Euclid
(325-265 BCE)
[St.Andrews] [Euclid's algorithm from Wikipedia
John von Neumann
(1903-1957)
Mergesort (1945), von Neumann architecture
[Wikipedia]
Al-Khwarizmi
(9th cent. CE)
[Wolfram] [St.Andrews] [Wikipedia]
Ada Lovelace(1815-1852) First algorithm for a computer.
[St.Andrews]
[Women in Science] [Wikipedia]
CAR Hoare
[Short bio]
Edsger Dijkstra
[Wikipedia] [Quotes!]