Ernst von Bergmann

Ernst Gustav Benjamin von Bergmann was a Baltic German surgeon. He was the first physician to introduce heat sterilisation of surgical instruments and is known as a pioneer of aseptic surgery.

16 December 1836

Born on the same birth day (16 December): Aykut Barka • Bart Oates • Daniel Narcisse • Greg Kovacs • Heather Hallett, Baroness Hallett • Joel Garner • Prince Lorenz of Belgium • Sam Most • Sylvain Distin • Themba Mnguni • Viktor Bunyakovsky • Xander Berkeley

Born in the same month (December 1836): Franz von Lenbach