| John von Neumann  AKA Neumann János Lajos Margittai
Born: 28-Dec-1903
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 8-Feb-1957
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Cancer - Prostate
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory Father: Neumann Miksa ("Max Neumann")
Mother: Kann Margit ("Margaret Kann")
Wife: Marietta Kovesi (div. 1937)
Daughter: Marina v.N. Whitman (b. 1936)
Wife: Klára Dán (m. 1938)
High School: Budapest Lutheran Gymnasium, Budapest, Hungary
University: PhD Mathematics, University of Budapest (1926)
University: University of Berlin
University: PhD Chemistry, University of Zurich
Professor: University of Berlin (1927-32)
Professor: Princeton University (1933-57)
US Atomic Energy Commission 1955
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Mathematical Society
American Philosophical Society
Institute for Advanced Study
National Academy of Sciences
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1956
Enrico Fermi Award 1956
Manhattan Project
Naturalized US Citizen 1937
Hungarian Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer
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