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85 personalities

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Ryke Geerd Hamer

05/17/1935 – 07/02/2017

82 years

disbarred German physician

Sandefjord
2
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Portrait of Thomas E. Starzl (1926–2017) – memorial page

Memorial

Thomas E. Starzl

03/11/1926 – 03/04/2017

90 years

American physician

Pittsburgh
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HR
Portrait of Hans Rosling (1948–2017) – memorial page

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Hans Rosling

07/27/1948 – 02/07/2017

68 years

Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker

Uppsala
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Family Tree
EG
Portrait of Elizaveta Glinka (1962–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Elizaveta Glinka

02/20/1962 – 12/25/2016

54 years

Russian physician

Black Sea
1
HH

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Henry Heimlich

02/03/1920 – 12/17/2016

96 years

American surgeon widely credited as the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver

Cincinnati
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DC
Portrait of Denton Cooley (1920–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Denton Cooley

08/22/1920 – 11/18/2016

96 years

American heart surgeon

Houston
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EK
Portrait of Elżbieta Krzesińska (1934–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Elżbieta Krzesińska

11/11/1934 – 12/29/2015

81 years

Polish long jumper

Warsaw
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OS
Portrait of Oliver Sacks (1933–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Oliver Sacks

07/09/1933 – 08/30/2015

82 years

British neurologist and writer

Greenwich Village
1
FO
Portrait of Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914–2015) – memorial page

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Frances Oldham Kelsey

07/24/1914 – 08/07/2015

101 years

Canadian-American physician and pharmacologist

London
1
LS

Memorial

Leonid Stadnyk

08/05/1970 – 08/24/2014

44 years

Ukrainian tallest human

Podoliantsi
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JL

Memorial

Joep Lange

09/25/1954 – 07/17/2014

59 years

Dutch clinical researcher specializing in HIV therapy

Hrabove
1
MU

Memorial

Manuel Uribe

06/11/1965 – 05/26/2014

48 years

third-heaviest person in history

Monterrey
2
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Portrait of David H. Hubel (1926–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

David H. Hubel

02/27/1926 – 09/22/2013

87 years

Canadian neurophysiologist

Lincoln
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Family Tree
HK
Portrait of Hilary Koprowski (1916–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

Hilary Koprowski

12/05/1916 – 04/11/2013

96 years

Polish physician, virologist, immunologist and medical researcher

Philadelphia
11
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Portrait of Robert Edwards (1925–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

Robert Edwards

09/27/1925 – 04/10/2013

87 years

English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation

Cambridge
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CE
Portrait of C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

C. Everett Koop

10/14/1916 – 02/25/2013

96 years

American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator

Hanover
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RL
Portrait of Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

Rita Levi-Montalcini

04/22/1909 – 12/30/2012

103 years

Italian neurologist

United States
1
JM

Memorial

Joseph Murray

04/01/1919 – 11/26/2012

93 years

US surgeon

Boston
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HS

Memorial

Han Suyin

09/12/1917 – 11/02/2012

95 years

physician and author

Lausanne
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Family Tree
ED
Portrait of E. Donnall Thomas (1920–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

E. Donnall Thomas

03/15/1920 – 10/20/2012

92 years

American hematologist

Seattle
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Portrait of Sid Watkins (1928–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

Sid Watkins

09/06/1928 – 09/12/2012

84 years

English neurosurgeon and Formula One doctor

London
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TS
Portrait of Thomas Szasz (1920–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

Thomas Szasz

04/15/1920 – 09/08/2012

92 years

Hungarian psychiatrist

Manlius
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LD

Memorial

Leila Denmark

02/01/1898 – 04/01/2012

114 years

American pediatrician

Athens
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RD
Portrait of Renato Dulbecco (1914–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

Renato Dulbecco

02/22/1914 – 02/19/2012

97 years

Italian-born American virologist

La Jolla
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