List of Famous people with last name Calmette

Albert Calmette

Léon Charles Albert Calmette

First Name Albert

Last Name Calmette

Born on July 12, 1863

Died on October 29, 1933 (aged 70)

Born in France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Léon Charles Albert Calmette ForMemRS was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. He discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. He also developed the first antivenom for snake venom, the Calmette's serum.

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Gaston Calmette

First Name Gaston

Last Name Calmette

Died on March 16, 1914

Born in France, Occitania

Gaston Calmette was a French journalist and newspaper editor, whose death was the subject of a notable murder trial.

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