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Kakogiannis Michalis (b. 1922-06-11 / d. 2011-07-25)

Michael Cacoyannis (Greek: Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης) was a prominent Greek filmmaker from Cyprus, best known for his 1964 film Zorba the Greek. He directed the 1983 Broadway revival of the musical based on the film.

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Curry Haskell Brooks. 1982-09-01

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Born 1900-09-12. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

He was an American mathematician and logician. Curry is best known for his work in combinatory logic; while the initial concept of combinatory logic was based on a single paper by Moses Schönfinkel, much of the development was done by Curry. Curry is also known for Curry's paradox and the Curry-Howard correspondence. He has the distinction of having two programming languages named after him, Haskell and Curry.

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