Computer People - O

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 'O'. Clicking on any of the below links will open a biography for that person.

	Ole-johan Dahl Norwegian computer scientist considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming. Category: Father, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
	Oliver Selfridge Pioneer of artificial intelligence called the father of machine perception. Category: Father, Manager, and Writer
	Oliver Standingford Oversaw the first computer used for commercial business applications. Category: Manager and Writer
	Omer Reingold Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley. Category: Engineer, Manager, Professor, Researcher, and Writer
	Oren Etzioni American entrepreneur, professor and CEO of the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence. Category: CEO, Coined, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Professor, Writer, and X
	Otto Shweiger Swiss engineer and inventor of the first efficient four function calculator. Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
	Otto Steiger Verea, and Bollée), but first commercially-successful. Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
	Owen Mock Computer software designer and programmer who pioneered computer operating systems in the 1950s. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer
	Adam Osborne Inventor of the first portable computer. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer
	Alexis Ohanian American entrepreneur and angel investor best known for investing in Reddit. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Georg Ohm German physicist and mathematician best known for Ohm's law. Category: Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, Physicist, Scientist, and Writer
	Jarkko Oikarinen Initial developer of IRC. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer
	Joe Ossanna Electrical engineer and computer programmer known for his work with Unix operation system. Category: Engineer, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
	John Opel Computer businessman who served as the president of IBM. Category: CEO, Chairman, Manager, President, and Writer
	John Ousterhout Professor of computer science at University of California where he created Tcl scripting language and Tk platform. Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, President, Professor, Programmer, and Writer
	Jolie Odell Internet personality known for her blog and writing work with Mashable and VentureBeat. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, and Writer
	Ken Olsen Founder and former CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
	Martin Odersky German computer scientist and Professor of programming methods at EPFL in Switzerland who specializes in code analysis. Category: Manager, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
	Paul Otellini American businessman and current president of Intel. Category: Director, Manager, President, and Writer
	Paul Otlet Father of information science who created the Universal Decimal Classification. Category: Entrepreneur, Father, Manager, and Writer
	Pierre Omidyar French-born entrepreneur, founder, and chairman of the eBay auction site. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer
	Ray Ozzie American software industry entrepreneur and chief technical officer at Microsoft. Category: Entrepreneur, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Russell Ohl American engineer known for patenting the modern solar cell and researching semiconductors. Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Researcher, and Writer
	Stanford Ovshinsky Pioneer of modern software development techniques. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer
	Tim O'reilly Founder of O'Reilly Media. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Willgodt Odhner Swedish engineer and entrepreneur inventor of the Odhner Arithmometer calculator. Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Inventor, Manager, and Writer

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