Which Happened First?

Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)

Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)
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Margaret Elaine Hamilton is an American computer scientist. She directed the Software Engineering Division at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, where she led the development of the on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo Guidance Computer for the Apollo program.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Alan J. HeegerJanuary 22, 1936 – present
  2. Barry C. BarishJanuary 27, 1936 – present
  3. Hideki ShirakawaAugust 20, 1936 – August 24, 2026
  4. Margaret Hamilton (software engineer) (this page)August 17, 1936 – September 30, 2026
  5. Robert WilsonJanuary 10, 1936 – present
  6. Samuel C. C. TingJanuary 27, 1936 – present

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