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
Jean Cruveilhier
France
French pathologist
Milton Erickson
Milton Erickson
USA
American psychiatrist, master of medical hypnosis
Archibald Hill
Archibald Hill
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1922, jointly with Otto Meyerhof
Werner Forssmann
Werner Forssmann
Germany
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1956, jointly with Andre Cournan and Dickinson W. Richards
Ernest Henry Starling
Ernest Henry Starling
Great Britain
English physiologist, founder of the English school of physiologists
Rebecca Allison
Rebecca Allison
USA
American cardiologist and trans activist
Adilya Namazova
Adilya Namazova
Azerbaijan
Laureate 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
Semen Dulickiy
Russia
Russian and Soviet pediatrician
Bobby Qureshi
Bobby Qureshi
Great Britain
British ophthalmologist-surgeon
Philip Zimbardo
Philip Zimbardo
USA
Social psychologist, organizer of the famous Stanford prison experiment
Charles Davenport
Charles Davenport
USA
American zoologist, geneticist
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Hungary
Hungarian medic
Yakov Altman
Yakov Altman
Moldova
Russian neurophysiologist, neuropathologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences
Sophiya Hackimova
Sophiya Hackimova
Tajikistan
Honored Scientist of Tajikistan, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
George Alexander Kelly
George Alexander Kelly
USA
American psychologist, author of the theory of personal constructs
Joseph Murray
Joseph Murray
USA
American surgeon, 1990 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Christian Eijkman
Christian Eijkman
Netherlands
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1929, jointly with Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Austria
Austrian physician and immunologist
Jian Zhou
Jian Zhou
China
Chinese scientist, specialist in virology and oncology
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke
Germany
German general practitioner and surgeon
Willem-Karel Dicke
Willem-Karel Dicke
Netherlands
Dutch pediatrician
Nathaniel Wallich
Nathaniel Wallich
Denmark
Danish and English surgeon and botanist of the first half of the 19th century.
Renato Dulbecco
Renato Dulbecco
USA
Italian and American virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1975
Joseph Babinski
Joseph Babinski
France
French neurologist of Polish origin.
Hu Syhuey
Hu Syhuey
China
Physician and nutritionist during the Yuan Dynasty in China.
Corneel Vandelanotte
Corneel Vandelanotte
USA
Physical activity and health researcher at Central Queensland University
Alexander Shalimov
Alexander Shalimov
Ukraine
Surgeon, one of the founders of the Ukrainian surgical school
Conrad Murray
Conrad Murray
USA
American physician, cardiologist, personal physician to Michael Jackson
Edward Doisy
Edward Doisy
USA
Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1943, jointly with Henrik Dam
Anatoliy Tsib
Anatoliy Tsib
Russia
Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Evan Kane
Evan Kane
USA
American surgeon
Hans Eppinger
Hans Eppinger
Austrian doctor
Kenneth Grant
Kenneth Grant
Great Britain
English occultist, writer and poet
Johannes Friedrich August Von Esmarch
Johannes Friedrich August Von Esmarch
Germany
German surgeon
Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard
Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard
France
French physiologist and neurologist, pioneer of endocrinology and neurophysiology
Antal Babich
Antal Babich
Hungary
Hungarian surgeon
Adrian Flatt
Adrian Flatt
USA
Orthopedic surgeon
Frantisek Albert
Frantisek Albert
Czech writer and surgeon
Muhtar Gasumov
Muhtar Gasumov
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani doctor, National Hero of Azerbaijan
Andre Frederic Cournand
Andre Frederic Cournand
USA
American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1956
Frederick Treves
Frederick Treves
Great Britain
Prominent British surgeon of the Victorian era.
Nil Filatov
Nil Filatov
Russia
Russian physician, founder of the Russian pediatric school.
Elizabeth Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny
Australia
The most famous physiotherapist of his time
Emil Bois-Reymond
Emil Bois-Reymond
Germany
German physiologist, philosopher
Said ibn Mansour Kammuna
Said ibn Mansour Kammuna
Jewish ophthalmologist, philosopher and dissident.
Karl Kellner
Karl Kellner
Austria
Austrian chemist and occultist.
Richard Axel
Richard Axel
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2004
Fedor Krause
Fedor Krause
Germany
German surgeon, one of the founders of German neurosurgery.
Fritz Pfeffer
Fritz Pfeffer
Germany
German dentist
Kurt Blome
Kurt Blome
Germany
Nazi scientist and doctor