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.

George Alexander Kelly
USA
USAAmerican psychologist, author of the theory of personal constructs

Christian Eijkman
Netherlands
NetherlandsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1929, jointly with Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Karl Landsteiner
Austria
AustriaAustrian physician and immunologist

Jian Zhou
China
ChinaChinese scientist, specialist in virology and oncology

Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke
Germany
GermanyGerman general practitioner and surgeon

Willem-Karel Dicke
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch pediatrician

Joseph Babinski
France
FranceFrench neurologist of Polish origin.

Corneel Vandelanotte
USA
USAPhysical activity and health researcher at Central Queensland University

Edward Doisy
USA
USAReceived the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1943, jointly with Henrik Dam

Hans Eppinger
Austrian doctor

Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard
France
FranceFrench physiologist and neurologist, pioneer of endocrinology and neurophysiology

Adrian Flatt
USA
USAOrthopedic surgeon

Frantisek Albert
Czech writer and surgeon

Frederick Treves
Great Britain
Great BritainProminent British surgeon of the Victorian era.

Nil Filatov
Russia
RussiaRussian physician, founder of the Russian pediatric school.

Elizabeth Kenny
Australia
AustraliaThe most famous physiotherapist of his time

Emil Bois-Reymond
Germany
GermanyGerman physiologist, philosopher

Said ibn Mansour Kammuna
Jewish ophthalmologist, philosopher and dissident.

Karl Kellner
Austria
AustriaAustrian chemist and occultist.

Eve C. Johnstone
Great Britain
Great BritainResearcher of psychotic illnesses

Nikolay Strazhesko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian Soviet therapist, organizer of science. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR

Etienne-Jules Marey
France
FranceFrench physiologist, inventor and photographer

John H. Tanton
USA
USAAmerican ophthalmologist

Louis Emile Javal
France
FranceA famous French physician and politician

Vladimir Angelian
Armenia
ArmeniaSoviet and Armenian ophthalmologist

Dennis Hoagland
USA
USAAmerican physiologist, botanist

Leo Kanner
USA
USAAustrian-American psychiatrist

Karl Hugo Kronecker
Germany
GermanyGerman physiologist

Ernst von Feuchtersleben
Austria
AustriaAustrian scientist, surgeon, psychiatrist, writer, poet, philosopher

Ilia Cion
Russia
RussiaA famous physiologist

Maurice Klippel
France
FranceFrench doctor

Hans Baruch
USA
USAAmerican physiologist and inventor

Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish doctor

Papus
France
FranceFrench occultist, freemason, Rosicrucian, hypnotist and physician.

George Palade
USA
USAAmerican biologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1974

Robert Ambelain
France
FranceFrench esotericist and occultist, specialist in magic, theurgy and astrology

Bernard Lown
USA
USAAmerican physician, cardiologist, inventor of the defibrillator

Christian Hahnemann
Germany
GermanyGerman physician, founder of homeopathy

Judah Folkman
USA
USAAmerican cytologist, oncologist.

Hermann Krukenberg
Germany
GermanyGerman surgeon

Wei Yilin
China
ChinaA physician in Yuan Dynasty China.

Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi
Spain
SpainArab doctor and scientist

Vasiliy Klimenko
Latvia
LatviaRussian doctor, talented teacher, actor

Ramon Castroviejo Briones
Spain
SpainOphthalmologist-microsurgeon

Alexandr Loskutov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian traumatologist.

Krouphord Long
USA
USAAmerican doctor who was the first to use ether in medical practice

Samuel Thomas Soemmering
Germany
GermanyGerman anatomist and physiologist.

Ashutosh K. Tewari
USA
USAAmerican physician, urologist and oncologist, leading specialist in urology at the School of Medicine at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital.

Boris Karvasarskiy
Ukraine
UkraineA famous Russian psychiatrist and psychotherapist, medical psychologist

Richard Atkinson
USA
USAPsychologist, representative of cognitive psychology