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Herman Hollerith

1860 - 1929

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Herman Hollerith (Buffalo, Nueva York, 29 de febrero de 1860-Washington D. C., 17 de noviembre de 1929) fue un inventor que desarrolló un tabulador electromagnético de tarjetas perforadas para ayudar en el resumen de la información y, más tarde, la contabilidad. Fue el fundador de la compañía de máquinas de tabulación que se fusionó (a través de adquisición de acciones) en 1911 con otras tres compañías para formar una quinta parte de la empresa, la Computing Tabulating Recording Company, más tarde llamada International Business Machines (IBM). Es considerado una de las figuras clave en el desarrollo del procesamiento de datos. Su invención de la máquina de tabulación con tarjetas perforadas marcó el comienzo de la era de los sistemas de procesamiento de datos semiautomáticos, un concepto que dominó el panorama tecnológico durante casi un siglo. Leer más en Wikipedia

His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2024). Herman Hollerith is the 45th most popular inventor (up from 49th in 2024), the 527th most popular biography from United States (down from 416th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Inventor.

Herman Hollerith is most famous for inventing the punch card tabulator.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, Herman Hollerith ranks 45 out of 426. Before him are Joseph Marie Jacquard, Frank Whittle, Bob Kahn, Ismail al-Jazari, Adolphe Sax, and Wilhelm Maybach. After him are Robert Fulton, Steve Wozniak, Karl Drais, George Westinghouse, Douglas Engelbart, and Konrad Zuse.

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Among people born in 1860, Herman Hollerith ranks 13. Before him are Raymond Poincaré, Willem Einthoven, Isaac Albéniz, William Jennings Bryan, Niels Ryberg Finsen, and Kanō Jigorō. After him are James Ensor, J. M. Barrie, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Anders Zorn, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando. Among people deceased in 1929, Herman Hollerith ranks 7. Before him are Karl Benz, Georges Clemenceau, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Ferdinand Foch, Gustav Stresemann, and Wilhelm Maybach. After him are Charles Cooley, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Bernhard von Bülow, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Sergei Diaghilev, and Emile Berliner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herman Hollerith ranks 527 out of 20,380. Before him are Romina Power (1951), Joseph Stiglitz (1943), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911), Louis Gossett Jr. (1936), Irwin Rose (1926), and Dean Martin (1917). After him are Jim Mattis (1950), David Morse (1953), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Richard Widmark (1914), Sean Penn (1960), and Stephen Hillenburg (1961).

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Among Inventors In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Herman Hollerith ranks 9. Before him are Samuel Morse (1791), Eli Whitney (1765), Lee de Forest (1873), Jimmy Wales (1966), Samuel Colt (1814), and Bob Kahn (1938). After him are Robert Fulton (1765), Steve Wozniak (1950), George Westinghouse (1846), Douglas Engelbart (1925), Hiram Maxim (1840), and Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834).

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