Cryptanalyst

Explore 1 of history's most influential cryptanalyst, ranked by historical influence. Each figure links to a full biography, feats, trivia and similar people.

Alan Turing

Mathematician · 1912 – 1954

Alan Turing was an English mathematician and computer scientist who founded theoretical computer science, helped break the German Enigma cipher in World War II, and pioneered the study of artificial intelligence.

Turing machine
Breaking the Enigma code