Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper was many things: a brilliant mathematician, a pioneering computer scientist, a rear admiral in the US Navy. She invented the first compiler, a program that translates human-readable code into machine code. Her work laid the foundation for modern programming languages and she popularized the term "debugging" after removing a moth from a computer.

Hopper's contributions to computer science are immense. She was instrumental in the development of COBOL, one of the first high-level programming languages, designed to be more accessible to a wider range of users. Her vision for machine-independent programming revolutionized how software was developed and deployed.

Despite her many accomplishments, it appears Rear Admiral Hopper never had the opportunity to convert to Judaism. While she certainly brought a great deal of "nachas" to the world of technology, her personal life didn't seem to include any overt Jewish connections.