[{"n": "Aaron Swartz", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/aaron-swartz/", "s": "Programmer, activist, and co-owner of Reddit."}, {"n": "Adi Shamir", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/adi-shamir/", "s": "Israeli cryptographer and co-inventor of the RSA algorithm."}, {"n": "Alan Kay", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/alan-kay/", "s": "American computer scientist who pioneered object-oriented programming and GUI design."}, {"n": "Andrew Ng", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/andrew-ng/", "s": "Pioneer in AI and online education, cofounder of Google Brain and Coursera."}, {"n": "Barbara Liskov", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/barbara-liskov/", "s": "Pioneer of data abstraction and the Liskov substitution principle"}, {"n": "Bjarne Stroustrup", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/bjarne-stroustrup/", "s": "Danish computer scientist who created the C++ programming language."}, {"n": "Bram Cohen", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/bram-cohen/", "s": "Author of the BitTorrent protocol and creator of the Chia cryptocurrency."}, {"n": "Bram Moolenaar", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/bram-moolenaar/", "s": "Dutch engineer who created and maintained the Vim text editor."}, {"n": "Brendan Eich", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/brendan-eich/", "s": "Creator of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla and Brave."}, {"n": "Betty Holberton", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/betty-holberton/", "s": "ENIAC programmer who invented breakpoints and the first program that wrote a program."}, {"n": "Alonzo Church", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/alonzo-church/", "s": "Founder of computer science and inventor of lambda calculus."}, {"n": "Andrew Yao", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/andrew-yao/", "s": "Turing Award-winning computer scientist and theoretical physicist."}, {"n": "John McCarthy (computer scientist)", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/john-mccarthy-computer-scientist/", "s": "Founding father of artificial intelligence and creator of Lisp."}, {"n": "John von Neumann", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/john-von-neumann/", "s": "Mathematician and physicist who shaped quantum theory, computing, and nuclear strategy."}, {"n": "Linus Torvalds", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/linus-torvalds/", "s": "Creator of the Linux kernel and Git version control."}, {"n": "Ken Thompson", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/ken-thompson/", "s": "American computer scientist who created Unix and co-developed Go."}, {"n": "Dennis Ritchie", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/dennis-ritchie/", "s": "Co-creator of Unix and creator of the C language."}, {"n": "Richard Stallman", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/richard-stallman/", "s": "American free software movement activist and programmer."}, {"n": "Robert Kahn (computer scientist)", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/robert-kahn-computer-scientist/", "s": "Co-inventor of TCP/IP, core Internet protocols."}, {"n": "Vint Cerf", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/vint-cerf/", "s": "Co-designer of TCP/IP and Internet pioneer."}, {"n": "Paul Baran", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/paul-baran/", "s": "Independent inventor of packet switching for data communication."}, {"n": "Leonard Kleinrock", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/leonard-kleinrock/", "s": "Pioneer of queueing theory for computer networking."}, {"n": "Donald Knuth", "u": "/e/computer-scientists-and-programmers/donald-knuth/", "s": "Father of analysis of algorithms; creator of TeX."}]