Claude

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electrical engineer given name mathematician person unisex given name

Claude is a given name most famously associated with Claude Shannon, the American mathematician and electrical engineer known as the father of information theory.

Aliases (2)

Claude Shannon ×29
Claude (in some contexts) ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electrical engineer → given name → mathematician → person → unisex given name →
birthYear	1916 →
coAuthorOf	The Mathematical Theory of Communication →
deathYear	2001 →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology → University of Michigan →
fieldOfWork	computer science → cryptography → electrical engineering → information theory → mathematics →
hasCitizenship	United States →
hasFamilyName	Shannon →
hasGenderUsage	feminine → masculine →
hasGivenName	Claude →
hasInfluenceOn	data compression → digital circuit design → error-correcting codes → modern cryptography → telecommunications →
hasLanguage	Catalan → Dutch → English → French → German → Portuguese → Romanian → Scandinavian languages →
hasNationality	American →
hasOrigin	Latin name Claudius →
hasVariant	Claudia → Claudio → Claudius →
isMostFamouslyBorneBy	Claude Shannon →
knownAs	father of information theory →
knownFor	founding information theory →
notableConcept	Shannon entropy → bit as a unit of information →
notableWork	A Mathematical Theory of Communication →
workedAt	Bell Labs → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Claude Auchinleck → Claude Auchinleck → Claude Bernard → Claude Chabrol → Claude Giroux → Claude Louis Hector de Villars → Claude Lévi-Strauss → Claude Monet → Claude Montefiore → Claude Nicolas Ledoux → Claude Perrault → Claude R. Wickard → Claude Rains → Claude Rains → Claude Shannon → Claudia Cardinale → Henri de Saint-Simon → Lefty Williams →	givenName
Claudia → Claudio →	hasCognate
Claudine → Claudiu →	relatedName
Claudio (Portuguese) →	equivalentNameInEnglish
Claudine ("Claude (in some contexts)") →	hasDiminutiveForm
Claude Shannon →	hasGivenName
Claudine →	hasMasculineCounterpart
Claudius →	isCognateWith
Claudio →	isVariantOf