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American physicians

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

Abraham VergheseAuthor · BooksAbraham Verghese (born May 30, 1955) is an American physician and author. He is the Linda R. Meier and Joan F.
Alexander SkeneArtist · SculptureAlexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (17 June 1837 – 4 July 1900) was a prominent British-American gynecologist who made the first modern description of what would later become known as…
Benjamin RushAuthor · BooksBenjamin Rush (April 19, 1813) was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S.
Bernard NathansonAuthor · BooksIllustration — Nathanson appearing on British TV discussion programme After Dark in 1997
Charles KrauthammerAuthor · BooksCharles Krauthammer (March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was an American political columnist and psychiatrist.
Daniel Garrison BrintonAuthor · BooksDaniel Garrison Brinton (May 13, 1837July 31, 1899) was an American archeologist, ethnologist, and surgeon.
Edward TaylorAuthor · BooksEdward Taylor (c.1642 – June 29, 1729) was a colonial American poet, pastor and physician of English origin.
Elizabeth BlackwellAuthor · BooksElizabeth Blackwell (3 February 182131 May 1910) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the…
Gustav BrühlAuthor · BooksGustav Brühl (born 31 May 1826 in Herdorf, Prussia; died 16 February 1903 in Cincinnati) was an American physician, poet and archaeologist.
Hans Hermann BehrAuthor · BooksHans Hermann Behr (August 18, 1818, Köthen – March 6, 1904, San Francisco) was a German-American doctor, entomologist and botanist.
Hilary KoprowskiPerson · Music memorabiliaHilary Koprowski (5 December 191611 April 2013) was a Polish virologist and immunologist.
Hugo MünsterbergAuthor · BooksHugo Münsterberg (lang; June 1, 1863 – December 16, 1916) was a German-American psychologist.
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.
Jacob BigelowAuthor · BooksJacob Bigelow (February 27, 1787January 10, 1879) was an American medical doctor, botanist and botanical illustrator.
James McCune SmithAuthor · BooksJames McCune Smith (April 18, 1813 – November 17, 1865) was an American medical doctor, apothecary, abolitionist and author. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree.
José Gualberto PadillaAuthor · BooksJosé Gualberto Padilla (July 12, 1829 – May 26, 1896), also known as El Caribe, was a physician, poet, journalist, politician, and advocate for Puerto Rico's independence.
Julian Clarence LeviEngraver · PrintsJulian Clarence Levi (December 8, 1874 – August 23, 1971) was an American architect, watercolor painter, and philanthropist.
Karen HorneyAuthor · BooksKaren Horney (lang; Danielsen; 16 September 1885 – 4 December 1952) was a German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States during her later career.
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…
Max ThorekPhotographer · PhotographyMax Thorek (10 March 1880 – 25 January 1960) was a Hungarian-American surgeon best known for founding Thorek Memorial Hospital, the International College of Surgeons, and the International…
Oliver Wendell HolmesAuthor · BooksOliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston.
Paul FarmerAuthor · BooksPaul Edward Farmer (October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022) was an American medical anthropologist and physician.
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…
Tivadar SorosAuthor · Books
Uzodinma IwealaAuthor · BooksUzodinma Iweala (born November 5, 1982) is a Nigerian-American author and medical doctor.
Wilhelm ReichAuthor · BooksWilhelm Reich (lang; 24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud.
William Carlos WilliamsAuthor · BooksWilliam Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism.
William JamesAuthor · BooksWilliam James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist.
William ThorntonArtist · PaintingsWilliam Thornton (May 20, 1759 – March 28, 1828) was an American physician, inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol.

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