Feigenbaum is a German surname meaning "
fig tree
''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family (biology), family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few spe ...
". Notable people with the surname include:
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Armand V. Feigenbaum (1920–2014), American quality control expert
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B. J. Feigenbaum (1900–1984), American legislator and lawyer
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Clive Feigenbaum
Clive Harold Feigenbaum (1939–2007) was a colourful and controversial British businessman who was involved in a lifelong series of scandals in the world of philately. Particularly notable was the sale of "gold" stamps from Staffa and his role i ...
, stamp dealer
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Edward Feigenbaum
Edward Albert Feigenbaum (born January 20, 1936) is a computer scientist working in the field of artificial intelligence, and joint winner of the 1994 ACM Turing Award. He is often called the "father of expert systems".
Education and early life ...
(born 1936), American computer scientist known as the "father of expert systems"
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Eran Feigenbaum (born 1974), Israeli information security expert and mentalist
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Joan Feigenbaum (born 1958), American computer scientist
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Juliusz Feigenbaum (1872–1944), father of Polish record industry, founder of the company
Syrena Record
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Mitchell Feigenbaum
Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum (December 19, 1944 – June 30, 2019) was an American mathematical physicist whose pioneering studies in chaos theory led to the discovery of the Feigenbaum constants.
Early life
Feigenbaum was born in Philadelphia, ...
(1944–2019), American mathematical physicist
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William M. Feigenbaum (1886–1949), American politician from New York
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Yehoshua Feigenbaum (born 1947), Israeli footballer
See also
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Feigenbaum function
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Feigenbaum constants
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Surnames of Jewish origin
German-language surnames
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