Computer People - M
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 'M'. Clicking on any of the below links will open a biography for that person.
 | Malcolm Mcilroy Mathematician, engineer, and programmer known for Unix pipelines and software componentry. Category: Engineer, Mathematician, and Programmer |
 | Manuel Blum Computer scientist known for his contributions to the foundations of computational complexity theory. Category: Programmer and Scientist |
 | Marc Andreessen Short biography of Marc Andreessen the co-author of mosaic the first widely used web browser. Category: Director, Founder, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Marc Benioff Chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. Category: CEO, Chairman, Coined, President, and Writer |
 | Marc Canter CEO of Broadband Mechanics and previously founder of MacroMind, the company that became Macromedia. Category: CEO, Founder, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Marcian Hoff One of the inventors of the computer microprocessor. Category: Inventor |
 | Marissa Mayer Former Google Vice President of Location and Local Services and now Yahoo CEO. Category: CEO, Engineer, Female, President, and Twitter |
 | Mark Dean Lead team inventor of the ISA BUS at IBM and helped the development of the computer keyboard. Category: Engineer, Inventor, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Mark Hurd Co-president, director, and board member of Oracle Corporation. Category: Chairman, Director, and President |
 | Mark Kriegsman American entrepreneur, computer programmer, inventor, writer, and Director of Engineering at Veracode. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mark Mccahill American programmer who has been involved in developing and popularizing a number of Internet technologies Category: Programmer |
 | Mark Pincus Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Zynga, which makes online social games. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, and Twitter |
 | Mark Pinsker Russian mathematician who fields of study included information theory, probability theory and coding theory. Category: Mathematician and Writer |
 | Markus Neteler Coordinator of GRASS GIS and promoter of Free Software GIS development. Category: Founder, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Markus Persson Developer of the game Minecraft. Category: Founder, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mark Zuckerberg Co-creator of Facebook. Category: Entrepreneur and Programmer |
 | Marlyn Wescoff One of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer Category: Female and Programmer |
 | Marshall Rose Network protocol and software engineer who has contributed to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Category: Engineer and Writer |
 | Martha Fox English businesswoman and charity trustee best known for co-founding latminute.com. Category: Female, Founder, and Twitter |
 | Martin Campbell-kelly English computer scientist who writes about computer history. Category: Scientist and Writer |
 | Martin Cooper Start of what we know as the Cell phone today. Category: Founder, Inventor, Programmer, and Twitter |
 | Martin Goetz Pioneer in the development of the commercial software industry. Category: Father, Manager, and Programmer |
 | Martin Hellman American cryptologist best known for his invention of public key cryptography. Category: Inventor and Writer |
 | Marvin Minsky Cognitive scientiest, philosopher, and AI specialist. Category: Founder, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Mary Foley Writer for the tech industry, including ZDNet and frequent quest on radio, TV and podcasts. Category: Female, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mary Keller First American woman to earn a PhD in Computer Science. Category: Female, Founder, and Programmer |
 | Masatoshi Shima One of the designers of the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004 Category: Engineer |
 | Maurice Wilkes British computer scientist credited with several important developments in computing specifically microcomputing. Category: Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Max Hopper American IT manager considered the Category: Chairman, Father, and Manager |
 | Max Palevsky American art collector, venture capitalist, philanthropist, and computer technology pioneer with Packard Bell. Category: Investor and Programmer |
 | Maxwell Newman British mathematician and codebreaker and one of the creators of Colossus, the first operational electronic computer. Category: Mathematician |
 | Mg Siegler American Venture Capitalist and writer and columnist for TechCrunch. Category: Investor, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Michael Dell Founder of Dell computers. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Michael Faraday English scientist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry Category: Scientist |
 | Michael Hart American author, best known as one of the inventors of the electronic book (or ebook) Category: Founder, Inventor, and Writer |
 | Michael Hawley Educator, scientist, artist and researcher working in the field of digital media. Category: Director, Founder, Researcher, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Michael Lazaridis Greek Canadian businessman and founder of Research In Motion (BlackBerry handhelds) Category: Chairman and Founder |
 | Michael Muuss Author of the freeware network tool ping which has been implemented on a large number of operating systems Category: Hacker, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Michael Rabin Israeli computer scientist known for the Miller-Rabin primality test. Category: Scientist |
 | Michael Robertson Founder and former CEO of MP3.com a popular internet music site. Category: CEO, Founder, and Twitter |
 | Michael Stonebraker Computer scientist widely recognized as one of the world's foremost experts in database technology. Category: Founder, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Miguel Icaza Mexican free software programmer, best known for starting the GNOME and Mono projects. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Twitter |
 | Mike Mccue Former directory of Twitter and founder of Paper Software, Tellme Networks, and Flipboard. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, and Founder |
 | Mikhail Donskoy Soviet and Russian computer scientist known as a developer of a chess program, Kaissa. Category: Programmer and Scientist |
 | Mina Rees American mathematician and first female President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Category: Female, Mathematician, President, and Writer |
 | Mitchell Kapor Founder of Lotus Development Corporation and designer of Lotus 1-2-3. Category: Founder, Programmer, and Twitter |
 | Mochio Umeda Japanese IT enterprise management consultant, author, and one of the most well-known commentators on IT. Category: Founder, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Molly Wood Executive editor at CNET.com. Category: Editor, Female, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Morgan Sparks American scientist and engineer who helped develop the microwatt bipolar junction transistor. Category: Engineer, Programmer, and Scientist |
 | Morris Chang Founding Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Category: Chairman, Father, Founder, and Writer |
 | Morton Meyerson Former President and Vice Chairman of Electronic Data Systems, Inc. Category: Chairman and President |
 | Muni Sakya Nepalese computer programmer credited with helping bring Information Technology to Nepal. Category: Programmer |
 | Murali Chemuturi Indian software development expert and author. Category: Personality, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Myron Krueger American computer artist who developed early interactive works Category: Programmer, Researcher, and Writer |