Era
Hackers of the 1960s
223 entries
Abhay Bhushan
Indian computer scientist (born 1944)
1944 – present · India
Adebayo Akinde
Anglican bishop of Nigeria
1946 – present

Akinori Yonezawa
Japanese computer scientist
1947 – present · Japan

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

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 Paller
Cybersecurity expert (1945–2021)
1945 – 2021 · United States
Alberto Ciaramella
Italian computer engineer and scientist
1947 – present

Alexander Gammerman
British-Soviet computer scientist and statistician
1949 – present
Alexander Y. Tetelbaum
Ukrainian computer scientist, inventor, and academic administrator
1948 – present · United States

Allan Alcorn
American computer scientist (born 1948)
1948 – present · United States
Anatoly Shalyto
Russian computer scientist (born 1948)
1948 – present · Russia
Andreas Brandstädt
German mathematician and computer scientist (born 1949)
1949 – present · Germany
Andrew Barto
American computer scientist and professor (born 1948)
1948 – present · United States

Andrew S. Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist (born 1944)
1944 – present · United States

Andrzej Cichocki
Polish computer scientist (born 1947)
1947 – present · Poland

Andrzej Trybulec
Polish mathematician and computer scientist
1941 – 2013 · Poland

Anil K. Jain (computer scientist, born 1948)
Indian-American computer scientist (born 1948)
1948 – present · India

Armin B. Cremers
German computer scientist (born 1946)
1946 – present · Germany
Arun Netravali
Indian–American computer engineer (1945–2021)
1946 – 2021 · India
Arvind (computer scientist)
Indian computer scientist (1947–2024)
1947 – 2024 · United States

Avinash Kak
Indian-American computer scientist (born 1944)
1944 – present · United States
Benedict du Boulay
British computer scientist
1945 – present · United Kingdom
Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier
French computer scientist
1948 – present · France
Bernard de Neumann
British mathematician (1943–2018)
1943 – 2018 · United Kingdom
Bernd Blobel
German academic
1947 – present

Borka Jerman Blažič
Slovenian computer scientist
1947 – present

Bruce Bastian
American computer scientist (1948–2024)
1948 – 2024 · United States
Carlo Ghezzi
Italian software engineer
1946 – present · Italy

Carlos José Pereira de Lucena
Brazilian computer scientist
1943 – present · Brazil
Carmen Hermosillo
American poet
1940 – 2008 · United States

Carol Frieze
American computer scientist
1947 – present · United Kingdom
Chandra Kintala
Computer scientist
1948 – 2009 · India
Charles Rackoff
American computer scientist
1948 – present · United States

Claude Lemaréchal
French applied mathematician
1944 – present · France

Claus P. Schnorr
German mathematician and cryptographer (1943–2025)
1943 – 2025 · Germany
Cliff Figallo
American social media pioneer (1949–2022)
1949 – 2022
Cynthia Beath
American computer scientist
1944 – present · United States
Daniel C. Lynch
American computer network engineer
1941 – 2024 · United States

Daniel Lazard
French mathematician and computer scientist
1941 – present · France

David D. Clark
American computer scientist
1944 – present · United States
Dewald Roode
South African computer scientist
1940 – 2009 · South Africa
Ding-Zhu Du
American computer scientist
1948 – present · China

Dominique Perrin
French mathematician & theoretical computer scientist (born 1946)
1946 – present · France

Doug Gale
American computer scientist
1942 – 2015

Douglas Comer
American computer scientist
1949 – present · United States
E. Balagurusamy
Indian academic
1945 – present

Egon Börger
German computer scientist (born 1930)
1946 – present · Germany

Erol Gelenbe
French-Turkish computer scientist
1945 – present · France
Eugene Schultz
Computer security expert (1946 - 2011)
1946 – 2011

Evgeny Moiseev
Russian mathematician and academician (1948–2022)
1948 – 2022 · Russia
Fanya Montalvo
1947 – present

Farouk Kamoun
Tunisian computer scientist
1946 – present

Federico Faggin
Physicist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur
1941 – present · Italy
Floriana Esposito
Italian computer scientist
1947 – present

Frances Grundy
British computer scientist
1942 – present · United Kingdom
François Gernelle
French engineer and computer scientist
1944 – present · France
Fred Piper
Cryptographer
1940 – 2024
Gennady Simeonovich Osipov
1948 – 2020

