Claude Shannon

Picture of Claude Shannon,  Pioneer in information theory
D.O.B
Died
Sunday April 30, 1916
Saturday February 24, 2001
Next unlived
birthday in
 
 
Age in day of death
 
84
years
9
months
24
days
Age if still alive
108
years
7
months
23
days

Basic information

AKA
Claude Elwood Shannon
Category
ScientistOthers
Country
United States
Birth place
Petoskey, MI

American mathematician, electrical engineer and cryptographer, founding digital circuit design theory 

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Interesting calculations/facts about Claude Shannon

Generation: The Greatest Generation (1901-1927)
Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉(April 20 - May 20)
Chinese zodiac sign:
Nr. of Heartbeats: 4,571,596,800
Nr. of Breaths: 928,605,600
Nr. of blinks (with 8 hours of sleep every day): 642,880,800
Hair length (if it was never cut): 1,654 cm or 16.54 meters (54 feet 3.0 inches)
Nail length (if it was never cut): 4,630 mm or 4.63 meters (15 feet 2.3 inches)

Animal Age

How old Claude Shannon would be if they were an animal.
Dog
18.36 years
Cat
22.95 years
Turtle
270.86 years
Horse
41.32 years
Cow
30.61 years
Elephant
73.45 years

Planet Age

How old Claude Shannon would be if they were born on a different planet
Mercury
451.11 years
Venus
176.61 years
Mars
57.77 years
Jupiter
9.15 years
Saturn
3.69 years

What happened on Claude Shannon birthday

Birthdays: Verona Feldbusch, Kirsten Dunst, Thomas Moore, Franz Lehár, Amanda Palmer
Deaths: Adolf Hitler, Zola Taylor, Edwin Stanton Porter

 

What happened on Claude Shannon day of death

Birthdays: Floyd Mayweather Jr., Denis Law, Billy Zane, Zach Johnson, Eddie Murray
Deaths: Sridevi, Jean Rogers, Harold Ramis, Ray Eliot, Mel Stewart

 

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