Arvo Pärt vs Ken Thompson
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Compare the life timelines of Arvo Pärt (1935–present) and Ken Thompson (1943–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 83 years, from 1943 to 2026.
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Arvo Pärt (1935–present)
- — Born in Paide, Estonia Verified
- — Worked as a sound engineer at Estonian Radio Verified
- — Graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory Verified
- — Married Nora Pärt Verified
- — Composed Für Alina, the first tintinnabuli work Verified
- — Composed Fratres, Tabula Rasa and Spiegel im Spiegel Verified
- — Emigrated from Soviet Estonia to Vienna Verified
- — Moved to West Berlin Verified
- — Returned to live in Estonia Verified
- — Arvo Pärt Centre opened in Laulasmaa 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