Computer People - F
Below is a listing of computer pioneers, inventors, and other people who have contributed to the computer industry that have a first or last name beginning with the letter 'F'. Clicking on any of the below links will open a biography for that person.
![]() | Federico Faggin Italian physicist and engineer who helped design the first commercial microprocessor. Category: CEO, Engineer, Founder, Physicist, and President |
![]() | Feng-hsiung Hsu Computer scientist and author who helped with the creation of IBM Deep Blue chess machine. Category: Grandmaster, Inventor, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Fernando Corbato American computer scientist and pioneer of time-sharing operating systems that help inspire Unix and other operating system designs. Category: Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Fletcher Jones Founder of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). Category: Founder |
![]() | Florian Brody Co-inventor of the first electronic books. Category: Inventor and Twitter |
![]() | Forrest Parry IBM engineer who invented magnetic stripe cards used for credit cards and identification badges. Category: Engineer, Inventor, Programmer, and Writer |
![]() | Frances Allen American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Category: Female and Scientist |
![]() | Frank Frankovsky Director of Hardware Design and Supply Chain at Facebook. Category: Director and Manager |
![]() | Fred Baker American engineer who specializes in developing computer network protocols. Category: Engineer and Programmer |
![]() | Fred Cohen Short biography of Fred Cohen who coined the term computer virus. Category: Coined |
![]() | Frederick Brooks Software engineer and computer scientist known for managing the development of IBM's System/360. Category: Engineer, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Frederic Williams British Engineer well known for his contributions to the development of Radar. Category: Engineer and Programmer |
![]() | Fredrik Bull Information technology pioneer who helped with the development of punched cards. Category: Programmer |
![]() | Friedrich Bauer German computer scientist and professor known for Stack (data structure) that help developed programming languages ALGOL 58 and ALGOL 60. Category: Coined, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
![]() | Fujio Masuoka Inventor of Flash Memory and recipient of the IEEE award. Category: Inventor |















