Alexis Carrel

Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist who spent most of his scientific career in the United States. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques. He invented the first perfusion pump with Charles Lindbergh opening the way to organ transplantation. Carrel was also a pioneer in tissue culture, transplantology and thoracic surgery. He is known for his leading role in implementing eugenic policies in Vichy France.

28 June 1873

Born on the same birth day (28 June): Aileen Quinn • Al Downing (baseball) • August Zamoyski • Carl Panzram • Fernand Labrie • John Inman • John Meyers (swimmer) • John Wesley • Maria Goeppert Mayer • Marie Casimire Sobieska • Mark Grace • Muhammad Azam Shah • Tadasuke Makino • William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw • Yvonne Sylvain

Born in the same month (June 1873): Elena Alistar • Filippo Silvestri • Karin Swanström • Leo Frobenius • Nictzin Dyalhis • Otto Loewi