The 2002 Computer Hall of Fame

View the class of 2004, 2000, 1998

Sid Meier |  Tim Berners-Lee |  Jay Minor |  William D. Mensch, Jr. |  Dennis Ritchie
John Vincent Atanasoff | Clifford Berry | Dr. Herman Hollerith | Gary Kildall | Sir Clive Sinclair

Sid Meier
Born 1955

Elected 2002
Father of Computer Gaming
Co-founder of Microprose Software in 1982 and creator of such popular computer games as F-15 Strike Eage(a flight simulator game) and Civilization, one of the most prolific selling games of the 1990s
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Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee
Born  1965

Elected September, 2000
Creator of the World Wide Web in 1991 and Founder of the World Wide Web Consortium in 1994 
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Jay Miner
1932-1994

Elected  2002

Father of the AMIGA computer
Co-founder of Atari Computer; Designer of the Atari Video Computer System and Atari 400 and 800 models
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William D. Mensch, Jr.
Born 1945

Elected 2002
Co-inventor of the 6502 microprocessor  
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Dennis Ritchie

Born 1941
Elected 2002
Co-creator of the UNIX operating system   
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John Vincent Atanasoff
 1903-1995      

Selected 2002
Father of Modern Electronic Digital Computer  
Holder of the ENIAC patent
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Clifford Berry
 1918-1963      

Selected 2002
Father of Modern Electronic Digital Computer  
With Atanasoff, created the Atanasoff-Berry Computer - the first modern electronic digital computer with many of the features later used in the ENIAC 
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Dr. Herman Hollerith
 1860-1929      

Selected 2002
Creator of the modern data processing industry based on tabulated punched cards
His company joined with two other manufacturers to become IBM in 1924
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Gary Kildall
 1942-1994      

Selected 2002
Creator of Control Program for Micros (CP/M) operating system and founder of Digital Research, Inc     
Creator of GEM, an early graphical user interface program
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Sir Clive Sinclair
 Born 1940      

Selected 2002
Founder of Sinclair Research, maker of an early, affordable home computer and the best-selling British computer of its time - the ZX Spectrum        
1972 created an early pocket calculator, the Sinclair Executive
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