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Expand Up @@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ Undoubtedly, there are some great candidates that I've overlooked. If you see a
- [William Fetter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fetter): The creator of the first human figure as a 3D model while exploring perspective fundamentals for computer graphics while the coining the term "computer graphics".
- [Pierre Bézier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_B%C3%A9zier): The creator of [3D CAD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_design#History), the creator of [Bézier curve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9zier_curve) and [Bézier surface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9zier_surface) 3D computer graphics concepts.
- [Michael Abrash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Abrash): The co-creator of the video game and 3D rendering engine [Quake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(video_game)) [Quake Engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_engine).
- [Hadley Wickham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadley_Wickham), the creator of [ggplot2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ggplot2), a data visualization library for [R](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)) based on the ideas in [Leland Wilkinson's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Wilkinson) book [The Grammar of Graphics](https://www.cs.uic.edu/~wilkinson/TheGrammarOfGraphics/GOG.html).

## Computer Architecture / Theory
- [Alan Turing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing): The creator of the [Turing machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine) also known as the "automatic machine" because of its ability to automate sets of mathematical operations at a time when computing process was all handled by humans. This important discovery led to the fundamental principles of modern computing directly inspiring most digital systems including the Von Neumann architecture.
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