The Most Famous

Physicians from India

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This page contains a list of the greatest Indians Physicians. The pantheon dataset contains 726 Physicians, 13 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 13th most number of Physicians behind Japan and Russia.

Top 10 Indian Physicians

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Indians Physicians of all time. This list of famous Indians 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 Indians Physicians.

  1. #1
    Photo of Ronald Ross

    Ronald Ross

    1857 - 1932

    HPI 74.3288 langs

    Ronald Ross is most famous for his discovery of the malaria parasite in 1897.

  2. #2
    Photo of Sushruta

    Sushruta

    620 BC - 600 BC

    HPI 68.1245 langs

    ancient Indian physician, father of surgery

  3. #4
    Photo of Soumya Swaminathan

    Soumya Swaminathan

    b. 1959

    HPI 58.5726 langs

    Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist

  4. #9
    Photo of Bidhan Chandra Roy

    Bidhan Chandra Roy

    1882 - 1962

    HPI 54.8326 langs

    former Chief Minister of West Bengal, India (1882–1962)

  5. #10
    Photo of Narendra Dabholkar

    Narendra Dabholkar

    1945 - 2013

    HPI 48.0118 langs

    Indian rationalist and the founder & president of the MANS

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Indians 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 6 most globally memorable Physicians since 1700.

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