Klára Dán von Neumann

Klára Dán von Neumann
Dán von Neumann photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1957
Born
Klára Dán

(1911-08-18)August 18, 1911
DiedNovember 10, 1963(1963-11-10) (aged 52)
San Diego, California, United States
Citizenship
  • Hungarian
  • American
Known for
Spouses
  • Ferenc Engel
    (m. 1931; div. 1936)
  • Andor Rapoch
    (m. 1936; div. 1938)
  • (m. 1938; died 1957)
  • (m. 19581963)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Institutions

Klára Dán von Neumann (née Dán; 18 August 1911 – 10 November 1963) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, self-taught engineer and computer scientist, noted as one of the first computer programmers. She was the first woman to execute modern-style code on a computer. Dán made significant contributions to the world of programming, including work on the Monte Carlo method, ENIAC, and MANIAC I.