Computer People - K
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 'K'. Clicking on any of the below links will open a biography for that person.
 | Kane Kramer British inventor and businessman and inventor of the digital audio player in 1979. Category: Chairman, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Kapali Eswaran One of the founding members of the IBM System R Project, which formed the genesis of relational database technology. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Kara Swisher American technology columnist and writer for the Wall Street Journal. Category: Editor, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Karen Jones Computer scientist who developed the concept of IDF (inverse document frequency). Category: Female, Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Karl Braun German inventor, physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics, who helped develop radio and television. Category: Inventor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer |
 | Karl Ganzhorn German physicist who dealt with applied physics and computer development. Category: Director, Manager, Physicist, and Writer |
 | Karlheinz Brandenburg Audio engineer who has contributed to the audio compression format MPEG Audio Layer 3. Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer |
 | Kathleen Antonelli One of the six original programmers of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Keith Uncapher Founder of ISI and developer of the Internet. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Ken Batcher Emeritus professor of Computer Science at Kent State University and former computer architect at Goodyear Aerospace. Category: Inventor, Manager, Professor, and Writer |
 | Ken Goldberg American writer, artist, inventor, and researcher in Robotics. Category: Inventor, Manager, Professor, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ken Kutaragi Former Chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment and Father of the PlayStation. Category: CEO, Chairman, Father, Manager, and Writer |
 | Ken Mccarthy American entrepreneur and Internet commercialization pioneer. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, Writer, and sponsor |
 | Ken Olsen Founder and former CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Ken Thompson Developer of Unix, B programming language, and Multics. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Ken Williams Co-founder of On-Line System, which became Sierra On-Line. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Kenneth Iverson Canadian computer scientist noted for the development of the APL programming language in 1962. Category: Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Kevin Hughes One of the pioneers of the World Wide Web in the United States, started Hawaii's first Web servers. Category: Manager and Writer |
 | Kevin Kelly Founder, and executive editor of WIRED magazine and former editor and publisher of the Whole Earth Catalog. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kevin Mitnick Computer security consultant, author, and hacker. Category: Convict, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kevin Poulsen Former black hat hacker known for his telephone takeover hack to win a Porsche 944 S2 car. Category: Editor, Hacker, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kevin Rose Co-founder of Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kevin Systrom American entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Instagram. Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Kevin Warwick British scientist and professor of cybernetics known for his studies in the field of robotics. Category: Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Kim Dotcom German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur also known as Kimble. Category: Convict, Entrepreneur, Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Kim Komando Host of an American talk radio program The Kim Komando Show which covers personal computers. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kim Stevenson Vice president and chief information officer of Intel. Category: Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kimberly Bryant Senior biotech manager and founder of Black Girls Code. Category: African American, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kirk Lafler American engineer, programmer, author, entrepreneur, consultant, and founder of Software Intelligence Corporation. Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Klaus Samelson German mathematician, physicist, and computer pioneer in the area of programming language translation. Category: Manager, Mathematician, Physicist, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Konrad Zuse Developer of the Z1, the first programmable computer. Category: Father, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Kristen Nygaard Computer scientist who developed SIMULA I and SIMULA-67 - the first object-oriented programming languages. Category: Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Kurt Godel Austrian American logician, mathematician, and philosopher best known for his two incompleteness theorems. Category: Logician, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | Kurt Lehovec Innovated the concept of p-n junction isolation used in every circuit element with a guard ring. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
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