Internet Hall of Fame

Overview

The Internet Hall of Fame was established in 2012, on the 20th anniversary of ISOC. Its stated purpose is to "publicly recognize a distinguished and select group of visionaries, leaders and luminaries who have made significant contributions to the development and advancement of the global Internet".

Nominations may be made by anyone through an applications process. The Internet Hall of Fame Advisory Board is responsible for the final selection of inductees. The advisory board is made up of professionals in the Internet industry.

History

In 2012, there were 33 inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame, announced on April 23, 2012, at the Internet Society's Global INET conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

There were 32 inductees in 2013. They were announced on June 26, 2013, and the induction ceremony was held on August 3, 2013, in Berlin, Germany. The ceremony was originally to be held in Istanbul, but the venue was changed due to the ongoing government protests in Turkey.

The class of 2014 inducted 24 people. They were announced at an event in Hong Kong.

There were no inductees in 2015 or 2016, while the ISOC worked to create an Advisory Board to provide leadership on the program's direction. This Advisory Board would be responsible for the selection of the inductees going forward.

On September 18, 2017, the Internet Society gathered to honor the fourth class of Internet Hall of Fame Inductees at UCLA, where nearly 50 years before, the first electronic message was sent over the Internet's predecessor, the ARPANET.

On September 27, 2019, 11 new members were inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in a ceremony in San Jose, Costa Rica. The inductees included Larry Irving, the first African-American to be inducted.

In February 2021, the Internet Hall of Fame announced that nominations were open for 2021 inductees until April 23, 2021, which was later extended to May 7, 2021.

Inductees

From 2012 to 2017, inductees were considered in three categories:

• 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. Since 2019, inductees are not assigned categories.

Pioneers

2012

• Poland Paul Baran*
• USA Vint Cerf
• Israel Danny Cohen
• USA Steve Crocker
• GB Donald Davies*
• USA Elizabeth J. Feinler
• USA Charles Herzfeld*
• USA Robert Kahn
• GB Peter Kirstein
• USA Leonard Kleinrock
• USA John Klensin
• USA Jon Postel*
• France Louis Pouzin
• USA Lawrence Roberts 2013
• USA David Clark
• USA David Farber
• USA Howard Frank
• Thailand Kanchana Kanchanasut
• USA J.C.R. Licklider*
• USA Bob Metcalfe
• JPN Jun Murai
• NED Kees Neggers
• Ghana Nii Quaynor
• USA Glenn Ricart
• USA Robert Taylor
• USA Stephen Wolff
• DEU Werner Zorn 2014
• USA Douglas Engelbart*
• USA Susan Estrada
• USA Frank Heart*
• IRL Dennis Jennings
• NOR Rolf Nordhagen*
• USA Radia Perlman

Global connectors

2012

• USA Randy Bush
• South Korea Kilnam Chon
• USA Al Gore
• South Africa Nancy Hafkin
• Australia Geoff Huston
• USA Brewster Kahle
• DE Daniel Karrenberg
• Japan Toru Takahashi
• Singapore Tan Tin Wee 2013
• UK Karen Banks
• LKA Gihan Dias
• South Africa Anriette Esterhuysen
• USA Steve Goldstein
• NED Teus Hagen
• URU Ida Holz
• CHN Qiheng Hu
• Japan Haruhisa Ishida*
• USA Barry Leiner*
• RUSUSA George Sadowsky 2014
• GB Dai Davies
• BRA Demi Getschko
• JPN Masaki Hirabaru*
• NED Erik Huizer
• USA Steve Huter
• LKA Abhaya Induruwa
• KEN Dorcas Muthoni
• NPL Mahabir Pun
• IND Srinivasan Ramani
• USA Michael Roberts
• United KingdomSwitzerland Ben Segal
• USA Douglas Van Houweling 2017
• LBN Nabil Bukhalid
• USA Ira Fuchs
• JPN Shigeki Goto
• ZAF Mike Jensen
• VEN Ermanno Pietrosemoli
• BRA Tadao Takahashi
• CHL Florencio Utreras
• CHN Jianping Wu

