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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 – 1716

Calculus notation we still use, and binary arithmetic.

Germany·Mathematics · Philosophy · Computing

Ada Lovelace

1815 – 1852

Wrote the first algorithm intended for a machine and saw computing beyond numbers.

United Kingdom·Computing · Mathematics

John von Neumann

1903 – 1957

Computer architecture, game theory, quantum foundations.

Hungary·Mathematics · Computing · Economics

Konrad Zuse

1910 – 1995

Built the first programmable digital computer, the Z3, in 1941.

Germany·Computing · Engineering

Alan Turing

1912 – 1954

Defined what a computer is, then was destroyed by the country he saved.

United Kingdom·Mathematics · Computing · BiologyFull profile

Tim Berners-Lee

b. 1955

Wrote the web and gave it away for nothing.

United Kingdom·Computing · EngineeringFull profile