Alex Ferguson vs Ken Thompson
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Compare the life timelines of Alex Ferguson (1941–present) and Ken Thompson (1943–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 83 years, from 1943 to 2026.
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Alex Ferguson (1941–present)
- — Born in Govan, Glasgow Verified
- — Began his playing career with Queen's Park Verified
- — Married Cathy Holding Verified
- — Transferred to Rangers as a player Verified
- — Appointed manager of Aberdeen Verified
- — Aberdeen won the European Cup Winners' Cup Verified
- — Appointed manager of Manchester United Verified
- — Won a first league title with Manchester United Verified
- — Manchester United completed the treble Verified
- — Knighted for services to football Verified
Ken Thompson (1943–present)
- — Born in New Orleans, Louisiana Verified
- — Studied at University of California, Berkeley Verified
- — Joined Bell Labs Verified
- — Co-created the Unix operating system Verified
- — Developed the Belle chess computer Verified
- — Received the Turing Award Verified
- — Awarded the National Medal of Technology Verified
- — Joined Google and co-created the Go language Verified