Bjarne Stroustrup, born on December 30, 1950, in Denmark, is a renowned computer scientist known as the creator of the C++ programming language. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and has worked at Bell Labs and Texas A&M University. Stroustrup's development of C++ revolutionized software development, offering a powerful, efficient, and flexible language that became widely adopted in various fields. He has authored several books and received numerous awards for his contributions to the field of computer science.