Geoffrey C. Fox
British computer scientist and physicist
1944 – present · United Kingdom
George B. Purdy
American mathematician (1944 - 2017)
1944 – 2017 · United States
George Ledin
American computer scientist (born 1946)
1946 – present

Gerald Jay Sussman
American computer scientist
1947 – present · United States

Gerhard Fischer (professor)
American computer scientist (born 1945)
1945 – present · Germany

Gerhard Frey (mathematician)
German mathematician (born 1944)
1944 – present · Germany
Gilles Kahn
French computer scientist (1946–2006)
1946 – 2006 · France
Giorgio Ausiello
Italian computer scientist
1941 – present · Italy

Glenn Ricart
Computer scientist and Internet pioneer
1949 – present · United States
Grzegorz Rozenberg
Polish and Dutch computer scientist (born 1942)
1942 – present · Poland

Guang Gao
American computer scientist (1945–2021)
1945 – 2021 · United States

Guy Pujolle
1949 – present

Gérard Berry
French computer scientist
1948 – present · France

Gérard Huet
1947 – present · France
Gérard Le Lann
French computer scientist
1943 – present · France
Günter Böckle
German software engineer
1949 – present

Hal Abelson
American mathematician
1947 – present · United States

Hans Georg Bock
German university professor for mathematics and scientific computing
1948 – present · Germany
Hartmut Ehrig
German computer scientist (1944 - 2016)
1944 – 2016 · Germany

He Jifeng
Chinese computer scientist
1943 – present · China

Henri Gouraud (computer scientist)
French computer scientist (born 1944)
1944 – present · France
Henry Baker (computer scientist)
American computer scientist
1947 – present · United States
Hideki Imai
Japanese information theorist and cryptographer
1943 – present · Japan
Howard Frank (network engineer)
American computer scientist
1941 – 2017
Hubert Zimmermann
French software engineer and a pioneer of computer networking (1941–2012)
1941 – 2012 · France

Iain S. Duff
British mathematician and computer scientist
1947 – present · United Kingdom
Imre Simon
Brazilian mathematician (1943–2009)
1943 – 2009 · Brazil

Jacek M. Zurada
Polish engineer
1944 – present · Poland

Jacques Stern (cryptographer)
French cryptographer
1949 – present · France
Jan Józef Werewka
1948 – present

Jan Węglarz
Polish computer scientist
1947 – present · Poland

Janusz Kacprzyk
Polish engineer and mathematician (born 1947)
1947 – present · Poland
Jay Martin Tenenbaum
American computer scientist and Internet commerce pioneer
1945 – present · United States

Jayadev Misra
American computer scientist (born 1947)
1947 – present
Jayme Luiz Szwarcfiter
Brazilian computer scientist
1942 – present · Brazil
Jean Bacon
British computer scientist
1942 – present · United Kingdom
Jean Berstel
French mathematician and theoretical computer scientist
1941 – present · France
Jean Gallier
Computer scientist
1949 – present

Jean Ichbiah
French computer scientist (1940–2007)
1940 – 2007 · France

Jean-Jacques Quisquater
Belgian cryptographer (born 1945)
1945 – present · Belgium

Jean-Pierre Jouannaud
French computer scientist (born 1947)
1947 – present · France

Jean-Éric Pin
French computer scientist
1947 – present · France
Jennifer Seberry
Australian cryptographer, mathematician, and computer scientist
1944 – present · Australia
Jiawei Han
Chinese-American computer scientist (born 1949)
1949 – present

John Klensin
American computer scientist
1945 – present · United States
John Koza
American computer scientist
1944 – present · United States
John M. McQuillan
American computer scientist (born 1949)
1949 – present · United States

John McAfee
British and American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
1945 – 2021 · United States

Jon Postel
American computer scientist and Internet pioneer (1943–1998)
1943 – 1998 · United States
Josef Pieprzyk
Polish cryptographer (born 1949)
1949 – present

José Mauro Volkmer de Castilho
Brazilian AI researcher (1946–1998)
1946 – 1998 · Brazil
Joëlle Coutaz
French computer scientist
1946 – present · France
Judith Gal-Ezer
Israeli computer science professor
1947 – present · Israel

