Klára Dán von Neumann
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Dán von Neumann photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1957 | |
| Born | Klára Dán August 18, 1911 |
| Died | November 10, 1963 (aged 52) San Diego, California, United States |
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| Fields | Computer science |
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Klára Dán von Neumann (née Dán; 18 August 1911 – 10 November 1963) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, self-taught engineer and computer scientist, noted as one of the first computer programmers. She was the first woman to execute modern-style code on a computer. Dán made significant contributions to the world of programming, including work on the Monte Carlo method, ENIAC, and MANIAC I.