Ada Lovelace
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The 19th-century mathematician often called the first programmer for her notes on Babbage's Analytical Engine.
In 1843 she translated a paper on Charles Babbage's proposed machine and added notes far longer than the original, including what is often described as the first published algorithm intended for a computer. She also grasped that such a machine could manipulate symbols, not just numbers - an insight ahead of its time.
Also known as: Ada Lovelace, Note G, Augusta Ada King
Sources
- Lovelace, notes on Menabrea's 'Sketch of the Analytical Engine' (1843)