Era
Hackers of the 2000s
158 entries
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and activist (1986–2013)
1986 – 2013 · United States
Adrian Holovaty
American web developer, musician, entrepreneur
1981 – present · United States
Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakh computer scientist and founder of Sci-Hub
1988 – present
Ali Sunyaev
Professor for computer science
1981 – present
Ananth Prabhu Gurpur
Indian author and cyber security expert
1985 – present · India
Ankit Fadia
Indian former hacker and writer
1985 – present · India
Antonio Lieto
Italian computer scientist (born 1983)
1983 – present · Italy
Aubrey Cottle
Webmaster
1987 – present
Audrey Tang
Taiwanese politician and software programmer
1981 – present
Behdad Esfahbod
Iranian–Canadian software engineer (born 1982)
1982 – present · Iran
Ben Goodger
British-New Zealand software engineer
1980 – present · United Kingdom
Benjamin Mako Hill
Debian hacker, intellectual property researcher, activist and author
1980 – present · United States
Blake Ross
American software developer
1985 – present · United States
Brandon Nozaki Miller
American motorcycle racer
1984 – present · United States
Christine Lemmer-Webber
American software engineer and co-editor of ActivityPub
1984 – present · United States
Christopher Soghoian
American computer scientist (born 1981)
1981 – present · United States
David Baron (computer scientist)
American computer scientist
1980 – present · United States
Denis Periša
Activist and hacker from Croatia (born 1983)
1983 – present
Deniss Čalovskis
Latvian computer hacker
1985 – present
Dominik Boesl
German computer scientist, robotics executive, epistemologist and academic
1983 – present · Germany
Edith Brou Bleu
Ivorian writer and activist
1984 – present
Elie Bursztein
French computer scientist and hacker (born 1980)
1980 – present · France
Eric Bodden
German computer scientist
1980 – present · Germany
Erica Baker
Engineer and engineering manager (born 1980)
1980 – present · United States
Felipe Neto
Brazilian YouTuber
1988 – present
François Chollet
French software engineer, artificial intelligence (born 1989)
1989 – present · France
Fulufhelo Nelwamondo
South African electrical engineer
1982 – present · South Africa
George Hotz
American software engineer
1989 – present · United States
Glauber Costa
Canadian software engineer
1982 – present
Gottfrid Svartholm
Swedish computer specialist
1984 – present · Sweden
H. D. Moore
American businessman (born 1981)
1981 – present
Hamed Haddadi (computer scientist)
British computer scientist
1981 – present
Hampton Lintorn-Catlin
American computer programmer (born 1982)
1982 – present · United States
Henry Bugalho
Brazilian writer (b. 1980)
1980 – present · Brazil
Hieu Minh Ngo
Vietnamese hacker and identity thief (born 1989)
1989 – present
Ilya Perekopsky
Russian-born entrepreneur, manager and investor
1983 – present · Russia
Ilya Sachkov
Russian entrepreneur
1986 – present · Russia
Irina Bolychevsky
British activist and data specialist
1986 – present
Jacob Appelbaum
American computer security researcher (born 1983)
1983 – present · United States
Jan-Christoph Borchardt
German open source designer
1989 – present · Germany
Jean-Jacques Lumumba
1986 – present
Jeff Bezanson
Computer scientist
1981 – present · United States
Jeremy Hammond
American political activist and hacker
1985 – present · United States
Joanna Rutkowska
Polish hacker and computer security expert (born 1981)
1981 – present · Poland
John Resig
American software engineer and creator of jQuery
1984 – present · United States
Jon Lech Johansen
Norwegian programmer (born 1983)
1983 – present · Norway
Joost de Valk
CPO at Yoast
1982 – present
Joshua Schulte
Former CIA employee and criminal (born 1988)
1988 – present
Keren Elazari
Cybersecurity expert
1981 – present · Israel
Kira Radinsky
Israeli computer scientist and entrepreneur
1986 – present · Israel
Lauri Love
British Finnish activist and hacker
