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  • New York City: December 9, 1906 celebration
  • Arlington County: January 1, 1992 celebration
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    Grace Hopper  

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    United States  

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    Grace Hopper

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    Grace Brewster Murray  

  • tv_signin Nickname

    Amazing Grace  

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  • celebration Date of birth

    New York City: December 9, 1906  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Arlington County: January 1, 1992  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. computer science
     

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    1. Howard Engstrom
     

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  • school Education

    1. Yale University
    2. Vassar College
    3. Wardlaw-Hartridge School
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. World War II Victory Medal
    2. Legion of Merit
    3. Meritorious Service Medal
    4. Defense Distinguished Service Medal (1985)
    5. Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society (1973)
    6. National Defense Service Medal
    7. Computer History Museum fellow (1987)
    8. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    9. National Women's Hall of Fame (1994)
    10. Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016)
    11. Wilbur Cross Medal (1972)
    12. Washington Award (1987)
    13. W. Wallace McDowell Award (1979)
    14. Legionnaire of Legion of Merit (1973)
    15. Fellow of the British Computer Society (1973)
    16. Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award (1964)
    17. ACM Distinguished Service Award (1983)
    18. American Campaign Medal
    19. IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award (1988)
    20. Armed Forces Reserve Medal
    21. National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1991)
    22. Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (1970)
     

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    1. FLOW-MATIC
     
  • American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992) | World War II Victory Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Defense

1. Hayk Sedrakyan

  • December 9, 1987 celebration

Armenian mathematician | December 9, 1987 - Zurich: July 7, 1896 | Hayk Sedrakyan | December 9, 1987 - Zurich: July 7, 1896

2. Boris Gerus

  • December 9, 1978 celebration

scientist | Bene Merito | December 9, 1978 - Boston: January 16, 1967 | Boris Gerus | December 9, 1978 - Boston: January 16, 1967 | Bene Merito

3. Krisztián Cser (Krisztian Cser)

  • Szeged: December 9, 1977 celebration

1977–) opera singer and physicist | Hungarian Golden Cross (2020) | University of Szeged, Franz Liszt Academy of Music | Szeged: December 9, 1977

4. Jarkko Tontti

  • Tampere: December 9, 1971 celebration

Finnish poet, novelist, essayist and lawyer | Kalevi Jäntti Award (2006), Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 4th Class (2014) | University of Helsinki

5. Raphaël Rouquier (Raphael Rouquier)

  • Étampes: December 9, 1969 celebration

French academic and mathematician | Adams Prize (2009), Élie Cartan Prize (2009), Whitehead Prize (2006), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)

6. Lori Greiner

  • Chicago: December 9, 1969 celebration

American TV personality and entrepreneur | Entrepreneur of the Year (2017) | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago: December 9, 1969 - Geneva: March 3, 1984

7. Barbara Albert

  • Bad Godesberg: December 9, 1966 celebration

German chemist | University of Bonn | Bad Godesberg: December 9, 1966 - Senigallia: May 18, 1766 | Barbara Albert | Bad Godesberg: December 9, 1966

8. Hyeon Taeg-hwan

  • Daegu: December 9, 1964 celebration

chemist | Clarivate Citation Laureates (2020) | Seoul National University, Dukwon High School, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign | Daegu: December 9

9. Katarzyna Jaszczolt

  • December 9, 1963 celebration

British linguist | University of Oxford | December 9, 1963 - Warsaw: September 17, 1929 | Katarzyna Jaszczolt | December 9, 1963 - Warsaw: September 17, 1929

10. Andrey Korolyov

  • Moscow: December 9, 1962 celebration

Russian scientist | I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Kaptsov Gymnasium № 1520 | Moscow: December 9, 1962 - March 22, 1999 | Andrey

11. Einars Repše (Einars Repse)

  • Jelgava: December 9, 1961 celebration

Latvian politician | სამი ვარსკვლავის ორდენი, მე-3 კლასი | University of Latvia, Riga State Gymnasium No.1

