Computer People - P
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 'P'. Clicking on any of the below links will open a biography for that person.
 | Pafnuty Chebyshev Statistics, mechanics, and analytical geometry. Category: Father, Founder, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | Patrick Gelsinger Chief executive officer at VMware and former president and chief operating officer at EMC Corporation. Category: Manager, President, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Patrick Mcgovern Chairman, and founder of IDG (International Data Group). Category: Chairman, Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Patrick Norton Former managing editor and co-host of The Screen Savers. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Patrick Volkerding Software engineer and founder of the Slackware Linux distribution. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Paul Allen Co-founder of Microsoft. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Paul Baran Polish American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks. Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Paul Brainerd Pioneer in the field of computer-aided editing, design, and publishing and co-founder of Aldus. Category: Coined, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Paul Ceruzzi Curator of Computing at the Smithsonians's Museum in Washington D.C. and author of many books on computer history. Category: Manager and Writer |
 | Paul Cress Canadian computer scientist who led a team of programmers developing Fortran language. Category: Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Paul Demaine Leading figure in the early development of computer-based automatic indexing. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Paul Eisler Austrian inventor who invented the printed circuit board. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Paul Galvin One of the two founders of the telecommunications company Motorola. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Paul Graham Venture capitalist, and essayist known for his work on Lisp (a family of computer programming languages). Category: Founder, Hacker, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Paul King Australian software developer, scientist, and entrepreneur. Category: Entrepreneur, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Paul Laughton Former systems programmer for IBM one of Apple Computers first programmers. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Paul Maritz Former senior executive at Microsoft. Category: CEO, Manager, and Writer |
 | Paul Mockapetris American Internet pioneer and computer scientist and creator of the Internet Domain Name System. Category: Inventor, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, 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 |
 | Paul Rand American graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs. Category: Director, Manager, and Writer |
 | Paul Thelen Founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Big Fish Games. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Paul Thurrott Technology blogger, author, podcaster, and news editor for Windows IT Pro magazine. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Per Hansen Danish-American computer scientist known for concurrent programming theory. Category: Coined, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Percy Ludgate Irish designer of an Analytical Engine for the programmable computer. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Pete Cashmore Scottish entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Mashable. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Peter Bentley British author, computer scientist, and contributing editor for WIRED UK magazine. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Peter Chen American computer scientist known for development of the Entity-Relationship Model. Category: Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Peter Denning American computer scientist and writer known for his pioneering work in virtual memory. Category: Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Peter Diamandis American engineer, physician, author, Intel entrepreneur and founder of X PRIZE Foundation. Category: CEO, Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Peter Eckersley Pioneer best known for helping to create Let's Encrypt while at EFF. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Peter Elias Pioneer in the field of information theory and coding theory. Category: Manager, Professor, and Writer |
 | Peter Franaszek American information theorist who set the direction for modern constrained coding. Category: Manager and Writer |
 | Peter Grunberg German physicist and Nobel Prize laureate. Category: Inventor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer |
 | Peter Karmanos CEO of Compuware Corporation and owner of hockey franchises. Category: CEO, Manager, and Writer |
 | Peter Kirstein British computer scientist who played a role in the creation of the Internet. Category: Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Peter Landin British computer scientist who was first to realize that the lambda calculus could be used in programming. Category: Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Peter Molyneux English video game designer and game programmer. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Peter Naur Danish pioneer in computer science and programmer. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Peter Neuman Computer science researcher who worked on the Multics operating system. Category: Coined, Founder, Manager, Researcher, and Writer |
 | Peter Norton American programmer, software publisher, author, and philanthropist. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Peter Norvig Pioneer of information processing and artificial intelligence. Category: Director, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Peter Samson American computer scientist known for creating pioneering computer software. Category: Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Peter Schnell German entrepreneur who founded Software AG Foundation. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Peter Sunde Founder of Flattr and ex-spokesperson Pirate Bay. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Peter Tattam Software developer known for authoring Trumpet Winsock. Category: Director, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Peter Weinberger Computer scientist who helped write the AWK programming language. Category: Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Petro Vlahos Hollywood special effects pioneer who defined the color-difference bluescreen process. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Phil Farrand American computer programmer, webmaster, and author. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Phil Fish French-Canadian game designer working with Polytron and creator of the game Fez. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Philibert Docagne French engineer and mathematician. Category: Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, 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 |
 | Philip Estridge Led the development of the original IBM Personal Computer (PC). Category: Father, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Philip Zimmerman Creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Philipp Hahn German priest and clockmaker who designed the first calculator. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Philippe Kahn Innovator and entrepreneur and inventor of the first camera phone. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Phillip Katz Computer programmer known as the co-creator of the ZIP file format. Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Phillip Rosedale American entrepreneur and founder of Linden Lab's Second Life virtual world. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Philo Farnsworth Inventor and television pioneer. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Pierre Jaquetdroz Swiss-born watchmaker noted for his designs of animated dolls or automata. Category: Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Pierre Omidyar French-born entrepreneur, founder, and chairman of the eBay auction site. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Pieter Abeele Software developer, and founder of the PowerPC version of Gentoo Linux. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
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