Ada Lovelace – inventor of programming algorithms

 Watercolor portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (Ada Lovelace)

Wikipedia on Ada Lovelace

Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (born Byron; short: Ada Lovelace) is said to be the world’s first programmer. She was the first human to recognize that Charles Babbages’ Calculation engine could serve for more… and published the world’s first algorithm.