Judy Butland
British engineering software designer (1940–2019)
1940 – 2019 · United Kingdom
Jun'ichi Tsujii
Japanese computer scientist
1949 – present · Japan
K. Mani Chandy
Indian-born computer scientist
1944 – present · United States

K. R. Naik
Indian industrial engineer
1947 – present · India
Kaisa Nyberg
Finnish cryptographer
1948 – present · Finland
Kamala Krithivasan
Indian computer scientist
1948 – present · India

Kang G. Shin
South Korean computer scientist (born 1946)
1946 – present · South Korea

Kees Neggers
Dutch Internet pioneer (born 1947)
1947 – present
Keith Clark (computer scientist)
British computer scientist
1943 – present
Kenichi Morita
Japanese computer scientist (1949–2025)
1949 – 2025

Kilnam Chon
South Korean computer scientist (born 1943)
1943 – present · South Korea
Klara Kedem
Israeli computer scientist
1948 – present · Israel
Kozo Sugiyama
Japanese computer scientist
1945 – 2011
Krzysztof R. Apt
Polish computer scientist
1949 – present · Poland
L. Peter Deutsch
American computer scientist
1946 – present · United States
Lance Hoffman
1942 – present
Larry Masinter
American internet pioneer
1949 – present

Len Bass
American software engineer and researcher
1944 – present · United States

Leonard Adleman
American computer scientist (born 1945)
1945 – present · United States

Leonard H. Tower Jr.
American activist
1949 – present · United States

Leonardo Chiariglione
Italian engineer and inventor
1943 – present · Italy

Leonid Levin
Soviet-American mathematician
1948 – present · United States
Li Guojie (computer scientist)
Chinese computer scientist
1943 – present · China
Li Sheng (computer scientist)
Chinese computer scientists (born 1943)
1943 – present
Li Wei (computer scientist)
Chinese computer scientist (1943–2026)
1943 – 2026 · China

Liu Chuanzhi
Chinese businessman and entrepreneur (born 1944)
1944 – present · China
Luigia Carlucci Aiello
Italian computer scientist
1946 – present · Italy

Malcolm Atkinson
British computer scientist
1943 – present · United Kingdom

Manfred Broy
German computer scientist
1949 – present · Germany

Marek Karpinski
American computer scientist
1948 – present · Poland
Marek Moszczyński
Polish politician (1949–2021)
1949 – 2021 · Poland
Mariangiola Dezani-Ciancaglini
Italian logician and theoretical computer scientist
1946 – present

Marie-Claude Gaudel
French computer scientist (born 1946)
1946 – present · France
Mario Gerla
Italian computer scientist and engineer (1943–2019)
1943 – 2019 · Italy
Mario de Jesús Pérez Jiménez
Spanish computer scientist and academic (1948–2025)
1948 – 2025 · Spain

Martin Hellman
American cryptologist and academic (born 1945)
1945 – present · United States
Mathai Joseph
Indian computer scientist
1943 – present · India
Maxime Crochemore
French computer scientist
1947 – present · France

Małgorzata Kalinowska-Iszkowska
Polish computer scientist (born 1946)
1946 – present · Poland

Michael Aldrich
English inventor, innovator and entrepreneur
1941 – 2014 · United Kingdom
Michael E. Auer
German computer scientist
1948 – present
Michael Guy
British mathematician and computer scientist
1943 – present
Michael Schroeder
American computer scientist (born 1945)
1945 – present · United States

Michel Bercovier
Professor of Scientific Computing
1941 – present
Michel Raynal
1949 – present · France
Miklós Ajtai
Hungarian-American computer scientist
1946 – present
Mordechai Ben-Ari
Israeli computer scientist
1948 – present · Israel

Mustafa Akgül
Turkish computer scientist (1948-2017)
1948 – 2017 · Türkiye

Nancy Hafkin
Computer scientist
1942 – present · South Africa

Nasir Ahmed (engineer)
Indian-American electrical engineer and computer scientist (born 1940)
1940 – present · India
Neal Koblitz
American mathematician and cryptographer
1948 – present · United States

Newton Faller
1947 – 1996 · Brazil
Nicholas J. Belkin
American computer scientist
1942 – present · United States
Oliver Mobisson
Nigerian scientist, professor, activist, and entrepreneur (1943-2010)
1943 – 2010
Olivier Faugeras
French computer scientist
1949 – present · France

