A curated snapshot of notable Java professionals.
| Name | GitHub Handle | Notable Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| Doug Cutting | cutting | co-created Hadoop and Lucene |
| Gavin King | gavinking | created Hibernate ORM |
| Doug Lea | DougLea | java.util.concurrent creator |
| Rod Johnson | johnsonr | founded Spring Framework |
| Kohsuke Kawaguchi | kohsuke | created Jenkins CI tool |
| Kirk Pepperdine | kcpeppe | JVM performance expert |
| Adam Bien | AdamBien | lean enterprise Java advocate |
| Javin Paul | javabuddy | Java blogging educator |
| Thorben Janssen | thjanssen | JPA/Hibernate trainer |
These individuals are recognized widely in the Java ecosystem. You can find the full list, along with links to their other social media profiles and additional details, here: https://echoglobal.tech/technologies/java/