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.

Avgust Wasermann
Germany
GermanyGerman immunologist. In 1906 he developed a diagnostic reaction for syphilis, which bears his name.

Rudolf Dreikurs
Austria
AustriaAustrian-American psychologist and educator

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

Leopold Casper
Germany
GermanyGerman urologist.

Ernst Bumm
Germany
GermanyProminent German obstetrician-gynecologist

Philip Hench
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1950, jointly with Edward S. Kendall and Thaddeus Reichstein

Leon Labbe
France
FranceFrench surgeon and politician.

Sandra Lee
USA
USAFemale dermatologist posting shocking videos on YouTube

Gabriello Fallopio
Italy
ItalyItalian anatomist and physician.

Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Italy
ItalyAncient Roman scholar and encyclopedist

Temirbolat Berezov
Russia
RussiaDoctor of Medical Sciences, Professor

Eliphas Levi
France
FranceFrench occultist, tarot reader and writer.

Leonid Sternik
Israel
IsraelIsraeli cardiologist

FaIg Jafarov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani scientist, doctor of medical sciences, professor

Ibn Zuhr
Spain
SpainArab doctor

Pierre Dukan
France
FranceFrench physician, author of the Dukan Diet

Viktor Kalnberz
Latvia
LatviaHero of Socialist Labor, Honored Doctor of Latvia, Honored Scientist of Latvia, USSR State Prize Laureate, Latvian State Prize Laureate, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Doctor

Friedrich Salomon Perls
Germany
GermanyAn outstanding German psychiatrist and psychotherapist

Donald O Castell
USA
USAAmerican gastroenterologist, professor of medicine

Lainus Poling
USA
USAAmerican chemist, crystallographer, winner of two Nobel Prizes

Anselme Louis Bernard Brechillet Jourdain
France
FranceFrench doctor

Arthur Janov
USA
USAAmerican psychologist and psychotherapist.

Georgius Coopmans
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch doctor

Jonas Salk
USA
USAAmerican scientist, virologist and immunologist

John Martin
USA
USAVascular surgeon who discovered squamous cell carcinoma using innovative Butterfly iQ device

Leonid Timoshenko
Ukraine
UkraineCorresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor

George Critchett
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish ophthalmologist

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

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

Mir-Mamed Dzhavad-Zade
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanLaureate of the State Prize of the USSR, laureate of the Prize of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Honored Scientist of the USSR

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

Mehmet Oz
USA
USAAmerican doctor and famous TV presenter

John Gregory
Great Britain
Great Britain18th century Scottish physician, medical author and moralist

Ilia Gruzinov
Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Forensic Medicine

Bassiano Carminati
Italy
ItalyItalian physician and physiologist

Rudzhero Oddy
Italy
ItalyItalian physiologist and anatomist.

Veniamin Teplits
Soviet military doctor, surgeon

Uwe-Christian Arnold
Germany
GermanyGerman doctor practicing euthanasia

Jean Cruveilhier
France
FranceFrench pathologist

Milton Erickson
USA
USAAmerican psychiatrist, master of medical hypnosis

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

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

Ernest Henry Starling
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physiologist, founder of the English school of physiologists

Rebecca Allison
USA
USAAmerican cardiologist and trans activist

Adilya Namazova
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanLaureate of the USSR State Prize, Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Full Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor

Semen Dulickiy
Russia
RussiaRussian and Soviet pediatrician

Florence Nightingale
Great Britain
Great BritainNurse, organizer of the Nurses Award

Bobby Qureshi
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish ophthalmologist-surgeon

Philip Zimbardo
USA
USASocial psychologist, organizer of the famous Stanford prison experiment

Charles Davenport
USA
USAAmerican zoologist, geneticist