Geek Pride Day: Meet the 21 most famous geeks in history and fiction

Today day May 25, you can be sure that many people will celebrate the geek pride day. This date celebrates anyone's right to be a geek (or a geek), and promotes geek culture around the world. The date was chosen to commemorate the launch of the Episode IV: A New Hope, the first film of the saga Star Wars, a geek culture classic, released on May 25, 1977.

O Nerd Pride Festival, which took place between 1998 and 2000 in New York City, was the beginning of the commemoration of this date. In 2006, the first official commemoration of the date took place in Spain and on the internet, when 300 geeks made a PAC-MAN human in Madrid. At that same event, an unpretentious manifesto was made about the rights and responsibilities of the geek community, giving indications that Geek Pride was gaining strength.

But, what perhaps once justified the celebration of Geek Pride Day is the Towel Day. And this reason has a first and last name: Douglas Adams, author of the book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. On this day, it is common for fans of the saga to post photos, videos and montages with a towel on the web, in memory of the author. And, for those who don't know, here's the explanation: the towel inside the Guide is one of the most useful items for the interstellar backpacker, being able to serve as shelter, weapon and, of course, have a high affective value.

When geeks noticed the coincidence about the release of A New Hope with the date already pre-established by Adams fans, two weeks after the author's death, in 2001, it was a day of pride and many coincidences. With the realization and common agreement, May 25th became the day to celebrate and promote geek culture in the world.

If the celebration is recent, being a geek has always been present in the popular imagination. Labeled as peculiar or eccentric people, fans of technology, electronics, electronic or board games, comic books, manga, books, films and series, these practices began to gain more and more followers. Conventions, movies, series and personalities broke the bubble and today move a good part of the entertainment industry as a whole. Meet the main names of geek culture in real life and reminisce about some of fiction's most beloved geek characters

The start of it all: the Scientists and Creators

Alan Turing

Known as the father of computing, Alan Turing he is perhaps one of the most iconic geeks in the history of technology, and he was a pioneer and key figure in World War II when he helped break secret codes in German communications. While his legacy is nothing but all we know of computing, he had to live much of his life in ostracism due to his homosexuality, which was not allowed at the time. His biography was recently rediscovered after the film's success Imitation Game, where Turing is played by actor Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange).

Bill Gates

If thanks to Alan Turing we have modern computing, it is thanks to Bill Gates that we know the face of computing that we have today. creator of Microsoft Windows, Bill Gates is one of the most influential men in the world, and also one of the most important geeks in the history of technology.

Steve Wozniak

Perhaps Steve Wozniak not be as well known as your ex-partner Steve Jobs, one of the founders and face of Apple . But truth be told, Steve Wozniak is the geek heart of the duo.

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg is a controversial figure. Praised and hated in equal measure, the creator of Facebook collects a series of opinions about him, good and not so good. He is perhaps one of the most expressive geeks of our time — and also one of the wealthiest.

The most pop geeks

Elon Musk

The media loves to talk about Elon Musk, and his resume speaks for itself: founder, CEO and CTO of SpaceX; CEO of Tesla Motors; vice president of OpenAI; founder and CEO of Neuralink; and co-founder and president of SolarCity. Visionary, enterprising and controversial, Musk makes sure that every hit and miss is widely publicized. Regardless of your opinion of him, it is undeniable that Musk is a card-carrying geek.

Shawn Fanning

Shaw Fanning is a visionary. creator of Napster, from the time when CDs were still bought, he can practically be considered one of the main responsible for the way we consume music today.

Stan Lee

Maybe this one needs no introduction. It is undeniable the size of the legacy of Stan Lee. The screenwriter is the mind behind many of our favorite heroes and villains from Marvel, like Spider-Man, Thor or Wolverine, to name a few. He also owns the most iconic cameos in Marvel movies.

Wachowski sisters

It would be impossible not to mention the Wachowski sisters. Lilly and Lana are the great minds behind titles like The Matrix, V for Vendetta, Speed ​​Racer or Sense 8 and have almost two decades devoted to delivering work aimed at the geek audience. In their personal lives, it is worth noting that both are women transgender, with Lilly revealing her transsexuality in 2016, four years after Lana.

