STEM – Physicians
Benjamin S. Carson (1951- )
Benjamin S. Carson, neurosurgeon and Republican Presidential Candidate in 2016, was born on September 18, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan. Carson...
Charles H. Wright (1918-2002)
Charles Howard Wright was a Detroit physician and founder of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. He...
Sir Kennedy Simmonds (1936- )
Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds is a St Kitts and Nevis politician who served as the first Prime Minister of St...
Francois M. Abboud (1931- )
Dr. Francois M. Abboud has a number of titles. He is Professor of Internal Medicine and of Molecular Physiology and...
Matshidiso Moeti (1954- )
Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti is a medical doctor, public health specialist, and medical administrator from Botswana who has served as...
Milton Augustus Margai (1895-1964)
Milton Augustus Margai was the first prime minister of independent Sierra Leone. Margai was born on December 7, 1895, in...
Mamphela Ramphele (1947- )
Mamphela Ramphele is a South African political leader and physician known for her anti-apartheid activism. Ramphele was born on December...
Adele Darlene Allen (1953- )
Physician, concert pianist, and conductor, Adele Darlene Allen was born March 19, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, to Oscar Clement...
Hamilton Earl Holmes (1941-1995)
Hamilton Earl Holmes was the lesser-known of the Black duo who desegregated the University of Georgia in 1961. He was...
