Vladimir Levenshtein

Vladimir Iosifovich Levenshtein was a Russian and Soviet scientist who did research in information theory, error-correcting codes, and combinatorial design. Among other contributions, he is known for the Levenshtein distance and a Levenshtein algorithm, which he developed in 1965.

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Who was born first?

• Vladimir Levenshtein and Ei-ichi Negishi were born the same year
• Vladimir Levenshtein and David Todd Wilkinson were born the same year
• Vladimir Levenshtein and Victor J. Stenger were born the same year
• Vladimir Levenshtein and Satoshi Ōmura were born the same year
• Vladimir Levenshtein and Lyudmila Chernykh were born the same year

Timeline

1. David Todd WilkinsonMay 13, 1935 – September 5, 2002
2. Ei-ichi NegishiJuly 14, 1935 – June 6, 2021
3. Lyudmila ChernykhJune 13, 1935 – July 28, 2017
4. Satoshi ŌmuraJuly 12, 1935 – present
5. Victor J. StengerJanuary 29, 1935 – August 2014
6. Vladimir Levenshtein (this page)May 20, 1935 – September 6, 2017

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