Medicine

Discover renowned medical professionals who have made significant contributions to the field of medicine. Explore biographies of famous doctors, surgeons, scientists, and other notable figures who have revolutionized healthcare and inspired generations.

Avraham Marek Klingberg
Avraham Marek Klingberg
Israel
Israeli epidemiologist, microbiologist and infectious disease specialist
Viktor Tsibulyak
Viktor Tsibulyak
Russia
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
France
A French neurologist whose name became the eponym for Tourette syndrome, a type of neurological condition
Isaac Zhorov
Isaac Zhorov
Soviet medical scientist, surgeon
Egas Moniz
Egas Moniz
Portugal
Portuguese neuropathologist, neurosurgeon and public figure.
Linda Buck
Linda Buck
USA
Nobel laureate
Gennady Kotelnikov
Gennady Kotelnikov
Russia
Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, laureate of the Government Prize of the Russian Federation, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Rector of the Samara State Medical University, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Jacques Lacan
Jacques Lacan
France
French psychiatrist
Ilia Cion
Ilia Cion
Russia
A famous physiologist
Leila Denmark
Leila Denmark
USA
American pediatrician
Sherburne Cook
Sherburne Cook
USA
American physiologist.
Muhtar Aliyev
Muhtar Aliyev
Kazakhstan
Surgeon, Doctor of Medical Sciences
Aleksander Bogomolets
Aleksander Bogomolets
Ukraine
Soviet pathophysiologist and public figure
Richard Atkinson
Richard Atkinson
USA
Psychologist, representative of cognitive psychology
Boris Gaidar
Boris Gaidar
Russia
Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Head of the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Lieutenant General of the Medical Service
Archibald Hill
Archibald Hill
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1922, jointly with Otto Meyerhof
Peter Doherty
Peter Doherty
Australia
Australian veterinarian and scientist
 Hippocrates
Hippocrates
Greece
Ancient Greek doctor
Pierre Dukan
Pierre Dukan
France
French physician, author of the Dukan Diet
Georg Heinrich Peter Krukenberg
Georg Heinrich Peter Krukenberg
Germany
German gynecologist and physiologist.
Erica Frank
Erica Frank
USA
American-born innovator, physician and medical researcher
Gerhard Steenkamp
Gerhard Steenkamp
Veterinary dentist
Rudolf Kronlein
Rudolf Kronlein
Switzerland
Surgeon
Karlos Huan Finley
Karlos Huan Finley
Cuba
Doctor and health organizer in Cuba
Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum
Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum
Germany
German psychiatrist
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Alfred Eisenstaedt
USA
German-American photographer
Sergio Canavero
Sergio Canavero
Italy
Italian transplant surgeon
Antoine-Barthelemy Clot
Antoine-Barthelemy Clot
France
French doctor who established medical practice in Egypt
Henry Norman Bethune
Henry Norman Bethune
Canada
Canadian surgeon, innovator in surgery
Johann Bernhard Aloys von Gudden
Johann Bernhard Aloys von Gudden
Germany
German psychiatrist
Herta Oberheuser
Herta Oberheuser
Germany
Nazi doctor
Adolf Kussmaul
Adolf Kussmaul
Germany
German therapist.
Gabriello Fallopio
Gabriello Fallopio
Italy
Italian anatomist and physician.
Ioan Milanskiy
Ioan Milanskiy
Italy
12th century Italian physician
Timothy Jorden
Timothy Jorden
USA
American surgeon suspected of murder
Irina Abelskaya
Irina Abelskaya
Belarus
Belarusian pediatrician and endocrinologist
Leonid Vasilyev
Leonid Vasilyev
Russian psychophysiologist, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences.
Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler
Austria
Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist
Lev Zmeev
Lev Zmeev
Doctor and bibliographer, court councilor, assistant professor at the medical academy
Andrey Lichko
Andrey Lichko
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Donald Cameron
Donald Cameron
USA
American psychiatrist
Silvano Arieti
Silvano Arieti
USA
American psychiatrist
Christian Eijkman
Christian Eijkman
Netherlands
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1929, jointly with Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Renato Dulbecco
Renato Dulbecco
USA
Italian and American virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1975
Vardges Davtyan
Vardges Davtyan
USA
Soviet and Armenian psychiatrist, prose writer, publicist
Georgiy Angelian
Georgiy Angelian
Armenia
Soviet and Armenian doctor, anesthesiologist-resuscitator
Walter Dandy
Walter Dandy
USA
American neurosurgeon and scientist
Petrus Camper
Petrus Camper
Netherlands
Dutch anatomist
Jack Kevorkian
Jack Kevorkian
USA
American doctor, popularizer of euthanasia
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister
Great Britain
English surgeon who introduced antiseptics into practice