Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius

male, 23 years old
Oscar Pistorius (born November 22, 1986) is a South African Paralympic runner. Known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs",...

Bert Shepard

male, 89 years old
Robert Earl Shepard (born June 28, 1920 in Dana, Indiana) was a baseball pitcher who had his right leg amputated after his fighter plane crashed in...

Farabeuf

male, deceased (1910)
Louis Hubert Farabeuf, French surgeon who is said to have introduced hygiene in French medical schools. His statue dominates the central court of...

Nathan Smith

male
Nathan Smith was one of New England’s best-known and respected physicians. He was a skilled surgeon, teacher, writer, and practitioner. At a time wh...
Robert David Hall

Robert David Hall

male, 62 years old
Robert David Hall (born November 9, 1947) is an American actor, best known for his role as coroner Dr. Albert Robbins M.D. on the television show...
Wojtek Czyz

Wojtek Czyz

male, 29 years old
Wojtek Czyz is a disabled German athlete of Polish descent. He lost his lower left leg in 2001, when he was an aspiring soccer player. He ran for a...

Tom Whittaker

male, 60 years old
Tom Whittaker (born 1949) is the first disabled person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. Whittaker's right foot needed to be amputated...
Gerhard Domagk

Gerhard Domagk

male, deceased (1964)
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (October 30, 1895 - April 24, 1964) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist and Nobel laureate. Domagk was born in...
Peregrine Laziosi

Peregrine Laziosi

male, deceased (1345)
Saint Peregrine (Pellegrino) Laziosi (Latiosi) is an Italian saint. He is the patron saint for persons suffering from cancer, AIDS and other...
William Beatty

William Beatty

male, deceased (1842)
Sir William Beatty (1773 - 1842) was an Irish surgeon who served in the Royal Navy. Born in Derry, Ireland, he joined as a junior surgeon in 1791...