# Tech People

This is a list of notable people in technology.

- **[Bill Gates](bill_gates.md)**: founder and CEO of [Micro$oft](microsoft.md)
- **[Dennis Ritchie](dennis_ritchie)**: creator of [C](c.md) language and co-creator of [Unix](unix.md)
- **[Eric S. Raymond](esr.md)**: proponent of [open source](open_source.md), co-founder of [OSI](osi.md) and tech writer
- **[Larry Wall](larry_wall.md)**: creator of [Perl](perl.md) language, linguist
- **[Linus Torvalds](linus_torvalds.md)**: author of [Linux](linux.md) and [git](git.md)
- **[Luke Smith](luke_smith)**: [suckless](suckless.md) vlogger/celebrity
- **[Noam Chomsky](noam_chomsky.md)**: linguist notable in theoretical [compsci](computer_science.md), anarchist
- **[Richard Stallman](rmd.md)**: inventor of [free software](free_software.md) and [copyleft](copyleft.md), founder of [GNU](gnu.md)
- **[Steve Jobs](steve_jobs.md)**: founder and CEO of [Apple](apple.md)
- **[Terry Davis](terry_davis)**: schizophrenic creator of [Temple OS](temple_os.md), Internet [meme](meme.md)