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Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (MD, from the Latin Medicinæ Doctor meaning "Teacher of Medicine") is a doctoral degree for physicians (medical doctors). The degree is granted by medical schools.
It is a first professional degree (qualifying degree) in some countries, including the United States and Canada,...
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Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton (pronounced /ˈkraɪtən/) (October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, producer, director, screenwriter, and medical school graduate, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller...
Date of birth:
- Oct 23, 1942
Date of death:
- Nov 4, 2008 (age 66 years)
Sonny Carter
Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr. (August 15, 1947–April 5, 1991) was an American physician, Naval officer, and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33. He was scheduled to fly on STS-42 at the time of his death in the crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines...
Date of birth:
- Aug 15, 1947
Date of death:
- Apr 5, 1991 (age 43 years)
Mae Jemison
Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an African American physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first woman of recent African ancestry to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992...
Date of birth:
- Oct 17, 1956 (age 53 years)
A. J. Cronin
Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish novelist and writer of non-fiction. His best-known works are Hatter's Castle, The Stars Look Down, The Citadel, The Keys of the Kingdom and The Green Years, all of which were...
Date of birth:
- Jul 19, 1896
Date of death:
- Jan 6, 1981 (age 84 years)
Mahathir bin Mohamad
Tun Mahathir bin Mohamad (pronounced [maˈhad̪ir bin moˈhamat̚]; born 10 July 1925) is a retired Malaysian political figure. He was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia's longest...
Date of birth:
- Jul 10, 1925 (age 84 years)
Vasili Lazarev
Vasili Grigoryevich Lazarev (Russian: Василий Григорьевич Лазарев; February 23, 1928 – December 31, 1990) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 12 spaceflight as well as the abortive Soyuz 18a launch.
He was born in Poroshino, Altai Krai,...
Date of birth:
- Feb 23, 1928
Date of death:
- Dec 31, 1990 (age 62 years)
Story Musgrave
Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is an American doctor and a retired NASA astronaut. He is currently a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California.
He was born in Boston,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 19, 1935 (age 74 years)
Richard Taylor
Richard Thomas Taylor, MP, FRCP (born 7 July 1934) is an English doctor turned politician, Independent Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest.
The son of Thomas Taylor and his wife Mabel Hickley, Taylor was educated at The Leys School - interestingly,...
Date of birth:
- Jul 7, 1934 (age 75 years)
Raymond Moody
Raymond Moody (born June 30, 1944) is a psychologist and medical doctor. He is most famous as an author of books about life after death and near-death experiences (NDE), a term that he coined in 1975. His best-selling title is Life After Life.
Moody...
Date of birth:
- Jun 30, 1944 (age 65 years)
David Wolf
David Alexander Wolf (born 23 August 1956) is an American astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions and an extended stay aboard the Mir space station.
Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he graduated from North Central High...
Date of birth:
- Aug 23, 1956 (age 53 years)
Dafydd Williams
Dafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician and a CSA astronaut. He flew on STS-90 in 1998 and STS-118 in August 2007.
Williams was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and is married to Cathy Fraser of Pointe-Claire, Quebec....
Date of birth:
- May 16, 1954 (age 55 years)
Norman Thagard
Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943) is an American scientist and former NASA astronaut. He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and is arguably considered to be the first American cosmonaut. He did this on March 14,...
Date of birth:
- Jul 3, 1943 (age 66 years)
William E. Thornton
William Edgar Thornton (M.D.) (born April 14, 1929) is a former NASA Astronaut. Thornton was born in Faison, North Carolina, and is married with two sons to the former Elizabeth Jennifer Fowler of Hertfordshire, England.
Following graduation from...
Date of birth:
- Apr 14, 1929 (age 80 years)
Margaret Rhea Seddon
Margaret Rhea Seddon (born November 8, 1947) is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and...
Date of birth:
- Nov 8, 1947 (age 62 years)
Ellen S. Baker
Ellen Louise Shulman Baker, M.D., M.P.H. (born April 27, 1953) is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. Baker currently serves as Chief of the Astronaut Office Education/Medical Branch.
Shulman Baker, daughter of Claire Shulman, was born in...
Date of birth:
- Apr 27, 1953 (age 56 years)
Charles E. Brady, Jr.
Charles Eldon Brady, Jr. (August 12, 1951 – July 23, 2006) (Captain, United States Navy) was a physician and American NASA astronaut.
