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Ibn TufaylAuthor · BooksIbn Ṭufayl (c. 1105 – 1185) was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, physician, philosopher, theologian, astronomer, and vizier.
İbrahim Hakkı ErzurumiAuthor · BooksIbrahim Hakki Erzurumi (18 May 1703 – 22 June 1780), a popular Turkish Sufi saint of the Ottoman Empire from Erzurum in eastern Anatolia who was a polymath, mystic, poet, author,…
Ibrahim NagiAuthor · BooksIbrahim Nagi (December 31, 1898 – March 27, 1953) was an Egyptian polymath; a poet, author, translator, and practicing medical doctor.
Ignaz Paul Vital TroxlerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler (1830)
ImhotepDesigner · DesignImhotep ("(the one who) comes in peace"; late 27th century BC) was an Egyptian chancellor to the King Djoser, possible architect of Djoser's step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra…
Ishtori HaparchiAuthor · Maps and atlasesIshtori Haparchi (1280–1355), also Estori Haparchi and Ashtori ha-Parhi is the pen name of the 14th-century Jewish physician, geographer, and traveller, Isaac HaKohen Ben Moses.
J. C. MardrusAuthor · BooksJoseph Charles Mardrus, otherwise known as "Jean-Charles Mardrus" (1868–1949), was a French physician, poet, and noted translator.
Jabez HoggPhotographer · PhotographyJabez Hogg (4 April 1817 – 23 April 1899) was an English ophthalmic surgeon and early photographer.
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.
Jacob AnatoliAuthor · BooksJacob ben Abba Mari ben Simson Anatoli (c. 1194 – 1256) was a translator of Arabic texts to Hebrew.
Jacob BigelowAuthor · BooksJacob Bigelow (February 27, 1787January 10, 1879) was an American medical doctor, botanist and botanical illustrator.
James MackintoshAuthor · BooksSir James Mackintosh FRS FRSE (24 October 1765 – 30 May 1832) was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician and Whig historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests.
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.
Jan BrożekAuthor · BooksJan Brożek or Johannes Broscius (November 1585 – 21 November 1652) was the most prominent Polish mathematician of his era and an early biographer of Copernicus.
Jan Evangelista PurkyněAuthor · BooksJan Evangelista Purkyně (also written Johann Evangelist Purkinje; 17 or 18 December 1787 – 28 July 1869) was a Czech anatomist and physiologist.
János ZsámbokyAuthor · BooksJános Zsámboky or János Zsámboki or János Sámboki, (with his humanist name Johannes Sambucus, or Johannes Pannonicus Sambucus;
Jaroslav DurychAuthor · BooksJaroslav Durych (2 December 1886 – 7 April 1962) was a Czech prose writer, poet, playwright, journalist, and military surgeon.
Jed MercurioPerson · Film memorabiliaGerald Gary Mercurio (born September 1966) is a British television writer, producer, director and novelist.
Johann Baptist Malfatti von MonteregioPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Baptist Malfatti, Edler von Monteregio baptized as Giovanni Domenico Antonio Malfatti (June 12, 1775, in Lucca – September 12, 1859, in Hietzing near Vienna) was an Italian/Austrian…
Johann Christian RosenmüllerAuthor · BooksJohann Christian Rosenmüller (25 May 1771 – 28 February 1820) was a German anatomist born near Hildburghausen, Thuringia. He was the son of theologian Johann Georg Rosenmüller (1736–1815).
Johann Daniel MyliusPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Illustration from Mylius' 1628 Anatomia auri
Johann Gottlieb GleditschAuthor · BooksJohann Gottlieb Gleditsch (5 February 1714, in Leipzig – 5 October 1786, in Berlin) was a German physician and botanist known for pioneer investigations of plant sexuality and reproduction.
Johannes VaresAuthor · BooksJohannes Vares (pen name Barbarus or Vares-Barbarus 12 January 1890 [O.S. 31 December 1889] – 29 November 1946) was an Estonian and Soviet poet, medical doctor, and politician.
John AikinAuthor · BooksJohn Aikin (15 January 1747 – 7 December 1822) was an English medical doctor and surgeon. Later in life he devoted himself wholly to biography and writing in periodicals.
John ArbuthnotPerson · Music memorabilia
John ArmstrongAuthor · BooksJohn Armstrong (1709–1779) was a physician, poet, and satirist. He was born in Castleton Manse, the son of Robert Armstrong, minister of Castleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland John studied…
John KeatsAuthor · BooksJohn Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
John LockeAuthor · BooksJohn Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as…
John McCraeAuthor · BooksLieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of…
John MitchellAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Mitchell (April 13, 1711 – February 29, 1768) was a colonial American physician and botanist.
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…
José Antonio de Alzate y RamírezAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez.
