Era
Hackers of the 1990s
248 entries
Adam Back
British cryptographer and cypherpunk (born 1970)
1970 – present · United Kingdom
Alexander Dyakonov
Russian mathematician (born 1979)
1979 – present · Russia
Alexander Ilyin (mathematician)
Russian mathematician, (born 1973)
1973 – present · Russia
Alexandre Julliard
Swiss computer programmer (born 1970)
1970 – present · Switzerland
Ali Ghodsi
Swedish computer scientist
1978 – present · Sweden
Amit Sahai
American cryptographer (born 1974)
1974 – present · United States
Andreas Gal
Hungarian software developer (born 1976)
1976 – present
Andrew Ballen
American television producer
1973 – present · United States
Angela Byron
Developer of Drupal software
1977 – present · United States
Anne Canteaut
French cryptographic researcher
1970 – present · France
Anne-Marie Kermarrec
French computer scientist (born 1970)
1970 – present · France
Anthony Zboralski
French businessperson
1975 – present · France
Arjen Kamphuis
Missing Dutch person
1972 – present
Arsen Tomsky
Kazakh businessman
1973 – present · Russia
Bae Kyung-hoon
South Korean AI researcher (born 1976)
1976 – present · South Korea
Benoît Minisini
French programmer (born 1972)
1973 – present · France
Bernhard Rosenkränzer
German free software programmer
1977 – present · Germany
Bill Woodcock
Internet infrastructure pioneer (born 1971)
1971 – present · United States
Bradley M. Kühn
American free software activist
1973 – present · United States
Bram Cohen
American programmer and author of the BitTorrent protocol
1975 – present · United States
Brian Behlendorf
American computer programmer and executive
1973 – present · United States
Bruce Fancher
American hacker
1971 – present · United States
Carlos Gershenson
Mexican researcher
1978 – present · Mexico
Cha Meeyoung
South Korean data scientist (born 1979)
1979 – present · South Korea
Chad Hurley
American businessman (born 1977)
1977 – present · United States
Charlie Miller (security researcher)
American computer security researcher
1971 – present · United States
Chris Krebs
American cybersecurity and infrastructure security expert (born 1977)
1977 – present · United States
Christopher Blizzard
American computer engineer
1973 – present · United States
Cory Doctorow
Canadian-British writer (born 1971)
1971 – present · Canada
Damien Sandras
Belgian software developer
1976 – present · Belgium
Dan Kaminsky
American computer security researcher (1979–2021)
1979 – 2021 · United States
Dan Kohn
American entrepreneur (1972–2020)
1972 – 2020 · United States
Daniel Domscheit-Berg
German activist (born 1978)
1978 – present · Germany
Daniel J. Bernstein
American mathematician, cryptologist and computer scientist (born 1971)
1971 – present · United States
Daniel Lewin
Israeli-American entrepreneur and 9/11 victim
1970 – 2001 · United States
Daniel Stenberg
Swedish software developer
1970 – present · Sweden
Dave Buchwald
American filmmaker and hacker
1970 – present · United States
David A. Wagner
American computer scientist (born 1974)
1974 – present · United States
David Venable
Cyber security professional (born 1978)
1978 – present · United States
Dina Bova
Israeli photographer
1977 – present · Israel
Dmytro Tymchuk
Ukrainian milblogger, lieutenant colonel and politician
1972 – 2019
Dorit Aharonov
Israeli computer scientist
1970 – present · Israel
Dries Buytaert
Belgian software programmer
1978 – present · Belgium
Eli Ben-Sasson
Israeli computer scientist and businessman
1970 – present · Israel
Eric Abrahamsen
American literary translator
1978 – present · United States
Ettore Perazzoli
Italian software developer (1974–2003)
1974 – 2003 · Italy
Fabrizio Capobianco
Italian entrepreneur
1970 – present · Italy
Felix von Leitner
German IT security expert
1973 – present · Germany
Frank Karlitschek
German software programmer
1973 – present · Germany
Friedrich Eisenbrand
1971 – present · Germany
George Danezis
Computer scientist
1979 – present
Giancarlo Guizzardi
Brazilian–Italian computer scientist
1975 – present · Brazil
Gina Bianchini
American entrepreneur and investor
