Scipione Riva-Rocci

Scipione Riva Rocci (7 August 1863 in Almese, Piedmont 15 March 1937 in Rapallo, Liguria) was an Italian internist, pathologist and pediatrician. He is best known for the invention of an easy-to-use cuff-based version of the mercury sphygmomanometer for the measurement of blood pressure.