Claude Shannon

Claude Elwood Shannon was an American polymath who was a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor known as the "father of information theory", and the man who laid the foundations of the Information Age.

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Who was born first?

• Claude Shannon and Vitaly Ginzburg were born the same year
• Claude Shannon and Moondog were born the same year
• Claude Shannon and Jacque Fresco were born the same year
• Claude Shannon and Ruth Handler were born the same year
• Claude Shannon and Helmut Gröttrup were born the same year

Timeline

1. Claude Shannon (this page)April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001
2. Helmut GröttrupFebruary 12, 1916 – July 4, 1981
3. Jacque FrescoMarch 13, 1916 – May 18, 2017
4. MoondogMay 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999
5. Ruth HandlerNovember 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002
6. Vitaly GinzburgOctober 4, 1916 – November 8, 2009

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• Archimedescirca 287 BC – 212 BC
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• Nikola TeslaJuly 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943
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