Ernest Duchesne

Ernest Duchesne was a French physician who noted that certain molds kill bacteria. He made this discovery 32 years before Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic properties of penicillin, a substance derived from those molds, but his research went unnoticed.

30 May 1874

Born on the same birth day (30 May): Ahmad Elrich • Erich Bagge • Igor Kurnosov • Igor Lewczuk • Matt Maguire • Shin Ha-kyun • Thomas Häßler • Zhou Guanyu

Born in the same month (May 1874): Clemens von Pirquet • D. F. Malan • François Coty • G. K. Chesterton • George Sheldon (diver) • Gilbert Jessop • Howard Carter • Paul Van Asbroeck • Romaine Brooks • Thomas Bavin • Vagn Walfrid Ekman