- Father Damien
Father Damien, also Blessed Damien of Molokai and born Joseph de Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order. Damien is most noted for his extreme devotion to caring and ministering to people with what was then widely known as leprosy, forced by government-sanctioned medical segregation, … - Baba Amte
Murlidhar Devidas Amte (born December 26, 1914), or Baba Amte, as he is fondly known, was born in Hinganghat located in Wardha District of Maharashtra state of India. He was from a wealthy family of jagirdars. Trained in law, Baba Amte started a lucrative practice at Warora but, moved by the poverty he saw around him, he decided to dedicate himself to social justice. One of India's most revered social and moral leaders, … - Terry Butler
Terry Butler, of Tampa, Florida, USA, is the current bassist in the death metal band Six Feet Under. He was also a member of Massacre and Death, credited on the Death albums "Leprosy" and "Spiritual Healing", although Death's guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner claimed in the press (Rock Hard, December 1991) that Schuldiner himself played the bass parts on Leprosy. He is a Scorpio, married with three children, … - Graham Staines
Graham Stuart Staines (1941-January 1999) was an Australian missionary who was burnt to death while he was sleeping with his two sons Timothy (aged 9) and Philip (aged 7) in his station wagon at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar district in Orissa, India in January 1999. In 2003, the Hindu activist Dara Singh was convicted of leading the gang. Graham Staines had been working in Orissa among the tribal poor and especially with leprosy patients since 1965. - Marianne Cope
Mother Marianne Cope, was a Franciscan nun of the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis, a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Heppenheim (Germany) and entered religious life in Syracuse, New York, she worked, lived and died for the lepers on the island of Moloka‘i in Hawai‘i. She was not herself inflicted by the disease, a fact arguably declared to be miraculous considering her close contact with the patients over the course of several years, … - Scott Burns
Scott Burns was a producer of death metal music, resident at Morrisound Recording studio in Tampa, Florida in late 80s and 90s. He produced many records for many famous death metal bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Sepultura, Obituary, Malevolent Creation, Atheist, Suffocation, Death, and Cynic to name a few. He has engineered albums such as Death's "Leprosy", Massacre's "From Beyond", Terrorizer's seminal Grindcore album "World Downfall", … - Gerhard Armauer Hansen
Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium "Mycobacterium leprae" as the causative agent of leprosy in 1873. Hansen was born in Bergen and studied medicine at the Royal Frederik's University (now the University of Oslo), gaining his degree in 1866. He served a brief internship at the National Hospital in Christiania (Oslo) and as a doctor in Lofoten. - Forough Farrokhzad
Forough Farrokhzad. A new English translation of a selection of her poems by Maryam Dilmaghani is published on-line by the name of "Forough Farrokhzad: The Sad Little Fairy" to commemorate the 40th anniversary of her death. Nasser Saffarian has directed three documentaries on her; "The Mirror of the Soul" (2000), "The Green Cold" (2003), and "Summit of the Wave" (2004). [See discussion.] - Jonathan Hutchinson
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (1828-1913), English surgeon, ophthalmologist, dermatologist, venereologist and pathologist, was born on 23 July 1828 at Selby, Yorkshire, England, his parents belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). - Aleijadinho
Aleijadinho was a Brazilian-born sculptor and architect, noted for his works on and in various churches of Brazil. - Adolfo Lutz
Adolfo Lutz was a Brazilian physician, 1855-1940, father of tropical medicine and medical zoology in Brazil, and a pioneer epidemiologist and researcher in infectious diseases. Lutz was born in Rio de Janeiro, on December 18, 1855, to a family of Swiss origins. He studied medicine in Switzerland, graduating in 1879 at the University of Bern. After graduation he went on to study experimental medicine techniques in several center in London, … - Francis Caracciolo
St. Francis Caracciolo (October 13, 1563-June 4, 1608) born Ascanio Pisquizio, was an Italian Catholic priest who co-founded the Congregation of the Minor Clerks Regular with John Augustine Adorno. He decided to adopt a religious life after recovering from leprosy at the age of 22. - Meher Baba
Meher Baba, born Merwan Sheriar Irani (February 25, 1894 – January 31, 1969), was an Indian guru of Persian descent. Educated at St. Vincent's High School in Pune, India, as well as Deccan College, he led a normal school life, showing no particular inclination toward spiritual matters. At the age of 19, a short contact with an old Muslim holy woman Hazrat Babajan marked the beginning of his spiritual awakening. - Yasovarman
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 Baray reservoir are monuments to this ruler, all located near Cambodia's national treasure, a later construction, Angkor Wat. Phnom Bakheng was one of three hilltop temples created in the Khmer Empire's Angkor capital region during Yasovarman's reign, the other two being Phnom Krom and Phnom Bok. - Paul Wilson Brand
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 Hansen's Disease. He was also the first to appreciate that it was the insensitivity of the tissues in those with Hansen's Disease that made them susceptible to injury. He contributed extensively to the fields of hand surgery and hand therapy through his publications and lectures, … - Daniel Cornelius Danielssen
