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    Ada Lovelace  
          
      
          
      
      
   
  
                  
                            
              
  
                  
                            
              
  
    
        (December 10, 1815 – November 27, 1852)  British mathematician known for being the world's first computer programmer as well as envisioning computers as more than just military number crunchers        
          
      
          
      
      
    
  
      Ada Lovelace was actually born Augusta Ada Byron,  the only child of poet Lord Byron and mathematician Lady Byron.