Robert Noyce
Robert Norton Noyce, nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968. He was also credited with the realization of the first monolithic integrated circuit or microchip, which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name.
12 December 1927
Born on the same birth day (12 December): Bob Dorough • Bob Thompson (pianist) • Craig Field • Don Keith • Ed Koch • Fiona May • Garrett Atkins • Helen Frankenthaler • Iolanda Balaș • Karl Bryullov • Marc Ravalomanana • Nicky Eaden • Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood • Sašo Udovič • Stephen Smith (Australian politician) • Toshiko Akiyoshi • Tyron Smith • Vladimir Shainsky • Walter Benona Sharp • Wings Hauser
Born in the same month (December 1927): Alan King • Antony Gardner • Audrey Wagner • Danny Matt • Denis Quilley • Edward Meneeley • Jack S. Blanton • James Booth • Jan Kubíček • Jim Simpson (sportscaster) • John Buscema • Mary Higgins Clark • Nellie Fox • Nityanand Swami (politician) • Pierre Henry • Ralph Beard • Ram Narayan • Ramsey Clark • Randall Garrett • Richard Long (actor) • Roméo LeBlanc • Stu Miller • Vladimir Shatalov