Famous computer inventors in history?

Question

Famous computer inventors in history?

Answer 1

Babbage and the real inventor of the reprogrammable computer - Alan Turing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

Answer 2

Stephen Jobs and Wozniak

Konrad Zuse

Charles Babbage

Grace Hopper

Paul Allen, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, David Packard, Idei Nobuyuki, Louis Gerstner, Jerry Yang, Steve Ballner, Nathan Myhrvold, Michael Dell, and Steve Case

Answer 3

Always loved (Admiral, USN) Gracey Hopper.  When asked about becoming the first female admiral she attributed her upward mobility to this mindset: "It's always been easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permision."

Answer 4

Having been involved with computers since the early 1960s I'm familiar with all of the names offered and they are all good selections.

One not mentioned is probably one of the real great ones and that is Jay Glenn Miner (Born May 31, 1932 – Died June 20, 1994), was a famous integrated circuit designer, known primarily for his work in multimedia chips and as the "father of the Amiga

To learn more about this very talented individual to the “Jay Miner Site for Advancement of Personal Computing” at:

http://elwoodb.free.fr/Amiga/JMS/