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Forest Morton Bird MP (1921 - 2015)

Forrest Morton Bird (June 9, 1921 – August 2, 2015) was an American aviator, inventor, and biomedical engineer. He is best known for having created some of the first reliable mass-produced mechanical...

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11/28/2023
11/28/2023
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11/28/2023

Forest Morton Bird MP (1921 - 2015)

Forrest Morton Bird (June 9, 1921 – August 2, 2015) was an American aviator, inventor, and biomedical engineer. He is best known for having created some of the first reliable mass-produced mechanical...

11/28/2023

Gordon Moore MP (1929 - 2023)

Biography Gordon Earle Moore (January 3, 1929 – March 24, 2023) was an American businessman, engineer, and the co-founder and emeritus chairman of Intel Corporation. He proposed Moore's law, the obs...

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2/12/2017
3/27/2023
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2/12/2017

Gordon Moore MP (1929 - 2023)

Biography Gordon Earle Moore (January 3, 1929 – March 24, 2023) was an American businessman, engineer, and the co-founder and emeritus chairman of Intel Corporation. He proposed Moore's law, the obs...

3/27/2023

Denton Cooley MP (1920 - 2016)

Denton Arthur Cooley (August 22, 1920 – November 18, 2016) was an American heart and cardiothoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart. Cooley was also t...

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3/10/2022
3/10/2022
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Denton Cooley MP (1920 - 2016)

Denton Arthur Cooley (August 22, 1920 – November 18, 2016) was an American heart and cardiothoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart. Cooley was also t...

3/10/2022

Ray Kurzweil MP (1948 - d.)

"Ray"

Raymond Kurzweil (born February 12, 1948) is an American author, computer scientist, inventor and futurist. Aside from futurism, he is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), te...

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9/23/2008
4/13/2018
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9/23/2008

Ray Kurzweil MP (1948 - d.)

"Ray"

Raymond Kurzweil (born February 12, 1948) is an American author, computer scientist, inventor and futurist. Aside from futurism, he is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), te...

4/13/2018

Robert William 'Bob' Taylor MP (1932 - 2017)

"Robert W. Taylor"

Robert William Taylor (February 10, 1932 – April 13, 2017), known as Bob Taylor, was an American Internet pioneer, who led teams that made major contributions to the personal computer, and other relate...

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4/15/2017
4/16/2017
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4/15/2017

Robert William 'Bob' Taylor MP (1932 - 2017)

"Robert W. Taylor"

Robert William Taylor (February 10, 1932 – April 13, 2017), known as Bob Taylor, was an American Internet pioneer, who led teams that made major contributions to the personal computer, and other relate...

4/16/2017

S. Humphrey (4 July 1927 - 28 October 2010) was an American software engineer, key thinker in the discipline of software engineering, and was often called the "Father of Software quality".BiographyWatt...

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3/2/2012
4/3/2017
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3/2/2012

S. Humphrey (4 July 1927 - 28 October 2010) was an American software engineer, key thinker in the discipline of software engineering, and was often called the "Father of Software quality".BiographyWatt...

4/3/2017

Arnold Orville Beckman MP (1900 - 2004)

Orville Beckman (April 10, 1900 – May 18, 2004) was an American chemist, inventor, investor, and philanthropist. While a professor at California Institute of Technology, he founded Beckman Instruments ...

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8/2/2015
8/2/2015
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8/2/2015

Arnold Orville Beckman MP (1900 - 2004)

Orville Beckman (April 10, 1900 – May 18, 2004) was an American chemist, inventor, investor, and philanthropist. While a professor at California Institute of Technology, he founded Beckman Instruments ...

8/2/2015

Paul "Pesach" Baran MP (1926 - 2011)

Baran (April 29, 1926 – March 26, 2011) was a Polish-American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks. He was one of the two independent inventors of packet switched computer...

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8/4/2009
4/15/2015
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8/4/2009

Paul "Pesach" Baran MP (1926 - 2011)

Baran (April 29, 1926 – March 26, 2011) was a Polish-American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks. He was one of the two independent inventors of packet switched computer...

4/15/2015

Robert Elliot Kahn (born December 23, 1938) is an American electrical engineer, who, along with Vint Cerf, invented the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), the fundament...

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12/23/2014
4/10/2015
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12/23/2014

Robert Elliot Kahn (born December 23, 1938) is an American electrical engineer, who, along with Vint Cerf, invented the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), the fundament...

4/10/2015

Ralph Henry "Rudolf Heinrich" Baer MP (1922 - 2014)

"Rudolf Heinrich Baer"

Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was a German-American video game pioneer, inventor, engineer, and was known as "The Father of Video Games" due his many contribu...

