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Douglas Carl Engelbart né le 30 janvier 1925 dans l'Oregon, aux Etats-Unies, et mort le 2 juillet 2013, est un ingénieur, inventeur et pionnier en informatique. Il a inventé la souris, a développé le concept de l'interface homme-machine et également, a développé le système hypertexte, les réseaux informatiques ainsi que les premières interfaces graphiques.

A human rights defender and computer networking pioneer from South Africa. he has been the Executive Director of the Association for Progressive Communications. She was one of five finalists for IT Personality of the Year in South Africa in 2012. She was inducted to the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013 as a "Global Connector". In 2015, she was the winner of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Awards. She is a founder of Women's Net in South Africa and has served on the Technical Advisory Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa