Joseph Murray

Joseph Edward Murray was an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23, 1954.

1 April 1919

Born on the same birth day (1 April): Andreas Schnaas • Chris Grayling • Clarence Seedorf • Dafydd Wigley • Daniel Murphy (baseball) • Debbie Reynolds • Deng Linlin • François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières • Georg Mohr • Gábor Király • Gérard Mestrallet • Hugo Ibarra • Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor • Melville Shavelson • Mirka Federer • Nikitas Kaklamanis • O. W. Fischer • Oliver Turvey • Vitorino Antunes • Vladimir Pozner Jr. • Wallace Beery • Walter Mead (cricketer) • William Bergsma

Born in the same month (April 1919): Clairette Oddera • Don Cornell • Oleg Penkovsky • Raymond Carr • Roger Doucet • Roger Lemelin • Roland Gaucher • Shamshad Begum