# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/antonia-coello-novello
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:35:12.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/antonia-coello-novello"
name: "Antonia Coello-Novello"
slug: "antonia-coello-novello"
description: "Antonia Coello Novello is a Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator. She was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as 14th Surgeon General of the United States from 1990 to 1993. Novello was the first woman and first Hispanic person to serve as Surgeon General. Novello also served as Commissioner of Health for the State of New York from 1999 to 2006. Novello has received numerous awards including more than fifty honorary degrees, was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2000, and has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Her memoir, Duty Calls: Lessons Learned from an Unexpected Life of Service, was published in English and in Spanish in 2024."
tagline: "14th Surgeon General of the United States"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VADM_Antonia_Novello.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1944-08-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump