Honor Roll
| Name Sort descending | Noted For | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Bardeen | Co-inventor of the transistor along with William Shockley and the only person to have won the Nobel Prize twice in the same field | Co-inventor of the transistor and the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer. He received the prize first in 1956 with… |
| John Blankenbaker | He developed the Kenbak-1, considered by the Computer History Museum and the American Computer Museum to be the world's first "personal computer" | Designer and inventor of the Kenbak-1, considered by the Computer History Museum and the American Computer Museum to be the world's first "personal computer," Blankenbaker founded Kenbak… |
| John Buxton | Computer simulation | Pioneer of computer simulation, Buxton gained world renown for his fundamental scientific contributions to computer simulation, programming language design, and software implementation technology… |
| John C. Dvorak | Technology columnist and reporter | Technology columnist and broadcaster, Dvorak has covered the computing industry since the 1980s, when he became a mainstay of a variety of magazines. Dvorak has also served as Vice-… |
| John C. Freeman | Co-developer of numerical models for use in weather forecasting at the Institute for Advanced Study which used the ENIAC Computer at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Md. to make the first successful computer forecasts, without which today’s computer models for weather prediction would not be possible | Co-developer of numerical models used in making the first successful computer weather forecasts, Freeman is recognized as a pioneer whose work made today's computer models for weather prediction… |
| John C. Hollar | CEO, Computer History Museum | CEO of the Computer History Museum, Hollar directed the Museum's strategic planning and operations and has been responsible for leading it toward its goal of being the world's leading institution… |
| John C. Klensin | Co-creator of the Network Startup Resource Center, helping countries to establish connections with the Internet | Co-creator of the Network Startup Resource Center, helping dozens of countries to establish connections with the Internet, Klensin's career has included 30 years as a Principal Research Scientist… |
| John Clifford Shaw | Developer of IPL (Information Processing Language) which was one of the first list processing languages and part of a team that broke much ground in the field of artificial intelligence, programming languages, computer simulation of human problem solving, and man-machine communication | Developer of IPL (Information Processing Language), one of the first list processing languages, Shaw was part of the pioneering NSS team that broke much ground in artificial intelligence,… |
| John Cocke | Father of RISC architecture | Considered by many to be the father of RISC architecture, Cocke was an American computer scientist recognized for his large contributions to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design.… |
| John Couch | With his extensive background in compiler design, he was one of the primary software architecture designers, along with Arne Bergh, and Bill Williams, who together derived the software environment on which the HP AMIGO/300 was eventually to execute and was considered to be a precursor for the Xerox Alto, even the MacIntosh of which he was one of the developers as well | One of the primary software architecture designers of the HP AMIGO/300 software environment — a precursor to the Xerox Alto and the Macintosh — Couch also served as Apple's first Vice President of… |
| John Cullinane | Founder of Cullinet, one of the first software companies to go public | Founder of Cullinet, one of the first software companies to go public, Cullinane is recognized as the creator of the packaged software market. His company claimed many industry firsts:… |
| John D. Carmack | Co founder and leading programmer of id Software and lead engineer of Armadillo Aerospace | Co-founder and leading programmer of id Software and lead engineer of Armadillo Aerospace, Carmack is a pioneering figure in computer graphics and game development. Softdisk, a computer company in… |
| John David McAfee | A British-American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time presidential candidate. In 1987 he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software, founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation. McAfee resigned in 1994 and sold his remaining stake in the company. | Writer of the first commercial anti-virus software in 1987, McAfee founded McAfee Associates to sell his creation. McAfee became the company's most vocal critic in later years, urging… |
| John E. Kelly, III | Leader who set the pace in IBM’s semiconductor technology development, unveiling back-end-of-the line copper interconnect technology ahead of industry, introducing the transition to 200-mm wafer scale | Founder of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center in 1996, Kelly set the pace in IBM's semiconductor technology development, unveiling back-end-of-the-line copper interconnect… |
| John Edward Hopcroft | For fundamental achievements in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures | Recognized for fundamental achievements in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures, Hopcroft is an American theoretical computer scientist. His textbooks on theory of computation… |
| John Edward Warnock | Co-founder of Adobe | Co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc., Warnock pioneered the development of graphics, publishing, Web, and electronic document technologies that revolutionized the field of publishing and visual… |
