Original: Michael Ellis DeBakey was born as Michel DabaghiAccording to the American Lebanese Medical Association (ALMA) in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Maronite Lebanese immigrants Shaker and Raheeja Dabaghi (later Anglicized to DeBakey).
Simplified: DeBakey was born as Michel DabaghiAccording to the American Lebanese Medical Association (ALMA) in Lake Charles, Louisiana on September 7, 1908.