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.

Leon Labbe
Leon Labbe
France
French surgeon and politician.
Sandra Lee
Sandra Lee
USA
Female dermatologist posting shocking videos on YouTube
Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Italy
Ancient Roman scholar and encyclopedist
Leonid Sternik
Leonid Sternik
Israel
Israeli cardiologist
FaIg Jafarov
FaIg Jafarov
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, doctor of medical sciences, professor
Ibn Zuhr
Ibn Zuhr
Spain
Arab doctor
Pierre Dukan
Pierre Dukan
France
French physician, author of the Dukan Diet
Viktor Kalnberz
Viktor Kalnberz
Latvia
Hero of Socialist Labor, Honored Doctor of Latvia, Honored Scientist of Latvia, USSR State Prize Laureate, Latvian State Prize Laureate, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Doctor
Friedrich Salomon Perls
Friedrich Salomon Perls
Germany
An outstanding German psychiatrist and psychotherapist
Donald O Castell
Donald O Castell
USA
American gastroenterologist, professor of medicine
Anselme Louis Bernard Brechillet Jourdain
Anselme Louis Bernard Brechillet Jourdain
France
French doctor
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk
USA
American scientist, virologist and immunologist
John Martin
John Martin
USA
Vascular surgeon who discovered squamous cell carcinoma using innovative Butterfly iQ device
Leonid Timoshenko
Leonid Timoshenko
Ukraine
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
George Critchett
George Critchett
Great Britain
English ophthalmologist
Joseph Abadie
Joseph Abadie
France
French neurologist, famous for his description of Abadie's symptom
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
USA
American doctor and famous TV presenter
Bassiano Carminati
Bassiano Carminati
Italy
Italian physician and physiologist
Archibald Hill
Archibald Hill
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1922, jointly with Otto Meyerhof
Ernest Henry Starling
Ernest Henry Starling
Great Britain
English physiologist, founder of the English school of physiologists
Adilya Namazova
Adilya Namazova
Azerbaijan
Laureate of the USSR State Prize, Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Full Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Charles Davenport
Charles Davenport
USA
American zoologist, geneticist
Sophiya Hackimova
Sophiya Hackimova
Tajikistan
Honored Scientist of Tajikistan, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
George Alexander Kelly
George Alexander Kelly
USA
American psychologist, author of the theory of personal constructs
Christian Eijkman
Christian Eijkman
Netherlands
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1929, jointly with Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Austria
Austrian physician and immunologist
Jian Zhou
Jian Zhou
China
Chinese scientist, specialist in virology and oncology
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke
Germany
German general practitioner and surgeon
Willem-Karel Dicke
Willem-Karel Dicke
Netherlands
Dutch pediatrician
Nathaniel Wallich
Nathaniel Wallich
Denmark
Danish and English surgeon and botanist of the first half of the 19th century.
Joseph Babinski
Joseph Babinski
France
French neurologist of Polish origin.
Corneel Vandelanotte
Corneel Vandelanotte
USA
Physical activity and health researcher at Central Queensland University
Edward Doisy
Edward Doisy
USA
Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1943, jointly with Henrik Dam
Hans Eppinger
Hans Eppinger
Austrian doctor
Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard
Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard
France
French physiologist and neurologist, pioneer of endocrinology and neurophysiology
Adrian Flatt
Adrian Flatt
USA
Orthopedic surgeon
Frantisek Albert
Frantisek Albert
Czech writer and surgeon
Frederick Treves
Frederick Treves
Great Britain
Prominent British surgeon of the Victorian era.
Nil Filatov
Nil Filatov
Russia
Russian physician, founder of the Russian pediatric school.
Elizabeth Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny
Australia
The most famous physiotherapist of his time
Emil Bois-Reymond
Emil Bois-Reymond
Germany
German physiologist, philosopher
Said ibn Mansour Kammuna
Said ibn Mansour Kammuna
Jewish ophthalmologist, philosopher and dissident.
Karl Kellner
Karl Kellner
Austria
Austrian chemist and occultist.
Richard Axel
Richard Axel
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2004
Kurt Blome
Kurt Blome
Germany
Nazi scientist and doctor
Eve C. Johnstone
Eve C. Johnstone
Great Britain
Researcher of psychotic illnesses
Nikolay Strazhesko
Nikolay Strazhesko
Ukraine
Ukrainian Soviet therapist, organizer of science. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Etienne-Jules Marey
Etienne-Jules Marey
France
French physiologist, inventor and photographer
John H. Tanton
John H. Tanton
USA
American ophthalmologist
Emil Abderhalden
Emil Abderhalden
Switzerland
Father of the Swiss physiologist Rudolf Abderhalden. Foreign Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences since 1925.