
Your Heading
Your Heading


John Carmack
Date and Place of Birth: August 21, 1970, in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, United States. Status: Alive and active. After leaving his role as Consulting CTO at Oculus VR in 2022, he founded and currently leads

Alvy Ray Smith
Date and Place of Birth: September 8, 1943, in Mineral Wells, Texas, United States. Status: Alive. He is actively involved as a technology advisor, an author (most notably of A Biography of the Pixel), and



Ed Catmull
Date and Place of Birth: March 31, 1945, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Status: Alive. He retired as President of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2019 and remains active as an author


Yost Group
Establishment and Location: Formed in 1988, based in the United States. Status: Defunct (The group sold their software rights to Autodesk in 1997). Professional Summary: The Yost Group was a pioneering independent collective of software


Tom Hudson
Date and Place of Birth: Born in Springfield, Missouri, United States (exact birth date is not publicly documented). Status: Alive and active within the software development and retro-computing communities. Professional Summary: Tom Hudson is a

Daniel Langlois
1. Biography & Summary Date and Place of Birth: April 6, 1957, in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada. Status: Deceased. Passed away on December 1, 2023, in Dominica. Professional Summary: Daniel Langlois was a visionary Canadian animator,

John Knoll
1. Biography & Summary Date and Place of Birth: October 6, 1962, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Status: Alive and actively serving as the Chief Creative Officer (CCO) at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).

Thomas Knoll
Thomas Knoll 1. Biography & Summary Date and Place of Birth: April 14, 1960, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Status: Alive and actively contributing to the field of digital photography and software development. Professional


John Carmack
Date and Place of Birth: August 21, 1970, in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, United States. Status: Alive and active. After leaving his role as Consulting CTO at Oculus VR in 2022, he founded and currently leads

Alvy Ray Smith
Date and Place of Birth: September 8, 1943, in Mineral Wells, Texas, United States. Status: Alive. He is actively involved as a technology advisor, an author (most notably of A Biography of the Pixel), and



Ed Catmull
Date and Place of Birth: March 31, 1945, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Status: Alive. He retired as President of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2019 and remains active as an author


Yost Group
Establishment and Location: Formed in 1988, based in the United States. Status: Defunct (The group sold their software rights to Autodesk in 1997). Professional Summary: The Yost Group was a pioneering independent collective of software


Tom Hudson
Date and Place of Birth: Born in Springfield, Missouri, United States (exact birth date is not publicly documented). Status: Alive and active within the software development and retro-computing communities. Professional Summary: Tom Hudson is a

Daniel Langlois
1. Biography & Summary Date and Place of Birth: April 6, 1957, in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada. Status: Deceased. Passed away on December 1, 2023, in Dominica. Professional Summary: Daniel Langlois was a visionary Canadian animator,

John Knoll
1. Biography & Summary Date and Place of Birth: October 6, 1962, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Status: Alive and actively serving as the Chief Creative Officer (CCO) at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).

Thomas Knoll
Thomas Knoll 1. Biography & Summary Date and Place of Birth: April 14, 1960, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Status: Alive and actively contributing to the field of digital photography and software development. Professional











