# Horst Feistel

> Horst Feistel was a German-American cryptographer who worked on the design of ciphers at IBM, initiating research that culminated in the development of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) in the 1970s. The structure used in DES, called a Feistel network, is commonly used in many block ciphers.

*German cryptographer (1915–1990)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1915-01-30
- **Died:** 1990-11-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Горст Файстель](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C)
- [هورست فيستل](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84)
- [Horst Feistel](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Feistel)
- [Horst Feistel](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Feistel)
- [Horst Feistel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Feistel)
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- [Horst Feistel](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Feistel)
- [Horst Feistel](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Feistel)
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- [Horst Feistel](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Feistel)
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- [Фейстель, Хорст](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62164)

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