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Scott E. Fahlman

Biography: 

Scott E. Fahlman is a Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University who was one of the core developers of the common Lisp language and considered the inventor of the sideways smiley face.

Facts

Wanted to use the smiley face to mark comments on boards as jokes.

Rumors

Rarely ever smiles

Pictures: 
References

http://delontin1.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/complete-history-of-hacking/

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/sefSmiley.htm

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/