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.

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

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

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Hungary
HungaryHungarian medic

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

Sophiya Hackimova
Tajikistan
TajikistanHonored Scientist of Tajikistan, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor

George Alexander Kelly
USA
USAAmerican psychologist, author of the theory of personal constructs

Joseph Murray
USA
USAAmerican surgeon, 1990 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine

Christian Eijkman
Netherlands
NetherlandsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1929, jointly with Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Karl Landsteiner
Austria
AustriaAustrian physician and immunologist

Jian Zhou
China
ChinaChinese scientist, specialist in virology and oncology

Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke
Germany
GermanyGerman general practitioner and surgeon

Willem-Karel Dicke
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch pediatrician

Nathaniel Wallich
Denmark
DenmarkDanish and English surgeon and botanist of the first half of the 19th century.

Renato Dulbecco
USA
USAItalian and American virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1975

Joseph Babinski
France
FranceFrench neurologist of Polish origin.

Hu Syhuey
China
ChinaPhysician and nutritionist during the Yuan Dynasty in China.

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

Alexander Shalimov
Ukraine
UkraineSurgeon, one of the founders of the Ukrainian surgical school

Conrad Murray
USA
USAAmerican physician, cardiologist, personal physician to Michael Jackson

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

Anatoliy Tsib
Russia
RussiaAcademician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor

Evan Kane
USA
USAAmerican surgeon

Hans Eppinger
Austrian doctor

Kenneth Grant
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish occultist, writer and poet

Johannes Friedrich August Von Esmarch
Germany
GermanyGerman surgeon

Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard
France
FranceFrench physiologist and neurologist, pioneer of endocrinology and neurophysiology

Antal Babich
Hungary
HungaryHungarian surgeon

Adrian Flatt
USA
USAOrthopedic surgeon

Frantisek Albert
Czech writer and surgeon

Muhtar Gasumov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani doctor, National Hero of Azerbaijan

Andre Frederic Cournand
USA
USAAmerican physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1956

Frederick Treves
Great Britain
Great BritainProminent British surgeon of the Victorian era.

Nil Filatov
Russia
RussiaRussian physician, founder of the Russian pediatric school.

Elizabeth Kenny
Australia
AustraliaThe most famous physiotherapist of his time

Emil Bois-Reymond
Germany
GermanyGerman physiologist, philosopher

Said ibn Mansour Kammuna
Jewish ophthalmologist, philosopher and dissident.

Karl Kellner
Austria
AustriaAustrian chemist and occultist.

Richard Axel
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2004

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

Fritz Pfeffer
Germany
GermanyGerman dentist

Kurt Blome
Germany
GermanyNazi scientist and doctor