12. Lars Morell

  • December 9, 1956 celebration

December 9, 1956 - 4th arrondissement of Paris: October 17, 1983 | Lars Morell | December 9, 1956 - 4th arrondissement of Paris: October 17, 1983

13. Stuart Parkin

  • Watford: December 9, 1955 celebration

British physicist | Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2019), Fellow of the American Physical Society, David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of

14. Elsa Reichmanis

  • Melbourne: December 9, 1953 celebration

American chemist | Perkin Medal (2001), Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award (1993) | Syracuse University | Melbourne: December 9, 1953 - May 3, 1976

15. Gunter Dueck

  • Hildesheim: December 9, 1951 celebration

German mathematician | Bielefeld University | Hildesheim: December 9, 1951 - Manaslu: September 23, 2012 | Gunter Dueck | Hildesheim: December 9, 1951

16. Daniel Parrochia

  • Givors: December 9, 1951 celebration

French philosopher | Jean Moulin University - Lyon 3 | Givors: December 9, 1951 - August 19, 1635 | Daniel Parrochia | Givors: December 9, 1951 - August 19, 1635

17. Renato Janine Ribeiro

  • Araraquara: December 9, 1949 celebration

Brazilian political philosopher | National Order of Scientific Merit, Prêmio Jabuti (2001) | University of São Paulo | Araraquara: December 9, 1949

18. Marye Anne Fox

  • Canton: December 9, 1947 celebration
  • Austin: May 9, 2021 deceased

American academic administrator (1947-2021) | Charles Lathrop Parsons Award (2005), National Medal of Science (2009), doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and

19. Florian Schuller

  • Augsburg: December 9, 1946 celebration

German priest | Bavarian Order of Merit, Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Knight in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre | Augsburg

20. István Zoltán (Istvan Zoltan)

  • Miskolc: December 9, 1946 celebration

1946–) Hungarian inventor | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Miskolc: December 9, 1946 - Zurich: January 12, 1956 | István Zoltán (Istvan

21. Imre Dékány (Imre Dekany)

  • Szeged: December 9, 1946 celebration

Hungarian chemist | International Dennis Gabor Award (2009), Széchenyi Prize (2014), Raphael Eduard Liesegang Prize (2000) | Szeged: December 9, 1946

22. Vaclav Smil

  • Plzeň: December 9, 1943 celebration

science author and distinguished professor University of Manitoba | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada | The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and

23. Mikel Azurmendi

  • Donostia-San Sebastián: December 9, 1942 celebration
  • Donostia-San Sebastián: August 6, 2021 deceased

Basque writer (1942-2021) | Order of Constitutional Merit (2003) | Sorbonne, University of the Basque Country | Donostia-San Sebastián: December 9, 1942

24. Armando Girotti

  • Adria: December 9, 1942 celebration

Italian philosopher | University of Padua | Adria: December 9, 1942 - Holyoke: December 15, 1888 | Armando Girotti | Adria: December 9, 1942 - Holyoke: December 15, 1888

25. Kirsti Andersen

  • Copenhagen: December 9, 1941 celebration

historian | Copenhagen: December 9, 1941 - Ensenada: November 8, 2021 | Kirsti Andersen | Copenhagen: December 9, 1941 - Ensenada: November 8, 2021

26. Kesavananda Bharati

  • December 9, 1940 celebration
  • Mangaluru: September 6, 2020 deceased

Indian pontiff | December 9, 1940 - Mangaluru: September 6, 2020 | Kesavananda Bharati | December 9, 1940 - Mangaluru: September 6, 2020

27. Grigorii L. Kulinich

  • Luhyny Raion: December 9, 1938 celebration

Ph.D. Kiev State University 1968 | Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Luhyny Raion: December 9, 1938

28. Rein Vihalemm

  • Pärnu: December 9, 1938 celebration
  • Tammiste: July 18, 2015 deceased

Estonian philosopher | University of Tartu | Pärnu: December 9, 1938 - Tammiste: July 18, 2015 | Rein Vihalemm | Pärnu: December 9, 1938 - Tammiste: July 18, 2015

