Skip to content
228,129 profiles ranked

Charles Geschke

American computer scientist · United States · On the map · Developers · Lived 1939 to 2021 · aged 81

Charles Matthew "Chuck" Geschke was an American businessman and computer scientist best known for founding the graphics and publishing software company Adobe Inc. with John Warnock in 1982, with whom he also co-created the PDF document format.

Charles Geschke is read about 93 times a day, in 26 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

A life in dates

2021Died16 April 20212010Marconi PrizeAward2008National Medal of Technology and InnovationAward2002Computer History Museum FellowAward1999ACM FellowAward1989ACM Software System AwardAward1939Born11 September 1939

People around Charles

Close ties

Also in Deutsch

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Marconi Prize2010
National Medal of Technology and Innovation2008
Computer History Museum Fellow2002
ACM Fellow1999
ACM Software System Award1989

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Developers
Type
Developer
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2021 · aged 81

Developers from the United States 6

Leonard Adleman54.7 of 100Ray Ozzie54.6 of 100Larry Wall54.7 of 100Erica Baker54.6 of 100Avie Tevanian52.4 of 100David Karp54.5 of 100