Shigeru Miyamoto

who is a fan of Nintendo know very well who it is Shigeru Miyamoto. Like Stan Lee, he is responsible for creating two very important franchises for the geek universe. Who are? Nothing more, nothing less than Super Mario e The Legend of Zelda.

Geek Pride Day and the fiction geeks

Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

It is a consensus for all potter head that, if it weren't for the Hermione, both Harry Potter and Ron might not have been able to survive so many adversities. lived by Emma Watson in theaters, the little witch is a complete geek and perhaps the most beloved witch today.

Velma Dinkley (Scooby Doo)

Velma cannot escape the stereotype of the classic geek. With his big glasses, sharp mind, and innate passion for adventure and mystery, Velma has been winning over new generations of fans in TV, film and video games since its inception in 1969.

Spock (Star Trek)

If we think about the franchise Star Trek it is impossible to dissociate her from perhaps one of her most expressive characters: Spock. A staple of virtually every franchise in the series, Spock serves aboard the starship. USS Enterprise, as science officer and first officer, that is, Spock was and remains, forever, one of the first prominent geek characters on American TV.

Doc. Brown (Back to the Future)

Truth be told, the duo Marty McFly e Doc. Brown it's unbeatable. But we need to recognize that the creator of the time machine (a DeLorean highly modified) is the real geek. technology enthusiast, Doc. Brown he would do anything for science, including putting his life on the line for it.

Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory)

yes we know that The Big Bang Theory perhaps it is the series with the highest concentration of geek characters on American TV, and one of the main responsible for the explosion of geek culture in the mainstream. But we have to recognize that Amy, or rather Mayim Bialik, is perhaps the biggest geek of the bunch, both on and off screen. In addition to being an actress, Bialik is also a scientist and neurobiologist.

Gary and Wyatt (Woman Note 1000)

Anthony Michael Hall is perhaps the quintessential geek of the 80s. Yes, he's the one who signs off as the geek in the iconic letter from The Five's Club. But it is alongside actor Ilan Mitchell-Hill, as Gary and Wyatt em Woman Note 1000, which he serves as perhaps one of the ultimate expressions of the geek in the 80s. In the film, which premiered in 1985, the duo led by Gary creates a perfect woman from a computer simulation — would she be a precursor to today's robots?

Egon Spengler (Ghostbusters)  

The ghost hunters It's a franchise that can boast of bringing out the maximum amount of geek excellence in just the right amount. Among the entire troupe, perhaps it is Egon Spengler, and his arsenal of inventions, which deserves the geek spotlight of the movies.

Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons)

The Simpsons is another series that has several geek characters, such as the clumsy Milhouse or Jeff Albertson, better known as the Comic Book Guy, but it is the big highlight. Whether for his intelligence or his engagement in social causes, he is perhaps one of the most beloved characters in entertainment.

Will Byers (Stranger Things)

Will Byers is also another geek character that stands out among a cast full of charismatic figures. What makes him become the geek example of Stranger Things, in addition to the nickname Will the Wise in the RPG game Dungeons & Dragons, or his membership in the school's science club is that without him there might not have been the series' premise in the first place.

Fringe (Monica's Gang)

fringe is the Brazilian representative of the most famous geeks in comics. Since its creation, in 1959, Franjinha, its passion for science and its inventions help or put the characters of Monica's Gang in trouble.

the forgotten geeks

Seth Green

You can check Seth Green as an actor in Austin Powers, and even if you don't know him as an actor, you've probably come across him voicing Chris Griffin in Family Guy or even subscribing to the creation of Robot Chicken e Robot Chicken Star Wars.

Henry Cavill

Yes we know who it is Henry Cavill. It is impossible not to know about the actor who gives life to no one else, none other than the Superman at the movies. What many may not know, however, is that Cavill is a true geek. So much so that he lost the important connection confirming that he would live the protagonist of The Witcher, being that he is a fan, because he was busy playing World of Warcraft.

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