29. David Gordeziani

  • Tbilisi: December 9, 1937 celebration
  • Tbilisi: March 18, 2015 deceased

Georgian mathematician | Tbilisi State University | Tbilisi: December 9, 1937 - Tbilisi: March 18, 2015 | David Gordeziani | Tbilisi: December 9, 1937

30. Rafael Oganov

  • Moscow: December 9, 1937 celebration
  • September 24, 2020 deceased

Soviet and Russian epidemiologist (1937-2020) | Badge "Excellence in Healthcare of the USSR", Order of the Badge of Honour, Russian government prize for

31. Fred Dretske

  • Waukegan: December 9, 1932 celebration
  • July 24, 2013 deceased

American professor of Philosophy at Stanford University (1932–2013) | Jean Nicod Prize (1994), Lauener Prize (2014) | University of Minnesota | Waukegan

32. Mikhail Gammerman

  • Orekhovo-Zuyevo: December 9, 1931 celebration
  • Tallinn: November 21, 2006 deceased

Estonian engineer and inventor | Orekhovo-Zuyevo: December 9, 1931 - Tallinn: November 21, 2006 | Mikhail Gammerman | Orekhovo-Zuyevo: December 9, 1931

33. Reuben Hersh

  • The Bronx: December 9, 1927 celebration
  • January 3, 2020 deceased

American mathematician (1927–2020) | National Book Award (1983) | New York University, Harvard University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU

34. Henry Way Kendall

  • Boston: December 9, 1926 celebration
  • Wakulla County: February 15, 1999 deceased

American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics | Leo Szilard Lectureship Award (1981), Nobel Prize in Physics (1990), Fellow of the American

35. Ernest Gellner

  • Montrouge: December 9, 1925 celebration
  • Prague: November 5, 1995 deceased

Czech anthropologist, philosopher and sociologist | Fellow of the British Academy | Balliol College, St Albans School | Montrouge: December 9, 1925 - Prague

36. Manlio Sgalambro

  • Lentini: December 9, 1924 celebration
  • Catania: March 6, 2014 deceased

Italian philosopher (1924-2014) | University of Catania | Lentini: December 9, 1924 - Catania: March 6, 2014 | Manlio Sgalambro | Lentini: December 9, 1924

37. Wolfgang Harich

  • Königsberg: December 9, 1923 celebration
  • Berlin: March 15, 1995 deceased

German journalist and philosopher (1923–1995) | Heinrich Mann Prize (1953) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Königsberg: December 9, 1923 - Berlin: March 15, 1995

38. Camille Sandorfy

  • Budapest: December 9, 1920 celebration
  • Suresnes: June 6, 2006 deceased

Canadian chemist (1920-2006) | Chemical Institute of Canada Medal (1983), Prix Marie-Victorin (1982), Officer of the Order of Canada (1995), Léo-Pariseau

39. William Lipscomb

  • Cleveland: December 9, 1919 celebration
  • Cambridge: April 14, 2011 deceased

Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist | Remsen Award (1976), Centenary Prize (1971), Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry (1973)

40. Jeanne Quint Benoliel

  • National City: December 9, 1919 celebration
  • January 23, 2012 deceased

American nurse | Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing (2000) | San Diego State University, Oregon State University, University of California, San Francisco

41. James Rainwater

  • Council: December 9, 1917 celebration
  • New York City: May 31, 1986 deceased

American physicist | IEEE Fellow, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1963), Nobel Prize in Physics (1975) | Columbia

42. Max Deuring

  • Göttingen: December 9, 1907 celebration
  • Göttingen: December 20, 1984 deceased

German mathematician (1907-1984) | Deuring–Heilbronn phenomenon | University of Göttingen, Sapienza University of Rome | Göttingen: December 9, 1907

43. Grace Hopper

  • New York City: December 9, 1906 celebration
  • Arlington County: January 1, 1992 deceased

American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992) | World War II Victory Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Defense

44. Emanuel Sperner

  • Prusinowice, Opole Voivodeship: December 9, 1905 celebration
  • Laufen: January 31, 1980 deceased