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.
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…
Juan Huarte de San JuanAuthor · BooksJuan Huarte de San Juan or Juan Huarte y Navarro (1529 – 1588) was a Spanish physician.
Judah ben Saul ibn TibbonAuthor · BooksJudah ben Saul ibn Tibbon (1120 – after 1190) was a translator and physician.
Judah Leon AbravanelAuthor · BooksJudah Leon Abravanel or Abrabanel (c. 1460 Lisbon – c.
Julian Clarence LeviEngraver · PrintsJulian Clarence Levi (December 8, 1874 – August 23, 1971) was an American architect, watercolor painter, and philanthropist.
Julien Offray de La MettrieAuthor · BooksJulien Offray de La Mettrie (lang; 23 November 1709 – 11 November 1751) was a French physician and philosopher, and one of the earliest of the French materialists of the Enlightenment.
Julije BajamontiPerson · Music memorabiliaJulije (Julio) Bajamonti (Italian: Giulio Bajamonti; 4 August 1744 – 12 November 1800) was a medical historian, writer, translator, encyclopedist, historian, philosopher and musician from…
Júlio DantasAuthor · BooksJúlio Dantas, GCC (1876 – 25 May 1962) was a Portuguese doctor, poet, journalist, politician, diplomat and playwright.
Justinus KernerAuthor · BooksJustinus Andreas Christian Kerner (18 September 1786, in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – 21 February 1862, in Weinsberg, Baden-Württemberg) was a German poet, practicing…
Kálmán KalocsayAuthor · Books
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.
Karl Friedrich Gottlob WetzelAuthor · BooksKarl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel (14 September 1779, in Bautzen – 29 July 1819, in Bamberg) was a German writer. He studied medicine in Leipzig and Jena, then philosophy.
Karl KochAuthor · BooksKarl Heinrich Emil Koch (6 June 1809 – 25 May 1879) was a German botanist. He is best known for his botanical explorations in the Caucasus region, including northeast Turkey.
Karl KruszelnickiAuthor · BooksKarl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki (born 1948), often referred to as Dr.
Karl Wilhelm RamlerAuthor · BooksKarl Wilhelm Ramler (25 February 1725 – 11 April 1798) was a German poet who was the Berlin Cadet School master.
Kazuki ŌmoriPerson · Film memorabilia3 March 1952 – 12 November 2022 was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Khwaju KermaniAuthor · BooksIllustration — Khwaju Kermani Visited by the Angel of Inspiration in a Dream. It was the first miniature in the manuscript of Three Masnavis by Khwaju Kermani illustrated by Junayd in…
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
Laza LazarevićAuthor · BooksLazar "Laza" Lazarević (Лазаp Лаза Лазаревић, 13 May 1851 – 10 January 1891) was a Serbian writer, psychiatrist, and neurologist.
Leo the MathematicianAuthor · BooksLeo the Mathematician, the Grammarian or the Philosopher (or ὁ Φιλόσοφος, Léōn ho Mathēmatikós or ho Philósophos; c.
Lorand GasparPhotographer · PhotographyLorand Gaspar (28 February 1925, in Târgu Mureș – 9 October 2019, in Paris) was a Hungarian–born French poet.
Lorenz Christoph MizlerPerson · Music memorabiliaLorenz Christoph Mizler von Kolof (also known as Wawrzyniec Mitzler de Kolof and Mitzler de Koloff;
Lorraine FouchetAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Lorraine Fouchet
Louis FiguierAuthor · BooksIllustration — Louis Figuier
Luis Martín-SantosAuthor · BooksIllustration — Luis Martín-Santos (1950s)
Luke the EvangelistArtist · Paintings
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 AkensideAuthor · BooksMark Akenside (9 November 1721 – 23 June 1770) was an English poet and physician.
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.
Marsilio FicinoAuthor · BooksMarsilio Ficino (lang; Latin name: Marsilius Ficinus; 19 October 1433 – 1 October 1499) was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers…
Martin KukučínAuthor · BooksIllustration — Martin Kukučín
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
Max NordauAuthor · BooksMax Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld; 29 July 1849 – 23 January 1923) was a Jewish Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic.[1] He was a co-founder of the Zionist…
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…
Mellin de Saint-GelaisAuthor · BooksMellin de Saint-Gelais (or Melin de Saint-Gelays or Sainct-Gelais; c. 1491 – October 1558) was a French poet of the Renaissance and Poet Laureate of Francis I of France.
MetrodoraAuthor · BooksIllustration — The Laurentian manuscript on which Metrodora's work is preserved. The beginning of the Metrodora text is after the cross in the left-hand margin.
Michael PsellosAuthor · BooksMichael Psellos or Psellus (Michaḗl Psellós; c. 1018 – c.
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…
Mikhail BulgakovAuthor · BooksMikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (buul-GAH-kof; Russian: Михаи́л Афана́сьевич Булга́ков, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf] 15 May [O.S.
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.
Moses da RietiAuthor · BooksIllustration — 15th century manuscript of Miqdash Me'at Me'on haShoalim from Italy in the Bodleian Library
NahmanidesAuthor · BooksMoses ben Nachman (Mōše ben-Nāḥmān, "Moses, son of Nachman"; 1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides (Nakhmanídēs), and also referred to by the acronym Ramban and by the contemporary…
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…
Nicholas BarbonDesigner · DesignNicholas Barbon (c. 1640 – c.
Nikephoros BlemmydesAuthor · BooksNikephoros Blemmydes (Latinized as Nicephorus Blemmydes; 1197–1272) was a Byzantine author.
Nossrat PeseschkianAuthor · BooksNossrat Peseschkian (18 June 1933 – 27 April 2010) was an Iranian-born German specialist in neurology, psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatic medicine.
NostradamusAuthor · BooksMichel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les…
Ole BorchAuthor · BooksOle Borch (7 April 1626 – 13 October 1690) (Latinized to Olaus Borrichius or Olaus Borrichus) was a Danish scientist, physician, grammarian, and poet.
Olfert DapperAuthor · BooksOlfert Dapper (January 1636 – 29 December 1689) was a Dutch physician and writer who wrote books about world history and geography although he never travelled outside the Netherlands.
Oliver SacksAuthor · BooksOliver Wolf Sacks (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015) was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer.
Oliver Wendell HolmesAuthor · BooksOliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston.
Osamu TezukaIllustrator · Illustration
Otto GrossAuthor · BooksOtto Hans Adolf Gross (lang; 17 March 1877 – 13 February 1920) was an Austrian psychoanalyst.
ParacelsusAuthor · BooksTheophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim (10 November 1493 – 24 September 1541), known as Paracelsus, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.
Paul Dietrich GisekeAuthor · BooksPaul Dietrich Giseke (8 December 1741 – 26 April 1796) was a German botanist, physician, teacher and librarian.
Paul FarmerAuthor · BooksPaul Edward Farmer (October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022) was an American medical anthropologist and physician.
Paul FlemingAuthor · BooksPaul Fleming (also spelt Flemming; 5 October 1609 – 2 April 1640) was a German physician and poet.
Paul GachetArtist · PaintingsPaul-Ferdinand Gachet (30 July 1828 – 9 January 1909) was a French physician most famous for treating the painter Vincent van Gogh during his last weeks in Auvers-sur-Oise.
Paul RéeAuthor · BooksPaul Ludwig Carl Heinrich Rée (21 November 1849 – 28 October 1901) was a German author, physician, philosopher, and friend of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Pedro Laín EntralgoAuthor · Books
Pehr Henrik LingAuthor · BooksPehr Henrik Ling (15 November 1776 – 3 May 1839) pioneered the teaching of physical education and gymnastics in Sweden. He is considered the Father of Physical Therapy in Sweden.
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.
Petrus CamperArtist · PaintingsPetrus Camper FRS (11 May 1722 – 7 April 1789), was a Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife, zoologist, anthropologist, palaeontologist and a naturalist in the Age of…
Pierre Adolphe PiorryAuthor · BooksIllustration — Pierre Adolphe Piorry
Pierre-Paul Émile RouxPhotographer · PhotographyPierre Paul Émile Roux FRS (pjɛʁ pɔl emil ʁu; 17 December 18533 November 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist.
Quintus Gargilius MartialisAuthor · BooksQuintus Gargilius Martialis was a third-century Roman writer on horticulture, botany, and medicine.
Qusta ibn LuqaAuthor · BooksKitāb al‐Madkhal ilā al‐hayʾa wa‐ḥarakāt al‐aflāk wa‐ʾl‐kawākib,
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.
Raymond SabouraudArtist · SculptureRaymond Jacques Adrien Sabouraud (24 November 1864 – 4 February 1938) was a French physician born in Nantes.
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…
Richard Leach MaddoxPhotographer · PhotographyRichard Leach Maddox (4 August 1816 – 11 May 1902) was an English photographer and physician who invented lightweight gelatin negative dry plates for photography in 1871.
RigordAuthor · BooksRigord (Rigordus) (c. 1150 – c.
Rıza Tevfik BölükbaşıAuthor · BooksRıza Tevfik Bey (Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934; 1869 – 31 December 1949) was an Ottoman and later Turkish philosopher, poet, politician of liberal signature…
Robert KerrAuthor · Books
Robert MacnishAuthor · BooksIllustration — Robert Macnish by Daniel Maclise

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