1972 – present · United States
H. Peter Anvin
Swedish-American computer programmer
1972 – present · Sweden
Harald Hoyer
Computer programmer and a photographer well known for his dracut initramfs generator
1971 – present
Hugo Barra
Brazilian computer scientist
1976 – present · Brazil
Ian Goldberg
Cryptographer (born 1973)
1973 – present · Canada
Ian Murdock
American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur
1973 – 2015 · United States
Ilkay Altintas
Turkish-American data and computer scientist (born 1977)
1977 – present · Türkiye
Ilmārs Poikāns
Latvian hacker and AI researcher (born 1978)
1978 – present
Iryna Gurevych
German computer scientist
1976 – present
Jakub Paś
Polish scientist and entrepreneur (born 1977)
1977 – present
Jason Rohrer
American video game designer
1977 – present · United States
Jawed Karim
American entrepreneur and software engineer (born 1979)
1979 – present · United States
Jim Geovedi
Musical artist
1979 – present
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
1970 – present · United States
Jonas Öberg
Swedish software programmer (born 1977)
1977 – present · Sweden
Jono Bacon
Writer and software engineer
1979 – present · United Kingdom
Joscha Bach
German cognitive scientist (born 1973)
1973 – present · Germany
Joseph Keshet
Israeli professor of Computer Science
1973 – present · Israel
Juan González Gómez
Telecommunications Engineer, Ph.D. in Robotics
1973 – present · Spain
Julia Kempe
French, German, and Israeli researcher in quantum computing
1973 – present · Germany
Julian Assange
Australian editor of WikiLeaks (born 1971)
1971 – present · Australia
Kathy Warden
American business executive
1975 – present · United States
Khalil Sehnaoui
Information security professional and public figure (born 1963)
1975 – present · Belgium
Kohsuke Kawaguchi
Jenkins creator and computer programmer
1977 – present · Japan
Kris Kaspersky
Russian hacker, IT security researcher (1976-2017)
1976 – 2017 · Russia
Larry Ewing
American computer programmer
1978 – present · United States
Larry Page
American businessman (born 1973)
1973 – present · United States
Lars Eilebrecht
German software engineer (born 1972)
1972 – present · Germany
Lilya Budaghyan
Norwegian-Armenian mathematician, computer scientist (born 1976)
1976 – present · Norway
Lina Trivedi
American entrepreneur, author, and educator (born 1973)
1973 – present · United States
Lior Pachter
Computational biologist
1973 – present · South Africa
Lisa Gelobter
American computer scientist and technologist (born 1971)
1971 – present · United States
Luis Falcón
Spanish computer scientist, physician, and activist
1970 – present · Spain
M. Brian Blake
American computer scientist
1971 – present · United States
Maciej Stachowiak
Polish American software developer (born 1976)
1976 – present · Poland
Magnus Manske
German biochemist and MediaWiki developer (born 1974)
1974 – present · Germany
Marc Andreessen
American businessman (born 1971)
1971 – present · United States
Marek Kowalkiewicz
Polish-Australian computer scientist (born 1978)
1978 – present
Mario Jeckle
German computer scientist (1974–2004)
1974 – 2004 · Germany
Mark Abene
American InfoSec expert and former hacker (born 1972)
1972 – present · United States
Mark Shuttleworth
South African entrepreneur and space tourist (born 1973)
1973 – present · South Africa
Mark Spencer (computer engineer)
American computer engineer
1977 – present · United States
Massimo Marchiori
Italian mathematician and computer scientist
1970 – present · Italy
Mathew Bevan
British computer hacker (born 1974)
1974 – present · United Kingdom
Matthew D. Green
American cryptographer and security technologist (born 1976)
1976 – present
Matthias Ettrich
German programmer, founder of the KDE project
1972 – present · Germany
Meredith L. Patterson
American technologist, science fiction author, and journalist (born 1977)
1977 – present · United States
Michal Feldman
Israeli computer scientist (born 1976)
1976 – present · Israel
Miguel de Icaza
Mexican free software developer (born 1972)
1972 – present · Mexico
Miriyam Aouragh
