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John Carmack is the immediate one that comes to mind.



Truly. JC literally largely made gaming what it is today. I remember reading that virtually every game users code he has written, because almost every game engine uses his code in some form.


He was also behind quite a few innovations at Oculus for their Rift headset, including their Time Warping tech.




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