• Geometers:
Pythagoras, Euclid, Descartes

• Cartographers:
Homer, Genghis Khaghan,  Mercator

• Graphics researchers:
Sutherland, Englebart, Bézier, de Casteljau,
Catmull, Mandelbrot, Shoup

• Implementers:
Cutter, Whitney, Lucas, Warnock 

• Organizations:
NYIT, UUtah, CCLRC, Evans & Sutherland, Xerox PARC