Konrad Zuse Konrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world’s first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. Born: 22 June 1910, Berlin, Germany Died: 18 December 1995, Hünfeld, Germany Spouse: Gisela Brandes (m. 1945–1995) Children: Horst Zuse, Klaus Peter Zuse, Monika Zuse Gruden, Friedrich Zuse, more Awards: Werner von SiemensContinue reading “First coder”