Bill Hewlett
Bill Hewlett was an American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard. Born May 20, 1913, in Ann Arbor. Died January 12, 2001, in Palo Alto. Educated at Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Awards include Lemelson–MIT Prize, National Medal of Science and National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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What Wikidata says · copied November 14, 2026 · revision 2567824444
- Described as
- American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard (1913–2001)
- Other names
- William R. Hewlett, William Hewlett, William Redington Hewlett
- Born
- May 20, 1913 · 4 references
- Died
- January 12, 2001 · 5 references
- Born in
- Ann Arbor · 1 reference
- Died in
- Palo Alto · 1 reference
- Buried in
- Los Gatos Memorial Park · 1 reference
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- entrepreneur · 1 reference; engineer · 1 reference; computer scientist
- Education
- Stanford University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Member of
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1970–) · 2 references; American Philosophical Society (1981–); National Academy of Sciences (1977–) · 1 reference; National Academy of Engineering (1965–) · 1 reference
- Awards
- Lemelson–MIT Prize (1995) · 1 reference; National Medal of Science (1983) · 1 reference; National Inventors Hall of Fame (1992) · 1 reference; Benjamin Franklin Medal (1997) · 1 reference; IEEE Founders Medal (1973) · 1 reference; Heinz Award (1996) · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Flora Lamson Hewlett
- Children
- Eleanor Hewlett · 1 reference
- Wikipedias with a page
- 39
Wikidata item Q380467 (wikidata.org/wiki/Q380467), public domain (CC0). Copied November 14, 2026.
What Wikipedia says · copied November 14, 2026 · revision 1383299218
William Redington Hewlett ( HEW-lit; May 20, 1913 – January 12, 2001) was an American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).
- Born, in its opening lines
- May 20, 1913
- Died, in its opening lines
- January 12, 2001
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