Margaret Hamilton
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Margaret Hamilton is an American computer scientist and systems engineer best known for leading the development of the onboard flight software for NASA’s Apollo missions, which was critical to the success of the Moon landings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret Hamilton canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10787767 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Hamilton Context triple: [Apollo Guidance Computer, notableSoftwareEngineer, Margaret Hamilton]
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A.
Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton was an American character actress best known for her iconic portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Marilyn Lovell
Marilyn Lovell is the wife of Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell, known for her role in supporting him and their family during his NASA career and the historic mission crisis.
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C.
Margaret Bell Ervin
Margaret Bell Ervin was the wife of U.S. Senator Sam Ervin, known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter during his long legal and political career.
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D.
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson was an African American mathematician whose critical orbital mechanics calculations for NASA enabled early U.S. crewed spaceflights, including John Glenn’s historic mission.
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E.
Sheila Gestring
Sheila Gestring is an American higher education leader who serves as the president of the University of South Dakota.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Hamilton Target entity description: Margaret Hamilton is an American computer scientist and systems engineer best known for leading the development of the onboard flight software for NASA’s Apollo missions, which was critical to the success of the Moon landings.
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A.
Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton was an American character actress best known for her iconic portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Marilyn Lovell
Marilyn Lovell is the wife of Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell, known for her role in supporting him and their family during his NASA career and the historic mission crisis.
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C.
Margaret Bell Ervin
Margaret Bell Ervin was the wife of U.S. Senator Sam Ervin, known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter during his long legal and political career.
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D.
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson was an African American mathematician whose critical orbital mechanics calculations for NASA enabled early U.S. crewed spaceflights, including John Glenn’s historic mission.
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E.
Sheila Gestring
Sheila Gestring is an American higher education leader who serves as the president of the University of South Dakota.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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human ⓘ software engineer ⓘ systems engineer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Computer History Museum Fellow Award
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IEEE Computer Pioneer Award ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award
NASA Exceptional Space Act Award ⓘ NASA Group Achievement Award (Apollo Software Team) ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Group Achievement Award
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ Women in Technology International Hall of Fame induction ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-08-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Earlham College ⓘ |
| employer |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Instrumentation Laboratory
ⓘ
linked to:
Draper Laboratory
NASA (as contractor via MIT Instrumentation Laboratory) ⓘ
linked to:
NASA contractors
|
| familyName | Hamilton ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer science
ⓘ
software engineering ⓘ systems engineering ⓘ |
| founded |
Hamilton Technologies, Inc.
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Higher Order Software, Inc. ⓘ |
| givenName | Margaret ⓘ |
| hasChild | Lauren Hamilton ⓘ |
| imageDepicts | stack of Apollo mission source code printouts next to Margaret Hamilton ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coining or popularizing the term "software engineering" in the 1960s
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contributions to software engineering as a discipline ⓘ leading development of onboard flight software for NASA Apollo missions ⓘ |
| name | Margaret Hamilton ⓘ |
| notableIdea | priority scheduling and asynchronous error detection in real-time software ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Apollo Guidance Computer flight software
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo Guidance Software
|
| occupation |
businessperson
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computer scientist ⓘ software engineer ⓘ systems engineer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Apollo Guidance and Navigation team at MIT Instrumentation Laboratory
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo Guidance Software
|
| placeOfBirth |
Paoli, Indiana, United States
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linked to:
Paoli, Indiana
|
| receivedAwardOnDate |
Presidential Medal of Freedom 2016
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linked to:
Presidential Medal of Freedom
|
| residence |
Cambridge, Massachusetts (historical)
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linked to:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | James Cox Hamilton ⓘ |
| studied | mathematics ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Apollo 10 mission software
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo Guidance Software
Apollo 11 mission software ⓘ Apollo 12 mission software ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo Guidance Software
Apollo 13 mission software ⓘ Apollo 14 mission software ⓘ Apollo 15 mission software ⓘ Apollo 16 mission software ⓘ Apollo 17 mission software ⓘ Apollo 8 mission software ⓘ Apollo 9 mission software ⓘ Apollo program ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Margaret Hamilton Description of subject: Margaret Hamilton is an American computer scientist and systems engineer best known for leading the development of the onboard flight software for NASA’s Apollo missions, which was critical to the success of the Moon landings.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.