Brady was born in Pinehurst, North Carolina, but considered Robbins, North Carolina, to be his hometown. He lived,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 12, 1951
Date of death:
- Jul 23, 2006 (age 54 years)
F. Drew Gaffney
Francis Andrew "Drew" Gaffney, M.D. is an American doctor who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission.
Gaffney was born June 9, 1946, in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He is married to Elizabeth Sims of Berkeley, California. He has two daughters.
Gaffney...
Date of birth:
- Jun 9, 1946 (age 63 years)
André Kuipers
André Kuipers (Pronunciation: [αndre kə:ypərs] (help·info)) (born in Amsterdam, October 5, 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut. He officially became the second Dutch and the third Dutch-born astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on April 19...
Date of birth:
- Oct 5, 1958 (age 51 years)
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.
Bernard Anthony Harris, Jr. (born June 26, 1956 in Temple, Texas) is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk), during the second of his two Space...
Date of birth:
- Jun 26, 1956 (age 53 years)
Joseph P. Kerwin
Joseph Peter Kerwin, M.D. (born February 19, 1932) is an American physician and former NASA astronaut. Kerwin was the first physician to be selected for astronaut training.
Born in Oak Park, Illinois, he graduated from Fenwick High School, a...
Date of birth:
- Feb 19, 1932 (age 77 years)
Jerry M. Linenger
Jerry Michael Linenger, M.D., M.S.S.M., M.P.H., Ph.D. (Captain, Medical Corps, USN, Ret.) is a former NASA astronaut.
Born January 16, 1955, and raised in Eastpointe, Michigan, Linenger graduated from East Detroit High School, Eastpointe, Michigan,...
Date of birth:
- Jan 16, 1955 (age 54 years)
Lee M.E. Morin
Lee Miller Emile Morin (born September 9, 1952) M.D. Ph.D. is a United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut.
Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, he is married with two children and three grandchildren. An amateur machinist, he enjoys math and...
Date of birth:
- Sep 9, 1952 (age 57 years)
Chiaki Mukai
Chiaki Mukai (向井千秋 Mukai Chiaki, born May 6, 1952) (M.D., Ph.D.) is a Japanese doctor, a NASDA astronaut and a lecturer at International Space University.
Chiaki Mukai, née Chiaki Naito (内藤千秋 Naitō Chiaki), was born in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture,...
Date of birth:
- May 6, 1952 (age 57 years)
Boris Morukov
Boris Vladimirovich Morukov (Russian: Борис Владимирович Моруков; b. October 1, 1950, in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian physician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). He trained with the Russian Federal Space...
Date of birth:
- Oct 1, 1950 (age 59 years)
Scott E. Parazynski
Scott Edward Parazynski, M.D. (b. July 28, 1961 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and seven spacewalks, Parazynski's latest mission was STS-120 in October, 2007....
Date of birth:
- Jul 28, 1961 (age 48 years)
Jay C. Buckey
Jay Clark Buckey, Jr. (born June 6, 1956, in New York City) is an American physician and engineer who flew aboard one space shuttle mission (STS-90) as a Payload Specialist. Buckey briefly ran for the Democratic nomination to challenge New Hampshire...
Date of birth:
- Jun 6, 1956 (age 53 years)
Ramón Emeterio Betances
Ramón Emeterio Betances y Alacán (April 8, 1827 – September 16, 1898) was a Puerto Rican nationalist. He was the primary instigator of the Grito de Lares revolution, and as such, is considered to be the father of the Puerto Rican independence...
Date of birth:
- Apr 8, 1827
Date of death:
- Sep 16, 1898 (age 71 years)
Godfrey Martin Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern
Godfrey Martin Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern CH KCMG PC (July 6 1883 - May 8 1971) was a Rhodesia politician and physician. He was educated at Malvern College and St. Thomas's Hospital.
After practicing medicine in London, Huggins emigrated to...
Date of birth:
- 1883
Date of death:
- 1971 (age 88 years)
Hubert Work
Hubert Work (July 3, 1860 – December 14, 1942) was a U.S. administrator and physician. He served as the Postmaster General between 1922 and 1923 in the presidency of Warren G. Harding. He then served as the Secretary of the Interior from 1923-1928...
Date of birth:
- Jul 3, 1860
Date of death:
- Dec 14, 1942 (age 82 years)
Valeriy Polyakov
Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Поляков) (born April 27, 1942) is a Russian cosmonaut. He holds the record for the longest spaceflight in human history, staying aboard the Mir space station for more than 14 months (437...
