List of famous programmers, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top programmers in the world? This includes the most prominent programmers, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable programmers is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic programmers were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned programmers.
Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are included in this list.
From reputable, prominent, and well known programmers to the lesser known programmers of today, these are some of the best professionals in the programmer field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous programmers ever?" and "What are the names of famous programmers?" then you're in the right place. {#nodes}...more
- William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor,... more
- Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (; born May 14, 1984) is an American technology entrepreneur and... more
- Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate,... more
- Stephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak (; born August 11, 1950) is an American inventor, electronics... more
- Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an... more
- Julian Paul Assange (; né Hawkins; 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher, and... more
- Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (née Murray December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American... more
- Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician and... more
- Charles Simonyi (; Hungarian: Simonyi Károly, pronounced [ˈʃimoɲi ˈkaːroj]; born September 10,... more
Donald Knuth
Donald Ervin Knuth ( kə-NOOTH; born January 10, 1938) is an American computer scientist,... more- William Nelson Joy (born November 8, 1954) is an American computer engineer. He co-founded Sun... more
- Marc Lowell Andreessen ( ann-DREE-sən; born July 9, 1971) is an American entrepreneur,... more
- Cem Kaner J.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Software Engineering at Florida Institute of... more
- Pierre Morad Omidyar (Persian: پیر مراد امیدیار, Persian pronunciation: [piːjeɾ moɾɑːd... more
- James Arthur Gosling, OC (born May 19, 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as... more
- Phillip Walter Katz (November 3, 1962 – April 14, 2000) was a computer programmer best known... more
- Yukihiro Matsumoto (まつもとゆきひろ, Matsumoto Yukihiro, a.k.a. Matz, born 14 April 1965) is a... more
- John D. Carmack II (born August 20, 1970) is an American computer programmer, video game... more
- Jacob Appelbaum (born 1 April 1983) is an American doctoral candidate in cryptography,... more
- Kenneth Lane Thompson (born February 4, 1943) is an American pioneer of computer science.... more
- Avram Joel Spolsky (born 1965) is a software engineer and writer. He is the author of Joel on... more
- Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (né Garriott; July 4, 1961) is an English-American video-game... more
- Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer,... more
- Daniel Kottke () was a college friend of Steve Jobs and one of the first employees of Apple... more