German mathematician, best known for two theorems (1905-1980) | Sperner's lemma, Sperner family, Sperner's theorem, Sperner property of a partially ordered set

45. Hans Schwerdtfeger

  • Göttingen: December 9, 1902 celebration
  • Adelaide: June 26, 1990 deceased

mathematician (1902–1990) | University of Göttingen, University of Bonn | Göttingen: December 9, 1902 - Adelaide: June 26, 1990 | Hans Schwerdtfeger - Hans

46. Joseph Needham

  • London: December 9, 1900 celebration
  • Cambridge: March 24, 1995 deceased

British biochemist, historian and sinologist (1900–1995) | Prix Stanislas Julien (1973), honorary doctor of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1983)

47. Andrej Sirácky (Andrej Siracky)

  • Bački Petrovac: December 9, 1900 celebration
  • Bratislava: September 29, 1988 deceased

sociologist, opinion journalist and university teacher (1900-1988) | Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague | Bački Petrovac: December 9, 1900

48. Games Slayter

  • Argos: December 9, 1896 celebration
  • October 15, 1964 deceased

engineer and inventor | IRI Medal (1948), National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006) | Purdue University | Argos: December 9, 1896 - October 15, 1964 | Games

49. Hermann Schmidt

  • Hanau: December 9, 1894 celebration
  • Berlin: May 31, 1968 deceased

German physicist and cyberneticist (1894–1968) | University of Göttingen | Hanau: December 9, 1894 - Berlin: May 31, 1968 | Hermann Schmidt | Hanau

50. Thorfin R. Hogness

  • Minnesota: December 9, 1894 celebration
  • San Jose: February 14, 1976 deceased

chemist and educator (1894-1976) | University of Minnesota, University of California, Berkeley | Minnesota: December 9, 1894 - San Jose: February 14, 1976

51. Clarence Birdseye

  • Brooklyn: December 9, 1886 celebration
  • Manhattan: October 7, 1956 deceased

American inventor (1886–1956) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2005) | Amherst College, Montclair High School | Brooklyn: December 9, 1886 - Manhattan

52. Zhang Dongsun

  • Hangzhou: December 9, 1886 celebration
  • Beijing: June 2, 1973 deceased

Chinese philosopher (1886-1973) | Toyo University, University of Tokyo | Hangzhou: December 9, 1886 - Beijing: June 2, 1973 | Zhang Dongsun | Hangzhou

53. Nikolai Luzin

  • Irkutsk: December 9, 1883 celebration
  • Moscow: February 25, 1950 deceased

Russian mathematician (1883–1950) | Order of the Red Banner of Labour | Henstock–Kurzweil integral, Luzin N property, Lusin's theorem, Luzin space

54. Manuel António Gomes (Manuel Antonio Gomes)

  • Cendufe: December 9, 1868 celebration
  • Viana do Castelo: December 21, 1933 deceased

Portuguese physicist (1868–1933) | Saint Peter and Paul Seminair | Cendufe: December 9, 1868 - Viana do Castelo: December 21, 1933 | Manuel António Gomes

55. Fritz Haber

  • Wrocław: December 9, 1868 celebration
  • Basel: January 29, 1934 deceased

German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934) | Harnack medal (1926), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1918), Liebig Medal (1914), Rumford Medal

56. Nikolai Kischner

  • Moscow: December 9, 1867 celebration
  • Moscow: November 28, 1935 deceased

Russian chemist (1867-1935) | Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow

57. Frederick George Novy

  • Chicago: December 9, 1864 celebration
  • Ann Arbor: August 8, 1957 deceased

American bacteriologist | George M. Kober Lectureship (1931) | University of Michigan Medical School, University of Michigan | Chicago: December 9, 1864 - Ann

58. Leo Grunmach

  • Świecie: December 9, 1851 celebration
  • October 26, 1923 deceased

German physician and professor | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Świecie: December 9, 1851 - October 26, 1923 | Leo Grunmach | Świecie: December

