Allan Alcorn

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Allan Alcorn
Alcorn in 2007
Born	(1948-01-01) January 1, 1948 (age 76) San Francisco, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley (B.S., EECS, 1971)
Occupation	Engineer
Known for	Creating one of the first video games: Pong

Allan Alcorn (born January 1, 1948) is an American pioneering engineer and computer scientist best known for creating Pong, one of the first video games. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.^[1]