Oswaldo Cruz
Brazilian physician
Died when: 37 years 217 days (451 months)Star Sign: Cancer

Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, better known as Oswaldo Cruz (Portuguese pronunciation: [oz'vawdu 'k?us];August 5, 1872 – February 11, 1917), was a Brazilian physician, pioneer bacteriologist, epidemiologist and public health officer and the founder of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute.
He occupied the fifth chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1912 until his death in 1917.
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