Who was the first!

                                             

We always talk about who did it first whether we are in college,school,home or in office.This thing who did it first matters greatly but it is different thing ,how people see it in his perspective.


Here  i am going to mention some legends who started or even i say in better way ,they given a new trait,post to the world and established a base for upcoming generation to work on that base for greater good of the world.



I always say ,the list provided in random way no ranking system is here.


1-First Programmer in the World-


Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace




Ada Lovelace is considered as the first programmer, who worked with Sir Charles Babbage on the Analytical Engine ( First Generation general purpose mechanical computer partly built by English inventor Charles Babbage)


  •  She was a pioneer of computing science. She took part in writing the first published program and was a computing visionary, recognizing for the first time that computers could do much more than just calculations.





2-First Designer in the World-




An Englishman living in Paris, Charles Frederick Worth (1825 – 1905) is usually seen as the first designer in the modern sense of the term, with a large business employing many largely anonymous tailors and seamstresses.


Charles Frederick
Charles Frederick 

  • A former draper, Worth’s success was such that he was able to dictate what they should wear to his customers. Launched into the spotlight as the Empress Eugénie‘s primary designer.



3-First Actor in the World-


Thespis
Thespis



Thespis ( Greek. 6th century BC) of Icaria (present-day Dionysos, Greece), according to certain Ancient Greek sources and especially Aristotle, was the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play (instead of speaking as him or herself). In other sources, he is said to have introduced the first principal actor in addition to the chorus.

Thespis



  • Thespis invented acting in the Western world, and that prior to his performances, no one had ever assumed the resemblance of another person for the purpose of storytelling. In fact, Thespis is the first known actor in written plays.


4-First Professional Video Gamer in the World-


Dennis “Thresh” Fong (USA, b. 1977) is regarded as the first professional gamer in history. 


Dennis “Thresh” Fong
Dennis “Thresh” Fong



  • He won every tournament he attended over a five-year period, a feat that earned him the nickname “the Michael Jordan of the gaming world

Dennis “Thresh” Fong



  • Fong is perhaps best known for his victory in the Red Annihilation Quake Tournament, sponsored by Microsoft and held at the 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Atlanta, Georgia.


5-First Official Pilot in the World-


Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was a famed American aviator during the interwar period, the first pilot to fly solo around the world


Wiley Hardeman Post
Wiley Hardeman Post 



  • Also known for his work in high-altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suitsand discovered the jet stream
  • On August 15, 1935, Post and American humorist Will Rogers were killed when Post’s aircraft crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska.




6-First Architect in the World-


Imhotep, who lived around 2600 BCE and served the Egyptian pharaoh Djoser, as the first identified architect in history


Imhotep
Imhotep



  • Imhotep, credited with designing the first Egyptian pyramid complex, the world’s first known extensive stone structure, inspired the later more extravagant pyramids.





7-First Mechanical Engineer in the world-

Archimedes, (born c. 287 BCE, Syracuse, Sicily [Italy]—died 212/211 BCE, Syracuse), the most-famous mathematician and inventor in ancient Greece.


Archimedes
Archimedes



  •  Archimedes is especially important for his discovery of the relation between the surface and volume of a sphere and its circumscribing cylinder.

Archimedes
Archimedes



  •  He is known for his formulation of a hydrostatic principle (known as Archimedes’ principle) and ,a device for raising water, still used in developing countries, known as the Archimedes screw.



8-First Hacker in the world-


Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is an American computer security consultant, author, and hacker, best known for his high-profile 1995 arrest and later five years in prison for various computer and communications-related crimes.


Kevin David Mitnick
Kevin David Mitnick





  •  At age 13, Mitnick used social engineering and dumpster diving to bypass the punch card system used in the Los Angeles bus system.



Kevin David Mitnick
Kevin David Mitnick



  • Mitnick first gained unauthorized access to a computer network in 1979, at 16, when a friend gave him the phone number for the Ark, the computer system Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) used for developing their RSTS/E operating system software. He broke into DEC’s computer network and copied their software.





9-First Chemist in the World-


Tapputi, also referred to as Tapputi-Belatekallim (“Belatekallim” refers to female overseer of a palace“), is considered to be the world’s first chemist, perfume-maker mentioned in a cuneiform tablet dated around 1200 BC in Babylonian Mesopotamia. 


Tapputi
Tapputi





  •  She used flowers, oil, and calamus along with cyperusmyrrh, and balsam. She added  water or other solvents then distilled and filtered several times.This is also the oldest referenced still.

Tapputi
Tapputi

10-First Billionaire in the World-


Mr John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) Wealth: 1.53% of the U.S. economy. America’s first billionaire because of oil.

Mr John D. Rockefeller
Mr John D. Rockefeller



  • He was a co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, Inc., which dominated the oil industry and was the first great business trust in the United States
  • To put His wealth in terms we can relate to the man would be worth a stunning 337 Billion dollars.
  • The American Oil Magnate is considered as the world’s first confirmed US $ Billionaire.

Mr John D. Rockefeller
Mr John D. Rockefeller

  • After his company Standard Oil was broken up by government, those spin offs became oil giants of today such as Conoco Phillips , BP , Chevron and Exxon-Mobil.



These are some noble people who created the base form of their field .It is just beginning we will meet more legends in upcoming topics so stay tuned.



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