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Steve Wozniak
(Co-Founder of Apple Inc.)
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Birthdate: August 11, 1950
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Jose, California, United States

Widely recognized as one of the two important pioneers of the personal computer revolution, Steve Wozniak is credited with co-founding Apple Inc. along with Steve Jobs. Not surprisingly, he has been described as one of the men that changed the course of history through technology. Apart from being a programmer and technology entrepreneur, Steve Wozniak is also a well-known philanthropist.

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Ren Zhengfei
(CEO of Huawei)
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Birthdate: October 25, 1944
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, Anshun, China

Ren Zhengfei is a Chinese engineer and entrepreneur. He is credited with founding Huawei, the second-largest manufacturer of smartphones and the largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment in the world. He also serves as the CEO of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. In 2005, Ren Zhengfei was named in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world list.

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Mike Markkula
(Businessman)
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Birthdate: February 11, 1942
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Former Intel marketing manager Mike Markkula was able to retire at 32 with millions in his bank, owing to his intelligent stock trading decisions. He later became an angel investor for Steve Jobs’s Apple and also the company’s second CEO. He was later also associated with companies such as Echelon.

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Robert Noyce
(Co-inventor of the integrated circuit)
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Birthdate: December 12, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Burlington
Died: June 3, 1990

American engineer Robert Noyce, who co-invented the integrated circuit, later gained the nickname the Mayor of Silicon Valley. The co-founder of Intel and Fairchild Semiconductor, Noyce is also said to have given Silicon Valley its name with his invention that included a silicon microchip. He was also a swimming champion.

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Robert Moog
(Founder of Moog Music and the Inventor of the First Commercial Synthesizer)
Robert Moog
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Birthdate: May 23, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: August 21, 2005

Robert Moog was an engineering physicist widely regarded as the pioneer of electronic music.  He launched the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer, in 1964. A few years later, he launched the Minimoog, which went on to become the most famous and influential synthesizer in history. He taught at the University of North Carolina in his later years. 

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Jack Kilby
(Inventor of integrated circuit)
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Birthdate: November 8, 1923
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Jefferson City
Died: June 20, 2005

Nobel Prize-winning engineer Jack Kilby is best remembered for his contribution to the development of the integrated circuit. Born to an electrical engineer, he had his first brush with gadgets as an amateur radio operator. Initially a Texas Instruments employee, he later also taught at the Texas A&M University.

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Tommy Flowers
(English Computer Scientist)
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Birthdate: December 22, 1905
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Poplar, London, England
Died: October 28, 1998

Born to a bricklayer in London’s East End, Tommy Flowers completed his studies in electrical engineering attending night classes while working as an apprentice during the day. He developed Max Newman’s model of a machine that had the potential to decipher German codes and turned it into his Colossus computer.

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Mo Ibrahim
(Entrepreneur)
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Birthdate: May 3, 1946
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sudan

Telecom magnate Mo Ibrahim was born in Sudan and educated in Egypt and the U.K. His company Celtel International was one of the pioneers in the mobile phone industry in Africa and the Middle East. He was featured on Forbes’s billionaire’s list and offers scholarships for African students through his foundation.

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Shuji Nakamura
(Electronic engineer and prolific inventor specializing in the field of semiconductor technology)
Shuji Nakamura
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Birthdate: May 22, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ikata, Ehime, Japan
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Valdemar Poulsen
(Engineer)
Valdemar Poulsen
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Birthdate: November 23, 1869
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: July 23, 1942
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Asuman Özdağlar
(Educator)
Asuman Özdağlar
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Birthdate: December 16, 1974
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Turkey
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Allen B. DuMont
(American Electronics Engineer, Scientist and Inventor Best Known for Improvements to the 'Cathode Ray Tube')
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Birthdate: January 29, 1901
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: November 14, 1965

DuMont Television Network founder Allen B. DuMont is remembered for his development of the first commercial cathode-ray tube, later used as a receiver for the modern-day TV. He had first developed an interest in electronics while reading books on the subject while bedridden due to polio as a child.

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Derek Abbott
(Physicist)
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Birthdate: May 3, 1960
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: South Kensington, London, England

British-Australian physicist and engineer Derek Abbott also teaches at the University of Adelaide. He has been associated with many scientific journals and has also been featured in publications such as The New York Times. Abbott also worked on the baffling Somerton Man case, which remains unsolved to this day.

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Sir Isaac Shoenberg
(Inventor)
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Birthdate: March 1, 1880
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pinsk, Belarus
Died: January 25, 1963
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Nobutoshi Kihara
(Engineer)
Nobutoshi Kihara
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Birthdate: October 14, 1926
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: February 13, 2011
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Errol Musk
(South African Electromechanical Engineer, Pilot, Sailor and Father of Elon Musk)
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Birthdate: 1946 AD
Birthplace: South Africa

Errol Musk is a South African engineer best known as the father of Elon Musk, who founded the popular American space transportation services company SpaceX. Errol Musk, who is credited with passing down his genius-level IQ to his son Elon, is popular for a number of reasons; he made headlines in 2018 for fathering a child with his former stepdaughter.

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Erich Zepler
(German Chess Composer)
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Birthdate: January 27, 1898
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Herford, Germany
Died: May 13, 1980
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Sunil Abeyesundere
(Engineer)
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Birthdate: December 14, 1947
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Colombo, Sri Lanka