Editing List of cryptographers (section)

==Modern==

See also: [[:Category:Modern cryptographers|Category:Modern cryptographers]] for a more exhaustive list.

===Symmetric-key algorithm inventors===
* [[Ross J. Anderson|Ross Anderson]], UK, [[University of Cambridge]], co-inventor of the [[Serpent (cipher)|Serpent]] cipher.
* [[Paulo S. L. M. Barreto]], Brazilian, [[University of São Paulo]], co-inventor of the [[Whirlpool (algorithm)|Whirlpool hash function]].
* [[George Blakley]], US, independent inventor of [[secret sharing]].
* [[Eli Biham]], Israel, co-inventor of the [[Serpent (cipher)|Serpent]] cipher.
* [[Don Coppersmith]], co-inventor of [[Data Encryption Standard|DES]] and [[MARS (cryptography)|MARS]] ciphers.
* [[Joan Daemen]], Belgian, [[Radboud University]], co-developer of [[Rijndael]] which became the [[Advanced Encryption Standard]] (AES), and [[Keccak]] which became [[SHA-3]].
* [[Horst Feistel]], German, [[IBM]], namesake of [[Feistel network]]s and [[Lucifer (cipher)|Lucifer]] cipher.
* [[Lars Knudsen]], [[Denmark]], co-inventor of the [[Serpent (cipher)|Serpent]] cipher.
* [[Ralph Merkle]], US, inventor of [[Merkle tree]]s.
* [[Bart Preneel]], Belgian, [[KU Leuven]], co-inventor of [[RIPEMD-160]].
* [[Vincent Rijmen]], Belgian, [[KU Leuven]], co-developer of [[Rijndael]] which became the [[Advanced Encryption Standard]] (AES).
* [[Ron Rivest|Ronald L. Rivest]], US, [[MIT]], inventor of [[RC5|RC cipher series]] and [[MD5|MD algorithm series]].
* [[Bruce Schneier]], US, inventor of [[Blowfish (cipher)|Blowfish]] and co-inventor of [[Twofish]] and [[Threefish]].
* [[Xuejia Lai]], CH, co-inventor of [[International Data Encryption Algorithm]] (IDEA).
* [[Adi Shamir]], Israel, [[Weizmann Institute]], inventor of [[secret sharing]].
* [[Walter Tuchman]]. US. led the [[Data Encryption Standard de]]velopment team at IBM and inventor of [[Triple DES]]

===Asymmetric-key algorithm inventors===
[[Image:Cryptographers-2008.jpg|right|thumb|[[Whitfield Diffie]], [[Martin Hellman]], [[Ronald Rivest]], and [[Adi Shamir]] at [[RSA Conference|RSA 2008]]]]
* [[Leonard Adleman]], US, [[University of Southern California|USC]], the 'A' in [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]].
* [[David Chaum]], US, inventor of [[blind signature]]s.
* [[Clifford Cocks]], UK [[GCHQ]] first inventor of [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]], a fact that remained secret until 1997 and so was unknown to [[Ron Rivest|Rivest]], [[Adi Shamir|Shamir]], and [[Leonard Adleman|Adleman]].
* [[Whitfield Diffie]], US, (public) co-inventor of the [[Diffie-Hellman]] key-exchange protocol.
* [[Taher Elgamal]], US (born Egyptian), inventor of the [[Elgamal encryption|Elgamal discrete log cryptosystem]].
* [[Shafi Goldwasser]], US and Israel, [[MIT]] and [[Weizmann Institute]], co-discoverer of [[zero-knowledge proofs]], and of [[Semantic security]].
* [[Martin Hellman]], US, (public) co-inventor of the [[Diffie-Hellman]] key-exchange protocol.
* [[Neal Koblitz]], independent co-creator of [[elliptic curve cryptography]].
* [[Alfred Menezes]], co-inventor of [[MQV]], an [[elliptic curve cryptography|elliptic curve]] technique.
* [[Silvio Micali]], US (born Italian), [[MIT]], co-discoverer of [[zero-knowledge proofs]], and of [[Semantic security]].
* [[Victor S. Miller|Victor Miller]], independent co-creator of [[elliptic curve cryptography]].
* [[David Naccache]], inventor of the [[Naccache–Stern cryptosystem]] and of the [[Naccache–Stern knapsack cryptosystem]].
* [[Moni Naor]], co-inventor the Naor–Yung encryption paradigm for [[Chosen-ciphertext attack|CCA security]].
* [[Rafail Ostrovsky]], co-inventor of [[Oblivious RAM]], of single-server [[Private Information Retrieval]], and [[proactive secret sharing|proactive cryptosystems]].
* [[Pascal Paillier]], inventor of [[Paillier encryption]].
* [[Michael O. Rabin]], Israel, inventor of [[Rabin encryption]].
* [[Ron Rivest|Ronald L. Rivest]], US, [[MIT]], the 'R' in [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]].
* [[Adi Shamir]], Israel, [[Weizmann Institute]], the 'S' in [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]].
* [[Victor Shoup]], US, [[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences|NYU Courant]], co-inventor of the [[Cramer–Shoup cryptosystem|Cramer-Shoup cryptosystem]].
* [[Moti Yung]], co-inventor of the Naor–Yung encryption paradigm for [[Chosen-ciphertext attack|CCA security]], of [[threshold cryptosystem]]s, and [[proactive secret sharing|proactive cryptosystems]].

