Find out more about the greatest British Computer Scientists, including Alan Turing, Tim Berners-Lee, Mark Shuttleworth, Kevin Warwick and Stephen Wolfram.
Alan Turing23 June 1912
Mathematician
Tim Berners-Lee08 June 1955
Inventor of the World Wide Web
Geoffrey Hinton06 December 1947
Computer scientist
Stephen Wolfram29 August 1959
Mathematician, Physicist, Computer scientist,
Tony Hoare11 January 1934
Computer scientist, Engineer, Programmer, Writer,
Mark Shuttleworth18 September 1973
Entrepreneur, Astronaut, Engineer, Inventor,
Clive Sinclair30 July 1940
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Inventor, Computer
John Horton Conway26 December 1937
Mathematician, University teacher, Computer
Edgar F. Codd19 August 1923
Computer scientist, Mathematician, University
Michael Moritz12 September 1954
Computer scientist
Kevin Warwick09 February 1954
Engineer, Writer, University teacher, Computer
Donald Davies07 June 1924
Computer scientist
Tommy Flowers22 December 1905
Technician, Engineer, Computer scientist
Sophie Wilson1957 AD
computer scientist
Steve Shirley16 September 1933
Computer scientist, Feminist
Stuart J. Russell1962 AD
scientist, computer scientist, engineer,
Steve Grand12 February 1958
Computer scientist
Jeff Minter22 April 1962
Programmer, Engineer, Computer scientist
David J. C. MacKay22 April 1967
Physicist, Computer scientist, Professor
I. J. Good09 December 1916
Mathematician, Cryptographer, Computer scientist,
Alan Cox22 July 1968
Programmer, Blogger, Computer scientist
Maurice Wilkes26 June 1913
Computer scientist, Engineer, Physicist,
Robin Milner13 January 1934
Computer Scientist
Leslie Valiant28 March 1949
Computer scientist
Simon Peyton Jones18 January 1958
Computer scientist
Martin Fowler1963 AD
Software Developer
Tom Kilburn11 August 1921
Computer scientist
C. A. R. Hoare11 January 1934
British computer scientist
Michael Fourman12 September 1950
Computer Scientist
David Wheeler09 February 1927
cryptographer, computer scientist
Chrisanthi Avgerou1954 AD
Computer scientist