Frederick Banting,

Initially Banting was dedicated to politics but later decided to 

shift to medicine. In 1916 he completed his MD and during the 

World War I worked as a doctor. He was very interested in 

diabetes and continuously worked on a cure for it. Banting 

searched for cure for diabetes together with Dr. Charles Best. 

In 1923 the researcher was awarded with the Nobel Prize for 

discovering insulin.

Born: November 14, 1891, Alliston, Canada Died: February 21, 1941, Dominion of Newfoundland