The Most Famous
Physicians from India
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
Ronald Ross
1857 - 1932
HPI 74.3288 langsRonald Ross is most famous for his discovery of the malaria parasite in 1897.
- #2
Sushruta
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI 68.1245 langsancient Indian physician, father of surgery
- #3
Dean Mahomed
1759 - 1851
HPI 63.5117 langsIndian author
- #4
Soumya Swaminathan
b. 1959
HPI 58.5726 langsIndian paediatrician and clinical scientist
- #5
Kadambini Ganguly
1861 - 1923
HPI 58.2435 langsIndian physician
- #6
Devi Shetty
b. 1953
HPI 57.1920 langsIndian cardiac surgeon
- #7
Kamal Ranadive
1917 - 2001
HPI 56.1724 langsIndian biologist
- #8
Indira Nath
1938 - 2021
HPI 55.9023 langsIndian immunologist
- #9
Bidhan Chandra Roy
1882 - 1962
HPI 54.8326 langsformer Chief Minister of West Bengal, India (1882–1962)
- #10
Narendra Dabholkar
1945 - 2013
HPI 48.0118 langsIndian 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.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Physicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 6 most globally memorable Physicians since 1700.
