Frank Fenner

Frank John Fenner was an Australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of virology. His two greatest achievements are cited as overseeing the eradication of smallpox, and the attempted control of Australia's rabbit plague through the introduction of Myxoma virus.

21 December 1914

Born on the same birth day (21 December): Benjamin Disraeli • Betty Wright • Buddy Carlyle • Carla Thomas • Charlie McAvoy • Cristian Zaccardo • Cécile DeWitt-Morette • Edward Schreyer • Florence Griffith Joyner • Govinda (actor) • Hanif Mohammad • Kunihiko Ikuhara • Man Singh I • Maud Gonne • Natalie Grant • Nic Maddinson • Rebecca West • Steven Yeun • Terry Mills (basketball) • Thomas Allen (mathematician) • Thomas Couture • Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton

Born in the same month (December 1914): Claude Renoir • Floyd Tillman • Karl Carstens • Patrick O'Brian • Rosalyn Tureck