founders of languages that used for programming language 💻✍🏻..

1. Dennis Ritchie – Founder of C Language (1972)

Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist who developed the C programming language at Bell Labs. C became the foundation for many other languages like C++, Java, and C#. He also co-created the UNIX operating system, which revolutionized computing.

2. Bjarne Stroustrup – Founder of C++ (1983)

Bjarne Stroustrup, a Danish computer scientist, extended the C language to create C++, adding object-oriented programming (OOP) features. C++ is widely used for system software, game engines, and high-performance applications.

3. James Gosling – Founder of Java (1995)

James Gosling, a Canadian computer scientist at Sun Microsystems, developed Java. It was designed to be platform-independent — “Write once, run anywhere.” Java is popular for web, mobile (Android), and enterprise software.

4. Guido van Rossum – Founder of Python (1991)

Guido van Rossum, from the Netherlands, created Python to make programming easy and readable. Its simple syntax and powerful libraries made it one of the most used languages in AI, data science, and web development.

5. Brendan Eich – Founder of JavaScript (1995)

Brendan Eich created JavaScript in just 10 days while working at Netscape. It became the main scripting language for the web, powering interactive websites and modern front-end frameworks.

6. Rasmus Lerdorf – Founder of PHP (1994)

Rasmus Lerdorf, a Danish-Canadian programmer, developed PHP to manage his personal website. It evolved into a full server-side scripting language and powers websites like Facebook and WordPress.

7. Anders Hejlsberg – Founder of C# (2000)

Anders Hejlsberg, from Denmark, created C# for Microsoft’s .NET platform. C# combines features of C++ and Java and is widely used for Windows apps, games (via Unity), and web applications.

8. Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto – Founder of Ruby (1995)

Matsumoto, a Japanese programmer, created Ruby to make coding fun and human-friendly. The Ruby on Rails framework later made it famous for web development.

9. Chris Lattner – Founder of Swift (2014)

Chris Lattner, while at Apple, developed Swift to replace Objective-C. Swift is modern, safe, and easy to learn — now used for iOS, macOS, and watchOS app development.

10. Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson – Founders of Go (2009)

These three engineers from Google designed Go (or Golang) to simplify large-scale software development. It’s known for speed, simplicity, and great support for concurrent programming.

11. Graydon Hoare – Founder of Rust (2010)

Graydon Hoare created Rust while working at Mozilla. It focuses on memory safety and performance, making it ideal for systems programming and replacing C/C++ in many areas.

12. Tim Berners-Lee – Founder of HTML (1991)

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist at CERN, invented HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and the World Wide Web. His creation made the Internet accessible to everyone.

13. Håkon Wium Lie – Founder of CSS (1996)

Håkon Wium Lie, a Norwegian web pioneer, created CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). It allows designers to style HTML pages with colors, layouts, and fonts — shaping modern web design.

14. Donald D. Chamberlin & Raymond F. Boyce – Founders of SQL (1974)

They developed SQL (Structured Query Language) at IBM to manage and query relational databases. SQL remains the standard language for database operations today.