59. Yegor Wagner

  • Kazan: December 9, 1849 celebration
  • Warsaw: November 27, 1903 deceased

Russian chemist (1849-1903) | Kazan Federal University | Kazan: December 9, 1849 - Warsaw: November 27, 1903 | Yegor Wagner | Kazan: December 9, 1849 - Warsaw

60. Wilhelm von Miller

  • Munich: December 9, 1848 celebration
  • March 1, 1899 deceased

German chemist (1848–1899) | Knight Fourth Class of the Order of St Michael of Merit (1892) | Technical University of Munich, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in

61. Peter Kropotkin

  • Moscow: December 9, 1842 celebration
  • Dmitrov: February 8, 1921 deceased

Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921) | Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, Fields, Factories, and Workshops, The Conquest of Bread, The

62. Gustav Roch

  • Dresden: December 9, 1839 celebration
  • Venice: November 21, 1866 deceased

mathematician from Germany | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Leipzig University | Dresden: December 9, 1839 - Venice: November 21, 1866 | Gustav

63. Norman Selfe

  • Teddington: December 9, 1839 celebration
  • Sydney: October 15, 1911 deceased

Australian engineer and technical education advocate (1839-1911) | Teddington: December 9, 1839 - Sydney: October 15, 1911 | Norman Selfe | Teddington

64. Joseph Dietzgen

  • Stadt Blankenberg: December 9, 1828 celebration
  • Chicago: April 15, 1888 deceased

German philosopher (1828-1888) | Stadt Blankenberg: December 9, 1828 - Chicago: April 15, 1888 | Joseph Dietzgen | Stadt Blankenberg: December 9, 1828

65. Ernst Robert Jänsch (Ernst Robert Jansch)

  • Königsberg: December 9, 1817 celebration
  • Königsberg: April 21, 1892 deceased

Prussian mathematician (1817-1892) | Königsberg: December 9, 1817 - Königsberg: April 21, 1892 | Ernst Robert Jänsch (Ernst Robert Jansch) | Königsberg

66. Wilhelm Stein

  • Nüstenbach: December 9, 1811 celebration
  • Vienna: December 6, 1889 deceased

German chemist (1811-1889) | Nüstenbach: December 9, 1811 - Vienna: December 6, 1889 | Wilhelm Stein | Nüstenbach: December 9, 1811 - Vienna: December 6, 1889

67. Louis Rendu

  • Meyrin: December 9, 1789 celebration
  • Annecy: August 28, 1859 deceased

French bishop and physicist | Meyrin: December 9, 1789 - Annecy: August 28, 1859 | Louis Rendu | Meyrin: December 9, 1789 - Annecy: August 28, 1859

68. Pierre Périaux (Pierre Periaux)

  • Asnières: December 9, 1761 celebration
  • Rouen: December 16, 1836 deceased

French printer and self-taught mathematician | Asnières: December 9, 1761 - Rouen: December 16, 1836 | Pierre Périaux (Pierre Periaux) | Asnières: December

69. Claude Louis Berthollet

  • Talloires: December 9, 1748 celebration
  • Arcueil: November 6, 1822 deceased

French chemist (1748-1822) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Reunion, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

70. Carl Wilhelm Scheele

  • Stralsund: December 9, 1742 celebration
  • Köping: May 21, 1786 deceased

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen | Uppsala University | Stralsund: December 9, 1742 - Köping: May 21, 1786 | Carl Wilhelm Scheele | Stralsund

71. Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht

  • Stockholm: December 9, 1718 celebration
  • Skoklosters: June 29, 1763 deceased

Swedish poet | Stockholm: December 9, 1718 - Skoklosters: June 29, 1763 | Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht | Stockholm: December 9, 1718 - Skoklosters: June 29, 1763

72. William Whiston

  • Norton Juxta Twycross: December 9, 1667 celebration
  • Lyndon Hall: August 22, 1752 deceased

theologian, historian, mathematician (1667-1752) | Landau Forte Academy QEMS, Clare College, University of Cambridge | Norton Juxta Twycross: December 9, 1667

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