1950s

John Clifford Shaw

John Clifford Shaw was a pioneering computer scientist whose work significantly shaped the early development of artificial intelligence (AI) and…

1950s

Herbert A. Simon

Herbert Alexander Simon was born on June 15, 1916, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A brilliant polymath, Simon’s intellectual curiosity spanned various…

1950s

Allen Newell

Allen Newell was a pioneering figure in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive science, and psychology. Born on March…

1930s & 1940s

Norbert Wiener

Norbert Wiener, born on November 26, 1894, in Columbia, Missouri, was a prodigious child who would later become one of…

1950s

Marvin Minsky

Marvin Minsky, born on August 9, 1927, in New York City, was a towering figure in the field of artificial…

1950s

Nathaniel Rochester

Nathaniel Rochester, born on January 14, 1919, in the United States, was a visionary computer scientist and electrical engineer whose…

1930s & 1940s

Claude Shannon

Claude Elwood Shannon, born on April 30, 1916, in Petoskey, Michigan, was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer. He…

1930s & 1940s

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970) was one of the most influential philosophers, logicians, and mathematicians of the 20th century. Born…

1950s

John McCarthy

John McCarthy, born on September 4, 1927, in Boston, Massachusetts, is widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of…

1950s

John von Neumann

John von Neumann was born on December 28, 1903, in Budapest, Hungary, into a wealthy Jewish family. His intellectual prowess…