John Humphrey Wilfred Shaw

Philip James: obesity researcher who helped to set up the Food Standards Agency and develop the body mass index

Pamela Epps: Edinburgh GP who fought to practise single handed and welcomed “problem patients”

Sidney Wolfe: public health leader who campaigned for reform across the US health system

Roy Calne: surgeon and pioneer in organ transplantation

Cyrille Amerasinghe

Mahmoud Fathalla: professor of obstetrics and gynaecology and international advocate for women’s health

Mark Mortimer Crosse

Michael Hall

Carissa Etienne: erstwhile leader of PAHO and WHO who transformed public health in the Caribbean