Interested in C++ and wondering which C++ programmer-influencers to pay particular attention to? Here is a list curated by the QDC faculty:

C++ Language Creators & Standard Leaders

1. Bjarne Stroustrup – Creator of C++.
2. Herb Sutter – Author and longtime ISO C++ committee chair.
3. Andrei Alexandrescu – Author and template metaprogramming expert.
4. Nicolai Josuttis – C++ expert and author on STL and modern C++.

Community Influencers & Educators

5. Jason Turner – Host of C++ Weekly.
6. Jonathan Boccara – Fluent C++ blog creator.
7. Anthony Williams – C++ Concurrency expert, author.
8. Gor Nishanov – C++ expert at Microsoft, contributor to coroutines.
9. Guy Davidson – ISO C++ committee member & game dev advocate.
10. Bryce Adelstein Lelbach – NVIDIA C++ and parallelism expert.
11. Bartłomiej Filipek – Author and modern C++ blogger.
12. Isabella Muerte – Senior C++ developer sharing insights.

Embedded, Systems & Performance Voices

13. Sean Parent – Adobe & C++ thought leader (frequently recommended).
14. Kevlin Henney – Software design speaker with lots of C++ talks.
15. Timur Doumler – ISO committee speaker and performance expert.
16. Casey Muratori – Low-level programming educator (C/C++ focused).

Foundational Authors & Educators

17. Scott Meyers – Author of Effective C++ series.
18. Kate Gregory – Longtime C++ trainer and speaker.

YouTube & Content Creators (High-Value C++ Learning)

19. The Cherno – Popular programming content creator with C++ playlists.
20. Matt Calabrese (CppSage) – Boost evangelist and modern C++ advocate.