Physiologist
Discover the remarkable contributions of renowned scientists who have shaped our understanding of physiology as a discipline. From Nobel laureates to award-winning researchers, this list showcases the most influential physiologists who have advanced our knowledge of the human body and its functions.
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Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth
 GermanyGerman physician, professor of anatomy and physiology
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Albrecht Von Haller
 SwitzerlandSwiss anatomist, botanist and physiologist.
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Henry Dale
 Great BritainEnglish pharmacologist and physiologist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936 (together with O. Löwy) for the discovery of the role of acetylcholine in the chemical transmission of nerve impulses
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John Gurdon
Great Britain British scientist, Nobel Prize laureate in medicine in 2012
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Charles Robert Richet
 FranceFrench physiologist and immunologist, Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine (1913)
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Linda Buck
 USANobel laureate
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Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke
Great Britain English doctor
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Emil Abderhalden
Switzerland Father of the Swiss physiologist Rudolf Abderhalden. Foreign Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences since 1925.
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George Palade
USA American biologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1974
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Johannes Muller
Germany German naturalist, one of the founders of modern physiology, comparative anatomy and embryology.
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Barry Marshall
 AustraliaWinner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology 2005.
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Karl Ludwig
Germany German physiologist
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Frederik Banting
 CanadaCanadian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate, who obtained pure insulin in 1921
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John Haldane
Great Britain Scottish physiologist
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Nathaniel Kleitman
USA American neurophysiologist, pioneer of the scientific study of sleep
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Edward Donnall Thomas
USA American doctor
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John Harvey Kellogg
USA American doctor
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Samuel Thomas Soemmering
Germany German anatomist and physiologist.
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Marie Francois Xavier Bichat
France Outstanding French anatomist, physiologist and physician.
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Frances Oldham Kelsey
USA American pharmacologist
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
USA American physician, poet and writer
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Johann Brunner
Switzerland Swiss anatomist and physiologist.
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Ilia Cion
 RussiaA famous physiologist
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Tatiana Shapovalenko
Russia Head of the Center for Restorative Medicine of the Ministry of Health and Social Development
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Jean Fernel
France French scientist, doctor
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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
France French doctor
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Elizabeth Kenny
Australia The most famous physiotherapist of his time
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Ulf Svante Von Euler
 SwedenSwedish physiologist Nobel laureate
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Walter Rudolph Hess
Switzerland Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1949, jointly with Egas Moniz
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August Krogh
 DenmarkDanish physiologist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1920
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Billem Einthoven
 NetherlandsDutch physician, physiologist, inventor of the first working device for measuring the electrical activity of the heart, Nobel Prize laureate.
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Claude Bernard
France French physiologist
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Walter Bradford Cannon
USA American psychophysiologist, physiologist
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Barbara McClintock
USA American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1983
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Shinya Yamanaka
 JapanJapanese scientist, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Nils Jerne
Great Britain Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1984 jointly with Georg Köhler and Cesar Milstein
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Jean Dausset
France French immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1980
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Hans Baruch
USA American physiologist and inventor
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David Hunter Hubel
Great Britain Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1981, jointly with Roger W. Sperry and Torsten Wiesel
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Herta Oberheuser
Germany Nazi doctor
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Robert Edwards
Great Britain British physiologist and IVF pioneer
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Erica Frank
USA American-born innovator, physician and medical researcher
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Michael Servetus
 SpainSpanish theologian, physician, cartographer and Renaissance humanist
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Renato Dulbecco
USA Italian and American virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1975
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Ernest Henry Starling
Great Britain English physiologist, founder of the English school of physiologists
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Ilia Gruzinov
Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Forensic Medicine
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Bernard Katz
Great Britain English biophysicist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1970.
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John Robin Warren
Australia Australian pathologist and scientist
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Dennis Hoagland
USA American physiologist, botanist
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Johann Reil
Germany German physician, physiologist, philosopher and teacher
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