Medicine

Physicians, surgeons, psychiatrists, nurses and pharmacists. 5,113 people.

1The BuddhaIndian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)500 BCE–500 BCE2Anton ChekhovRussian dramatist and author (1860–1904)1860–19043Che GuevaraArgentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)🇨🇺 CUB1928–19674John LockeEnglish philosopher and physician (1632-1704)1632–17045AvicennaPersian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)980–10376Friedrich SchillerGerman playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)1759–18057Arthur Conan DoyleBritish writer and physician (1859–1930)🇬🇧 GBR1859–19308HippocratesAncient Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BCE)459 BCE–369 BCE9Mahathir MohamadPrime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)🇲🇾 MYSborn 192510Carl JungSwiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)🇨🇭 CHE1875–196111Sun Yat-senChinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)1866–192512Florence NightingaleEnglish social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)1820–191013John KeatsEnglish Romantic poet (1795–1821)1795–182114L. L. ZamenhofPolish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)1859–191715Alexander FlemingScottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)🇬🇧 GBR1881–195516Galen2nd-century Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher129–30017François Rabelais16th-century French writer and humanist (1494–1553)1494–155318AverroesArab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)1126–119819Emma GoldmanRussian-born American anarchist (1869–1940)🇫🇷 FRA1869–194020Robert KochGerman physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)1843–191021William JamesAmerican philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)🇺🇸 USA1842–191022Salvador Allende28th president of Chile (1908–1973🇨🇱 CHL1908–197323NostradamusFrench seer and astrologer (1503–1566)1503–156624Albert SchweitzerFrench-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)🇫🇷 FRA1875–196525Ursula von der LeyenPresident of the European Commission since 2019🇩🇪 DEUborn 195826Michelle Bacheletpresident of Chile from (2006–2010; 2014–2018)🇨🇱 CHLborn 195127Mikhail BulgakovRussian author (1891–1940) SUN1891–194028William Somerset MaughamEnglish playwright and author (1874–1965)🇫🇷 FRA1874–196529Edward JennerEnglish physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination (1749–1823)1749–182330Louisa May AlcottAmerican novelist (1832–1888)🇺🇸 USA1832–188831Al-Biruni11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)973–104832Alfred AdlerAustrian psychotherapist (1870–1937)🇦🇹 AUT1870–193733Moshe ben MaimonMedieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)1135–120434Maria MontessoriItalian physician and educator (1870-1952)🇮🇹 ITA1870–195235Empedocles5th century BC Greek philosopher493 BCE–433 BCE36ParacelsusSwiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)🇨🇭 CHE1493–154137Ernst HaeckelGerman zoologist (1834-1919)1834–191938Harriet TubmanAfrican-American abolitionist (1822–1913)🇺🇸 USA1820–191339Rita Levi-MontalciniItalian neurologist (1909–2012)🇺🇸 USA1909–201240Stanisław LemPolish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist, studied medical doctor (1921–2006)🇵🇱 POL1921–200641Apuleius2nd-century Numidian Latin-language writer, rhetorician and philosopher200–17042Georges ClemenceauPrime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)🇫🇷 FRA1841–192943Hans Christian ØrstedDanish physicist and chemist (1777-1851)1777–185144Jabir ibn Hayyan8th-century Islamic alchemist and author721–81545Karl JaspersGerman-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)🇩🇪 DEU1883–196946Abu Bakr al-RaziPersian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)866–92547Luke the Evangelistone of the four evangelistsdied 8448Ayman al-Zawahirial-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon🇪🇬 EGY1951–202249Gro Harlem Brundtland29th Prime Minister of Norway🇳🇴 NORborn 193950Louis-Ferdinand CélineFrench writer (1894–1961)🇫🇷 FRA1894–196151Konrad LorenzAustrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 (1903–1989)🇦🇹 AUT1903–198952Ronald RossBritish doctor, Nobel laureate, writer, and artist (1857–1932)🇬🇧 GBR1857–193253Santiago Ramón y CajalSpanish scientist (1852-1934)🇪🇸 ESP1852–193454Tu YouyouChinese medical scientist🇨🇳 CHNborn 193055William HarveyEnglish physician (1578-1657)1578–165756Radovan KaradžićBosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide🇧🇦 BIHborn 194557Alexander BorodinRussian composer, doctor and chemist (1833–1887)1833–188758Thomas YoungEnglish polymath (1773-1829)1773–182959Gurbanguly BerdimuhamedowTurkmen politician and president of Turkmenistan (2006–2022)🇹🇲 TKMborn 195760Daniel BernoulliSwiss mathematician and physicist (1700-1782)🇨🇭 CHE1700–1782