| John F. Shoch | Contributor to the development of computer networking, in particular to the development of the PARC Universal Protocol (PUP), an important predecessor of TCP/IP | Contributor to the development of computer networking — particularly the PARC Universal Protocol (PUP), an important predecessor of TCP/IP — Shoch attended Stanford, where he earned a B.A. in… |
| John George Kemeny | Computer scientist and educator best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language with Thomas Kurtz | Co-developer of the BASIC programming language, Kemeny transformed computing by making it accessible to ordinary people. Kemeny entered Princeton University, where he studied mathematics… |
| John Grist Brainerd | Noted for his leadership of the ENIAC project | Leader of the ENIAC project, Brainerd was perhaps most famous for his work leading the development of the world's first large-scale electronic digital computer. During World War II, the… |
| John H. Crawford | Chief architect of the Intel 80386 and Intel 80486 microprocessors | Chief architect of the Intel 80386 and Intel 80486 microprocessors, Crawford is an American computer software engineer and the holder of 23 patents. He received his Bachelor of Science (BSc)… |
| John Henry Patterson | Founder of National Cash Register Company, led recovery effort after the Great Dayton Flood; also was famous for hiring and later firing Thomas Watson Sr, who went on to become General Manager, then President, of CTR – later renamed IBM | Founder of the National Cash Register Company, Patterson was also famous for hiring and later firing Thomas Watson Sr., who went on to become General Manager, then President, of CTR — later… |
| John Impagliazzo | Noted IT historian, author, and professor of the computing sciences | Noted IT historian, author, and Professor Emeritus of computing sciences at Hofstra University, Impagliazzo has supported educational computing activities for decades. His accomplishments include… |
| John John Richardson Main Simmons | Inspired J. Lyons & Co Limited to build first business computer | The inspiration behind J. Lyons & Co. building the first business computer, Simmons transformed how the company approached efficiency and technology. A first-class mathematician from Cambridge… |
| John Karat | Lead researcher in the field of human-computer interaction; also co-developer of speech-based systems including the design of IBM’s large vocabulary desktop speech recognition system | Lead researcher in the field of human-computer interaction and co-developer of IBM's large vocabulary desktop speech recognition system, Karat is an internationally recognized figure whose career… |
| John Kenneth Ousterhout | Creator of the TCL scripting language | Creator of the Tcl scripting language and the Tk platform-independent widget toolkit, Ousterhout has served as a professor of computer science at Stanford University and chairman of Electric Cloud… |
| John Koller | Responsible for the management and marketing of the PLAYSTATION 3, PSP (Playstation Portable), PlayStation 2, PLAYSTATION Network marketing, and all related peripherals in North America | Director of Hardware Marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), Koller has been responsible for the management and marketing of the PLAYSTATION 3, PSP (PlayStation Portable),… |
| John L. Gustafson | Acclaimed for several achievements, he is most known for his work in High Performance Computing (HPC) such as the invention of Gustafson's Law | Acclaimed for his work in High Performance Computing (HPC), Gustafson is most known for the invention of Gustafson's Law, introducing the first commercial computer cluster, measuring with QUIPS,… |
| John Landry | Builder of world-class software companies in which he helps provide emerging technology enterprises access to a well-developed network of relationship, technology and financial capital | Builder of world-class software companies, Landry has spent nearly 30 years helping people connect with one another. He has served as Managing Director of Lead Dog Ventures, a business accelerator… |
| John LeRoy Hennessy | Co-founder of MIPS Computer Systems Inc. known for developing the MIPS architecture and a series of pioneering RISC chips and provides processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications | Co-founder of MIPS Computer Systems Inc., Hennessy is known for developing the MIPS architecture and pioneering RISC chips. He has also served as the 10th President of Stanford University. He… |
| John Logie Baird | Inventor of the first publicly demonstrated television | Inventor of the first publicly demonstrated television system, Baird was also credited with creating the world's first fully electronic colour television tube. Although Baird's electromechanical… |
| John Makepeace Bennett | Pioneering computing in Australia | Pioneering computing in Australia, Bennett made key contributions both in Britain and in his home country. After wartime work on Radar in the Australian forces, John Bennett worked on a… |
| John Matthew Vlissides | Co-author, as one of the “Gang of Four”, of the influential software engineering textbook, “Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software” | Co-author, as one of the "Gang of Four", of the influential software engineering textbook Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, Vlissides referred to himself as "#4 of… |
| John Maurice McClean Pinkerton | Co-designer of England's first business computer, the LEO computer | Co-designer of England's first business computer, the LEO computer, Pinkerton was a pioneering British computer designer who worked alongside David Caminer to produce the machine for J. Lyons and… |
