Joseph Lister

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, was a British surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare. Joseph Lister revolutionised the craft of surgery in the same manner that John Hunter revolutionised the science of surgery.

5 April 1827

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Abdelraouf Benguit • Alfred Blalock • Brock Radunske • Carlos Guastavino • Chester B. Bowles • Edem Rjaïbi • Ian Swales • Nedim Gürsel • Peter Greenaway • Princess Elizabeth of Sweden • Sven Andersson (politician) • Yevgeniy Gavrilenko

Born in the same month (April 1827): Augustus Pitt Rivers • Jyotirao Phule • Lew Wallace • Octave Crémazie • Ramón Emeterio Betances • William Hall (VC) • William Holman Hunt