Daniel Shanks

Daniel Shanks
Born	(1917-01-17)January 17, 1917 Chicago, Illinois
Died	September 6, 1996(1996-09-06) (aged 79) Maryland
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Chicago University of Maryland, College Park
Known for	Computing π Integer factorization Baby-step giant-step
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics

Daniel Charles Shanks (January 17, 1917 – September 6, 1996) was an American mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He was the first person to compute π to 100,000 decimal places.