| John Maxwell Cohn | Innovator in the area of design automation for both analog and digital custom integrated circuits | An innovator in design automation for both analog and digital custom integrated circuits, Cohn has served as Chief Scientist of Design Automation in the Systems and Technology Group at IBM,… |
| John McCarthy | Inventor of the Lisp programming language | Inventor of the Lisp programming language, McCarthy was also responsible for coining the term "Artificial Intelligence" in his 1955 proposal for the 1956 Dartmouth Conference. An American computer… |
| John Murphy | Lead Development Engineer on the ARCNET project; the first commercial networking system | Lead development engineer on ARCNET, the first commercial networking system, Murphy has served as a principal engineer and entrepreneur in the networking industry. ARCNET was originally developed… |
| John Napier | Known for the discovery of the logarithm and inventor of the "Napier's bones" mathematical aid | Renowned as the discoverer of the logarithm and inventor of "Napier's bones," Napier was a Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and astrologer, and also the 8th Laird of Merchiston. He… |
| John Norris Maguire | The founder of Software AG of North America, Inc., overseas distributor of the Adabas system; a commercial relational database management system (DBMS) which was first developed for IBM 360 computers | Founder of Software AG of North America, Inc. and overseas distributor of the Adabas system — a commercial relational database management system (DBMS) first developed for IBM 360 computers —… |
| John P. Morgridge | Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Cisco Systems | Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Cisco Systems, Morgridge is an American businessman from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin who attended Wauwatosa East High School. He received his… |
| John Paul Rodker Morrison | Inventor of flow-based programming (FBP) | Inventor of flow-based programming (FBP), Morrison is a British-born Canadian computer programmer. FBP defines applications using the metaphor of a "data factory." It views an application not as a… |
| John Perry Barlow | Co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation | Co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Barlow was an American poet, essayist, cyber-libertarian political activist, and former lyricist for the Grateful Dead. He was a retired Wyoming… |
| John Ponzo | A pioneer in technology that promotes end-user interaction through mobility, Web programming, Web application middleware, and software tools | A pioneer in technology that promotes end-user interaction through mobility, Web programming, Web application middleware, and software tools, Ponzo has served as IBM's CTO and technical leader of… |
| John R. Levine | Co-authored many books, including The Internet for Dummies with Carol Baroudi and Margaret Levine Young | Co-author of The Internet for Dummies (with Carol Baroudi and Margaret Levine Young), Levine is an Internet author and consultant specializing in email infrastructure, spam filtering, and software… |
| John R. Opel | Responsible for obtaining a contract with Microsoft to create an operating system for IBM's first personal computer | Responsible for obtaining a contract with Microsoft to create an operating system for IBM's first personal computer, Opel transformed the trajectory of the PC industry through a pivotal business… |
| John Richard Patterson | Introduction of Computer Dating | Pioneer of computer dating outside America, Patterson was the first to use a computer to professionally match couples in the 1960s. He was the founder of Dateline Computer Dating. |
| John Richard Rice | Founder of the ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software | Founder of the ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, Rice was an American mathematician and computer scientist who served as the W. Brooks Fortune Distinguished Emeritus of Computer Science… |
| John Ronald Womersley | Initiator of the name Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) for the early electronic computer and recruited Alan Turing to work on it | Initiator of the name Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) for the early electronic computer and recruiter of Alan Turing to work on it, Womersley was a British mathematician who made important… |
| John Rushby | Developer of the Prototype Verification System, which is a theorem prover; a major impetus for the development of computer science | Developer of the Prototype Verification System (PVS), a major impetus for the development of computer science, Rushby is a British computer scientist legendary in the field of formal methods and… |
| John Russell Patrick | Influential force behind IBM’s early adoption of the Internet and World Wide Web, leading the team that created IBM’s intranet and the IBM.com website | An influential force behind IBM's early adoption of the Internet and World Wide Web, Patrick led the team that created IBM's intranet and the IBM.com website. He was born in Salem, New Jersey, the… |
| John Sall | Co-developer of the SAS System, making extensive programming contributions in econometrics, time series, and matrix algebra and co-founder of SAS Institute Inc. | Co-developer of the SAS System and co-founder of SAS Institute Inc., Sall has made extensive programming contributions in econometrics, time series, and matrix algebra. Born in Rockford, Illinois… |
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