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20th-century physicians

75 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abel PachecoAuthor · BooksAbel Pacheco de la Espriella (born 22 December 1933) is a Costa Rican psychiatrist and retired politician who served as the 44th President of Costa Rica from 2002 to 2006.
Abraham VergheseAuthor · BooksAbraham Verghese (born May 30, 1955) is an American physician and author. He is the Linda R. Meier and Joan F.
Adolf BierbrauerArtist · PaintingsAdolf Bierbrauer (26 July 1915 – 2 September 2012) was a German conceptual artist, painter and sculptor.
Ahmed MaterPhotographer · PhotographyAhmed Mater (Arabic: أحمد ماطر; born 1979, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia) is a doctor–turned–artist who uses photography, film, video art, and text alongside traditional techniques such as painting,…
Ala BashirArtist · SculptureAla Bashir is an Iraqi painter, sculptor and plastic surgeon who has exhibited widely and is noted for his portrayals of the human condition.
Alex ComfortAuthor · BooksAlexander Comfort (10 February 1920 – 26 March 2000) was a British scientist and physician, writer and activist, known best for his nonfiction sex manual, The Joy of Sex (1972).
Alexander LenardAuthor · BooksAlexander Lenard (Lénárd Sándor; Alexander Lenardus; Budapest, 9 March 1910 – Dona Emma, Brazil, 13 April 1972) was a Hungarian physician, writer, translator, painter, musician, poet and…
Alexander RosenbaumAuthor · BooksAlexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum PAR (Aleksandr Jakovlevič Rozenbaum) (born September 13, 1951) is a Russian bard from Saint Petersburg.[1][2]
Alice RobertsAuthor · BooksAlice May Roberts FRSB (born 19 May 1973) is a British academic, anatomist, archaeologist, TV presenter and author.
Alojz IhanAuthor · BooksAlojz Ihan (23 July 1961 – 10 March 2026) was a Slovenian doctor who was a specialist in medical microbiology and immunology.
Andrej ŽarnovAuthor · BooksAndrej Žarnov, born František Šubík, (November 19, 1903 in Kuklov (Kukló), Austria-Hungary (today:Slovakia) – March 16, 1982 in Poughkeepsie City, New York, United States) was a Slovak…
Andrew WakefieldPerson · Film memorabiliaAndrew Jeremy Wakefield (born 3 September 1956) is an English fraudster and anti-vaccine activist.
Beat RichnerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Beat Richner
Beata KurkulArtist · PaintingsBeata Kurkul (Beata Kurkul, born 21 January 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Ukrainian artist and volunteer of Lithuanian-Polish origin, known for her numerous images of Ukrainian border…
Bernard NathansonAuthor · BooksIllustration — Nathanson appearing on British TV discussion programme After Dark in 1997
Carlo LeviArtist · PaintingsCarlo Levi (ˈkarlo ˈlɛːvi) (29 November 1902 – 4 January 1975) was an Italian painter, writer, activist, independent leftist politician, and medical doctor.
Carlos OlivierPerson · Film memorabiliaCarlos Olivier (Carlos Raúl Fernández Olivier) (26 January 195222 January 2007), was a Venezuelan actor, famous for his roles in telenovelas, including Leonela, El País de las Mujeres, Viva…
Charles KrauthammerAuthor · BooksCharles Krauthammer (March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was an American political columnist and psychiatrist.
Claudio NaranjoAuthor · BooksClaudio Benjamín Naranjo Cohen (24 November 1932 – 12 July 2019) was a Chilean psychiatrist who is considered a pioneer in integrating psychotherapy and the spiritual traditions.
Cüneyt ArkınPerson · Film memorabiliaFahrettin Cüreklibatır (7 September 1937 – 28 June 2022), better known by his stage name Cüneyt Arkın, was a Turkish film actor, director, producer and physician.
Dang Thuy TramAuthor · BooksĐặng Thùy Trâm (November 26, 1942 – June 22, 1970) was a Vietnamese doctor. She worked as a battlefield surgeon for the People's Army of Vietnam and Vietcong during the Vietnam War.
Erich NeumannAuthor · BooksErich Neumann (23 January 1905 – 5 November 1960) was a German analytical psychologist and student of Carl Jung.
Eva StrömAuthor · BooksEva Ström (born 4 January 1947 in Lidingö, Stockholm County) is a Swedish lyricist, novelist, biographer, and literary critic.
Fernando Goncalves NamoraAuthor · BooksFernando Gonçalves Namora (15 April 1919 – 31 January 1989) was a Portuguese writer and medical doctor. Namora was born in Condeixa-a-Nova, Coimbra District and died in Lisbon, Portugal.
George MillerPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorge Miller (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker. In a career spanning four decades, he has received critical and popular success, and is widely known for creating and directing…
Guimarães RosaAuthor · BooksJoão Guimarães Rosa (lang; 27 June 1908 – 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer, poet and diplomat.
György SzabadosPerson · Music memorabiliaGyörgy Szabados (13 July 1939 – 10 June 2011) was a Hungarian jazz pianist, and is sometimes referred to as the "father" or "unofficial king" of the Hungarian free jazz movement since the…
Han SuyinAuthor · Books
Hans Martin SutermeisterAuthor · BooksHans Martin Sutermeister (29 September 1907 – 4 May 1977 pen name: Hans Moehrlen) was a Swiss physician and medical writer, politician, and activist against miscarriages of justice.
Hilary KoprowskiPerson · Music memorabiliaHilary Koprowski (5 December 191611 April 2013) was a Polish virologist and immunologist.
Jack HibberdAuthor · BooksJohn Charles Hibberd (12 April 1940 – 30 August 2024) was an Australian playwright best known for his plays Dimboola (1969) and A Stretch of the Imagination (1972). He was also a physician.
Jack KevorkianArtist · PaintingsMurad Jacob Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011), also known by the nickname "Dr. Death", was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent.
Jed MercurioPerson · Film memorabiliaGerald Gary Mercurio (born September 1966) is a British television writer, producer, director and novelist.
Jonathan MillerAuthor · BooksSir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, comedian and physician.
Jorge CardosoPerson · Music memorabiliaJorge Cardoso [full name: Jorge Ruben Cardoso Krieger] (born 26 January 1949) is a classical guitarist, composer, researcher, medical doctor (National University of Cordoba, Argentina) and…
Josué de CastroAuthor · BooksJosué de Castro, born Josué Apolônio de Castro (5 September 1908 – 24 September 1973), was a Brazilian physician, nutritionist, geographer, writer, public administrator, and activist…
Karl KruszelnickiAuthor · BooksKarl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki (born 1948), often referred to as Dr.
Kazuki ŌmoriPerson · Film memorabilia3 March 1952 – 12 November 2022 was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Konrad LorenzAuthor · BooksKonrad Zacharias Lorenz (7 November 1903 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist.
Kuntala Kumari SabatAuthor · BooksKuntala Kumari Sabat (1901–1938) was an Odia poet during colonial India. She was one of the women poets who came into prominence from Odisha during India's freedom struggle.
Kyi AyeAuthor · BooksKyi Kyi Tin-Myint, known by her pen name Kyi Aye was a Burmese poet, novelist, and short story writer.
László Z. BitóAuthor · BooksIllustration — László Z. Bitó
Lorand GasparPhotographer · PhotographyLorand Gaspar (28 February 1925, in Târgu Mureș – 9 October 2019, in Paris) was a Hungarian–born French poet.
Lorraine FouchetAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Lorraine Fouchet
Luis Martín-SantosAuthor · BooksIllustration — Luis Martín-Santos (1950s)
Maria FurtwänglerPerson · Film memorabiliaMaria Furtwängler-Burda (short version; born 13 September 1966) is a German physician and television actress.
Marianne KochPerson · Film memorabiliaMarianne Koch (born 19 August 1931) is a German retired actress, best known for her appearances in Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films of the 1960s.
Mark PodwalIllustrator · IllustrationMark Howard Podwal (June 8, 1945 – September 13, 2024) was an American artist, author, filmmaker and physician.
Marlo MorganAuthor · BooksMarlo Morgan (born September 29, 1937) is an American author, best known for the bestselling book Mutant Message Down Under.
Mary CalderonePhotographer · PhotographyMary Steichen Calderone (born Mary Rose Steichen; July 1, 1904 – October 24, 1998) was an American physician, author, public speaker, and public health advocate for reproductive rights and…
Masaaki HatsumiArtist · PaintingsMasaaki Hatsumi (初見良昭; born Yoshiaki Hatsumi on December 2, 1931) is a Japanese martial artist best known as the founder of the Bujinkan organization and the 34th Togakure-ryū ninjutsu…
Max LüscherAuthor · BooksIllustration — Lüscher in 2005
Miguel TorgaAuthor · BooksMiguel Torga (lang), pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha (São Martinho de Anta, Sabrosa, Vila Real district, 12 August 1907 – Coimbra, 17 January 1995), is considered one of the greatest…
Miodrag PavlovićAuthor · BooksMiodrag Pavlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Павловић; 28 November 1928 – 17 August 2014) was a Serbian poet, physician writer, critic and academic.
Miroslav HolubAuthor · BooksMiroslav Holub (13 September 1923 – 14 July 1998) was a Czech poet and immunologist.
Niall MacGinnisPerson · Film memorabiliaPatrick Niall MacGinnis (29 March 1913 – 6 January 1977) was an Irish actor and physician.
Nic WaalAuthor · BooksNic Waal, born Caroline Schweigaard Nicolaysen in Kristiania, Norway (1 January 1905 – 28 May 1960) was a Norwegian psychiatrist, noted for her work among children and adolescents in Norway…
Nossrat PeseschkianAuthor · BooksNossrat Peseschkian (18 June 1933 – 27 April 2010) was an Iranian-born German specialist in neurology, psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatic medicine.
Oliver SacksAuthor · BooksOliver Wolf Sacks (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015) was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer.
Osamu TezukaIllustrator · Illustration
Paul FarmerAuthor · BooksPaul Edward Farmer (October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022) was an American medical anthropologist and physician.
Pedro Laín EntralgoAuthor · Books
Peter GoldsworthyAuthor · BooksPeter David Goldsworthy (born 1951) is an Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won major awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera libretti.
Rashid JahanAuthor · BooksRashid Jahan (25 August 1905 – 29 July 1952) was an Indian writer and medical doctor known for her Urdu literature and trenchant social commentaries.
Rebecka LiljebergPerson · Film memorabiliaRebecka Liljeberg (born 13 May 1981) is a Swedish former actress who starred in the Swedish film Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål) (1998).
Renée RichardsAuthor · BooksRenée Richards (born August 19, 1934) is an American ophthalmologist and former tennis player who competed on the professional circuit in the 1970s, and became widely known following…
Severo OchoaAuthor · BooksSevero Ochoa de Albornoz (lang; 24 September 1905 – 1 November 1993) was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with…
Sripada PinakapaniPerson · Music memorabilia
Stanisław LemAuthor · BooksStanisław Herman Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy,…
Thomas LiltiPerson · Film memorabiliaThomas Lilti (born 30 May 1976) is a French doctor and filmmaker.
Uzodinma IwealaAuthor · BooksUzodinma Iweala (born November 5, 1982) is a Nigerian-American author and medical doctor.
Vasily AksyonovAuthor · BooksVasily Pavlovich Aksyonov (Васи́лий Па́влович Аксёнов; August 20, 1932 – July 6, 2009) was a Soviet and Russian novelist.
Vitaly KorotichAuthor · BooksVitaly Alekseevich Korotich (Vitaliy Oleksiyovych Korotych; 26 May 1936 – 29 September 2025) was a Soviet, Ukrainian and Russian writer, journalist, poet and KGB agent.
Yelena BonnerAuthor · BooksYelena Georgiyevna Bonner (15 February 1923 – 18 June 2011) was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and wife of the physicist, activist and 1975 Nobel Peace Prize laureate…
Zezé PolessaPerson · Film memorabiliaMaria José de Castro Polessa (born 22 September 1953), known professionally as Zezé Polessa, is a Brazilian actress.

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