John von Neumann

John von Neumann was a Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath. He had perhaps the widest coverage of any mathematician of his time, integrating pure and applied sciences and making major contributions to many fields, including mathematics, physics, economics, computing, and statistics. He was a pioneer in building the mathematical framework of quantum physics, in the development of functional analysis, and in game theory, introducing or codifying concepts including cellular automata, the universal constructor and the digital computer. His analysis of the structure of self-replication preceded the discovery of the structure of DNA.

28 December 1903

Born on the same birth date (28 December 1903): Earl Hines

Born on the same birth day (28 December): Ayele Abshero • Carl-Gustaf Rossby • Elizabeth Stuart (daughter of Charles I) • James Blake (tennis) • Khalid Boulahrouz • Lawrence Schiller • Liu Xiaobo • Louise of Savoy (nun) • Mackenzie Rosman • Maitreyi Ramakrishnan • Moe Koffman • Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper) • Quincy Wright • Rainer Maria Latzke • Seth Meyers

Born in the same month (December 1903): Ava Helen Pauling • C. F. Powell • Candido Portinari • Carlos Montoya • Elisha Cook Jr. • Erskine Caldwell • Harold Whitlock • Ray Noble • Tamanishiki San'emon • Tony Lazzeri