Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza ForMemRS
Cavalli-Sforza, October 2010.
Born	(1922-01-25)25 January 1922 Genoa, Italy
Died	31 August 2018(2018-08-31) (aged 96) Belluno, Italy
Education	Ghislieri College, Pavia, University of Pavia (M.D. 1944)
Awards	Weldon Memorial Prize (1978) Balzan Prize (1999) Mendel Medal (2002)
Scientific career
Fields	Genetics
Institutions	Cambridge University, University of Pavia, Stanford University
Academic advisors	Ronald A. Fisher

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (pronounced [luˈiːdʒi ˈluːka kaˈvalli ˈsfɔrtsa]; 25 January 1922 – 31 August 2018) was an Italian geneticist. He was a population geneticist who taught at the University of Parma, the University of Pavia and then at Stanford University.