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
Germany
GermanyGerman physician, best known as a psychiatrist and neurologist

Viktor Protopopov
A famous Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet psychiatrist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR

Emile Coue
France
FranceFrench psychologist and pharmacist

Alexandr Loskutov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian traumatologist.

Anatoliy Ivanov-Smolensky
Soviet physiologist and psychiatrist

Nikolay Amosov
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian thoracic surgeon, medical scientist, writer.

John Bancroft
USA
USAAmerican psychiatrist, sexologist

Jeyms LeDiuk
USA
USADirector of the Division of Viral Diseases and Rickettsial Infections, U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases

Olga Dunchik
Russia
RussiaFollower of Maya Gogulan and the Nishi system

Charles Boarman Harris
USA
USAAmerican physician and surgeon.

Gregory Bateson
USA
USAAnglo-American biologist, anthropologist, philosopher

Jean Piaget
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss psychologist and philosopher.

Adolf Kussmaul
Germany
GermanyGerman therapist.

Michael Shanon
USA
USAAmerican physician, African American, international specialist in pediatric toxicology

Valery Glazko
Ukraine
UkraineRussian geneticist, biotechnologist, molecular biologist

Astley Cooper
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physician, surgeon.

Aleksandr Sviyash
Russia
RussiaPsychologist, writer

Andrey Arendt
The founder of Soviet pediatric neurosurgery

Rudiger Dohler
Gibraltar
GibraltarGerman orthopedist, surgeon and professor of medicine

Valeriy Oslavskiy
Ukraine
UkraineParticipant in the project 'I'm ashamed of my body'

Joseph Abadie
France
FranceFrench neurologist, famous for his description of Abadie's symptom

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Hungary
HungaryHungarian medic

Rostislav Valikhnovsky
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian plastic and reconstructive surgeon, political and public figure

Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth
Germany
GermanyGerman physician, professor of anatomy and physiology

Ben Carson
USA
USAAmerican neurosurgeon and writer

Andrey Gulyaev
Soviet surgeon, teacher, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR

Kenneth Kamler
USA
USADoctor, participant of many dangerous expeditions

Adolf Pokorny
Austria
AustriaDoctor accused at the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial

Georgiy Morozov
Russia
RussiaAcademician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor

James Barry
Great Britain
Great BritainThe first female surgeon in history to live her life under a man's name

Alexander Arutyunov
Soviet neurosurgeon

Theodor Morell
Germany
GermanyHitler's personal physician.

David Hunter Hubel
Great Britain
Great BritainNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1981, jointly with Roger W. Sperry and Torsten Wiesel

John H. Tanton
USA
USAAmerican ophthalmologist

John Snow
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physician who first used ether as an anesthetic

Vilen Astvatsatryan
Armenia
ArmeniaLaureate 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
USA
USAAmerican psychologist, author of the theory of personal constructs

Daniel Palmer
USA
USAFounder of modern chiropractic techniques

Franc Mesmer
Austria
AustriaAustrian physician, forerunner of modern hypnosis techniques.

Anry Wallon
France
FrancePsychologist and teacher

Richard Atkinson
USA
USAPsychologist, representative of cognitive psychology

Hans Eppinger
Austrian doctor

Charles Davenport
USA
USAAmerican zoologist, geneticist

Allan Combs
Neuropsychologist and systems theorist, professor

Michael DeBakey
USA
USAThe main 'heart doctor' of the planet, pioneer of coronary artery bypass surgery

Boris Prazdnikov
Russia
RussiaBolshoi Theater massage therapist, chiropractor

Gisela Perl
Israel
IsraelJewish doctor, woman who helped at Auschwitz

Johann Christian Gottfried Jorg
Italy
ItalyGerman doctor

Jean-Ovide Decroly
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian educator, psychologist and doctor.

Semen Dulickiy
Russia
RussiaRussian and Soviet pediatrician