Giovanni Gazzinelli (6 September 1927, in Araçuaí – 14 January 2020) was a Brazilian medical doctor and scientist, with a PhD in biochemistry from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, with a specialization in immunology. Gazzinelli was Chief Scientific Investigator at Fiocruz. He received the grã-cruz ("Great Cross") of the Ordem Naciona l do Mérito Científico ("National Order of Scientific Merit") of Brazil. References 1927 births 2020 deaths Brazilian immunologists Brazilian people of Italian descent People from Minas Gerais Recipients of the Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil)