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Famous People By
A directory of world famous physicians and their comprehensive biographies.
Physicians
Alfred Blalock A personality of great stature and repute, Alfred Blalock was an American surgeon who went on to defy all norms and customs of medical science. ...
Carlo Urbani Italian epidemiologist Carlo Urbani was the first person who identified SARS as a highly contagious disease. He worked as an infectious disease ...
Charles Best Charles Herbert Best was an American-Canadian scientist who is remembered as the co-discoverer of insulin, one of the most important milestones ...
Charles Horace Mayo Charles Horace Mayo was a famous, American practitioner and surgeon. He specialized in cataract and goiter operations. One of his biggest ...
Charles R. Drew Charles Richard Drew was a famous American physician, surgeon and medical researcher, who is still remembered for his outstanding innovations ...
Christiaan Barnard It was on the historical third day of December in the year 1967 when Christiaan Barnard added a new glorious chapter to the pages of medical ...
Christiaan Eijkman A renowned Dutch physician and a Nobel Prize winner, Christiaan Eijkman’s research work on beriberi disease resulted in accidental discovery of ...
Cicely Saunders Cicely Saunders was a renowned nurse, physician and social worker. She was credited for introducing the idea of “total pain” through which she ...
Daniel Carleton Gajd... Daniel Carleton Gajdusek was a famous physician and researcher. He was the first one to provide an elaborate medical description of the ...
Frederick Banting Frederick Banting is a fabled name in the sphere of medicine. Known for his discovery of the wonder drug insulin, he went on to bring laurels ...
George Richards Mino... George Richards Minot was a famous American medical researcher. Minot pursued medicine with great passion and became interested in the study of ...
Girolamo Fracastoro Girolamo Fracastoro was a prominent Italian physician, poet and scholar in astronomy, mathematics and geography. He propagated the philosophy of ...
Guy De Chauliac Guy de Chauliac was a popular surgeon of the Early Medieval Period. After completing his Master’s in medicine, he rapidly ascended to the ...
Hans Asperger Austrian paediatrician Hans Asperger identified Asperger’s syndrome as a mental disorder. This disorder is seen especially in children. He, for ...
Harvey Williams Cush... Dr. Harvey Cushing was given the title of the father of modern neurological surgery as he earned a worldwide reputation in this field, bringing ...
Henry Gray Henry Gray is still remembered for his pioneering work ‘Gray’s Anatomy’, the first one of its kind. The book serves as a standard reference to ...
Janet Lane-Claypon Janet Lane-Claypon is known as one of the earliest physician to have received a DSc, MD and PhD from the London School of Medicine for Women. ...
Jean-Martin Charcot Considered as the ‘Napoleon of Neuro-Sciences’, Jean-Martin Charcot was one of the select few that went on to make it big in the world of ...
Joseph Lister Sir Joseph Lister is a renowned English surgeon who discovered antiseptic surgery. He is distinguished as the ‘Father of Modern Surgery’ for his ...
Mason Andrews Mason Cooke Andrews, born in Norfolk, was indeed a man of high standards. With a perfectly set routine for his life, he was able to achieve most ...
Norman Bethune Norman Bethune was a great physician who dedicated his services for the welfare of humanity. His works were focused mainly on the poor in ...
Orvan Hess Orvan Walter Hess was an American obstetrician and gynecologist, who developed the first, fetal heart monitor. This device allowed the ...
Paracelsus Paracelsus was a renowned German physician born in Switzerland. His path breaking findings in botany and medicine made him a pioneer in his ...
René Ger&oacu... An eminent cardiac surgeon from Argentina, Dr. René Gerónimo Favaloro was the foremost surgeon who successfully conducted coronary heart surgery ...
René Laennec Known as the father of clinical auscultation, René Laennec is considered to be one of the greatest doctors of all times. The introduction of ...
Richard Lower A pioneer of many ground-breaking concepts in medical science, Richard Lower is regarded as one of the finest physicians Oxford has ever ...
Salvador Mazza Salvador Mazza was an eminent Argentinean epidemiologist and physician. He was widely recognized for his works on ‘American trypanosomiasis’ ...
Sigmund Freud Regarded as one of the ‘most important thinkers of the last century’, Sigmund Freud is considered the father of ‘psychoanalysis’, who ...
Theodor Billroth Christian Albert Theodor Billroth is remembered as one of the most innovative medical surgeons and educators of 19th century. He was a leading ...
Theodor Kocher Emil Theodor Kocher was the first surgeon to initiate the surgery of thyroid gland, hernia and abdomen. He also attained expertise in the ...
Virginia Apgar Virginia Apgar challenged and reformed the face of medicine forever. As a reputed physician and an anesthesiologist, she went on to bring about ...
William Harvey Most people are fascinated with how the blood circulates through the body. It was this inquisitiveness and fascination of the circulatory system ...
William James Mayo William James Mayo was a renowned physician and surgeon in the United States, and was one of the founding members of the Mayo Clinic with six ...