Computer People - M
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 'M'. Clicking on any of the below links will open a biography for that person.
 | Maksym Yastremski Ukrainian hacker and top online seller of stolen credit card information. Category: Convict, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Malcolm Mcilroy Mathematician, engineer, and programmer known for Unix pipelines and software componentry. Category: Chairman, Editor, Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, Professor, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Manuel Blum Computer scientist known for his contributions to the foundations of computational complexity theory. Category: Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Manuel Fernandez Founder of the Gavilan Computer Corporation which developed one of the first portable laptop computers. Category: CEO, Chairman, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Marc Andreessen Co-author of mosaic the first widely used web browser. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Marc Benioff Chairman and CEO of Salesforce. Category: CEO, Chairman, Coined, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Marc Canter CEO of Broadband Mechanics and previously founder of MacroMind, the company that became Macromedia. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X |
 | Marc Ewing Creator and originator of the Red Hat brand of software who was involved in the 86open project in the mid-90s. Category: Manager and Writer |
 | Marc Mcdonald American software developer known for being Microsoft's first salaried employee. Category: Manager and Writer |
 | Marcian Hoff One of the inventors of the computer microprocessor. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Marissa Mayer Former Google vice president and Yahoo CEO. Category: CEO, Engineer, Female, Manager, President, Writer, and X |
 | Mark Abene Infosec expert, computer programmer, cryptographer, and hacker. Category: Convict, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Mark Blank American software engineer and game developer. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Mark Crispin Which he invented in 1985. Category: Father, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Mark Cuban American businessman, entrepreneur, investor, and owner of NBA's Dallas Mavericks. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Mark Dean Lead team inventor of the ISA bus at IBM and helped develop the computer keyboard. Category: African American, Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Mark Hurd Co-president, director, and board member of Oracle Corporation. Category: CEO, Chairman, Director, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Mark Kriegsman American entrepreneur, computer programmer, inventor, writer, and Director of Engineering at Veracode. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X |
 | Mark Mccahill American programmer involved in developing and popularizing many Internet technologies. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Mark Pincus Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Zynga, which makes online social games. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Mark Pinsker Russian mathematician who fields of study included information theory, probability theory and coding theory. Category: Manager, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | Mark Tebbe Professor at University of Chicago and co-founder of Answers.com. Category: Chairman, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Professor, and Writer |
 | Mark Zuckerberg Co-creator of Facebook. Category: Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Markus Neteler Coordinator of GRASS GIS and promoter of Free Software GIS development. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Markus Persson Developer of the game Minecraft. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X |
 | Marlyn Wescoff One of the original developers of the ENIAC computer. Category: Female, Manager, and Writer |
 | Marques Brownlee American video producer, tech-reviewer, and YouTube star. Category: African American, Manager, Personality, President, Writer, and X |
 | Marshall Rose Network engineer, protocol developer, and contributor to the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer |
 | Martha Fox English businesswoman, charity trustee, and co-founder of lastminute.com. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Martin Campbell-kelly English computer scientist and historian. Category: Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Martin Cooper Inventor of the handheld mobile phone, the start of what we know as the cell phone today. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Martin Fowler Pioneer of modern software development techniques. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X |
 | Martin Goetz Computer software pioneer known for developing the commercial software industry. Category: Father, Manager, and Writer |
 | Martin Graetz Co-creator of Spacewar!, one of the earliest digital computer games. Category: Manager and Writer |
 | Martin Hellman American cryptologist best known for his invention of public key cryptography. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Martin Odersky German computer scientist and Professor of programming methods at EPFL in Switzerland who specializes in code analysis. Category: Manager, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Marvin Minsky Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and AI specialist. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Mary Buckles Published the first paper on video game aesthetics. Category: Manager and Writer |
 | Mary Foley Writer for the tech industry, including ZDNet and frequent quest on radio, TV, and podcasts. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X |
 | Mary Jepsen Leader of the Display Division at Google X Lab and co-founder of One Laptop per Child. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, Scientist, Writer, and X |
 | Mary Keller First American woman to earn a PhD in Computer Science. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Masatoshi Shima One of the designers of the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004. Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer |
 | Mat Honan Media innovator, and senior writer with WIRED magazine. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X |
