Internet Hall Fame - Outstanding Contribution to Expansion of Internet, Its Services and Its Benefits

Internet Hall of Fame is brought into existence and we need to be aware of the personalities who contributed to the spread of Internet and its benefits to the world.
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Three categories of Contributions:

• Pioneers': "Individuals who were instrumental in the early design and development of the Internet."
• Global Connectors: "Individuals from around the world who have made significant contributions to the global growth and use of the Internet."
• Innovators: "Individuals who made outstanding technological, commercial, or policy advances and helped to expand the Internet's reach."

An asterisk (*) indicates a posthumous recipient.

Pioneers

2012  Paul Baran*  Vint Cerf  Danny Cohen  Steve Crocker  Donald Davies*  Elizabeth J. Feinler  Charles Herzfeld  Robert Kahn  Peter T. Kirstein  Leonard Kleinrock  John Klensin  Jon Postel*  Louis Pouzin  Lawrence Roberts

2013

•  David Clark
•  David Farber
•  Howard Frank
•  Kanchana Kanchanasut
•  J.C.R. Licklider^*
•  Bob Metcalfe
•  Jun Murai
•  Kees Neggers
•  Nii Quaynor
•  Glenn Ricart
•  Aaron Swartz^*
•  Robert Taylor
•  Stephen Wolff
•  Werner Zorn

2014

•  Douglas Engelbart^*
•  Susan Estrada
•  Frank Heart
•  Dennis Jennings
•  Rolf Nordhagen^*
•  Radia Perlman

Global Connectors

2012  Randy Bush  Kilnam Chon  Al Gore  Nancy Hafkin  Geoff Huston  Brewster Kahle  Daniel Karrenberg  Toru Takahashi (ja)  Tan Tin Wee[12]

2013

•  Karen Banks
• Gihan Dias
•  Anriette Esterhuysen
• Steve Goldstein
•  Teus Hagen
•  Ida Holz
•  Qiheng Hu
• Haruhisa Ishida^*
• Barry Leiner^*
•  George Sadowsky

2014

•  Dai Davies
•  Demi Getschko
•  Masaki Hirabaru^*
•  Erik Huizer
•  Steve Huter
•  Abhaya Induruwa
•  Dorcas Muthoni
•  Mahabir Pun
•  Srinivasan Ramani
•  Michael Roberts
•  Ben Segal
•  Douglas Van Houweling

2017 

•  Nabil Bukhalid
•  Ira Fuchs
•  Shigeki Goto
•  Mike Jensen
•  Ermanno Pietrosemoli
•  Tadao Takahashi
•  Florencio Utreras
•  Jianping Wu

Innovators

2012[6]  Mitchell Baker  Tim Berners-Lee  Robert Cailliau  Van Jacobson  Lawrence Landweber  Paul Mockapetris  Craig Newmark  Raymond Tomlinson[13]  Linus Torvalds  Philip Zimmermann

2013^[9]

•  Marc Andreessen
•  John Perry Barlow
•  François Flückiger
•  Stephen Kent
•  Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder
•  Henning Schulzrinne
•  Richard Stallman
•  Aaron Swartz^*
•  Jimmy Wales

2014^[10]

•  Eric Allman
•  Eric Bina
•  Karlheinz Brandenburg
•  John Cioffi
•  Hualin Qian
•  Paul Vixie

2017^[11]

•  Jaap Akkerhuis
•  Yvonne Marie Andrés
•  Alan Emtage
•  Ed Krol
•  Tracy LaQuey Parker
•  Craig Partridge

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