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The oldest living developers

The oldest living developers - the longest-running careers in the field.

Steve Russell

Developers

2nd89 · born 1937

Jill Pym

Developers

1st92 · born 1933

Donald Knuth

Developers

3rd88 · born 1938
Jill Pym tops this list.

Age: 92, ahead of Steve Russell at 89.

Next on the board
  1. 4thIvan SutherlandDevelopers88
  2. 5thRon JeffriesDevelopers86
  3. 6thAlan KayDevelopers86
  4. 7thLeslie LamportDevelopers85
  5. 8thJeff SutherlandDevelopers85
  6. 9thAlfred AhoDevelopers85
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryAge
10thBrian KernighanDevelopers · born 1942CanadaDevelopers84born 194211thKen ThompsonDevelopers · born 1943United StatesDevelopers83born 194312thPeter NortonDevelopers · born 1943United StatesDevelopers82born 194313thAndrew S. TanenbaumDevelopers · born 1944United StatesDevelopers82born 194414thJean-Louis GasséeDevelopers · born 1944FranceDevelopers82born 194415thRichard GreenblattDevelopers · born 1944United StatesDevelopers81born 194416thWayne GouldDevelopers · born 1945New ZealandDevelopers81born 194517thLeonard AdlemanDevelopers · born 1945United StatesDevelopers80born 194518thRobert SedgewickDevelopers · born 1946United StatesDevelopers79born 194619thJonathan SachsDevelopers · born 1947United StatesDevelopers79born 194720thAllan AlcornDevelopers · born 1948United StatesDevelopers78born 194821stRobert HyattDevelopers · born 1948United StatesDevelopers78born 194822ndPaul MockapetrisDevelopers · born 1948United StatesDevelopers77born 194823rdLarry KaplanDevelopers · born 1949United StatesDevelopers77born 194924thKazunori UkigawaDevelopers · born 1949JapanDevelopers77born 194925thWard CunninghamDevelopers · born 1949United StatesDevelopers77born 1949
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