Robert Koch

Robert Koch

male, deceased (1910)
scientist, Biologist, anthrax bacillus, Koch's postulates, tuberculosis bacillus, Bacillus anthracis…physician
Robert Koch was a German physician. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis (1877), the tuberculosis bacillus (1882) and the cholera...
John Snow

John Snow

male, deceased (1858)
buried at Brompton Cemetery, Westminster, England, City of Westminster, From York, anaesthesia, Information graphic designer…physician
John Snow (16 March 1813 - 16 June 1858) was a British physician and a leader in the adoption of anaesthesia and medical hygiene, and is considered...
Hippocrates

Hippocrates

male
ancient greece, The Father of Medicine, medicine, corpus, wikt paragon, Hippocratic Corpus…physician
Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles, and was considered one of the most outstanding...
Vesalius

Vesalius

male, deceased (1564)
Leuven alumni before 1968, On the Workings of the Human Body, human anatomy, andreas vesalius, Zakynthos, anatomist…physician
Andreas Vesalius (Brussels, December 31, 1514 - Zakynthos, October 15, 1564) was an anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential...
Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush

male, deceased (1813)
signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, capital punishment, professor, from Philadelphia, Continental Congressman, University of Pennsylvania…physician
Dr. Benjamin Rush (December 24 1745 - April 19 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a...
Tom Coburn

Tom Coburn

male, 61 years old (Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States)
Baptist from the United States, BS, Univ. of Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. Univ., Muskogee, MD Univ. of Oklahoma 1983…physician
Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn, M.D. (born March 14, 1948) is a medical doctor and a Republican U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. He is considering running...
Avicenna

Avicenna

male, deceased (1037)
physics, mathematics, Classical humanist, Islamic medicine, Soldier, Islamic Science…Ancient and medieval physician, physician
Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna) was a Persian ("Tājīk") Muslim universal genius who made signficant contributions to medicine, astronomy, al...
Alan Guttmacher

Alan Guttmacher

male, deceased (1974)
Jewish person, physician, Guttmacher Institute, Alan Frank Guttmacher, Association for the Study of Abortion, EngenderHealth
Alan Frank Guttmacher (1898-1974) was an American physician. He served as president of Planned Parenthood and vice-president of the American...

John Moore

male, deceased (1907)
University of Louisville, Utah Territory, Army of the Potomac, Buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Bellevue Hospital, Divisional…physician
Brigadier General, John Moore, MD (August 18, 1826 - March 18, 1907) was a leading United States Army physician during the American Civil War who...
Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande

male, 44 years old (Waban, Massachusetts, United States)
Pediatrician, Stanford University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Stanford University alumni, urology, Paediatrician…physician
Atul Gawande (b. 1965 in Brooklyn, NY) is a general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, an assistant...