Shiraz Shivji

Computer game programmer (born 1947)

Shiraz Shivji (born 1947 in what is now known as Tanzania) was the primary designer of the Atari ST computer for Atari Corporation, which was developed in five months and released in 1985, and one of the engineers who developed the Commodore 64.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Shiraz Shivji (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Sep 12, 1947.¹

Companies

Atari CorporationVice president¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Southampton honours degree^{3 4}
Date not recordedStanford University master's degree; electronics^{3 4}

Career

Occupation: electrical engineer.⁷

Date not recordedVice president, Atari Corporation^{5 6}
Date not recordedWorked at Commodore International^{4 5}

Personal life

BornSep 12, 1947, Iringa^{8 9}
CitizenshipUnited States, Tanzania¹⁰
Children2^{9 11}

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WikidataShiraz Shivji on Wikidata
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WikipediaShiraz Shivji on Wikipedia
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WikidataShiraz Shivji: education, on Wikidata
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Wikidataeducation, as reported by Google Books
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WikidataShiraz Shivji: Vice president, Atari Corporation, on Wikidata
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WikidataVice president, Atari Corporation, as reported by Google Books
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WikidataShiraz Shivji: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataShiraz Shivji: place of birth, on Wikidata
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Wikidataplace of birth, as reported by genealogy.com
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WikidataShiraz Shivji: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataShiraz Shivji: number of children, on Wikidata
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WikidataAtari Corporation, Vice president