Donald Knuth

Donald Ervin Knuth is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is the 1974 recipient of the ACM Turing Award, informally considered the Nobel Prize of computer science. Knuth has been called the "father of the analysis of algorithms".

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Who was born first?

• Donald Knuth and Kurt Wüthrich were born the same year
• Donald Knuth and Phillip Griffiths were born the same year
• Donald Knuth and Albert Fert were born the same year
• Donald Knuth and Ryōji Noyori were born the same year
• Donald Knuth and Jayant Narlikar were born the same year

Timeline

1. Albert FertMarch 7, 1938 – present
2. Donald Knuth (this page)January 10, 1938 – present
3. Jayant NarlikarJuly 19, 1938 – May 20, 2025
4. Kurt WüthrichOctober 4, 1938 – present
5. Phillip GriffithsOctober 18, 1938 – present
6. Ryōji NoyoriSeptember 3, 1938 – present

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• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
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• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716