Orna Berry
Israeli scientist, high-tech entrepreneur, and businesswoman
1949 – present · Israel

Patrick Cousot
French computer scientist (born 1948)
1948 – present · France

Paul Mockapetris
American computer scientist and Internet pioneer
1948 – present · United States
Peter Buneman
British computer scientist
1943 – present · United Kingdom

Peter J. Denning
American computer scientist and writer
1942 – present · United States

Peter Landrock
Danish cryptographer and mathematician
1948 – present
Phil Bernstein
American computer scientist
1949 – present · United States

Philippe Aigrain
French computer scientist (1949–2021)
1949 – 2021 · France

Philippe Flajolet
French computer scientist (1948–2011)
1948 – 2011 · France

Raji Arasu
Indian American technology executive (born 1969)
1949 – present · India

Renato M. E. Sabbatini
Brazilian scientist (born 1947)
1947 – present · Brazil

Richard Schroeppel
American mathematician
1948 – present · United States

Robert Cailliau
Belgian engineer, computer scientist, and co-inventor of the World Wide Web
1947 – present · Belgium

Robert Dewar
Computer scientist
1945 – 2015 · United States
Robert McEliece
1942 – 2019 · United States

Ron Rivest
American cryptographer (born 1947)
1947 – present · United States
Ronald Baecker
American computer scientist (born 1942)
1942 – present · United States
Rémi Després
1943 – present · France

Scott Bradner
American academic
1944 – present · United States
Scott Vanstone
Canadian cryptographer (1947 -2014)
1947 – 2014 · Canada

Simon S. Lam
American computer scientist and academic (born 1947)
1947 – present · United States
Stafford Tavares
Canadian cryptographer
1940 – present · Canada

Stephen R. Bourne
British computer scientist
1944 – present · United Kingdom

Steve Crocker
American computer scientist and Internet pioneer (born 1944)
1944 – present · United States

Subhash Kak
Indian American computer scientist
1947 – present · India

Subrata Dasgupta
Indian multidisciplinary scholar
1944 – present · United Kingdom

Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar
Indian computer scientist (born 1947)
1947 – present · United States
Susan D. Allen
US scientist and professor
1943 – present
Takao Nishizeki
Japanese mathematician (1947–2022)
1947 – 2022 · Japan

Takeo Kanade
Japanese computer scientist
1945 – present · Japan

Teofilo F. Gonzalez
Mexican-American computer scientist (born 1948)
1948 – present · United States
Tetiana Taran
Ukrainian computer scientist
1946 – 2007
Tetsuo Asano
Japanese computer scientist
1949 – present · Japan
Theo Härder
German computer scientist
1945 – present · Germany
Tom Berson
American cryptographer & computer science researcher (born 1946)
1946 – present

Tomoyuki Nishita
Japanese computer scientist
1949 – present · Japan

Toru Takahashi (Internet)
Japanese Internet advocate (1941–2022)
1941 – 2022 · Japan
Toshihide Ibaraki
Japanese computer scientist (born 1940)
1940 – present · Japan
Victor Basili
American computer scientist
1940 – present · United States
Victor S. Miller
American mathematician (born 1947)
1947 – present · United States
Victor W. Marek
Polish mathematician and computer scientist
1943 – present

Viktor Ivannikov
1940 – 2016 · Russia

Vint Cerf
American computer scientist and Internet pioneer (born 1943)
1943 – present · United States

Vladimir Pentkovski
Soviet-American computer scientist
1946 – 2012

Vladimir Sukhomlin
Russian computer scientist
1945 – present · Russia

Walther von Hahn
German linguist and computer scientist
1942 – present · Germany
Werner Dilger
German computer scientist (1942–2007)
1942 – 2007 · Germany

Werner Zorn
German computer scientist
1942 – present · Germany

Whitfield Diffie
American cryptographer (born 1944)
1944 – present · United States

William Gibson
American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist (born 1948)
1948 – present · United States

Witold Lipski
Polish computer scientist
1949 – 1985
Wojciech Rytter
1948 – present

Yuri Matiyasevich
Russian mathematician and computer scientist
1947 – present · Russia
Zenon Kulpa
1946 – present · Poland