Robert Koch

Robert Koch

male, deceased (1910)
Robert Koch was a German physician. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis (1877), the tuberculosis bacillus (1882) and the cholera...
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

male, deceased (1849)
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the...
Mario Raviglione

Mario Raviglione

male
Dr Mario Raviglione has been Director of the Stop TB Department since 2003. He joined the World Health Organization in 1991 as a junior...

James Watson

male
James Watson was born in Hudson, New York, in 1850. His mother was from Ohio, and his father from NY. He worked as a laborer. Watson enlisted in...
John Keats

John Keats

male, deceased (1821)
John Keats was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement. During his short life, his work received constant critical attacks from...
Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

male, deceased (1904) (New York, United States)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian short story writer and playwright. He was born in Taganrog, southern Russia, on, and died of tuberculosis at...
Marcos Espinal

Marcos Espinal

male
Marcos Espinal , Executive Secretary, Stop TB Partnership Secretariat Marcos Espinal is the Executive Secretary of the Global Partnership to Stop...
Kevin de Cock

Kevin de Cock

male
Kevin De Cock , M.D., director of HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization Video | Transcript | Podcast The World Health Organization's Dr. Kevin De...

Miguel Hernández

male, deceased (1942)
"Miguel Hernández is also the name of a Spanish University" The Spanish poet Miguel Hernández (October 30, 1910-March 28, 1942), born in Orihuela (S...
Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

female, deceased (1967)
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (November 5 1913 - July 8 1967) was an English actress. She won two Academy Awards for playing "southern belles":...