The Most Famous
Physicians from Greece
This page contains a list of the greatest Greeks Physicians. The pantheon dataset contains 726 Physicians, 7 of which were born in Greece. This makes Greece the birth place of the 22nd most number of Physicians behind Denmark and Sweden.
Top 7 Greek Physicians
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Greeks Physicians of all time. This list of famous Greeks Physicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
- #1
Hippocrates
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI 90.19121 langsHippocrates is most famous for his Hippocratic Oath, which is a pledge doctors make to uphold the ethical standards of their profession.
- #2
Erasistratus
303 BC - 249 BC
HPI 69.0533 langsErasistratus was a Greek physician who lived in the third century BC. He is most famous for his work on the brain and the nervous system.
- #3
Georgios Papanikolaou
1883 - 1962
HPI 68.5639 langsGeorgios Papanikolaou is most famous for his invention of the Pap smear, a screening test for cervical cancer.
- #4
Agnodice
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI 68.4133 langs4th-century BC Greek female physician
- #5
Paul of Aegina
625 - 690
HPI 65.2825 langs7th-century Byzantine physician
- #6
Podalirius
b. 0
HPI 62.2821 langsmythical son of Asclepius
- #7
Diocles of Carystus
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI 59.2315 langsancient Greek physician
