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.

Korbinian Brodmann
Germany
GermanyGerman neurologist

Max Kassowitz
Austria
AustriaPediatrician

Nettie Stevens
USA
USAAmerican geneticist

Juna
Russia
RussiaRussian healer, doctor of medicine, academician, psychologist, designer-inventor of new medical technologies, writer and artist

Yakov Altman
Moldova
MoldovaRussian neurophysiologist, neuropathologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences

Tim Chico
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish scientist, cardiologist.

Frederik Banting
Canada
CanadaCanadian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate, who obtained pure insulin in 1921

Sherburne Cook
USA
USAAmerican physiologist.

Muhtar Aliyev
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanSurgeon, Doctor of Medical Sciences

Hans Eppinger
Austrian doctor

Fedor Inozemcev
A famous doctor in his time

Walter Alvarez
USA
USAAmerican physician, professor at the University of California

Sigismond Jaccoud
France
FranceFrench therapist

Aleister Crowley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish occultist, Kabbalist, poet, writer, artist and mountaineer

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

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

Yonas Basanavichus
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian doctor, folklorist, public figure

Emile Coue
France
FranceFrench psychologist and pharmacist

Gaspare Aselli
Italy
ItalyItalian anatomist.

Lord Darzi
Great Britain
Great BritainSurgeon, professor at Imperial College

Theodor Billroth
Germany
GermanyAustrian surgeon and amateur musician of German descent

Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg
Germany
GermanyGerman doctor

Philippe Charles Ernest Gaucher
France
FranceFrench dermatologist, laureate of the Paris hospital.

Leonid Rozgov
Russia
RussiaSoviet surgeon and polar explorer performed an appendectomy on himself

Tatyana Antonovich
USA
USAUkrainian nephrologist, public figure, doctor of medical sciences

Johann Andreas Eisenbarth
Germany
GermanyGerman physician; popular figure in German folklore

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

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

Mads Gilbert
Norway
NorwayNorwegian physician, humanitarian, activist and Red Party politician

Franz Joseph Gall
Austria
AustriaAustrian physician, founder of phrenology

Nathaniel Kleitman
USA
USAAmerican neurophysiologist, pioneer of the scientific study of sleep

Ilia Cion
Russia
RussiaA famous physiologist

Tatiana Shapovalenko
Russia
RussiaHead of the Center for Restorative Medicine of the Ministry of Health and Social Development

Marie Bichat
France
FranceFrench anatomist, physiologist and physician

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

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
USA
USAAmerican physician, poet and writer

John Gurdon
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate in medicine in 2012

Carl Axmann
Germany
GermanyA famous German physiologist of the 19th century.

John James Macleod
Great Britain
Great BritainNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1923, jointly with Frederick Banting

Fedor Krause
Germany
GermanyGerman surgeon, one of the founders of German neurosurgery.

Max Delbruck
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1969, jointly with Alfred Hershey and Salvador Luria

Alexander Fleming
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish bacteriologist.

Jan Jansky
Czech
CzechCzech serologist, neurologist and psychiatrist.

Nikolay Burdenko
One of the founders of Russian neurosurgery

Nikolay Bogoraz
Russian surgeon, professor

Yuriy Grinevich
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian surgeon

Gennady Knushov
Ukraine
UkraineDoctor of Medical Sciences, Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery named after N. M. Amosov

James Crapo
Great Britain
Great BritainScientist, physician

Anry Labory
Vietnam
VietnamThe unrecognized genius of medicine