Alan Turing

Alan Turing was a British Mathematician who's contribution to World War II was not only a huge victory for England but a groundbreaking event in the history of computers. A brilliant computer scientist, Turing discovered a way to break the German code and turn the war around. He created "Colossus," the first real computer and eventually the Turing Machine, a precursor of modern technology. He was prosecuted in the UK for being a homosexual and wasn't pardoned until 60 years after his death.