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Turing Award Winners

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Alan Perlis
Alan Perlis1966United States
Maurice Wilkes
Maurice Wilkes1967United Kingdom
Richard Hamming
Richard Hamming1968United States
Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky1969United States
James H. Wilkinson
James H. Wilkinson1970United Kingdom
John McCarthy
John McCarthy1971United States
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Edsger W. Dijkstra1972Kingdom of the Netherlands
Charles Bachman
Charles Bachman1973United States
Donald Knuth
Donald Knuth1974United States
Herbert Simon
Herbert Simon1975United States
Allen Newell
Allen Newell1975United States
Michael O. Rabin
Michael O. Rabin1976Israel
Dana Scott
Dana Scott1976United States
John Backus
John Backus1977United States
Robert W. Floyd
Robert W. Floyd1978United States
Kenneth E. Iverson
Kenneth E. Iverson1979Canada
Tony Hoare
Tony Hoare1980United Kingdom
Edgar F. Codd
Edgar F. Codd1981United Kingdom
Stephen Cook
Stephen Cook1982United States
Dennis M. Ritchie
Dennis M. Ritchie1983United States
Niklaus Wirth
Niklaus Wirth1984Switzerland
Richard M. Karp
Richard M. Karp1985United States
John Edward Hopcroft
John Edward Hopcroft1986United States
Robert Tarjan
Robert Tarjan1986United States
John Cocke
John Cocke1987United States
Ivan Sutherland
Ivan Sutherland1988United States
William Kahan
William Kahan1989Canada
Fernando J. Corbató
Fernando J. Corbató1990United States
Robin Milner
Robin Milner1991United Kingdom
Butler Lampson
Butler Lampson1992United States
Juris Hartmanis
Juris Hartmanis1993Latvia
Richard E. Stearns
Richard E. Stearns1993United States
Raj Reddy
Raj Reddy1994India
Edward Feigenbaum
Edward Feigenbaum1994United States
Manuel Blum
Manuel Blum1995United States
Amir Pnueli
Amir Pnueli1996Israel
Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart1997United States
Jim Gray
Jim Gray1998United States
Fred Brooks
Fred Brooks1999United States
Andrew Yao
Andrew Yao2000People's Republic of China

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