Laveran (Moon)

Named after Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran - French physician, Nobel Prize winner 1907 (1845-1922).

Laveran is a lunar impact crater located on the lunar far side near the southern pole. The crater is located. (wikipedia entry)

A crater is a circular depression likely created by an impact event. On the Moon they are named after deceased scientists, polar explorers, astronauts or cosmonauts.