Konrad Zuse,

Konrad Zuse was born in 1910 in Berlin and died in 1995 in Hünfeld, Germany. From 1936 to 1938, he created the Z1, the first programmable machine based on a binary switching mechanism. The Z3 (1941) was the first functional program-controlled computer worldwide. In 1945–46, Zuse invented the programming language Plankalkül, and in 1949 he founded the company Zuse KG. As an autodidact, Zuse also created paintings, drawings, and linocuts.