 | Matt Cutts American software engineer and former head of the webspam team at Google. Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Matt Mullenweg American online social media entrepreneur and founding developer of WordPress. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Maurice Wilkes British computer scientist credited with several important developments in computing specifically microcomputing. Category: Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Max Hopper American IT manager considered the father of airline automation in travel agencies. Category: Chairman, Father, Manager, and Writer |
 | Max Palevsky American art collector, venture capitalist, philanthropist, and computer technology pioneer with Packard Bell. Category: Investor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Max Vision Former computer security consultant and convicted online hacker. Category: Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Maxwell Newman British mathematician and codebreaker and one of the creators of Colossus, the first operational electronic computer. Category: Manager, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | Meg Whitman American business executive and president of Hewlett-Packard. Category: CEO, Chairman, Female, Manager, President, Writer, and X |
 | Megan Smith Vice president, Google[x] at Google and former vice president of business development. Category: CEO, Manager, Personality, President, Writer, and X |
 | Mg Siegler American venture capitalist and writer and columnist for TechCrunch. Category: Investor, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Michael Calce Canadian computer hacker known for creating denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) at age 15. Category: Convict, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Michael Dell Founder of Dell computers. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Michael Faraday English scientist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Category: Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Michael Hart American author, best known as one of the inventors of the electronic book (or ebook). Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Michael Hawley Educator, scientist, artist, and researcher working in the field of digital media. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Researcher, Scientist, Writer, and X |
 | Michael Lazaridis Greek Canadian businessman and founder of Research In Motion (BlackBerry handhelds). Category: Chairman, Founder, 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 |
 | Michael Rabin Israeli computer scientist known for the Miller-Rabin primality test. Category: Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Michael Robertson Founder and former CEO of MP3.com, a popular Internet music site. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Michael Schroeder American computer scientist known for co-inventing the Needham-Schroeder authentication protocol. Category: Chairman, Director, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Michael Stonebraker Computer scientist, and one of the world's foremost experts in database technology. Category: Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Miguel Icaza Mexican free software programmer, best known for starting the GNOME and Mono projects. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X |
 | Mihai Parparita Software engineer at Google and founding member of the Google Reader development team. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Mike Bergman Web Scientist and 'deep web' researcher. Category: CEO, Editor, Founder, Manager, Researcher, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Mike Berlyn American video game designer and writer. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X |
 | Mike Culbert Apple engineer and vice president of architecture at Apple Computers who played key role in the Apple Newton. Category: Engineer, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Mike Lesk Computer scientist who helped develop Unix. Category: Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Mike Mccue Former directory of Twitter and founder of Paper Software, Tellme Networks, and Flipboard. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Mike Morhaime Co-founder, CEO, and president of video game developer Blizzard Entertainment. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X |
 | Mikhail Donskoy Soviet and Russian computer scientist known as a developer of a chess program, Kaissa. Category: Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Mikko Hypponen Computer security expert and columnist for Wired. Category: Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Mina Rees American mathematician, and the first female President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Category: Female, Manager, Mathematician, President, and Writer |
 | Minh Nguyen Disputed co-founder of Plaxo and murder suspect. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Mitchell Kapor Founder of Lotus Development Corporation and designer of Lotus 1-2-3. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Mochio Umeda Japanese IT enterprise management consultant, author, and one of the most well-known commentators on IT. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X |
 | Molly Holzschlag American author, lecturer, and advocate for the Open Web. Category: Female, Manager, Writer, and X |
 | Molly Wood Executive editor at CNET.com. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X |
 | Morgan Sparks American scientist and engineer who helped develop the microwatt bipolar junction transistor. Category: Engineer, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Morris Chang Founding chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Category: Chairman, Father, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Morton Meyerson Former president and vice chairman of Electronic Data Systems, Inc. Category: Chairman, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Moxie Marlinspike Pioneer of modern software development techniques. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Muni Sakya Nepalese computer programmer credited with helping bring Information Technology to Nepal. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Murali Chemuturi Indian software development expert and author. Category: Manager, Personality, and Writer |
 | Myron Krueger American computer artist who developed early interactive works. Category: Manager, Researcher, and Writer |
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