the ledger of connections
The Connections of Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922–2007) Every person recorded alongside Kurt Vonnegut in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Kurt Vonnegut in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Kurt Vonnegut, Sr., Edith Vonnegut
- Spouses
- Jill Krementz
- Children
- Mark Vonnegut, Edith Vonnegut
- Siblings
- Bernard Vonnegut
- Influenced by
- George Orwell, George Bernard Shaw, Mark Twain, Henry David Thoreau, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Dickens, H. L. Mencken
- Influenced
- Haruki Murakami
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1922 to 2007.
Modern era
Stefan Thomas
February 1, 1932 – February 7, 2025
Historical figure
Modern era
Juan Benet
October 7, 1927 – January 5, 1993
Spanish writer (1927–1993)
Contemporary era
Hal Finney
May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014
American software developer (1956-2014)
Contemporary era
Nick Szabo
b. April 5, 1964
American computer scientist
Contemporary era
Adam Back
b. 1970
British cryptographer
Contemporary era
David Chaum
b. 1955
American computer scientist and cryptographer
Contemporary era
Vitalik Buterin
b. January 31, 1994
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
Contemporary era
Gavin Wood
b. April 22, 1980
Decentralized internet pioneer
Contemporary era
Joseph Lubin
b. 1964
Canadian-American entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Vlad Zamfir
b. March 1, 1974
Romanian actor
Contemporary era
Charles Hoskinson
b. November 5, 1987
American entrepreneur, founder of Cardano
Contemporary era
Billy Markus
b. 1983
Co-founder of Cryptocurreny Dogecoin