Adolfo Lutz

Adolfo Lutz

male, deceased (1940)
Adolfo Lutz was a Brazilian physician, 1855-1940, father of tropical medicine and medical zoology in Brazil, and a pioneer epidemiologist and...
Francis Caracciolo

Francis Caracciolo

male, deceased (1608)
St. Francis Caracciolo (October 13, 1563-June 4, 1608) born Ascanio Pisquizio, was an Italian Catholic priest who co-founded the Congregation of...
Meher Baba

Meher Baba

male, deceased (1969)
Meher Baba, born Merwan Sheriar Irani (February 25, 1894 – January 31, 1969), was an Indian guru of Persian descent. Educated at St. Vincent's Hi...

Yasovarman

male
Yasovarman was a Khmer king who reigned from 889-910 AD. Some Khmer legends hold that he died of leprosy. The Lolei, Phnom Bakheng, and the East...
Paul Wilson Brand

Paul Wilson Brand

male, deceased (2003)
Dr. Paul Brand (1914 - 2003) was a pioneer in developing tendon transfer techniques for use in the hands of those with leprosy, now known as...
Daniel Cornelius Danielssen

Daniel Cornelius Danielssen

male, deceased (1894)
Daniel Cornelius Danielssen (July 4, 1815 - July 13, 1894) was a Norwegian physician, from Bergen. He worked with Gerhard Armauer Hansen,...

Sekeletu

male
Sekeletu, son of Sebetwane and, was the Makololo king of Barotseland, in western Zambia, from about 1851 to his death in 1863, caused by leprosy....

Joseph Adams

male, deceased (1818)
Joseph Adams M.D. F.L.S. (1756-20 June 1818) was a British physician and surgeon. His father was a practising apothecary in London, a rigid...
Frederick Twort

Frederick Twort

male, deceased (1950)
Frederick William Twort (1877-1950) was an English bacteriologist. He was born in Camberley, Surrey. He was the original discoverer in 1915 of...
Eduard Arning

Eduard Arning

male, deceased (1936)
Eduard Arning (June 9, 1855 - 1936) was an English-German dermatologist and microbiologist from Manchester. In 1879 he obtained his medical...