What is Christiaan Barnard?
[[File:Christiaan Barnard 1968.jpg|thumb|Barnard in 1968.]] '''Christiaan Neethling Barnard''' (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a [[South Africa]]n [[heart]] [[surgery|surgeon]]. He was born in [[Beaufort West]], [[Cape Province]], [[Union of South Africa]]. He did the first [[wikt:successful|successful]] [[heart transplant]] from [[human]] to human. He died of [[asthma]] in [[Paphos]], [[Cyprus]]. His brother was [[Marius Barnard (surgeon)|Marius Barnard]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnard, Christiaan}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2001 deaths]] [[Category:Afrikaner people]] [[Category:Deaths from asthma]] <!--[[Category:Disease-related deaths in Cyprus]]--> [[Category:South African scientists]] [[Category:Surgeons]]