To highlight the Internet’s profound impact on our world, the Internet Society has established an Internet Hall of Fame whch identifies, recognizes, and celebrates individuals who have fuelled the development of the Internet and used it to transform the lives of people throughout the world.

2013 Induction Ceremony

The second annual induction ceremony will be held 26 June, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey.  

2012 Inductees

Find out more about the Internet Hall of Fame and see the list of 2012 inductees.

Wired Magazine Exclusive Interviews with Inductees

Read the ongoing series by Wired magazine on the 2012 Internet Hall of Fame inductees:

• Say Bonjour to the Internet’s Long-Lost French Uncle
• Who Built the Internet? People Like Tan Tin Wee
• The Legacy of Linus Torvalds: Linux, Git, and One Giant Flamethrower
• Danny Cohen Engineered the Internet to Take Flight
• Remembering Jon Postel — And the Day He Redirected the Internet
• Meet John Klensin, Internet History’s Jack of All Trades
• Leonard Kleinrock, the TX-2 and the Seeds of the Internet
• Larry Roberts Calls Himself the Founder of the Internet. Who Are You to Argue?
• How an Art Historian Helped Bring the Internet to Japan
• Why Do We Call Them Internet Packets? His Name Was Donald Davies
• What Do the H-Bomb and Internet Have In Common? Paul Baran
• Daniel Karrenberg Helped Bring the Internet to Europe; Now He Keeps It Running
• How Pacific Island Missile Tests Helped Launch the Internet
• Alexandria 2.0: One Millionaire’s Quest to Build the Biggest Library on Earth
• Bob Kahn, the Bread Truck, and the Internet’s First Communion
• Lawrence Landweber Helped Build Today’s Internet, Now He’s Advising Its Future
• Meet the Man Who Put the ‘@’ in Your E-Mail
• Why Does the Net Still Work on Christmas? Paul Mockapetris
• Why Craig Newmark Sits at the Top and Bottom of Craigslist
• Father of Australian Internet Warns of Address Crunch
• Nancy Hafkin Brought Internet to Africa, Now She’s Tackling Tech Gender Divide
• Asian Internet Traces Roots To Kilnam Chon
• Before Google and GoDaddy, There Was Elizabeth Feinler
• Berners-Lee: World Finally Realizes Web Belongs to No One
• Van Jacobson Denies Averting Internet Meltdown in 1980s
• Meet the Man Who Invented the Instructions for the Internet
• Unrepentant Hippie and World Networker Randy Bush Enters Net’s Hall of Fame
• Mozilla's Mitchell Baker on Being the Alternative to Microsoft, Google and Apple
• In Vint Cerf's Future, Internet Packets Fall From Sky

Questions?

If you have any questions, please email hall.of.fame@isoc.org