John Heysham Gibbon
American surgeon
John Heysham Gibbon was an American surgeon best known for inventing the heart–lung machine and performing subsequent open-heart surgeries which revolutionized heart surgery in the twentieth century. Wikipedia
Born: September 29, 1903, Philadelphia, PA
Died: February 5, 1973 (age 69 years), Media, PA
Education: Princeton University and Thomas Jefferson University