===Cryptanalysts===
* [[Joan Clarke]], English cryptanalyst and numismatist best known for her work as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.
* [[Ross J. Anderson|Ross Anderson]], UK.
* [[Eli Biham]], Israel, co-discoverer of [[differential cryptanalysis]] and [[Related-key attack]].
* [[Matt Blaze]], US.
* [[Dan Boneh]], US, [[Stanford University]].
* [[Niels Ferguson]], Netherlands, co-inventor of Twofish and Fortuna.
* [[Ian Goldberg]], Canada, [[University of Waterloo]].
* [[Lars Knudsen]], Denmark, [[Technical University of Denmark|DTU]], discovered [[integral cryptanalysis]].
* [[Paul Carl Kocher|Paul Kocher]], US, discovered [[differential power analysis]].
* [[Mitsuru Matsui]], Japan, discoverer of [[linear cryptanalysis]].
* [[Kenny Paterson]], UK, previously [[Information Security Group|Royal Holloway]], now [[ETH Zurich]], known for several attacks on cryptosystems.
* [[David A. Wagner|David Wagner]], US, [[UC Berkeley]], co-discoverer of the [[slide attack|slide]] and [[boomerang attack]]s.
* [[Xiaoyun Wang]], the People's Republic of China, known for [[MD5]] and [[SHA-1]] [[cryptographic hash function|hash function]] attacks.
* [[Alex Biryukov]], [[University of Luxembourg]], known for [[impossible differential cryptanalysis]] and [[slide attack]].
*[[Moti Yung]], [[Kleptography]].
*[[Bill Buchanan (computer scientist)|Bill Buchanan]], creator of ASecuritySite - one of the most comprehensive cryptography website in the World.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buchanan |first=Bill |title=ASecuritySite |url=https://asecuritysite.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://asecuritysite.com/ |website=ASecuritySite}}</ref>

===Algorithmic number theorists===
* [[Daniel J. Bernstein]], US, developed several popular algorithms, fought US government restrictions in ''[[Bernstein v. United States]].''
* [[Don Coppersmith]], US
* [[Dorian M. Goldfeld]], US, Along with Michael Anshel and Iris Anshel invented the [[Anshel–Anshel–Goldfeld key exchange]] and the [[Algebraic Eraser]]. They also helped found [[Braid group|Braid Group Cryptography]].
* [[Victor Shoup]], US, [[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences|NYU Courant]].

===Theoreticians===
* [[Mihir Bellare]], US, [[UCSD]], co-proposer of the [[Random oracle]] model.
* [[Dan Boneh]], US, [[Stanford]].
* [[Gilles Brassard]], Canada, [[Université de Montréal]]. Co-inventor of [[quantum cryptography]].
* [[Claude Crépeau]], Canada, [[McGill University]].
* [[Oded Goldreich]], Israel, [[Weizmann Institute]], author of [[Foundations of Cryptography]].
* [[Shafi Goldwasser]], US and Israel.
* [[Silvio Micali]], US, [[MIT]].
* [[Rafail Ostrovsky]], US, [[UCLA]].
* [[Charles Rackoff]], co-discoverer of [[zero-knowledge proof]]s.
* [[Oded Regev (computer scientist)|Oded Regev]], inventor of [[learning with errors]].
* [[Phillip Rogaway]], US, [[UC Davis]], co-proposer of the [[Random oracle]] model.
* [[Amit Sahai]], US, [[UCLA]].
* [[Victor Shoup]], US, [[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences|NYU Courant]].
* [[Gustavus Simmons]], US, [[Sandia National Laboratories|Sandia]], [[authentication]] theory.
* [[Moti Yung]], US, Google.

===Government cryptographers===
* [[Clifford Cocks]], UK, [[GCHQ]], secret inventor of the algorithm later known as [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]].
* [[James H. Ellis]], UK, [[GCHQ]], secretly proved the possibility of asymmetric encryption.
* [[Lowell Frazer]], US, [[National Security Agency]]
* [[Laura Holmes]], US, [[National Security Agency]]
* [[Julia Wetzel]], US, [[National Security Agency]]
* [[Malcolm Williamson (cryptographer)|Malcolm Williamson]], UK, [[GCHQ]], secret inventor of the protocol later known as the [[Diffie–Hellman key exchange]].

===Cryptographer businesspeople===
* [[Bruce Schneier]], US, CTO and founder of [[BT Counterpane|Counterpane Internet Security, Inc.]] and cryptography author.
* [[Scott Vanstone]], Canada, founder of [[Certicom]] and [[elliptic curve cryptography]] proponent.