Date of birth:
- Apr 27, 1942 (age 67 years)
Oleg Atkov
Oleg Yur'yevich At'kov (Олег Юрьевич Атьков ) (born May 5, 1949 in Khvorostyanka, Kuybyshev Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Russian cosmonaut. He is married with one child.
He graduated from the Ivan M. Sechenov First Medical Institute in Moscow in 1973...
Date of birth:
- May 5, 1949 (age 60 years)
Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (born September 29, 1951) is a center-left politician and the current President of Chile—the first woman to hold this position in the country's history. She won the 2006 presidential election in a runoff, beating...
Date of birth:
- Sep 29, 1951 (age 58 years)
William Frederick Fisher
William Frederick Fisher is American physician and a former NASA astronaut.
Born April 1, 1946, in Dallas, Texas. He was married to a fellow astronaut, the former Anna L. Tingle of St. Albans, New York. They have two daughters, Kristin Anne (b. July...
Date of birth:
- Apr 1, 1946 (age 63 years)
Bernard Kouchner
Bernard Kouchner (born 1 November 1939) is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. He is co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) -- also known as Doctors Without Borders -- and Doctors of the World. He is currently the French Minister of...
Date of birth:
- Nov 1, 1939 (age 70 years)
Lim Keng Yaik
Tun Dr. Lim Keng Yaik (Chinese: 林敬益; pinyin: Lín Jìngyì) is a former Malaysian politician and former Minister of Energy, Water and Communications in the Malaysian cabinet. He was the national president of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia from 1980...
Date of birth:
- Apr 8, 1939 (age 70 years)
Michael Okpara
Michael Iheonukara Okpara, GCON (December 1920-December 17, 1984) was a political leader and Premier of Eastern Nigeria during the First Republic, from 1959–1966.
The Michael Okpara Federal University of Agriculture is named after him, as was the...
Date of birth:
- Dec 1920
Date of death:
- Dec 17, 1984 (age 64 years)
Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen MD (born June 12, 1953) is a Chinese-American novelist and physician, most famous for her medically astute suspense thrillers.
Tess Gerritsen was the child of a Chinese immigrant and a Chinese American seafood chef in San Diego,...
Date of birth:
- Jun 12, 1953 (age 56 years)
António Teixeira de Sousa
António Teixeira de Sousa (Celeirós, Sabrosa, 5 May 1857 - Celeirós, Sabrosa, 5 June 1917; Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu tɐiˈʃɐiɾɐ dɨ ˈso(u)zɐ]) was a Portuguese medical doctor and politician during the Constitutional Monarchy. He graduated in...
Date of birth:
- May 5, 1857
Date of death:
- Jun 5, 1917 (age 60 years)
David J. Skorton
David J. Skorton (born November 22, 1949 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American medical scholar and academic administrator. He is currently serving as the president of Cornell University.
Skorton studied at UCLA before transferring to Northwestern...
Date of birth:
- Nov 22, 1949 (age 60 years)
Yvonne Cagle
Yvonne Darlene Cagle (b. April 24, 1959 in West Point, New York) Yvonne Cagle received her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from San Francisco State University in 1981, and a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Washington in 1985. She...
Date of birth:
- Apr 24, 1959 (age 50 years)
Robert Satcher
Robert Lee Satcher, Jr. (born on September 22, 1965) is a physician, chemical engineer, and NASA astronaut.
Born in Hampton, Virginia, Satcher graduated from Denmark-Olar High School in Denmark, SC (1982), and went on to receive a Bachelor of...
Date of birth:
- Sep 22, 1965 (age 44 years)
Thomas Marshburn
Thomas Henry "Tom" Marshburn, (born 29 Aug. 1960) is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. Marshburn was born in Statesville, North Carolina. He served as a Mission Specialist on STS-127.
Marshburn is married to the former Ann M. Sanders....
Date of birth:
- Aug 29, 1960 (age 49 years)
Francis Julius LeMoyne
Francis Julius LeMoyne (September 4, 1798 - October 14, 1879) was a 19th century American medical doctor and philanthropist from Washington, Pennsylvania. Responsible for creating the first crematory in the United States, he was also an abolitionist...
