor, and Writer
Gerald LawsonGerald Lawson
Founder of Videosoft and best known for creating one of the earliest arcade games.
Category: African American, Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Gerald WeinbergGerald Weinberg
American computer scientist, author, and teacher.
Category: Founder, Manager, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, Writer, and X
Gerard SaltonGerard Salton
Was best known for developing Vector Space Model for information retrieval.
Category: Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer
Gerrot BlaauwGerrot Blaauw
One of the principal designers of the IBM System/360.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Gertrude BlanchGertrude Blanch
American mathematician who did pioneering work in numerical analysis and computation.
Category: Director, Female, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer
Gina TrapaniGina Trapani
American web developer, tech blogger, writer, and founder of the Lifehacker blog.
Category: Female, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
Ginny StrazisarGinny Strazisar
Wrote the first Internet working router.
Category: Female, Manager, and Writer
Giovanni CaselliGiovanni Caselli
Inventor of the pantelegraph, the predecessor to the modern fax machine.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer
Glen CullerGlen Culler
Professor of electrical engineering and early innovator in developing the Internet.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Professor, and Writer
Glenn RicartGlenn Ricart
Computer scientist who help create the original Internet (ARPANET).
Category: Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Gordon BellGordon Bell
American computer engineer, manager, entrepreneur, and investor who oversaw developing VAX.
Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Investor, Manager, President, and Writer
Gordon BrownGordon Brown
Originated many of the concepts behind automatic-feedback control systems.
Category: Manager, Professor, and Writer
Gordon EubanksGordon Eubanks
Microcomputer pioneer and author of CBASIC.
Category: CEO, Manager, President, and Writer
Gordon FrenchGordon French
Computer programmer and engineer who co-founded the Homebrew Computer Club.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Personality, Programmer, and Writer
Gordon MooreGordon Moore
Co-founder and former CEO of Intel.
Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer
Gottfrid WargGottfrid Warg
Swedish computer specialist and co-founder of the BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay together with Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde.
Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, and Writer
Gottfried LeibnizGottfried Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher and most prolific inventors of mechanical calculators.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer
Gottfried UngerboeckGottfried Ungerboeck
Australian inventor who invented trellis coded modulation.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Grace HopperGrace Hopper
Female officer who extended the meaning of debug and is erroneously credited as coining the term bug.
Category: Female, Inventor, Manager, President, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Grady BoochGrady Booch
American software engineer known for developing UML (Unified Modeling Language).
Category: Engineer, Manager, Scientist, Writer, and X
Greg ChessonGreg Chesson
American computer scientist and UNIX expert known as the godfather of Networking.
Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Guglielmo MarconiGuglielmo Marconi
Father of long distance radio transmission.
Category: Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer
Guido Van RossumGuido Van Rossum
Author of the Python programming language.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
Gustav TauschekGustav Tauschek
Austrian pioneer of Information technology.
Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Guy KawasakiGuy Kawasaki
Silicon valley venture capitalist, author, and Apple Fellow.
Category: Director, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
Guy SteeleGuy Steele
Often called The Great Quux.
Category: Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Researcher, Scientist, and Writer

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