Christiaan Barnard

Doctor

Birthday November 8, 1922

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace South Africa

DEATH DATE Sep 2, 2001 (78)

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About

Famous cardiac surgeon who progressed the entire field of medicine with his surgeries.

Before Fame

In 1945, he graduated from the University of Cape Town Medical School.

Trivia

He completed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.

Family Life

He married Aletta Geertuida Louq in 1948. The couple had a child two years later.

Associated With

Another famous cardiac surgeon was Michael Elias DeBakey.