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Tony Hoare — Age & Birthday

Born: 11 January 1934 · Died: 5 March 2026 · Age at death: 92

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Tony Hoare died aged 92. He was born on 11 January 1934 and died on 5 March 2026.

Computer scientist who developed the Quicksort sorting algorithm

Did you know?He famously apologised for inventing the "null reference", calling it his "billion-dollar mistake" because of the software errors it has caused.

Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare ( HOR; 11 January 1934 – 5 March 2026), known as Sir Tony Hoare or C. A. R. Hoare, was a British computer scientist who made foundational contributions to programming languages, algorithms, operating systems, formal verification, and concurrent computing.

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Born: January 11, 1934 · Colombo, Sri Lanka
Died: March 5, 2026
Nationality: British
Known for: Technology, Science, Literature

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Father: Henry Samuel Malortie Hoare
Mother: Marjorie Francis Villiers
Spouse: Jill Pym

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