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Howard H. Aiken

1900 - 1973

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Howard Hathaway Aiken (March 8, 1900 – March 14, 1973) was an American physicist and a pioneer in computing. He was the original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I, the United States' first programmable computer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Howard H. Aiken is the 45th most popular engineer (down from 40th in 2019), the 1,404th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,047th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Engineer.

Howard H. Aiken is most famous for his work on the Harvard Mark I computer in 1944.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Howard H. Aiken ranks 45 out of 389. Before him are Emil Škoda, Loránd Eötvös, Ildefons Cerdà, Hugo Junkers, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, and Villard de Honnecourt. After him are Sergey Ilyushin, Felix Wankel, Pavel Sukhoi, Viktor Bryukhanov, Bjarne Stroustrup, and Marcello Gandini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Howard H. Aiken ranks 54. Before him are Julien Green, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edith Frank, Pridi Banomyong, Pedro Cea, and Thomas Wolfe. After him are Jean Negulesco, Raphael Lemkin, Mária Telkes, Charley Paddock, Maurice Thorez, and W. Edwards Deming. Among people deceased in 1973, Howard H. Aiken ranks 52. Before him are Jean-Pierre Melville, Emmy Göring, Elsa Schiaparelli, A. S. Neill, François Cevert, and Taha Hussein. After him are Otto Klemperer, P. Ramlee, Lex Barker, Edward G. Robinson, Leo Strauss, and Katina Paxinou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Howard H. Aiken ranks 1,404 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Adams (1960), Robert Walker (1918), John Heard (1946), Tom Holland (1943), John Grisham (1955), and Michelle Phillips (1944). After him are Virginia Apgar (1909), Tex Watson (1945), Sam Elliott (1944), Meat Loaf (1947), Kevin Hart (1979), and Don Norman (1935).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Howard H. Aiken ranks 4. Before him are Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856), Jack Kilby (1923), and Leslie Groves (1896). After him are Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), Henry Gantt (1861), Jack Parsons (1914), Jack Swigert (1931), Vannevar Bush (1890), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), and J. Walter Christie (1865).

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