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.

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
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
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
Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke
Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke
Great Britain
English doctor
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
Judah Folkman
Judah Folkman
USA
American cytologist, oncologist.
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
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.
Boris Karvasarskiy
Boris Karvasarskiy
Ukraine
A famous Russian psychiatrist and psychotherapist, medical psychologist
Michael Servetus
Michael Servetus
Spain
Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer and Renaissance humanist
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Italy
One of the world's leading experts in population genetics
Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Brazil
Brazilian scientist, neuroscientist.
James Mackenzie
James Mackenzie
Great Britain
Scottish cardiologist, one of the first researchers of cardiac arrhythmias
Edward Donnall Thomas
Edward Donnall Thomas
USA
American doctor
Jerry Vlasak
Jerry Vlasak
USA
American trauma surgeon
Max Sanger
Max Sanger
Germany
German physician, obstetrician and gynecologist
Patrick Manson
Patrick Manson
Great Britain
English doctor, parasitologist
Zarifa Aliyev
Zarifa Aliyev
Azerbaijani ophthalmologist
Gary Chuang
Gary Chuang
Board Certified Dermatologist and Chemosurgeon
John Marshall
John Marshall
Great Britain
British scientist, ophthalmologist
Lisa Kristine
Lisa Kristine
USA
American photographer
Mirjam Israel
Mirjam Israel
Sweden
Swedish psychologist.
Harvey Wiliam
Harvey Wiliam
Great Britain
English physician, founder of physiology and embryology.
Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler
Austria
Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist
Charles Boarman Harris
Charles Boarman Harris
USA
American physician and surgeon.
Vladimir Kozyavkin
Vladimir Kozyavkin
Ukraine
Ukrainian neurologist, chiropractor
James Crapo
James Crapo
Great Britain
Scientist, physician
Rudiger Dohler
Rudiger Dohler
Gibraltar
German orthopedist, surgeon and professor of medicine
Francis Peyton Rous
Francis Peyton Rous
USA
American pathologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1966
Vladimir Haffkine
Vladimir Haffkine
Great Britain
Microbiologist, creator of the first vaccines against plague and cholera.
Turageldi Sharmanov
Turageldi Sharmanov
Kazakhstan
Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Johann Friedrich Hermann Albers
Johann Friedrich Hermann Albers
Germany
German physician, pathologist, psychiatrist and teacher
Antonio Alessandrini
Antonio Alessandrini
Italy
Italian physician and anatomist.
Mamuna Arshad
Mamuna Arshad
Great Britain
UK Senior Beauty Therapist, Fellow of the Joint Council of Beauty Therapists (JCCP) and Commercial Writer
Aram Abramyan
Aram Abramyan
Soviet urologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor
Alexander Habriel
Alexander Habriel
USA
Psychoanalyst
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italy
Italian neurologist