I hate to be that guy, but out of all language authors I think that Gosling is the least remarkable.
First versions of Java as a language really feel as a language, designed by a student with pretty maximalist opinions. No goto, no autoboxing, resistance to generics…
Even at a time it was created, it was nothing new.
"I've finally retired. After a crazy number of years as a software engineer, it's time for me to just have fun. The last 7 years at Amazon have been great, despite COVID-19 and industrial craziness. I've got a long list of side projects to plough through. It'll be fun."
https://archive.today/jKr03
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gosling