Herman Hollerith

February 29, 1860 - November 17, 1929

Born in Buffalo, New York

Lived in New York for most of his life

Developed an electromechanical punched card tabulator that was one of the first inventions in data processing

His company became one of the 3 founding companies of IBM

Refrences

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith