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Daniel Hale Williams

1856–1931United States

Performed one of the first successful heart surgeries in 1893, and founded Provident Hospital in Chicago because Black doctors were not permitted to practice elsewhere and Black nurses were not permitted to train.

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Benjamin Banneker1731–1806Jan Matzeliger1852–1889Elijah McCoy1844–1929Granville T. Woods1856–1910Lewis H. Latimer1848–1928Garrett A. Morgan1877–1963