Famous Sotware Engineers

Richard Matthew Stallman, also known by his initials, rms, is an American free software movement activist and programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in such a manner that its users have the freedom to use, study, distribute, and modify that software.

• Born: March 16, 1953, New York, New York, United States
• Full name: Richard Matthew Stallman
• Organizations founded: Free Software Foundation, GNU Project,Free Software Foundation Europe,Free software movement
• Awards: MacArthur Fellowship, EFF Pioneer Award,Grace Murray Hopper Award,ACM Software System Award
• Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1974–1975),Harvard University(1970-1974),Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering Applied Sciences

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American businessman and philanthropist. He co-founded the social media service Facebook, along with his Harvard roommates in 2004, and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is executive chairman, chief executive officer and controlling shareholder.

• Born: May 14, 1984 (age 39 years), White Plains, New York, United States
• Net worth: 166.6 billion USD (2024) Forbes
• Spouse: Priscilla Chan (m. 2012)
• Parents: Edward Zuckerberg, Karen Kempner
• Organizations founded: Meta, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, FWD.us, Meta AI, Startup:Education
• Education: Phillips Exeter Academy(2000-2002)Harvard University (2002–2004),

William Henry Gates III is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software giant Microsoft, along with his childhood friend Paul Allen

• Born: October 28, 1955 (age 68 years), Seattle, Washington, United States
• Net worth: 124 billion USD (2024) Forbes
• Children: Phoebe Adele Gates, Jennifer Gates, Rory John Gates
• Spouse: Melinda French Gates (m. 1994–2021)
• Organizations founded: Microsoft Corporation,Xbox Game Studios,Breakthrough Energy
• Awards: Padma Bhushan,National Medal of Technology and Innovation
• Education: Harvard College (1973–1975), Lakeside School (1967–1973), Currier House

Lawrence Edward Page is an American businessman, computer scientist and internet entrepreneur best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin.

• Born: March 26, 1973 (age 50 years), Lansing, Michigan, United States
• Net worth: 117.9 billion USD (2024) Forbes
• Spouse: Lucinda Southworth (m. 2007)
• Organizations founded: Google, Alphabet Inc.
• Education: Stanford University (1998), Stanford University,University of Michigan

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation

• Born: December 10, 1815, London, United Kingdom
• Died: November 27, 1852 (age 36 years), Marylebone, London, United Kingdom
• Children: Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham, Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth, Ralph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace
• Spouse: William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace (m. 1835–1852)

Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel. He also created the distributed version control system Git.

• Born: December 28, 1969 (age 54 years), Helsinki, Finland
• Spouse: Tove Torvalds (m. 1997)
• Awards: Millennium Technology Prize
• Children: Daniela Yolanda Torvalds, Patricia Miranda Torvalds, Celeste Amanda Torvalds
• Parents: Nils Torvalds, Anna Torvalds
• Education: University of Helsinki (1988–1996)

Kenneth Lane Thompson is an American pioneer of computer science & Computer Chess Development. Thompson worked at Bell Labs for most of his career where he designed and implemented the original Unix operating system.

• Born: February 4, 1943 (age 81 years), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• Video game: Space Travel
• Awards: Turing Award,Japan Prize,Tsutomu Kanai Award MORE
• Books: Roycroft's 5-man Chess Endgame Series

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie was an American computer scientist. He is best known for creating the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system and B programming language.

• Born: September 9, 1941, Bronxville, New York, United States
• Education: Harvard University, Harvard John A. Paulson School Of Engineering And Applied Sciences, Summit High School
• Siblings: Bill Ritchie, John Ritchie, Lynn Ritchie
• Awards: Turing Award, Japan Prize, MORE
• Parents: Alistair E. Ritchie, Jean McGee Ritchie