Hacker computer pioneers
Below is a listing of computer pioneers that have been tagged as a Hacker. Clicking on any of the below links will open the biography for that person.
 | Alan Kay Computer pioneer who help create the idea of a laptop computer, GUI, Ethernet, laser printing, and Smalltalk. Category: Hacker, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Alan Kotok Computer scientist, hacker, and developer. Category: Engineer, Hacker, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Albert Gonzalez Computer hacker and computer criminal. Category: Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Alex Holden Ukrainian IT researcher who found 1.2 billion stolen passwords. Category: Hacker, Manager, Researcher, and Writer |
 | Alexey Ivanov Russian computer programmer and hacker. Category: Convict, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Bernd Fix German hacker known for his computer virus research. Category: Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Bill 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 |
 | Bram Cohen Author of the P2P BitTorrent protocol. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X |
 | Butler Lampson Computer scientist who helped develop the first personal computer. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Carolyn Meinel American hacker and author and specialist in script kiddie hacking. Category: Female, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Chad Davis American hacker and founding member of the globalHell syndicate of hackers. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, 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 |
 | Craig Neidorf American hacker and founding editor of Phrack Magazine. Category: Convict, Editor, Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Dan Kaminsky American security researcher and chief scientist of White Ops. Category: Hacker, Manager, Researcher, Scientist, Writer, and X |
 | David Hansson Danish computer programmer and creator of Ruby on Rails web development framework and the Instiki wiki. Category: Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X |
 | David Litchfield British computer security expert, database authority and author. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Dimitry Golubov Ukrainian hacker and founder of the Internet Party of Ukraine. Category: Convict, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X |
 | Douglas Engelbart Inventor of the computer mouse. Category: Engineer, Hacker, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Eric Raymond American computer programmer, author, and open source software advocate. Category: Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X |
 | Gary Mckinnon Scottish system administrator and hacker. Category: Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Gina Trapani American web developer, tech blogger, writer, and founder of the Lifehacker blog. Category: Female, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X |
 | Guy Steele Often called The Great Quux. Category: Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Researcher, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Hector Monsegur American computer hacker and co-founder of the hacking group LulzSec, turned FBI informant. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jack Dennis Computer scientist and retired MIT professor who help develop the Multics project. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Professor, Scientist, Writer, and sponsor |
 | Jan Koum American computer engineer and Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of WhatsApp. Category: CEO, Director, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Jeri Ellsworth American self-taught computer chip designer and entrepreneur. Category: Entrepreneur, Female, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | John Markoff New York Times journalist and author of Takedown book about Kevin Mitnick. Category: Editor, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | John Walker Computer programmer and founder of Autodesk and co-author of AutoCAD. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Julian Assange Editor, activist, computer programmer, and hacker best known as the founder of WikiLeaks. Category: Editor, Founder, Hacker, Inventor, Manager, Personality, Programmer, Writer, and X |
 | Kevin Mitnick Computer security consultant, author, and hacker. Category: Convict, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X |
 | Kevin Poulsen Former black hat hacker known for his telephone takeover hack to win a Porsche 944 S2 car. Category: Editor, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Kim Dotcom German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur also known as Kimble. Category: Convict, Entrepreneur, Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Linus Torvalds Original developer of Linux. Category: Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Maksym Yastremski Ukrainian hacker and top online seller of stolen credit card information. Category: Convict, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Mark Abene Infosec expert, computer programmer, cryptographer, and hacker. Category: Convict, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Max Vision Former computer security consultant and convicted online hacker. Category: Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Michael Calce Canadian computer hacker known for creating denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) at age 15. Category: Convict, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Michael Muuss Author of the freeware network tool ping which has been implemented on many operating systems. Category: Hacker, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Paul Graham Venture capitalist, and essayist known for his work on Lisp (a family of computer programming languages). Category: Founder, Hacker, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X |
 | Renukanth Subramaniam British hacker and founder of DarkMarket, Internet cybercrime forum. Category: Convict, Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Richard Greenblatt American computer programmer and one of the founders of the hacker community with Bill Gosper. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Robert Metcalfe Founder of 3Com. Category: Coined, Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Stewart Brand American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. Category: Editor, Founder, Hacker, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Sven Jaschan Self-confessed author of the NetSky and Sasser computer worm. Category: Convict, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Vasily Gorshkov Russian Computer programmer and hacker. Category: Hacker, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Vladimir Levin Russian-born Jewish computer programmer and hacker. Category: Hacker, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Werner Koch German free software activist known as the author of GNU Privacy Guard. Category: Hacker, Manager, and Writer |