Leo Baekeland

Leo Baekeland

male, deceased (1944)
Leo Hendrik Baekeland (Ghent, November 14, 1863 - February 23, 1944) was a Belgian-American chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893)...

Adolf von Baeyer

male, deceased (1917)
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (October 31, 1835 - August 20, 1917) was a German chemist who synthesized indigo, and was the 1905...
Waldemar Hoven

Waldemar Hoven

male, deceased (1948)
Waldemar Hoven was chief Doctor for the Buchenwald concentration camp, where he was responsible for euthanising prisoners with injections of either...
James Swinburne

James Swinburne

male, deceased (1958)
Sir James Swinburne (February 28,1858-March 30, 1958) was a British electrical engineer and manufacturer. Often called the "Father of British...
Joseph Lister 1st Baron Lister

Joseph Lister 1st Baron Lister

male, deceased (1912)
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, OM, FRS (5 April 1827 - 10 February 1912) was an English surgeon who promoted the idea of sterile surgery while...

Friedrich Ferdinand Runge

male, deceased (1867)
Friedrich (or Friedlieb/Friedlob) Ferdinand Runge (born near Hamburg on 8 February 1795, died in Oranienburg on 25 March 1867) was an analytical...
Carl Reichenbach

Carl Reichenbach

male, deceased (1869)
Baron Dr. Carl (Karl) Ludwig von Reichenbach (full name: Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Reichenbach) (February 12, 1788, Stuttgart - January 19, 1869,...
William MacEwen

William MacEwen

male, deceased (1924)
Sir William MacEwen FRS (June 22, 1848-March 22, 1924) was a Scottish surgeon. He was a pioneer in modern brain surgery and contributed to the...
Bernhard Naunyn

Bernhard Naunyn

male, deceased (1925)
Bernhard Naunyn (September 2, 1839- July 26 1925) was German pathologist who was born in Berlin. After receiving his degree at the University of...
Samuel Cocking

Samuel Cocking

male, deceased (1914)
Samuel Cocking was a British trader in Yokohama arriving in 1869, shortly after the “Opening of Japan”. He is most famous for the large gree...