African American computer pioneers
Below is a listing of computer pioneers that have been tagged as a African American. Clicking on any of the below links will open the biography for that person.
Brian Fox Entrepreneur, free software supporter, and original author of the GNU Bash shell. Category: African American, Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, and Writer | |
Evelyn Granville One of the first African-American women to receive a Ph.D in mathematics. Category: African American, Female, Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, and Writer | |
Gerald Lawson Founder of Videosoft and best known for creating one of the earliest arcade games. Category: African American, Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
John Thomson Former vice president at IBM and former CEO of Symantec. Category: African American, CEO, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Kimberly Bryant Senior biotech manager and founder of Black Girls Code. Category: African American, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer | |
Mark Dean Lead team inventor of the ISA bus at IBM and helped the development of the computer keyboard. Category: African American, Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer | |
Marques Brownlee American video producer, tech-reviewer, and YouTube star. Category: African American, Manager, Personality, President, Twitter, and Writer | |
Neil Tyson American astrophysicist and science communicator and former host of NOVA ScienceNow. Category: African American, Director, Manager, Personality, Physicist, Twitter, and Writer | |
Philip Emeagwali Nigerian-born computer scientist known for his use of a Connection Machine supercomputer. Category: African American, Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer | |
Ursula Burns Madam chairman (or chairperson) and CEO of Xerox and the first the African-American woman CEO. Category: African American, CEO, Chairman, Female, Manager, and Writer | |
Wayne Pickette Often called the African American father of the microprocessor. Category: African American, Father, Manager, and Writer |