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12/25/2008
4/8/2015
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12/25/2008

Ralph Henry "Rudolf Heinrich" Baer MP (1922 - 2014)

"Rudolf Heinrich Baer"

Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was a German-American video game pioneer, inventor, engineer, and was known as "The Father of Video Games" due his many contribu...

4/8/2015

Internet pioneer, widely regarded as a "Father of the Internet". Vinton Gray Cerf ForMemRS, (born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Interne...

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2/21/2012
3/15/2015
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Internet pioneer, widely regarded as a "Father of the Internet". Vinton Gray Cerf ForMemRS, (born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Interne...

3/15/2015

S. Donald Stookey (1915 - 2014)

Donald Stookey (May 23, 1915 – November 4, 2014) was an American inventor.[1][3] He had 60 patents in his name related to glass and ceramics, some solely his while others are jointly with others.[1][3]...

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11/7/2014
3/13/2015
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11/7/2014

S. Donald Stookey (1915 - 2014)

Donald Stookey (May 23, 1915 – November 4, 2014) was an American inventor.[1][3] He had 60 patents in his name related to glass and ceramics, some solely his while others are jointly with others.[1][3]...

3/13/2015

Fred Brooks (1931 - d.)

Phillips Brooks, Jr. (born April 19, 1931) is a computer architect, software engineer, and computer scientist, best known for managing the development of IBM's System/360 family of computers and the OS...

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3/1/2015
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Fred Brooks (1931 - d.)

Phillips Brooks, Jr. (born April 19, 1931) is a computer architect, software engineer, and computer scientist, best known for managing the development of IBM's System/360 family of computers and the OS...

3/1/2015

John Cocke MP (1925 - 2002)

Cocke (May 30, 1925 – July 16, 2002) was an American computer scientist recognized for his large contribution to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design. He is considered by many to be "th...

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3/1/2015
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John Cocke MP (1925 - 2002)

Cocke (May 30, 1925 – July 16, 2002) was an American computer scientist recognized for his large contribution to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design. He is considered by many to be "th...

3/1/2015

Donald N. Frey (1923 - 2010)

Nelson Frey (pronounced Frī ) (March 23, 1923 – March 5, 2010), was widely known as the Ford Motor Company product manager who, along with Lee Iacocca and others, developed the Ford Mustang into a viab...

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6/27/2014
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Donald N. Frey (1923 - 2010)

Nelson Frey (pronounced Frī ) (March 23, 1923 – March 5, 2010), was widely known as the Ford Motor Company product manager who, along with Lee Iacocca and others, developed the Ford Mustang into a viab...

6/27/2014

Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson MP (1910 - 1990)

"Kelly"

Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson (February 27, 1910 – December 21, 1990) was an American aeronautical and systems engineer. He is recognized for his contributions to a series of important aircraft desi...

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Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson MP (1910 - 1990)

"Kelly"

Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson (February 27, 1910 – December 21, 1990) was an American aeronautical and systems engineer. He is recognized for his contributions to a series of important aircraft desi...

10/16/2013

Paul Stapp, M.D., Ph.D., Colonel, USAF (Ret.) (11 July 1910 Bahia, Brazil –13 November 1999 Alamogordo, USA) was a career U.S. Air Force officer, USAF flight surgeon and pioneer in studying the effects...

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7/26/2008
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Paul Stapp, M.D., Ph.D., Colonel, USAF (Ret.) (11 July 1910 Bahia, Brazil –13 November 1999 Alamogordo, USA) was a career U.S. Air Force officer, USAF flight surgeon and pioneer in studying the effects...

10/16/2013

Rear Adm. Grace Hopper MP (1906 - 1992)

Click here to view information about Grace Hopper from Wikipedia. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer...

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2/24/2012
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2/24/2012

Rear Adm. Grace Hopper MP (1906 - 1992)

Click here to view information about Grace Hopper from Wikipedia. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer...

5/17/2013

Norman Joseph Woodland (1921 - 2012)

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Joseph Woodland (also known as N. Joseph Woodland and N. J. Woodland; September 6, 1921 – December 9, 2012) was best known as one of the inventors of the barcode...

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12/13/2012
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Norman Joseph Woodland (1921 - 2012)

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Joseph Woodland (also known as N. Joseph Woodland and N. J. Woodland; September 6, 1921 – December 9, 2012) was best known as one of the inventors of the barcode...

5/17/2013

Reynold B. Johnson (1906 - 1998)

B. Johnson (July 16, 1906 - September 15, 1998) was an American inventor and computer pioneer. A long-time employee of IBM, Johnson is said to be the "father" of the disk drive. Other inventions includ...

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Reynold B. Johnson (1906 - 1998)

B. Johnson (July 16, 1906 - September 15, 1998) was an American inventor and computer pioneer. A long-time employee of IBM, Johnson is said to be the "father" of the disk drive. Other inventions includ...

1/3/2013