Famous Physicians

• al-Zawahiri, Ayman

  Osama bin Laden's one-time partner in al-Qaeda

• Bannister, Roger

  The first person to run a mile in under four minutes

• Banting, Frederick

  The Canadian doctor who discovered insulin

• Blackwell, Elizabeth

  First woman to receive a medical degree

• Cook, Robin

  The author of Coma

• Dean, Howard

  Former governor of Vermont and outspoken 2004 candidate for U.S. president

• Drew, Charles

  The inventor of the blood bank

• Gilbert, William

  The guy who figured out magnetism and electricity

• Heimlich, Henry

  The guy who developed the Heimlich Maneuver

• Hippocrates

  Author of the Hippocratic Oath

• Holmes, Oliver Wendell Sr.

  Author of The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

• Jemison, Mae

  The first Black American woman in space

• Jenner, Edward

  English doctor who introduced smallpox vaccinations

• Lage, Carlos

  Vice President of Cuba

• Lamaze, Fernand

  Promoter of painless childbirth

• Maimonides, Moses

  Medieval Jewish philosopher who wrote "Guide of the Perplexed"

• Mesmer, Franz Anton

  18th century healer and showman

• Montessori, Maria

  The founder of Montessori schools

• Nostradamus

  The 16th-century French physician who made creepy predictions

• Paracelsus

  European Renaissance physician and alchemist

• Pinsky, Drew

  The host of Loveline and Celebrity Rehab

• Roget, Peter Mark

  Creator of Roget's Thesaurus

• Sheppard, Sam

  The Ohio doctor who inspired TV's The Fugitive

• Spock, Dr.

  The author of Baby and Child Care

• Williams, William Carlos

  Author of the poetic epic Paterson

See: Index by Occupation