Daniel Cornelius Danielssen (July 4, 1815 - July 13, 1894) was a Norwegian physician, from Bergen. He worked with Gerhard Armauer Hansen, discovering the bacteria causing leprosy, and made Bergen a world centre of lepra research in the middle of the nineteenth century. See also: Danielssen-Boeck disease - Sekeletu
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. He succeeded his half-sister Mamochisane, who had decided to step down from the throne; and it was she who proclaimed him new ruler, against the ambitions of Sekeletu's half-brother Mpepe, who unsuccessfully tried to block him by insinuating that he was not the lawful son of Sebetwane, … - Joseph Adams
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 dissenter, whose religious scruples would not permit him to allow his son to graduate at either of the universities of Oxford or Cambridge. He, however, received a good classical education; and having been apprenticed to his father, became a member of the Society of Apothecaries. He studied under Dr. Pitcairn and Mr. Pott at St. - Frederick Twort
Frederick William Twort (1877-1950) was an English bacteriologist. He was born in Camberley, Surrey. He was the original discoverer in 1915 of bacteriophages, which are the relatively large viruses that attack and destroy bacteria. He studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital, London, was superintendent of the Brown Institute for Animals (a pathology research centre), and he was also professor of bacteriology at the University of London. - Eduard Arning
Eduard Arning (June 9, 1855 - 1936) was an English-German dermatologist and microbiologist from Manchester. In 1879 he obtained his medical doctorate from Strassburg, and afterwards was a medical assistant in Strassburg under Adolf Kussmaul (1822-1902), and in Berlin under Oskar Lassar (1849-1907). From 1884-86 he researched leprosy in the Hawaiian Islands. In 1887 he became a specialist of dermatology and venereal disease in Hamburg. - David Janssen
David Janssen was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the hit television series "The Fugitive" (1963–1967) with Barry Morse. Janssen was born David Harold Meyer in Naponee, Nebraska. Following his parents' divorce when he was 5, his mother took him to Los Angeles; she eventually married Eugene Janssen. David used his stepfather's name after he entered show business as a child. - Dubricius
Saint Dubricius (also known in his native Welsh as Dyfrig and in corrupt Norman-French as Devereux) was the 6th century evangelist of Archenfield/Ergyng and much of South Wales. Dubricius was the illegitimate son of Efrddyl, the daughter of King Peibio Clafrog of Ergyng (modern West Herefordshire in England). His grandfather threw his mother into the River Wye when he discovered she was pregnant, but was unsuccessful in drowning her. - Richard Of Wallingford
Richard of Wallingford (1292-1336) was an English mathematician who made major contributions to astronomy/astrology and horology while serving as abbot of St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire. Richard was born, the son of a blacksmith, at Wallingford in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) in England. When he was orphaned he was taken to William de Kirkeby the Prior of Holy Trinity Priory. - Ghosha
Ghosha (Sanskrit: गॊश) was an ancient Indian female philosopher. She was the granddaughter of Dirghatamas and daughter of Kakshivat, both of whom composed hymns in praise of "Ashwin Kumar"s (the divine physician twins). Two hymns of the tenth book of Rigveda, each containing 14 verses, have been attributed to Ghosha. The first hymn praises the Ashwin Kumars. The second hymn is a personal wish expressing her intimate feelings and desires for married life. - Theodore K. Lawless
Theodore K. Lawless (1892-1971) was a noted dermatologist, medical researcher, and philanthropist. He is known for work related to leprosy and syphilis. He also was involved in various charitable causes including Jewish causes. Related to the latter he created the Lawless Department of Dermatology in Beilison Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel. He received his degree from Northwestern University and was a self-made millionaire. - Bhau Daji
Bhau Daji (Ramakrishna Vithal) (1822-74), Hindu physician of Bombay (now Mumbai), Sanskrit scholar and antiquary, was born in 1822 at the village of Manjare, in the native state of Sawantwan, of humble parents dealing in clay dolls. Dr. Bhau's career is a striking instance of great results arising from small accidents. An Englishman noticing his cleverness at chess induced his father to give the boy an English education. - Diltor Opromolla
Diltor Vladimir Araújo Opromolla was a Brazilian physician and dermatologist internationally respected due to his lifetime work with leprosy patients and leprosy research. Dr. Opromolla performed all his work at Lauro de Souza Lima Institute in Bauru, São Paulo, a WHO reference hospital for dermatology. He taught dermatology and leprosy to countless doctors, nurses, and other health workers. - Otani Yoshitsugu
Otani Yoshitsugu nicknamed Gyobu. He was born in 1559 to a father who was said to be a retainer of either Otomo Sorin or of the Rokkaku Yoshikata. He become one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's followers. He participated in the Kyushu campaign, and was sent to Korea as one of the Three Bureaucrat with Mashita Nagamori and Ishida Mitsunari. Otani Yoshitsugu is well known in Japan for two main aspects: his leprosy, and his friendship. - Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser
Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser was a German physician who discovered the causative agent (pathogen) of gonorrhea, a strain of bacteria that was named in his honour. Neisser was born in the Silesian town of Schweidnitz (now Świdnica, in Poland), the son of a well-known Jewish physician, Dr. Moritz Neisser. After he completed the elementary school in Münsterberg, Neisser enrolled in the St. Maria Magdalena School in Breslau (now Wroclaw, in Poland). - Eleanor Of Woodstock
Eleanor of Woodstock Born in Woodstock in 1318 to Edward II of England and Isabella of France and was named after her paternal Grandmother Eleanor of Castile, £333 was given for her churching by father. In 1324 she was taken into care by her cousin Eleanor de Clare then sent to the care of Ralph de Mothermer and Isabella de Valence with her younger sister Joan of the Tower at Pleshey. - Jean Bodel
Jean Bodel, who lived in the late twelfth century, was an Old French poet who wrote a number of "chansons de geste". He lived in Arras. Bodel wrote the "Chanson de Saisnes", about the war of King Charlemagne with the Saxons and their leader Widukind, whom Bodel calls "Guiteclin". He also wrote a miracle play called the "Jeu de Saint Nicolas", which tells a story of how Saint Nicholas forces some thieves to restore a stolen treasure. - Lawrence M. Judd
Lawrence McCully Judd (March 20, 1887 - October 4, 1968) was the seventh Territorial Governor of Hawai'i. Devoted to the Hansen's Disease-afflicted residents of Kalaupapa on Molokai, having made several fact-finding tours during his tenure in the Hawaii State Senate and having overhauled the system of governance in the leper colony as territorial governor, Judd became Kalaupapa's resident superintendent in 1947. - Bhagwan Ramji
Aghoreshwar Bhagwan Ramji, (aka Baba) was an Aghori saint of India, who lived his life in that service of all, and left behind him a simple path to achieve what he himself accomplished in his life time. After attaining enlightenment at a very young age Baba established Sri Sarveshwari Samooh, an organization for social service, with its headquarters in Banaras. The Samooh first opened a hospital for leprosy patients and then went on to fight the dowry system, … - Angadrisma
Angadrisma (Angadrême, Angadresima, Angadreme, Angradesma, Andragasyna was a seventh century abbess venerated as a saint. A cousin to Bishop Saint Lambert of Lyons, she was educated at Thérouanne by Lambert and Saint Audomare (Omer). Although she wished to become a nun, she was promised in an arranged marriage to Saint Ansbert of Chaussy. Tradition states that Angadrisma, wishing for a way out, prayed fervently and was stricken with leprosy. - Victor Babeş
Victor Babeş was a Romanian physician, biologist, and one of the earliest bacteriologists. He made early and significant contributions to the study of rabies, leprosy, diphtheria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases. The Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca bears his name. - William James Erasmus Wilson
Sir William James Erasmus Wilson (25 November, 1809 - 7 August, 1884), generally known as Sir Erasmus Wilson, was born in London, studied at Dartford Grammar School before St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, and at Aberdeen, and early in life became known as a skilful surgeon and dissector. It was his sympathy with the poor of London and a suggestion from Mr. Thomas Wakley of "The Lancet", of which he acted for a time as sub-editor, … - John Ashburton Thompson
John Ashburton Thompson (1846 - September 16 1915) was a British-Australian physician and an international authority on plague and leprosy. Thompson,the eldest son of John Thompson, solicitor, was born in England in August 1846. He was educated at St Paul's School, and University College, London, and qualified for the diplomas of the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians. In 1878 he obtained the degree of M.D. with distinction at the Brussels University. - Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert
Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert was a French dermatologist. Originally planning to enter the priesthood, Alibert didn't begin studying medicine until he was 26 years old. In 1802 he began his career at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris, where he administered to patients with leprosy, syphilis, and other skin disorders. However, during this period in time, dermatology was unknown as a specific branch of medicine. - Andrée de Jongh
Andrée de Jongh was a member of the Belgian Resistance who organized the Comet Line for escaped Allied soldiers during World War II. Andrée de Jongh was born 1916 in Schaerbeek, Belgium her father Frédéric de Jongh was a headmaster. When German troops invaded Belgium in 1940 De Jongh moved to Brussels and established an escape network called the Comet Line for captured Allied soldiers with the help of her father. - Bernice Alvarez Brownson
Bernice Alvarez Brownson was born in San Francisco, California and is an American writer, photographer, painter and poet. Her father was Walter C. Alvarez, the famed physician and researcher at the Mayo Clinic. He wrote more than a thousand medical papers and books, as well as a nationally syndicated newspaper column on medical issues, which led to him being dubbed "America’s Family Doctor". Her mother was Harriet Skidmore Smythe, and her siblings were Gladys, …
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