Abstract Keywords Hall of famebiographysurgeon Information Type Paediatric Cardiology Hall of Fame Information Cardiology in the Young , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , April 2026 , pp. 879 - 880 Copyright © The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press John Christopher Rutland Lincoln (Figure 1), or Christopher as he was more widely known, was without doubt one of the leading and most influential cardiac surgeons in the world, specialising in the treatment of children.