Lord Byron has an equally-famous daughter

It's an interesting fact about Lord Byron: although he had two daughters, Augusta Ada Byron was his sole biological child. Just a few months after Ada Lovelace, his wonderfully named child, was born, he abandoned her with his ex-wife, Lady Anne Isabella Milbanke. Sadly, that was Byron's last encounter with his firstborn.

Despite this tragic tale, Lovelace was unaffected by growing up without a father. As a child, she focused on math and science, which were not typically taught to girls in the 1800s. She carried this love throughout her teenage years when she attended the University of London to seek a degree in mathematics.

Charles Babbage, often regarded as the "father of the computer," served as Lovelace's mentor. Her notion concerning engines that can repeat a string of instructions—the looping technique that modern computers use—was influenced by his works. She is regarded as one of the world's first computer programmers as a result. Because of how well esteemed her contributions are, the US Department of Defense gave her name to their computer language, "Ada."