Alex Sakula, (26 June 1917 - 27 December 2003), MD, , published more than 200 papers and was a British respiratory physician with a fascination in history of medicine. Born to Polish immigrants and brought up in Whitechapel, Sakula entered medicine after achieving a number of scholarships and distinctions. He was noted to have written many biographies of famous clinicians and wrote a book on William Osler.