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.

Karl Westphal
Karl Westphal
Germany
German physician, best known as a psychiatrist and neurologist
Viktor Protopopov
Viktor Protopopov
A famous Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet psychiatrist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR
Emile Coue
Emile Coue
France
French psychologist and pharmacist
Alexandr Loskutov
Alexandr Loskutov
Ukraine
Ukrainian traumatologist.
Anatoliy Ivanov-Smolensky
Anatoliy Ivanov-Smolensky
Soviet physiologist and psychiatrist
Nikolay Amosov
Nikolay Amosov
Ukraine
Soviet and Ukrainian thoracic surgeon, medical scientist, writer.
John Bancroft
John Bancroft
USA
American psychiatrist, sexologist
Jeyms LeDiuk
Jeyms LeDiuk
USA
Director of the Division of Viral Diseases and Rickettsial Infections, U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
Olga Dunchik
Olga Dunchik
Russia
Follower of Maya Gogulan and the Nishi system
Charles Boarman Harris
Charles Boarman Harris
USA
American physician and surgeon.
Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson
USA
Anglo-American biologist, anthropologist, philosopher
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget
Switzerland
Swiss psychologist and philosopher.
Adolf Kussmaul
Adolf Kussmaul
Germany
German therapist.
Michael Shanon
Michael Shanon
USA
American physician, African American, international specialist in pediatric toxicology
Valery Glazko
Valery Glazko
Ukraine
Russian geneticist, biotechnologist, molecular biologist
Astley Cooper
Astley Cooper
Great Britain
English physician, surgeon.
Aleksandr Sviyash
Aleksandr Sviyash
Russia
Psychologist, writer
Andrey Arendt
Andrey Arendt
The founder of Soviet pediatric neurosurgery
Rudiger Dohler
Rudiger Dohler
Gibraltar
German orthopedist, surgeon and professor of medicine
Valeriy Oslavskiy
Valeriy Oslavskiy
Ukraine
Participant in the project 'I'm ashamed of my body'
Joseph Abadie
Joseph Abadie
France
French neurologist, famous for his description of Abadie's symptom
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Hungary
Hungarian medic
Rostislav Valikhnovsky
Rostislav Valikhnovsky
Ukraine
Ukrainian plastic and reconstructive surgeon, political and public figure
Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth
Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth
Germany
German physician, professor of anatomy and physiology
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
USA
American neurosurgeon and writer
Andrey Gulyaev
Andrey Gulyaev
Soviet surgeon, teacher, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR
Kenneth Kamler
Kenneth Kamler
USA
Doctor, participant of many dangerous expeditions
Adolf Pokorny
Adolf Pokorny
Austria
Doctor accused at the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial
Georgiy Morozov
Georgiy Morozov
Russia
Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
James Barry
James Barry
Great Britain
The first female surgeon in history to live her life under a man's name
Alexander Arutyunov
Alexander Arutyunov
Soviet neurosurgeon
Theodor Morell
Theodor Morell
Germany
Hitler's personal physician.
David Hunter Hubel
David Hunter Hubel
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1981, jointly with Roger W. Sperry and Torsten Wiesel
John H. Tanton
John H. Tanton
USA
American ophthalmologist
John Snow
John Snow
Great Britain
English physician who first used ether as an anesthetic
Vilen Astvatsatryan
Vilen Astvatsatryan
Armenia
Laureate of the State Prize of the ASSR, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Armenian 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
Daniel Palmer
Daniel Palmer
USA
Founder of modern chiropractic techniques
Franc Mesmer
Franc Mesmer
Austria
Austrian physician, forerunner of modern hypnosis techniques.
Anry Wallon
Anry Wallon
France
Psychologist and teacher
Richard Atkinson
Richard Atkinson
USA
Psychologist, representative of cognitive psychology
Hans Eppinger
Hans Eppinger
Austrian doctor
Charles Davenport
Charles Davenport
USA
American zoologist, geneticist
Allan Combs
Allan Combs
Neuropsychologist and systems theorist, professor
Michael DeBakey
Michael DeBakey
USA
The main 'heart doctor' of the planet, pioneer of coronary artery bypass surgery
Boris Prazdnikov
Boris Prazdnikov
Russia
Bolshoi Theater massage therapist, chiropractor
Gisela Perl
Gisela Perl
Israel
Jewish doctor, woman who helped at Auschwitz
Johann Christian Gottfried Jorg
Johann Christian Gottfried Jorg
Italy
German doctor
Jean-Ovide Decroly
Jean-Ovide Decroly
Belgium
Belgian educator, psychologist and doctor.
Semen Dulickiy
Semen Dulickiy
Russia
Russian and Soviet pediatrician