Patrick Russell (herpetologist)

Patrick Russell was a Scottish surgeon and naturalist who worked in India. He studied the snakes of India and is considered the "Father of Indian Ophiology". Russell's viper, Daboia russelii, is named after him.

6 February 1726

Born on the same birth day (6 February): Andrey Zvyagintsev • Gyula Lóránt • Leon Goretzka • Maximilian Fretter-Pico • Thurl Ravenscroft • Walker Edmiston

Born in the same month (February 1726): Margaret Fownes-Luttrell • William Prescott