Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology Inventor of COBOL Yukihiro Rossum Rasmus Lerdorf John Backus Grace Hopper Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself D Correct answer Explanation Grace Hopper led the team that created COBOL in 1959. COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) was designed for business applications. John Backus created FORTRAN, not COBOL. Option A is a confusion of Yukihiro Matsumoto and Guido van Rossum.