Date of birth:
- Sep 4, 1798
Date of death:
- Oct 14, 1879 (age 81 years)
Victor J. Dzau
Victor J. Dzau, M.D., was elected a director of PepsiCo in 2005. Dr. Dzau is chancellor for health affairs at Duke University and President and CEO of the Duke University Health System since July 2004.
Date of birth:
- 1946 (age 64 years)
Aris T. Allen
Aris T. Allen (December 27, 1910 – February 8, 1991) was an American politician who was the first African American chair of the Maryland Republican party and the first to run for a state-wide office in Maryland.
Aris Allen was born in San Antonio,...
Date of birth:
- Dec 27, 1910
Date of death:
- Feb 8, 1991 (age 80 years)
Dilian Francisca Toro
Dilian Francisca Toro Torres MD (born January 6, 1959) is a Colombian doctor and politician serving as Senator of Colombia. As Senator, Toro was elected President of the Congress of Colombia becoming only the second woman to do so.
Dilian Francisca...
Date of birth:
- Jan 6, 1959 (age 51 years)
Henry Smith Williams
Henry Smith Williams was a medical doctor, lawyer, and author of a number of books on medicine, history, and science. He was born in 1863 and died in 1943.
Date of birth:
- 1863
Date of death:
- 1943 (age 80 years)
George Frederick Shrady
Dr. George Frederick Shrady (January 13, 1830 - November 30, 1907) was an American physician active in the late 19th Century.
Born in New York, Dr. Shrady had rounded out his threescore and ten years. He was the son of John and Margaret (Beinhauer)...
Date of birth:
- Jan 13, 1830
Date of death:
- Nov 30, 1907 (age 77 years)
Ervín Černý
Professor Ervín Černý-Křetínský, Doctor of Medicine and Professor of Charles University in Prague, was born in 1913 in Podomí – a small village in Moravia. He acquired his college education in 1933 in the Tě...
Date of birth:
- Nov 11, 1913
Date of death:
- Jun 30, 2001 (age 87 years)
George Sumner Huntington
Dr. George Sumner Huntington (March 21, 1861-January 5, 1927) was a medical doctor, a researcher into comparative anatomy, and a college professor. For thirty-five years he was a professor of anatomy at the Columbia University College of Physicians...
Date of birth:
- Mar 21, 1861
Date of death:
- Jan 5, 1927 (age 65 years)
James Rushmore Wood
Dr. James Rushmore Wood (September 14, 1816-May 4, 1882), born in Mamaroneck, New York State, was an American medical doctor, one of the founders of Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City. He retired from his university duties in 1868.
Date of birth:
- Sep 14, 1816
Date of death:
- May 4, 1882 (age 65 years)
Dragan Đokanović
Dragan Đokanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ђокановић) is a Serb politician (Democratic Party of Federalists) from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dragan Đokanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ђокановић, English: Dragan Djokanovic) was born in Sarajevo (Trnovo...
Date of birth:
- 1958 (age 52 years)
Karl Schönherr
Karl Schönherr (February 24, 1867 - March 15, 1943) was an Austrian writer of Austrian Heimat themes.
Schönherr was born in Axams, near Innsbruck (Austria), to Joseph and Marie Suitner Schönherr.
He began studying philosophy in Innsbruck, then...
Date of birth:
- Feb 24, 1867
Date of death:
- Mar 15, 1943 (age 76 years)
Gōtarō Mikami
Gōtarō Mikami (三上剛太郎, Mikami Gōtarō, 15 November 1869 - October 1964) was a Japanese doctor during the Russo-Japanese War noted for his work with the Red Cross.
Mikami was born in the village of Sai on the northern tip of Shimokita Peninsula in...
Date of birth:
- 1869
Date of death:
- 1964 (age 95 years)
François Carlo Antommarchi
Dr. François Carlo Antommarchi (born on July 5, 1780 in at Morsiglia, a village near Cap Corse, in the extreme north of the Corsica island – 1838 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba began his studies in Livorno, Italy, and later earned the degree of Doctor of...
Date of birth:
- Jul 5, 1780
Date of death:
- 1838 (age 57 years)
Carlon Colker
Dr. Carlon M. Colker (June 21, 1965) M. D., FACN (born June 21, 1965) is an American physician, celebrity doctor, author, reality TV star, public speaker, health and wellness industry consultant, and controversial media figure best known for...
Date of birth:
- Jun 21, 1965 (age 44 years)
Dr. Isar Ahmed Safi
Date of birth:
- 1956 (age 54 years)
