Researching Phil Katz
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4 people with the Katz surname? In that year Katz was ranked number 3575 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Phil means "Form of PHILLIP. Loving" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Phil Katz on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Phil Katz and the Katz Family Tree
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Katz Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 30382 people with the Katz surname in the USA? Katz is ranked number 147 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Phil Katz
Phil Katz
Phillip Walter Katz (November 3, 1962 – April 14, 2000) was a computer programmer best known as the co-creator of the Zip file format for data compression, and the author of PKZIP, a program for creating zip files that ran under DOS. A copyright lawsuit between System Enhancement Associates (SEA) and Katz's company, PKWARE, Inc., was widely publicized in the BBS community in the late 1980s. Phil Katz's software business was very successful, but he struggled with social isolation and chronic alcoholism in the last years of his life.
Source: Phil Katz, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Katz
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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