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Born February 26, 1943 • Pasadena • California
Died June 12, 2017 (aged 74) • Palo Alto • California
Awards And Honors Turing Award (2009)
Subjects Of Study personal computer • Alto
James Nicholas Gray
American computer scientist
Butler W. Lampson
computer scientist
Bill Gates
Bill Gates
American computer programmer, businessman, and philanthropist
Anita Borg
American computer scientist
Lamport, Leslie
Leslie Lamport
American computer scientist
Niklaus E. Wirth
Niklaus Emil Wirth
Swiss computer scientist
Tony Hoare
British computer scientist
Steve Wozniak in 2014
Steve Wozniak
American electronics engineer
Ellison, Larry
Larry Ellison
American business executive
Paul Allen
Paul Allen
American investor and philanthropist
Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella
Indian-born business executive
Charles Simonyi, Gennady Padalka, and Michael Barratt
Charles Simonyi
American software executive and space tourist
Vinton Gray Cerf
Vinton Cerf
American computer scientist
Computer interface pioneer Douglas EngelbartEngelbart holding a video conference on the right side of the computer screen while working on a document with a remote collaborator during a 1968 computer conference in San Francisco, California.
Douglas Engelbart
American inventor
Minsky, Marvin
Marvin Minsky
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Robert Kahn
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Allen Newell
American computer scientist
Leslie Valiant
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Fred Brooks
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