| Full Name | Grace Murray Hopper |
| Date of Birth | 09 December 1906 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, United States |
| Date of Death | 01 January 1992 |
| Place of Death | Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence | United States |
| Education | Vassar College (B.A., 1928), Yale University (M.A., 1930; Ph.D., 1934) |
| Profession | Computer scientist, Naval officer |
| Years of Activity | 1943-1986 |
| Brief Information | Grace Hopper was a pioneering computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. She was instrumental in the development of early computer programming languages. Hopper is credited with creating the first compiler, a program that translates human-readable code into machine code, and for her significant contributions to the design of COBOL. |