The Most Famous

Physicians from Austria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Austrians Physicians. The pantheon dataset contains 726 Physicians, 12 of which were born in Austria. This makes Austria the birth place of the 14th most number of Physicians behind Russia and India.

Top 10 Austrian Physicians

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Austrians Physicians of all time. This list of famous Austrians Physicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Austrians Physicians.

  1. #1
    Photo of Róbert Bárány

    Róbert Bárány

    1876 - 1936

    HPI 77.5166 langs
    Róbert Bárány is most famous for his work in the field of neurosurgery. He was the first person to perform surgery on the brain, and he was...Read moreShow less

    Róbert Bárány is most famous for his work in the field of neurosurgery. He was the first person to perform surgery on the brain, and he was also the first person to use anesthesia for this procedure.

  2. #2
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    Julius Wagner-Jauregg

    1857 - 1940

    HPI 72.4859 langs
    In 1927, Wagner-Jauregg won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in treating syphilis. He found that injecting the patient with malaria...Read moreShow less

    In 1927, Wagner-Jauregg won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in treating syphilis. He found that injecting the patient with malaria parasites could kill the syphilis bacteria, and this was a major breakthrough in the treatment of syphilis.

  3. #3
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    Eric Kandel

    b. 1929

    HPI 70.7852 langs
    Eric Kandel is a neuroscientist who is most famous for his research on the hippocampus. He discovered that the hippocampus is the part of...Read moreShow less

    Eric Kandel is a neuroscientist who is most famous for his research on the hippocampus. He discovered that the hippocampus is the part of the brain that is responsible for memory storage.

  4. #4
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    Aribert Heim

    1914 - 1992

    HPI 70.3035 langs
    Aribert Heim was a Nazi doctor who experimented on prisoners in concentration camps during World War II. He was most famous for his...Read moreShow less

    Aribert Heim was a Nazi doctor who experimented on prisoners in concentration camps during World War II. He was most famous for his experiments on twins.

  5. #5
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    Hans Selye

    1907 - 1982

    HPI 70.1730 langs

    Hans Selye is most famous for his discovery of the general adaptation syndrome.

  6. #6
    Photo of Hans Asperger

    Hans Asperger

    1906 - 1980

    HPI 69.6144 langs
    Hans Asperger was a doctor who in 1944 first described a pattern of behavior and abilities among four boys in his practice. He called the...Read moreShow less

    Hans Asperger was a doctor who in 1944 first described a pattern of behavior and abilities among four boys in his practice. He called the pattern "autistic psychopathy" and also "Asperger's syndrome."

  7. #7
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    Irmfried Eberl

    1910 - 1948

    HPI 63.7317 langs

    SS officer, first commandant of Treblinka extermination camp (1910–1948)

  8. #9
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    Victor Babeș

    1854 - 1926

    HPI 62.4424 langs

    Romanian physician (1854–1926)

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Austrians Physicians grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Physicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 11 most globally memorable Physicians since 1700.

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