I will write this page. If anyone disagrees, take the name out.

	* DonKnuth, creator of TeX, MetaFont, LiterateProgramming and author of TheArtOfComputerProgramming. 
	* AlanTuring, for the TuringMachine (mathematical, '''and''' consciously on the topic of computers)
	* AdaLovelace, for the first software
	* WardCunningham (at least here ;) )
	* KentBeck
	* MartinFowler
	* ErichGamma


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	* CharlesBabbage, he tried to made it with mechanics, and he got it right
** Very important, but he was a hardware guy, not software
	* AlonzoChurch, for the lambda calculus
** Important work, but he was a mathematician and did not have computers in mind
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Everyone?  ''Mostly everyone.''

Martin Fowler is still a bit anti-RDBMS for my tastes. He still proposes using OO-built navigational structures in place of or in addition to (OnceAndOnlyOnce violation) the database. He also tends to "see" things as subtypes, which I tend not to find a safe long-term design decision choice (ThereAreNoTypes). -- top  ''OnceAndOnlyOnceDoesNotImplyGoldenHammer''