Alan Turing

Born: June 23, 1912
Died: June 7, 1954

He is another reason I started this blog. He was such a good scientist/engineer and a big part in heling defeat the Germans during WWII. He is even partly responsible for the computers we have today. (Those of you who know computers will know that he was responsible for the Turing machine and Turing test, both of which are major parts of computers.) But even after all that, he was still persecuted for being gay, eventually commiting suicide (most likely). I know I won't forget his story.

Alan Turing Wikipedia Article