Innovators

2012

• USA Mitchell Baker
• GB Tim Berners-Lee
• BEL Robert Cailliau
• USA Van Jacobson
• USA Lawrence Landweber
• USA Paul Mockapetris
• USA Craig Newmark
• USA Raymond Tomlinson
• FINUSA Linus Torvalds
• USA Philip Zimmermann 2013
• USA Marc Andreessen
• USA John Perry Barlow
• France François Flückiger
• USA Stephen Kent
• SWE Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder
• DEU Henning Schulzrinne
• USA Richard Stallman
• USA Aaron Swartz*
• USA Jimmy Wales 2014
• USA Eric Allman
• USA Eric Bina
• DEU Karlheinz Brandenburg
• USA John Cioffi
• CHN Hualin Qian
• USA Paul Vixie 2017
• NED Jaap Akkerhuis
• USA Yvonne Marie Andrés
• BRBCAN Alan Emtage
• USA Ed Krol
• USA Tracy LaQuey Parker
• USA Craig Partridge

Inductees since 2019

2019

• TOG Adiel Akplogan
• USA Kimberly Claffy
• USA Douglas Comer
• USA Elise Gerich
• USA Larry Irving
• USA Daniel C. Lynch
• USA Jean Armour Polly
• PER José Soriano
• BRA Michael Stanton
• NED Klaas Wierenga
• JPN Suguru Yamaguchi*

2021

• BrazilCanada Carlos Afonso
• Netherlands Rob Blokzijl*
• USA Hans-Werner Braun
• Denmark Frode Greisen
• Czech Republic Jan Gruntorad
• USA Saul Hahn
• USA Kim Hubbard
• El Salvador Rafael (Lito) Ibarra
• China Xing Li
• Norway Yngvar G. Lundh*
• USA Dan Kaminsky*
• South Korea DaeYoung Kim
• USA Kenneth J. Klingenstein
• Mexico Alejandro Pisanty
• USA Yakov Rekhter
• Australia Philip Smith
• Norway Pål Spilling*
• Brazil Liane Tarouco
• USA Virginia Travers
• USA George Varghese
• USA Lixia Zhang

2023

• India Abhay Bhushan
• USA Laura Breeden
• Brazil Ivan Moura Campos
• USA Steve Cisler
• Australia Peter Eckersley*
• Brazil Hartmut Richard Glaser
• USA Simon S. Lam
• USA William L. Schrader
• Costa RicaFrance Guy de Téramond Peralta

2025

• Sweden Patrik Fältström
• Egypt Tarek Kamel*
• China Dong Liu
• USA Kirk Lougheed
• USA Ram Mohan
• South Korea Hyunje Park
• USA Joyce K. Reynolds*
• USA John Quarterman

Advisory board

2012

• Lishan Adam
• Joi Ito
• Mark Mahaney
• Chris Anderson
• Mike Jensen
• Alejandro Pisanty
• Alex Corenthin
• Aleks Krotoski
• Lee Rainie
• William H. Dutton
• Loïc Le Meur 2013 and 2014
• Lishan Adam
• Raúl Echeberría
• C.L. Liu
• Hessa Al Jaber
• Hartmut Glaser
• Alejandro Pisanty
• Grace Chng
• Katie Hafner
• Oliver Popov
• Alex Corenthin
• Mike Jensen
• Lee Rainie
• William H. Dutton
• Aleks Krotoski
• Andreu Veà Baró 2017
• Randy Bush
• Steven Huter
• Srinivasan Ramani
• Kilnam Chon
• Abhaya Induruwa
• Glenn Ricart
• Gihan Dias
• Dennis Jennings
• Lawrence Roberts
• Anriette Esterhuysen
• John Klensin
• George Sadowsky
• Susan Estrada
• Lawrence Landweber
• Douglas Van Houweling
• Demi Getschko
• Paul Mockapetris
• Paul Vixie
• Nancy Hafkin
• Radia Perlman

References

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