Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)
Margaret Elaine Hamilton is an American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner. She was director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo program. She later founded two software companies—Higher Order Software in 1976 and Hamilton Technologies in 1986, both in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
17 August 1936
Born on the same birth date (17 August 1936): Seamus Mallon
Born on the same birth day (17 August): Dave Penney • Francesco Albani • Gilby Clarke • Giuliana Rancic • Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen • Josef Dobrovský • Julia Marlowe • Keith Dabengwa • Mark Dinning • Mark Felt • Michael John Wise • Mikhail Botvinnik • Philibert I, Duke of Savoy • Rachel Hurd-Wood
Born in the same month (August 1936): A. S. Byatt • Arthur B. C. Walker Jr. • August 2 • Benedict Anderson • Giorgos Zographos • Giridharilal Kedia • Hideki Shirakawa • Jan Pieńkowski • Jerry G. Bishop • John Saxon • Jonathan D. Spence • Julián Javier • Kenny Guinn • Kjell Grede • Laurie Taylor (sociologist) • Lien Chan • Malene Schwartz • Nikolai Baturin • Pat Priest (actress) • Patrick Tse • Rita Shane • Warren M. Washington