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• Martin Galway
  
  1966 Belfast [United Kingdom]
  

  He is one of the most famous and prestigious composers of music for the Commodore 64's SID sound chip.
  His best-known works include Arkanoid, Wizball, and Green Beret, as well as numerous melodies used during game loading, such as those developed by Ocean Software.

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• Jony Ive
  
  1967 London [United Kingdom]
  

  The English industrial designer was hired by Apple to design its new laptop in September 1992, following Steve Jobs' return to the company.
  He was responsible for the design of the iMac, Power Mac G4 Cube, iPod, iPhone, iPad, MacBook, and parts of the iOS user interface.

• Marc Andreessen
  
  1971 Cedar Falls [USA]
  

  Co-author of Mosaic, one of the first web browsers with a graphical interface. And co-founder of Netscape Communications Corporation.

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