Royal College Of Surgeons

Discover the notable alumni of Royal College Of Surgeons. The list includes people like Magdi Yacoub, Charles Scott Sherrington, Salvador Moncada, Hudson Taylor & Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as physicians, leaders, writers, intellectuals & academics and scientists etc.
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Magdi Yacoub
(Heart Surgeon)
Magdi Yacoub
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 16, 1935
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Belbin, Ashraqya, Egypt

Magdi Yacoub is a retired professor who worked at Imperial College London. He is best known for his work in repairing heart valves, a procedure which came to be known as the Ross-Yacoub procedure. In 1983, he performed the United Kingdom's first combined lung and heart transplant. Also a humanitarian, Yacoub co-founded the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Foundation in 2008.

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John Rae
(explorer)
John Rae
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: September 30, 1813
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hall of Clestrain
Died: July 22, 1893

Apart from being a surgeon, John Rae later became famous as an explorer of the Canadian Arctic. Initially a resident surgeon at the Moose Factory post of the Hudson’s Bay Company, he later explored places such as Victoria Island. He later moved to London and was made a Royal Society Fellow.

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Patrick Hillery
(Politician)
Patrick Hillery
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 2, 1923
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Spanish Point, Ireland
Died: April 12, 2008
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Spencer Johnson
(Author)
Spencer Johnson
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 24, 1938
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Watertown, South Dakota, United States
Died: July 3, 2017
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Felipe Contepomi
(Rugby union player)
Felipe Contepomi
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 20, 1977
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Salvador Moncada
(Honduran-British pharmacologist and professor)
Salvador Moncada
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 3, 1944
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tegucigalpa

Salvador Moncada is a Honduran-British pharmacologist and professor. He is well known for his discoveries related to nitric oxide function and metabolism. In the past, he was the research director of the Wellcome Research Laboratories and is currently the research domain director for cancer at the University of Manchester. He is married to Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium. 

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John Dillon
(Irish leader)
John Dillon
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 4, 1851
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Blackrock, Ireland
Died: August 4, 1927
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Alia Humaid Al Qassimi
(Emirati Surgeon)
Alia Humaid Al Qassimi
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthplace: United Arab Emirates