John Markoff — American journalist

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John Gregory Markoff is a journalist best known for his work covering technology at The New York Times for 28 years until his retirement in 2016, as well as books and a series of articles about hacker Kevin Mitnick.

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BBill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 742025 · The New York Times article (June 7, 2025)
LLawrence Tesler, Who Made Personal Computing Easier, Dies at 742020 · The New York Times article (February 20, 2020)
NNils Nilsson, 86, Dies; Scientist Helped Robots Find Their Way2019 · The New York Times article (April 25, 2019)
WWhen A.I. Matures, It May Call Jürgen Schmidhuber ‘Dad’2016 · New York Times article
DDavid Bunnell, Whose Magazines Were Tech World Must-Reads, Dies at 692016 · The New York Times article (October 21, 2016)
JJohn Ellenby, Visionary Who Helped Create Early Laptop, Dies at 752016 · The New York Times article (August 27, 2016)
RRobert Fano, 98, Dies; Engineer Who Helped Develop Interactive Computers2016 · The New York Times article (July 26, 2016)
BBill Campbell, Coach of Silicon Valley Stars, Dies at 752016 · The New York Times article (April 19, 2016)
WWesley A. Clark, Who Designed First Personal Computer, Dies at 882016 · The New York Times article (February 28, 2016)
PPatrick Suppes, Pioneer in Computerized Learning, Dies at 922014 · The New York Times article (December 3, 2014)
AAndrew Kay, Pioneer in Computing, Dies at 952014 · The New York Times article (September 6, 2014)
WWillis Ware, 93, Engineer at Dawn of Computer Age, Dies2013 · The New York Times article (December 3, 2013)
VVictor Poor, Who Helped Create Early Intel Chips, Dies at 792012 · The New York Times article (August 20, 2012)
DDavid L. Waltz, Computer Science Pioneer, Dies at 682012 · The New York Times article (March 24, 2012)
JJacob Goldman, Founder of Xerox Lab, Dies at 902011 · The New York Times article (December 22, 2011)
JJohn McCarthy, 84, Dies; Computer Design Pioneer2011 · The New York Times article (October 26, 2011)
MM. Kenneth Oshman, Who Brought Fun to Silicon Valley, Dies at 712011 · The New York Times article (August 11, 2011)
RRobert Morris, Pioneer in Computer Security, Dies at 782011 · The New York Times article (June 30, 2011)
AAlbert Crewe, Physicist, Is Dead at 822009 · The New York Times article (November 21, 2009)
RRobert Spinrad, a Pioneer in Computing, Dies at 772009 · The New York Times article (September 7, 2009)
JJacob T. Schwartz, 79, Restless Scientist, Dies2009 · The New York Times article (March 4, 2009)
JJack D. Kuehler, Former I.B.M. President, Dies at 762009 · The New York Times article (January 1, 2009)
OOliver Selfridge, an Early Innovator in Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 822008 · The New York Times article (December 4, 2008)
HHewitt D. Crane, 81, Early Computer Engineer, Is Dead2008 · The New York Times article (June 21, 2008)

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2026-07-25
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Given name: John
Gregory
Awards: Gerald Loeb Award(2005)
Family name: Markoff
Social media followers: 58,132(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1536811
58,657(February 21, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1536811
59,469(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1536811
59,992(April 22, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1536811
Has written for: The New York Times
Website: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markoff
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1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2026-07-25
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