Notable Births on August 23
Radha Gobinda Kar (1852)
Bengali physician and philanthropist Radha Gobinda Kar was born on this day. He is renowned not only for his contributions as a physician but also for founding the Calcutta School of Medicine.
Hamilton Smith (1931)
American microbiologist Hamilton Smith was born on August 23, 1931. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1978 for his discovery of type II restriction enzymes, which are proteins that cleave DNA at specific recognition sites.
Antonia Novello (1944)
On this day in 1944, Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator Antonia Novello was born. She served as the 14th Surgeon General of the United States and was a strong advocate for women’s health, addressing issues such as smoking, drinking, and AIDS.