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.

Hans Eppinger
Hans Eppinger
Austrian doctor
Fedor Inozemcev
Fedor Inozemcev
A famous doctor in his time
Walter Alvarez
Walter Alvarez
USA
American physician, professor at the University of California
Sigismond Jaccoud
Sigismond Jaccoud
France
French therapist
Georgiy Morozov
Georgiy Morozov
Russia
Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
George Palade
George Palade
USA
American biologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1974
Emile Coue
Emile Coue
France
French psychologist and pharmacist
Gaspare Aselli
Gaspare Aselli
Italy
Italian anatomist.
Theodor Billroth
Theodor Billroth
Germany
Austrian surgeon and amateur musician of German descent
Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg
Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg
Germany
German doctor
Philippe Charles Ernest Gaucher
Philippe Charles Ernest Gaucher
France
French dermatologist, laureate of the Paris hospital.
Tatyana Antonovich
Tatyana Antonovich
USA
Ukrainian nephrologist, public figure, doctor of medical sciences
Johann Andreas Eisenbarth
Johann Andreas Eisenbarth
Germany
German physician; popular figure in German folklore
James Barry
James Barry
Great Britain
The first female surgeon in history to live her life under a man's name
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
Mads Gilbert
Mads Gilbert
Norway
Norwegian physician, humanitarian, activist and Red Party politician
Tatiana Shapovalenko
Tatiana Shapovalenko
Russia
Head of the Center for Restorative Medicine of the Ministry of Health and Social Development
Marie Bichat
Marie Bichat
France
French anatomist, physiologist and physician
Edward Doisy
Edward Doisy
USA
Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1943, jointly with Henrik Dam
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
USA
American physician, poet and writer
John Gurdon
John Gurdon
Great Britain
British scientist, Nobel Prize laureate in medicine in 2012
Fedor Krause
Fedor Krause
Germany
German surgeon, one of the founders of German neurosurgery.
Max Delbruck
Max Delbruck
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1969, jointly with Alfred Hershey and Salvador Luria
Nikolay Bogoraz
Nikolay Bogoraz
Russian surgeon, professor
Yuriy Grinevich
Yuriy Grinevich
Belarus
Belarusian surgeon
Gennady Knushov
Gennady Knushov
Ukraine
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery named after N. M. Amosov
James Crapo
James Crapo
Great Britain
Scientist, physician
Anry Labory
Anry Labory
Vietnam
The unrecognized genius of medicine
Robert Ambelain
Robert Ambelain
France
French esotericist and occultist, specialist in magic, theurgy and astrology
William Cullen
William Cullen
Great Britain
Scottish physician, chemist and agronomist.
Eliphas Levi
Eliphas Levi
France
French occultist, tarot reader and writer.
Grigoriy Bondar
Grigoriy Bondar
Ukraine
Soviet, Ukrainian surgeon-oncologist
Ihsan Dogramaci
Ihsan Dogramaci
Turkey
Famous Turkish pediatrician, public figure.
Leopold Casper
Leopold Casper
Germany
German urologist.
Nodar Kipshidze
Nodar Kipshidze
Georgia
Laureate 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
Johann Blumenbach
Germany
A famous German anatomist, anthropologist and naturalist; doctor of medicine, professor.
Corneille Heymans
Corneille Heymans
Belgium
Belgian physiologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1938
Werner Forssmann
Werner Forssmann
Germany
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1956, jointly with Andre Cournan and Dickinson W. Richards
Johann Christian Gottfried Jorg
Johann Christian Gottfried Jorg
Italy
German doctor
Andrey Efimov
Andrey Efimov
Ukraine
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Ashutosh K. Tewari
Ashutosh K. Tewari
USA
American physician, urologist and oncologist, leading specialist in urology at the School of Medicine at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital.
Ernst Salkowski
Ernst Salkowski
Germany
German physiologist
Olof Acrel
Olof Acrel
Sweden
An outstanding Swedish surgeon
Franc Mesmer
Franc Mesmer
Austria
Austrian physician, forerunner of modern hypnosis techniques.
Dolores Cannon
Dolores Cannon
USA
American psychotherapist
Pierre Janet
Pierre Janet
France
French psychologist, psychiatrist, neuropathologist
Hayao Kawai
Hayao Kawai
Japan
Outstanding Japanese psychologist and psychiatrist
John Robert Veyn
John Robert Veyn
Great Britain
English pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke
Germany
German general practitioner and surgeon
Sophiya Hackimova
Sophiya Hackimova
Tajikistan
Honored Scientist of Tajikistan, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor