Klara Dan von Neumann

By admin , 16 March 2026
Klara
Dan von
Neumann
Female
Description

One of the first computer programmers in history, Klára Dán von Neumann was also the first woman to execute modern-style code on a computer. A Hungarian-American mathematician and self-taught engineer, she made significant contributions to the field of programming, including work on the Monte Carlo method, ENIAC, and MANIAC I.

First Computer Programmer
Date of Birth
1911-08-18
Date of Death
1963-11-10
Klara Dan von Neumann
she/her

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