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
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
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.
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
Louis Emile Javal
Louis Emile Javal
France
A famous French physician and politician
Vladimir Angelian
Vladimir Angelian
Armenia
Soviet and Armenian ophthalmologist
Dennis Hoagland
Dennis Hoagland
USA
American physiologist, botanist
Leo Kanner
Leo Kanner
USA
Austrian-American psychiatrist
Karl Hugo Kronecker
Karl Hugo Kronecker
Germany
German physiologist
Ernst von Feuchtersleben
Ernst von Feuchtersleben
Austria
Austrian scientist, surgeon, psychiatrist, writer, poet, philosopher
Ilia Cion
Ilia Cion
Russia
A famous physiologist
Maurice Klippel
Maurice Klippel
France
French doctor
Hans Baruch
Hans Baruch
USA
American physiologist and inventor
Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke
Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke
Great Britain
English doctor
 Papus
Papus
France
French occultist, freemason, Rosicrucian, hypnotist and physician.
George Palade
George Palade
USA
American biologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1974
Robert Ambelain
Robert Ambelain
France
French esotericist and occultist, specialist in magic, theurgy and astrology
Bernard Lown
Bernard Lown
USA
American physician, cardiologist, inventor of the defibrillator
Christian Hahnemann
Christian Hahnemann
Germany
German physician, founder of homeopathy
Judah Folkman
Judah Folkman
USA
American cytologist, oncologist.
Hermann Krukenberg
Hermann Krukenberg
Germany
German surgeon
Wei Yilin
Wei Yilin
China
A physician in Yuan Dynasty China.
Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi
Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi
Spain
Arab doctor and scientist
Vasiliy Klimenko
Vasiliy Klimenko
Latvia
Russian doctor, talented teacher, actor
Ramon Castroviejo Briones
Ramon Castroviejo Briones
Spain
Ophthalmologist-microsurgeon
Alexandr Loskutov
Alexandr Loskutov
Ukraine
Ukrainian traumatologist.
Krouphord Long
Krouphord Long
USA
American doctor who was the first to use ether in medical practice
Samuel Thomas Soemmering
Samuel Thomas Soemmering
Germany
German anatomist and physiologist.
Ashutosh K. Tewari
Ashutosh K. Tewari
USA
American physician, urologist and oncologist, leading specialist in urology at the School of Medicine at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital.
Boris Karvasarskiy
Boris Karvasarskiy
Ukraine
A famous Russian psychiatrist and psychotherapist, medical psychologist
Richard Atkinson
Richard Atkinson
USA
Psychologist, representative of cognitive psychology