Turing gets more credit in popular culture, but academically Church is more influential. Just look at the list of Church's PhD students: http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=8011
I have no clue why Turing became such a pop-culture icon, though...
I have no clue why Turing became such a pop-culture icon, though...
He's definitely more known than Alonzo Church, though.
Turing had personal attributes that culture-makers in NY and Hollywood want to promote to people.