Famous German Computer Scientists

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Sebastian Thrun
(Computer scientist)
Sebastian Thrun
6
Birthdate: May 14, 1967
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Solingen, West Germany
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Steve Shirley
(Computer scientist, Feminist)
Steve Shirley
7
Birthdate: September 16, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dortmund

Born Vera Buchthal, Steve Shirley moved from Germany to Britain as a child refugee during the Nazi regime. Later, going by the name Stephanie Brook, she began learning coding. Battling a male-dominated workplace environment, she changed her name to Steve. The celebrated scientist now runs a charitable foundation.

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Andy Bechtolsheim
(Businessperson, Electrical engineer)
Andy Bechtolsheim
0
Birthdate: September 30, 1955
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Finning, Germany
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 4 
Jürgen Schmidhuber
(Computer scientist)
Jürgen Schmidhuber
2
Birthdate: January 17, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Munich
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Joseph Weizenbaum
(Computer Scientist)
Joseph Weizenbaum
2
Birthdate: January 8, 1923
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: March 5, 2008
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Erik Möller
(Journalist)
Erik Möller
4
Birthdate: 1979 AD
Birthplace: Germany
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Maria von Wedemeyer
(Computer scientist)
Maria von Wedemeyer
3
Birthdate: April 23, 1924
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Patzig, Germany
Died: November 16, 1977