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.

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

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

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.

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

Robert Ambelain
France
FranceFrench esotericist and occultist, specialist in magic, theurgy and astrology

Albrecht Von Haller
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss anatomist, botanist and physiologist.

William Cullen
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish physician, chemist and agronomist.

Eliphas Levi
France
FranceFrench occultist, tarot reader and writer.

Grigoriy Bondar
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet, Ukrainian surgeon-oncologist

Ihsan Dogramaci
Turkey
TurkeyFamous Turkish pediatrician, public figure.

Leopold Casper
Germany
GermanyGerman urologist.

Nodar Kipshidze
Georgia
GeorgiaLaureate of the State Prizes of the USSR and the GSSR, academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, director of the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Therapy of the Ministry of Health of Georgia

Johann Blumenbach
Germany
GermanyA famous German anatomist, anthropologist and naturalist; doctor of medicine, professor.

Corneille Heymans
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian physiologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1938

Werner Forssmann
Germany
GermanyNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1956, jointly with Andre Cournan and Dickinson W. Richards

Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle
Germany
GermanyGerman pathologist and physiologist

Johann Christian Gottfried Jorg
Italy
ItalyGerman doctor

Andrey Efimov
Ukraine
UkraineDoctor of Medical Sciences, Professor

Hannah Gay
USA
USAAmerican doctor who probably cured the first child born with HIV

Ashutosh K. Tewari
USA
USAAmerican physician, urologist and oncologist, leading specialist in urology at the School of Medicine at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital.

Ernst Salkowski
Germany
GermanyGerman physiologist

France Alexander
USA
USAAmerican psychoanalyst. One of the creators of psychosomatics

Olof Acrel
Sweden
SwedenAn outstanding Swedish surgeon

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

Dolores Cannon
USA
USAAmerican psychotherapist

Archibald Hill
Great Britain
Great BritainNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1922, jointly with Otto Meyerhof

Pierre Janet
France
FranceFrench psychologist, psychiatrist, neuropathologist

Patrick Manson
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish doctor, parasitologist

Hayao Kawai
Japan
JapanOutstanding Japanese psychologist and psychiatrist

John Robert Veyn
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate