Famous physician biography

For a list of characters that have appeared in Doctors, see List of Doctors characters.

This is a list of famous physicians in history.

Chronological lists

Ancient physicians

30th century BCE to 4th century CE

Post-classical physicians

5th century CE to 15th century CE

Early modern physicians

16th century CE to the mid-18th century CE

Late modern physicians

mid-18th century CE to the mid-20th century CE

Physicians famous for their role in advancement of medicine

• William Osler Abbott (1902–1943) — co-developed the Miller-Abbott tube
• William Stewart Agras (born 1929) — feeding behavior
• Virginia Apgar (1909–1974) — anesthesiologist who devised the Apgar score used after childbirth
• Jean Astruc (1684–1766) — wrote one of the first treatises on syphilis
• Averroes (1126–1198) — Andalusian polymath
• Avicenna (980–1037) — Persian physician
• Gerbrand Bakker (1771–1828) — Dutch physician, with works in Dutch and Latin on midwifery, pract