This is my Hall of Fame – a place to honor the visionaries, creators, and mentors who inspire me to keep creating, dreaming, and learning.
Achievements:
- Co-Founded Apple with Steve Wozniak and ignited the Personal Computer Revolution.
- Founded NeXT, a company of high-end computers that stopped operating in 1997.
- Purchased and transformed Pixar into a leading company in the animated film industry.
Fun Facts:
- Had a pescatarian diet.
- His style included his signature black turtleneck and Levi’s jeans.
- Played a significant role in building the character Woody for the Toy Story movie.
- Had a 2.65 GPA in high school and dropped out of college to pursue Shakespeare literature, modern dance, and calligraphy, later receiving a job at Atari.
Achievements:
- Invented the phonograph, motion picture camera, and incandescent light bulb.
- Developed the electric power system.
Fun Facts:
- Dealt with hearing loss, but viewed that as an advantage to focus on work.
- Proposed to his wife using Morse code.
- Edison was a sweet tooth, particularly for apple pie and french pastries, and was known as a “big bump for cookies”.
Achievements:
- Earned recognition as a pioneer and leading figure in EDM.
- Released a hit “Wake Me Up” that became an international success and earned him 4th place in US charts.
Fun Facts:
- Came up with his name Avicii that stands for “the lowest level of Buddhist hell” with an extra “i” for uniqueness.
- Started mixing music at an age of 8.
- His mom was a Swedish actress.
- Diet often included Red Bull and airport food.
Achievements:
- Won Grammy Awards as a solo artist for Best Rock Album and Best Metal Performance.
- Made a foundational contribution to the heavy metal genre with Black Sabbath and gained massive success as a solo artist with over 100 million records sold.
- He and his wife Sharon founded Ozzfest, which was a heavy metal/hard rock music festival that stopped running in 2018.
Fun Facts:
- “Ozzy” started as a schoolyard nickname that he later used as a stage name and tattooed on his knuckles.
- Allegedly bit the head off what he thought was a rubber bat, but which turned out to be real on one of his shows.
- Was inducted twice into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist and as part of the Black Sabbath.
- Had an obsession with burritos and Chipotle.
Achievements:
- Developed an engaging and informative class structure to teach college students the concepts of data structures and mathematical foundations of Computer Science.
Fun Facts
- Has many (four) cats and a chinchilla.
- Interested in Quantum Computers.
- Likes vintage video games.
- Will teach you anything you need to know about algorithms and have you solve fun logic puzzles.
Fun Facts:
- Interests in space missions and explorations.
- Knowledgeable on concepts of ENIAC and machine language.
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