Find out more about the greatest 19th Century American Physicians, including H. H. Holmes, Sun Yat-sen, William Stewart Halsted, Wilhelm Reich and Elizabeth Blackwell

Famous 19th Century American Physicians

John Harvey KelloggJohn Harvey Kellogg
26 February 1852
Doctor, Inventor
Elizabeth BlackwellElizabeth Blackwell
03 February 1821
First Woman Medical Graduate

Mary Edwards WalkerMary Edwards Walker
26 November 1832
Surgeon, Feminist, Activist

Daniel Hale WilliamsDaniel Hale Williams
18 January 1856
Surgeon

Andrew Taylor StillAndrew Taylor Still
06 August 1828
Physician

William James MayoWilliam James Mayo
29 June 1861
Physician and Surgeon
Anna Howard ShawAnna Howard Shaw
14 February 1847
Leader of the women's suffrage movement in the

Charles Horace MayoCharles Horace Mayo
19 July 1865
Surgeon

Philip Showalter HenchPhilip Showalter Hench
28 February 1896
Physician

Joseph ErlangerJoseph Erlanger
05 January 1874
Physiologist
Harvey Williams CushingHarvey Williams Cushing
08 April 1869
Neurosurgeon

Charles BestCharles Best
27 February 1899
Co-discoverer of Insulin
George Richards MinotGeorge Richards Minot
02 December 1885
Medical Researcher

H. H. HolmesH. H. Holmes
16 May 1861
Criminal, Serial killer

William Chester MinorWilliam Chester Minor
22 June 1834
lexicographer, linguist
Linda HazzardLinda Hazzard
1867 AD
physician

Samuel MuddSamuel Mudd
20 December 1833
Physician, Farmer, Politician
Walter Jackson Freeman IIWalter Jackson Freeman II
14 November 1895
American physician

Thomas C. DurantThomas C. Durant
06 February 1820
Physician

William Stewart HalstedWilliam Stewart Halsted
23 September 1852
Surgeon
Walter ReedWalter Reed
13 September 1851
Military physician, Zoologist, Entomologist

Harvey CushingHarvey Cushing
08 April 1869
Physician, Neuroscientist, Neurosurgeon, Academic,
Sara Josephine BakerSara Josephine Baker
15 November 1873
Physician

Max GersonMax Gerson
18 October 1881
Physician

William T. G. MortonWilliam T. G. Morton
09 August 1819
Physician, Dentist

Weston PriceWeston Price
06 September 1870
dentist, nutritionist
Fredric WerthamFredric Wertham
20 March 1895
Psychologist, Psychiatrist
Harry Stack SullivanHarry Stack Sullivan
21 February 1892
Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Psychologist

Martin DelanyMartin Delany
06 May 1812
Journalist

Frederick CookFrederick Cook
10 June 1865
Explorer, Physician

Alice HamiltonAlice Hamilton
27 February 1869
Toxicologist, Pathologist, University teacher,
Helen B. TaussigHelen B. Taussig
24 May 1898
Cardiologist

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William BeaumontWilliam Beaumont
21 November 1785
Surgeon

William C. GorgasWilliam C. Gorgas
03 October 1854
Physician

John GorrieJohn Gorrie
03 October 1803
Physician

Maxwell MaltzMaxwell Maltz
10 March 1889
Physician, Writer, Playwright
William Worrall MayoWilliam Worrall Mayo
31 May 1819
Chemist, Politician, Gynaecologist, Editor

Marcus WhitmanMarcus Whitman
04 September 1802
Physician
Samuel Gridley HoweSamuel Gridley Howe
10 November 1801
Physician

Jacob L. MorenoJacob L. Moreno
18 May 1889
Psychiatrist

John Benjamin MurphyJohn Benjamin Murphy
21 December 1857
Physician
Crawford LongCrawford Long
01 November 1815
Surgeon

Arnold GesellArnold Gesell
21 June 1880
Psychologist, University teacher, Physician
Silas Weir MitchellSilas Weir Mitchell
15 February 1829
Physician

Howard Atwood KellyHoward Atwood Kelly
20 February 1858
Surgeon, Writer, Gynaecologist, University teacher

Leila DenmarkLeila Denmark
01 February 1898
Pediatrician, Author

William Williams KeenWilliam Williams Keen
19 January 1837
Doctor

Helene DeutschHelene Deutsch
09 October 1884
Psychologist, Psychiatrist
Paul Dudley WhitePaul Dudley White
06 June 1886
Physician, Cardiologist, University teacher

Elliott P. JoslinElliott P. Joslin
06 June 1869
Physician

Louis T. WrightLouis T. Wright
23 July 1891
Surgeon

Duncan MacDougallDuncan MacDougall
1866 AD
physician, psychiatrist
Karl Augustus MenningerKarl Augustus Menninger
22 July 1893