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Born April 29, 1926 • Poland
Died March 26, 2011 (aged 84) • Palo Alto • California
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Lawrence Roberts
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Jay Wright Forrester
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Seymour Cray
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Ivan Sutherland
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Mauchly, John
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Konrad Zuse
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John von Neumann
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