Steven Cojocaru

Steven Cojocaru

male, 40 years old
Canadian infotainer, Termination of employment, Romanian Canadian, firing, fashion journalist, American Idol…Organtransplantrecipient, transplant
Steven "Cojo" Cojocaru (born on January 5, 1962 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a fashion critic. From a family of immigrants from Romania,...

Ben Hardwick

male, deceased (1985)
ben, Benjamin Hardwick, hepatology, British child, Organtransplantrecipient, organ donation…liver transplant
Benjamin Hardwick (6 December 1981 - 23 March 1985) was Britain's youngest liver transplant patient. He became a celebrity through appearing on the...

Howard W. Mattson

male, deceased (1998)
death by myocardial infarction, from Chicago, University of Michigan alumni, institute of food technologist, Magazine editor, American…organ transplant, Organtransplantrecipient
Howard W. Mattson was the third Executive Vice President of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), serving in that manner from 1987 until his...
Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares

female, 65 years old
soap opera, actress, child actor, character actor, Alzheimer’s Association, Christine Armstrong Fox…Organtransplantrecipient, transplant
Shelley Fabares (born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer, primarily for her roles on movies, soap operas and television. She is...
Jim Nabors

Jim Nabors

male, 79 years old
University of Alabama, Macadamia nut, Alabama actor, liver, Worst Supporting Actor Razzie, singer…Organtransplantrecipient
James Thurston "Jim" Nabors to Fred and Mavis Nabors, is an American actor, singer, and comedian. He is best known for his portrayal of the...
Billy Preston

Billy Preston

male, deceased (2006)
musician, African American, Black rock musician, Rhythm and blues pianist, Grammy Award winner, singer-songwriter…Hammond organ player, Organtransplantrecipient
William Everett Preston was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. In addition to his successful,...
Louis Washkansky

Louis Washkansky

male, deceased (1967)
myocardial infarction, World War II, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, Weightlifting, From Cape Town…Organtransplantrecipient, heart transplant
Louis Washkansky (1913 - 21 December 1967) was the recipient of the world's first human heart transplant. Washkansky was a Lithuanian Jew, who...
Lili Elbe

Lili Elbe

female, deceased (1931)
sex reassignment surgery, notes, LGBT history in Denmark, Transgender and transsexual, Organtransplantrecipient, sexual reassignment surgery
Lili Elbe (1882 - 1931)" (but see Notes)" was the first known recipient of male to female sex reassignment surgery. She was born in Denmark and was...
Julia Polak

Julia Polak

female, 70 years old
Doctor, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, University of Buenos Aires, From Buenos Aires, tissue engineering, From London…Organtransplantrecipient
Professor Dame Julia M. Polak, FMedSci, DBE (b. 1939, Argentina) and was educated at the University of Buenos Aires, before moving to London. She...
Fiona Coote

Fiona Coote

female
heart transplant, Network Ten presenter, cardiomyopathy, Ten Network, Organtransplantrecipient, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Fiona Coote (born 1969 in Manilla, New South Wales) became the second and youngest person in Australia to undergo a heart transplant. The procedure...