1984 – present · Finland
Lea Verou
Greek web developer
1986 – present
Len Sassaman
American technologist and cryptographer (1980–2011)
1980 – 2011 · United States
Lennart Poettering
German software engineer
1980 – present · Germany
Lex Fridman
American scientist and podcast host (born 1983)
1983 – present · United States
Liisa Past
Estonian cybersecurity expert (born 1980)
1980 – present
Lina Ben Mhenni
Tunisian political activist (1983–2020)
1983 – 2020
Maksim Yakubets
Ukrainian national and a computer expert (born 1987)
1987 – present
Marcin Szeląg
Polish chess player
1981 – present · Poland
Maryam Sadeghi
Canadian scientist and entrepreneur
1980 – present · Canada
Matt Mullenweg
American entrepreneur and web developer (born 1984)
1984 – present · United States
Matt Suiche
French computer scientist (born 1988)
1988 – present · France
Melih Onuş
Turkish mathematician
1981 – 2020 · Türkiye
Michael Bronstein
Israeli computer scientist and entrepreneur
1980 – present · Israel
Mohamed Elnouby
Egyptian programmer and information security specialist
1988 – present
Mohammad Jorjandi
Iranian cybercrime and cybersecurity expert
1980 – present · United States
Mona Seif
Egyptian activist
1986 – present · United Kingdom
Morgan Marquis-Boire
New Zealand hacker, journalist, and security researcher
1980 – present · New Zealand
Moxie Marlinspike
American entrepreneur
1980 – present · United States
Nadia Heninger
American cryptographer, computer security expert
1982 – present
Nazanin Daneshvar
Iranian Internet entrepreneur
1983 – present · Iran
Near (programmer)
Programmer (1983–2021)
1983 – 2021 · United States
Nick Bilogorskiy
Ukrainian American computer security expert and nonprofit founder (born 1981)
1981 – present
Orit Peleg
Israeli biophysicist
1983 – present · Israel
Orr Dunkelman
Israeli cryptographer and cryptanalyst
1980 – present · Israel
Paola Villarreal
Mexican computer programmer
1984 – present · Mexico
Paolo Ardoino
Italian computer scientist
1984 – present · Italy
Parisa Tabriz
American computer security expert (born 1983)
1983 – present · United States
Park Jin Hyok
North Korean computer programme and hacker
1984 – present
Pavel Durov
Technology entrepreneur (born 1984)
1984 – present · Russia
Pedro Noel
Brazilian journalist and graduated philosopher
1987 – present · Brazil
Peter Steinberger (programmer)
Austrian computer programmer (born 1986)
1986 – present · Austria
Rain Ottis
Estonian cybersecurity researcher and educator
1981 – present
Roman Seleznev
Russian computer hacker
1984 – present · Russia
Runa Sandvik
Privacy and security researcher (born 1987)
1988 – present · Norway
Ruslan Fazlyev
Russian entrepreneur (born 1980)
1980 – present · Russia
Ryan North
Canadian writer
1980 – present · Canada
Samer Hassan
Spanish/Lebanese computer scientist (born 1982)
1982 – present
Scott James Remnant
1980 – present · United Kingdom
Selva Orejón
Spanish cybersecurity expert (born 1981)
1981 – present · Spain
Sébastien Bubeck
French-American mathematician and computer scientist
1985 – present
Tigran Khudaverdyan
Russian computer scientist
1981 – present · Russia
Tom Crick
British computer scientist, engineer and senior civil servant (born 1981)
1981 – present · United Kingdom
Vera Demberg
Professor of Computer Science and Computational Linguistics
1981 – present · Germany
Vladislav Horohorin
Ukrainian-Israeli hacker and credit card trafficker
1982 – present · Israel
Wael Ghonim
Egyptian activist and engineer
1980 – present
Walter Delgatti Neto
1989 – present · Brazil
Weev
American hacker and troll (born 1985)
1985 – present · United States
Wes McKinney
American software developer and businessman
1985 – present · United States
YTCracker
Hip-hop musician
1982 – present · United States
Yasodara Córdova
1980 – present · Brazil
Yevgeniy Nikulin
Russian computer hacker (born 1987)
1987 – present · Russia
Ýmir Vigfússon
Icelandic computer programmer
1984 – present · Iceland