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The oldest living developers
The oldest living developers — the longest-running careers in the field.
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- 4
Ivan Sutherland
Developers88born 1938 - 5
Ron JeffriesDevelopers86born 1939 - 6
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Alan KayDevelopers86born 1940 - 7
Leslie LamportDevelopers85born 1941 - 8
Jeff SutherlandDevelopers85born 1941 - 9AAAlfred Aho
Developers85born 1941 - 10
Brian KernighanDevelopers84born 1942 - 11
Ken ThompsonDevelopers83born 1943 - 12PNPeter NortonDevelopers82born 1943
- 13
Andrew S. TanenbaumDevelopers82born 1944 - 14
Jean-Louis Gassée
Developers82born 1944 - 15
Richard GreenblattDevelopers81born 1944 - 16WGWayne Gould
Developers81born 1945 - 17
Leonard AdlemanDevelopers80born 1945 - 18
Robert SedgewickDevelopers79born 1946 - 19JSJonathan SachsDevelopers79born 1947
- 20
Allan AlcornDevelopers78born 1948 - 21RHRobert HyattDevelopers78born 1948
- 22
Paul MockapetrisDevelopers77born 1948 - 23LKLarry KaplanDevelopers77born 1949
- 24KUKazunori Ukigawa
Developers77born 1949 - 25
Ward CunninghamDevelopers77born 1949
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