Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup (Byar-ne Strove-stroop) is a total legend!
He is also the creator of C++. Apparently he got into a computer science degree by mistake. Wanting to study applied math, he enrolled in a course in computer science.
I mean, it is hard to argue, computer science is literally applied math.
This short video about him from CultRepo is just top notch: