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Carlos Juan Finlay
1833 – 1915Identified the mosquito as the vector of yellow fever.
Cuba·Medicine
Weston A. Price
1870 – 1948Dentist whose global survey of traditional diets tied refined food to physical degeneration.
Canada·Nutrition · Medicine
Oswaldo Cruz
1872 – 1917Eradicated yellow fever from Rio and founded Brazilian public health.
Brazil·Medicine
Carlos Chagas
1879 – 1934Described a disease, its parasite and its vector single-handedly.
Brazil·Medicine · Biology
Bernardo Houssay
1887 – 1971First Latin American science laureate; pituitary role in glucose metabolism.
Argentina·MedicineNobel
Frederick Banting
1891 – 1941Co-discovered insulin and sold the patent for one dollar.
Canada·MedicineNobel