Dutch anthropologist (born 1972)
1972 – present
Nikolaus Correll
German roboticist and researcher (born 1977)
1977 – present
Oliver Bimber
German computer scientist
1973 – present · Germany
Orjinta Nnaemeka Orji
Nigerian-American computer scientist
1978 – present
Orkut Büyükkökten
Turkish software engineer
1975 – present · Türkiye
Pablo Rodriguez (computer scientist)
Spanish computer scientist
1972 – present · Spain
Pablo Soto (software developer)
Spanish software developer (born 1979)
1979 – present · Spain
Pascal Hitzler
German-American computer scientist
1971 – present
Pasquale Aiello
Italian scientist (born 1976)
1976 – present
Patricia Bouyer-Decitre
French theoretical computer scientist
1976 – present · France
Paul Carl Kocher
American cryptographer and entrepreneur (born 1973)
1973 – present · United States
Peter Eckersley (computer scientist)
Australian computer scientist (1970s–2022)
1978 – 2022 · Australia
Piotr Waglowski
1974 – present · Poland
Prabhat Mishra
American computer scientist
1973 – present
Predrag Puharić
Mayor of Sarajevo from 2024 to 2025
1977 – present
Richard Chbeir
1973 – present · France
Roberto Navigli
Computer scientist
1978 – present · Italy
Robin Berjon
French computer scientist and political writer
1977 – present · France
Roger Dingledine
American computer scientist
1977 – present
Roman Yampolskiy
Latvian-American AI researcher (born 1979)
1979 – present
Ross Cohen
American computer programmer
1977 – present · United States
Ruan Xiaohuan
Chinese blogger (born 1977)
1977 – present · China
Ryan C. Gordon
Computer programmer
1978 – present · United States
Sadi Evren Seker
Turkish computer scientist
1979 – present · Türkiye
Salvatore Sanfilippo
Italian programmer and creator of Redis
1977 – present · Italy
Sam Hocevar
French software developer (born 1978)
1978 – present · France
Sergey Brin
American computer scientist (born 1973)
1973 – present · United States
Seth Goldstein
American entrepreneur and angel investor (born 1970)
1970 – present
Simon Tatham
British free-software developer
1977 – present · United Kingdom
Solar Designer
Russian computer security specialist (born 1977)
1977 – present · Russia
StankDawg
American computer programmer (born 1971)
1971 – present
Steve Chen
Taiwanese-American Internet entrepreneur (born 1978)
1978 – present
Stuart Langridge
Software programmer (born 1976)
1976 – present
Suw Charman-Anderson
British journalist, consultant and blogger
1971 – present · United Kingdom
Sven Apel
German computer scientist
1977 – present · Germany
Takayuki Ito
Japanese computer scientist (born 1972)
1972 – present · Japan
Tanja Lange
German cryptographer and mathematician
1975 – present · Germany
Tarah Wheeler
American cybersecurity executive and diversity activist (born 1979)
1979 – present · United States
Tiffany Shlain
American filmmaker and author (1970)
1970 – present · United States
Tom Cross (computer security)
American computer security expert (born 1976)
1976 – present · United States
Tron (hacker)
German computer hacker (1972–1998)
1972 – 1998 · Germany
Troy Hunt
Australian web security expert
1976 – present · Australia
Tshilidzi Marwala
South African engineer and university administrator
1971 – present · South Africa
Valerie Aurora
American computer scientist and activist
1978 – present · United States
Vincent Rijmen
Belgian cryptographer (born 1970)
1970 – present · Belgium
Vipul Ved Prakash
Indian software engineer (born 1977)
1977 – present · United States
Vladimir Vukićević
1979 – present · United States
William A. Stein
American professor of mathematics
1974 – present · United States
William John Sullivan
American software programmer
1976 – present · United States
Wim Taymans
Belgian software developer
1972 – present · Belgium
Window Snyder
Computer security expert (born 1975)
1976 – present · United States
Yaniv Altshuler
Israeli computer scientist
1978 – present
Yehuda Lindell
Israeli cryptographer (born 1971)
1971 – present · Israel
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
Cypherpunk (born 1974)
1974 – present · United States