Avicenna (latinized from Arab Ibn Sina; full name AbÅ« ‘AlÄ« al-Husayn ibn ‘Abd AllÄh ibn SÄ«nÄ al-BalkhÄ«; ; arabicized ; born 980, dead 1037) was a Persian "Avicenna", in Encyclopaedia Britannica, Concise Online Version, 2006 (http://www.wip.britannica.com/ebc/article-9011433 LINK)D. Gutas, "Avicenna", in Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Version 2006, (http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v3f1/v3f1a046.html LINK) physician, philosopher, and scientist.