Marie Stopes

Marie Stopes

female, deceased (1958)
Marie Stopes was a Scottish author, campaigner for women's rights and pioneer in the field of family planning. Stopes edited the journal "Birth...
Eric Keroack

Eric Keroack

male, 49 years old
Dr. Eric J. Keroack is an American non-board certified obstetrician-gynecologist. In late 2006, he was nominated by President George W. Bush to...
John Billings

John Billings

male, deceased (2007)
Dr. John Billings AM (5 March 1918-1 April 2007) was an Australian doctor who pioneered the natural method of family planning known variously as...
Milton Diamond

Milton Diamond

male, 75 years old
Milton Diamond (born 6 March 1934 in New York, New York) is a professor of anatomy and reproductive biology at the University of Hawaii. He has had...
Akhtar Hameed Khan

Akhtar Hameed Khan

male, deceased (1999)
Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914-1999) was a development activist and social scientist credited for pioneering microcredit and microfinance...

Frank Vickery

male
Frank Vickery (born 1951) is a Welsh playwright. He has written plays for both stage and radio, including "Family planning", "All's fair", and...

Lucie Pépin

female, 70 years old
Lucie Pépin, LLD (born September 7 1936) is a Canadian politician. A Registered Nurse by profession, in the 1960s, Pépin served as head nurse in th...
Lillie Goodisson

Lillie Goodisson

female, deceased (1947)
Lillie Elizabeth Goodisson née Price (c. 1860 - January 10 1947) was a Welsh Australian nurse and a pioneer of family planning in New South Wales. G...
Tan Siew Sin

Tan Siew Sin

male, deceased (1988)
Tun Tan Siew Sin (21 May 1916- 17 March 1988) was Malaya's (later Malaysia's) first Minister of Commerce and Industry, Finance Minister for 15...

Raghunath Karve

male
Raghunath Karve (1882-1953) was a reformer and a visionary. He was instrumental in initiating Family Planning and Birth Control for masses in...