{"id":4103415,"date":"2025-12-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/4103415\/22-tech-luminaries-we-lost-in-2025.html"},"modified":"2025-12-29T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:00:00","slug":"22-tech-luminaries-we-lost-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/4103415\/22-tech-luminaries-we-lost-in-2025.html","title":{"rendered":"22 tech luminaries we lost in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As modern technologies such as artificial intelligence grab today’s headlines, it’s worth remembering that their foundations were being laid more than half a century ago by computer scientists, philosophers, psychologists, developers, entrepreneurs, and more. These pioneers and those who followed tackled issues and solved problems that future generations may never know existed — but without their seminal work, we wouldn’t be where we are today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we look back on 2025, Computerworld honors the lives of those we lost, including our own beloved colleague Lucas Mearian<\/a>. Here are 22 tech trailblazers whose accomplishments helped shape our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Langasek: Debian devotee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

April 27, 1979 – January 1, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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