$A reference of the people who shaped computer security
Hackers, security researchers, and digital pioneers — in one place.
/ taxonomy
§Index
60 entries

2013 Singapore cyberattacks
Cyberattacks done on Singaporean websites

A. Murat Eren
Computer scientist
United States

Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and activist (1986–2013)
1986 – 2013 · United States

Aarti Gupta (computer scientist)
American computer scientist

Abbas Edalat
Iranian computer scientist
Iran
AbdelRahman Mansour
1986 – present
Abhay Bhushan
Indian computer scientist (born 1944)
1944 – present · India

Abraham Lempel
Israeli computer scientist (1936–2023)
1936 – 2023 · Israel

Adam Back
British cryptographer and cypherpunk (born 1970)
1970 – present · United Kingdom
Adam Leventhal (programmer)
American software engineer (born 1979)
1979 – present · United States
Adebayo Akinde
Anglican bishop of Nigeria
1946 – present
Adenike Osofisan
Nigerian academic
1950 – present

Adi Shamir
Israeli cryptographer (born 1952)
1952 – present · Israel

Aditya Akella
Indian-American computer scientist

Adrian Holovaty
American web developer, musician, entrepreneur
1981 – present · United States
Adriana Lara
Mexican computer scientist
Mexico
Adrienne Porter Felt
American computer scientist
African-American women in computer science
Aggelos Kiayias
Greek cryptographer and computer scientist
1901 – present
Agner Fog
Danish computer scientist and anthropologist

Ahto Buldas
Estonian computer scientist (born 1967)
1967 – present

Aidan Gomez
Canadian computer scientist

Akinori Yonezawa
Japanese computer scientist
1947 – present · Japan

Al Gore
Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
1948 – present · United States

Alaa Najjar
Physician and Wikimedian

Alain Chesnais
French computer scientist, CGI pioneer, ACM and SIGGRAPH president

Alain Colmerauer
French computer scientist (1941–2017)
1941 – 2017 · France
Alain Fournier (academic)
French computer graphics researcher
1943 – 2000 · France

Alan Bundy
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1947)
1947 – present · United Kingdom
Alan C. Ashton
American computer scientist
1942 – present · United States
Alan Dix
1960 – present · United Kingdom

Alan Emtage
Barbadian-Canadian computer scientist
1964 – present · United States
Alan Paller
Cybersecurity expert (1945–2021)
1945 – 2021 · United States
Alastair Beresford
British computer scientist
United Kingdom
Alastair MacWillson
British diplomat
1953 – present · United Kingdom

Alberto Broggi
Italian computer scientist (born 1966)
1966 – present · Italy
Alberto Ciaramella
Italian computer engineer and scientist
1947 – present

Alec Muffett
Software engineer, security expert (born 1968)
1968 – present · United States
Aleksandr Grammatin
Soviet and Russian scientist (1931–2014)
1931 – 2014 · Russia

Aleksandr Kronrod
Soviet mathematician and computer scientist (1921–1986)
1921 – 1986
Aleksanteri Kivimäki
Finnish cybercriminal
1997 – present · Finland
Aleksei Talisainen
Estonian computer scientist (born 1980)
1980 – present
Alessandro Chiesa
Italian computer scientist
Alessio Lomuscio
Italian computer scientist and academic
Alex Biryukov
Israeli computer scientist, cryptographer
1953 – present · Israel

Alex Martelli
Italian computer engineer (born 1955)
1955 – present · Italy
Alexander Berg
American computer scientist
1953 – present · United States

Alexander Brudno
Russian computer scientist (1918–2009)
1918 – 2009 · Israel

Alexander Dyakonov
Russian mathematician (born 1979)
1979 – present · Russia
Alexander G. Fraser
British-American computer scientist (1937–2022)
1937 – 2022 · United States

Alexander Gammerman
British-Soviet computer scientist and statistician
1949 – present
Alexander Gelbukh
1962 – present
Alexander Glazastikov
Russian activist
Russia

Alexander Ilyin (mathematician)
Russian mathematician, (born 1973)
1973 – present · Russia
Alexander Mikhailov (information scientist)
Soviet engineer (1905–1988)
1905 – 1988

Alexander Razborov
Russian mathematician
1963 – present · Russia

Alexander Razgulin
Russian mathematician (born 1963)
1963 – present · Russia

Alexander Sotirov
Computer security researcher
United States

Alexander Vasin
Russian mathematician (born 1952)
1952 – present · Russia
Alexander Y. Tetelbaum
Ukrainian computer scientist, inventor, and academic administrator
1948 – present · United States