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Laid the groundwork for modern cryptography, information theory, and notably published 'A Mathematical Theory of Communication'.

Co-inventor of the RSA algorithm, which is foundational for secure internet transactions.

Co-inventor of the RSA encryption algorithm and one of the creators of the MD4 and MD5 cryptographic hash functions.

Co-inventor of the RSA encryption algorithm and a pioneer in the field of DNA computing.

Introduced the concept of public-key cryptography with the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol.

Known for creating the Merkle-Damgård construction, a foundational concept in hash function design.

A pioneering female cryptanalyst who made significant contributions to breaking German ciphers during World War II.

Created the Blowfish and Twofish encryption algorithms; well-known for his writings on cryptography and security.

Known for inventing many cryptographic protocols, including mix networks for anonymous communications.

Co-developer of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol and a pioneer of public-key cryptography.

Co-developer of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol, contributing significantly to the development of asymmetric key cryptography.

Considered one of America's premier cryptologists; worked extensively on solving Japanese ciphers in WWII.

Famous for his machine (Turing machine) and breaking the Enigma machine's codes during WWII.

Developed Kerckhoffs's principle which dictates that a cryptosystem should be secure even if everything about the system is public knowledge except the key.

Developed the Caesar cipher, one of the earliest known encryption techniques.

Known for breaking the Vigenère cipher, which was previously considered unbreakable.

Pioneer of non-linear substitution-permutation network design which led to the creation of the Lucifer and Data Encryption Standard (DES) algorithms.

Proved the one-time pad cipher to be unbreakable, formulated the concept of entropy in information theory.

Pioneered concepts in algorithmic cryptology and was involved in the development of the stack principle.

Worked with Alan Turing on breaking Enigma during WWII and made significant contributions to cryptographic analysis.

Known for his work on cryptographic attacks, particularly differential power analysis (DPA) and timing attacks.

Known for his contributions to the cryptanalysis of public key cryptosystems and the invention of cryptographic protocols such as the Guillou-Quisquater protocol.

Well known for his contributions to number theory, which have applications in modern cryptosystems, particularly public key cryptography.

Known for his work in the design of the ElGamal discrete log encryption system, which is widely used in various cryptographic schemes.

Cryptographer known for his research into the design and analysis of block ciphers, stream ciphers, and hash functions.

Renowned for his research in secure multi-party computation, which enables parties to jointly compute a function over their inputs while keeping those inputs private.

Creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption software in the world.

Known for his work on security engineering and for pioneering the study of API security, banking security, and the economics of security.