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J. Presper Eckert

J. Presper Eckert
J. Presper Eckert, American engineer, invented the ENIAC (d. 1995)

John Adam Presper Eckert Jr. was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly, he designed the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC), presented the first course in computing topics, founded the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, and designed the first commercial computer in the U.S., the UNIVAC, which incorporated Eckert's invention of the mercury delay-line memory.

9 April 1919

Born on the same birth day (9 April): Bill Leonard (journalist)David Robertson (baseball)Ezequiél Moreno y DíazGerard WayJames Scott, 1st Duke of MonmouthKirk McCaskillRyan Kelly (basketball)Sam HarrisSeve BallesterosThomas Johann SeebeckVirginia Gibson

Born in the same month (April 1919): Delfo CabreraDonald J. CramEsther Afua OclooGlafcos CleridesGérard OuryIstván AnhaltLester James PeriesMerce CunninghamRaymond CarrRichard HillaryRoland GaucherShamshad Begum