Internet Hall of Fame

Internet Hall of Fame
The Internet Hall of Fame is an honorary lifetime achievement award administered by the Internet Society (ISOC) in recognition of individuals who have made significant contributions to the development and advancement of the Internet.
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
Paul Baran*
Vint Cerf
Danny Cohen
Steve Crocker
Donald Davies*
Elizabeth J. Feinler
Charles Herzfeld*
Robert Kahn
Peter 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
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
Tan Tin Wee
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
Mitchell Baker
Tim Berners-Lee
Robert Cailliau
Van Jacobson
Lawrence Landweber
Paul Mockapetris
Craig Newmark
Raymond Tomlinson
Linus Torvalds
Philip Zimmermann
2013
Marc Andreessen
John Perry Barlow*
François Flückiger
Stephen Kent
Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder
Henning Schulzrinne
Richard Stallman
Aaron Swartz*
Jimmy Wales
2014
Eric Allman
Eric Bina
Karlheinz Brandenburg
John Cioffi
Hualin Qian
Paul Vixie
2017
Jaap Akkerhuis
Yvonne Marie Andrés
Alan Emtage
Ed Krol
Tracy LaQuey Parker
Craig Partridge
Inductees since 2019
2019
Adiel Akplogan
Kimberly Claffy
Douglas Comer
Elise Gerich
Larry Irving
Dan Lynch
Jean Armour Polly
José Soriano
Michael Stanton
Klaas Wierenga
Suguru Yamaguchi*
2021
Carlos Afonso
Rob Blokzijl*
Hans-Werner Braun
Frode Greisen
Jan Gruntorad
Saul Hahn
Kim Hubbard
Rafael (Lito) Ibarra
Xing Li
Yngvar G. Lundh*
Dan Kaminsky*
DaeYoung Kim
Kenneth J. Klingenstein
Alejandro Pisanty
Yakov Rekhter
Philip Smith
Pål Spilling*
Liane Tarouco
Virginia Travers
George Varghese
Lixia Zhang
2023
Abhay Bhushan
Laura Breeden
Ivan Moura Campos
Steve Cisler
Peter Eckersley*
Hartmut Richard Glaser
Simon S. Lam
William L. Schrader
Guy F. de Téramond
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
See also
Internet celebrity
Internet pioneers
IEEE Internet Award
References
External links
Q&As with the living inductees, from Wired, 2012
Lifetime achievement awards
Awards established in 2012
Science and technology halls of fame