Gustav Victor Rudolf Born FRCP, HonFRCS, FRS (29 July 1921 – 16 April 2018)[1] was a German-British professor of Pharmacology at King's College London and Research Professor at the William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

[2] As a doctor serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps, he was one of the first to witness the after-effects of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.

[5]: 289  In 1962, he married Dr Faith Maurice-Williams,[6] with whom he had two more children, one of which being Carey Born, an actress and filmmaker, known for her production company FirstBornFilms.

His other daughter is Georgina Born, Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Music at the University of Cambridge, and his niece was the singer and actress Olivia Newton-John.

[citation needed] In 2006, he co-authored a book with Lorie Karnath "Wohin geht die Sonne, wenn ich schlafe" Nymphenburger Verlag, Munich.