# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-h-aiken
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:15:33.825Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/howard-h-aiken"
name: "Howard H. Aiken"
slug: "howard-h-aiken"
description: "Howard Hathaway Aiken was an American physicist and a pioneer in computing. He was the original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I, the United States' first programmable computer."
tagline: "Pioneer in computing, original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer (1900-1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aiken.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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birthDate: "1900-03-08"
deathDate: "1973-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump