Gavriil Ilizarov
Physician
Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov was a Soviet physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones and for the method of surgery named after him, the Ilizarov surgery. Wikipedia
Born: June 15, 1921, Qusar, Azerbaijan
Died: July 24, 1992 (age 71 years), Kurgan, Russia
Award: Lenin Prize (1979)
Parents: Galina Ilizarova and Abram Ilizarov
Education: Crimea Medical School