This list looks promising - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_pioneers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_pioneers The sheer number of

This list looks promising - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_pioneers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_pioneers The sheer number of people coming before those like Tim Berners-Lee and Marc Andreessen is a bit enlightening as well. Aside: Your post got me wondering if there's a list somewhere of all people in computing etc whose contributions have been significant enough to receive the "black bar" on HN when they die.