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Konrad Zuse

Konrad Zuse
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Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941.

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  1. Christopher CockerellJune 4, 1910 – June 1, 1999
  2. Konrad Zuse (this page)June 22, 1910 – December 18, 1995
  3. Momofuku AndoMarch 5, 1910 – January 5, 2007
  4. William ShockleyFebruary 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989
  5. Klara Dan von NeumannAugust 18, 1911 – November 10, 1963
  6. Luis Walter AlvarezJune 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988

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