India Famous Physicians from India

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List of notable or famous physicians from India, with bios and photos, including the top physicians born in India and even some popular physicians who immigrated to India. If you're trying to find out the names of famous Indian physicians then this list is the perfect resource for you. These physicians are among the most prominent in their field, and information about each well-known physician from India is included when available.

List features famous Indian doctors like, Deepak Chopra, Aditi Gowitrikar and more.

This historic physicians from India list can help answer the questions "Who are some Indian physicians of note?" and "Who are the most famous physicians from India?" These prominent physicians of India may or may not be currently alive, but what they all have in common is that they're all respected Indian physicians.

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A. G. K. Gokhale age 59 Dr A. G. K. Gokhale is an Indian Cardiac Surgeon at Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad. He is known for being the first to perform a successful human-to-human heart transplant and first successful ...more

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A. K. Patel age 88 A. K. Patel is former union minister of state in Government of India. He served as minister of state for chemicals and fertilisers in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 1998 to 1999. He was a ...more

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A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar Dec. at 87 (1887-1974) Diwan Bahadur Sir Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, FRCOG, FACS was an Indian educationist and physician. He was identical twin brother of Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar. He pursued his education from ...more

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Abraham Verghese age 64 Abraham Verghese is a physician-author, Professor for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. ...more

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Acacio Gabriel Viegas Dec. at 77 (1856-1933) Acacio Gabriel Viegas was a medical practitioner who was credited with the discovery of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Bombay, India in 1896. His timely discovery helped saved many lives in ...more

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Aditi Gowitrikar age 44 Aditi is an actress.

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Ajmal Ameer Ajmal Ameer is an Indian film actor, who works in the Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu film industries. He has also acted in one English movie. He has won two Filmfare Awards South.

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Anil Aggrawal age 62 Anil Aggrawal M.D. is a professor of forensic medicine at the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India. He is known chiefly as the Editor-in-Chief of the Internet Journal of Forensic ...more

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Arastu Yar Jung Dec. at 82 (1858-1940) Nawab Arastu Yar Jung was a Hyderabadi Surgeon. He became well known during late Nizam period of Hyderabad, during the early 20th century, for being chief physician and advisor to the Nizam of ...more

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Aroup Chatterjee Aroup Chatterjee is the author of the book Mother Teresa: The Final Verdict, a work which challenges the widespread regard of Mother Teresa as a symbol of philanthropy and selflessness. ...more

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Balakrishna Chintaman Balakrishna Chintaman was the father of Shreeram Lagoo.

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Bhau Daji Dec. at 52 (1822-1874) Bhau Daji Lad was an Indian physician, Sanskrit scholar, and an antiquary, of the Marathi community, who hailed from a little village in Goa called Parsem who later moved to Mumbai. He was born ...more

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Bidhan Chandra Roy Dec. at 80 (1882-1962) Bidhan Chandra Roy, MRCP, FRCS was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal in India. He remained in his post for 14 years as an Indian National Congress candidate, from 1948 until his death in ...more

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Binayak Sen age 69 Binayak Sen is an Indian paediatrician, public health specialist and activist. He is the national Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties. He is the recipient of several awards ...more

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Binod Bihari Verma Dec. at 66 (1937-2003) Binod Bihari Verma was a Maithili littérateur by soul, medical doctor by profession and a defence officer by career. He is most noted for his pioneering work on Panjis, which are ancient ...more

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C. P. Thakur age 87 Chandreshwar Prasad "C P" Thakur is a current member of Rajya Sabha and Vice-President of Bhartiya Janata Party, a former minister in the Government of India,a physician and a leader ...more

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Debendra Pradhan age 78 Debendra Pradhan, born 1941, is a former minister of state of India. He served as minister of state for surface transport in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He was born in Angul in Odisha and ...more

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Deepak Chopra age 71 Deepak Chopra is an Indian-born American author and public speaker. He is an alternative medicine advocate and a promoter of popular forms of spirituality, who has been described by the New York ...more

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Dhrubajyoti Bora age 63 Dhrubajyoti Bora, a medical doctor by profession, is a Guwahati-based Assamese writer and novelist. In a literary career spanning around three decades he has published many critically acclaimed ...more

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R. Kesavan Nair Dr R Kesavan Nair was the Professor of Surgery at Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram and the first Superintendent of the Medical College Hospital. He is Kerala's first civil surgeon. He along ...more

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Dr. Manikanda Prabhu Manikanda Prabhu is the son of Senthil.

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Fathullah Shirazi Fathullah Shirazi, sometimes referred to as Amir Fathullah Shirazi, was a Persian-Indian polymath—a scholar, Islamic jurist, finance minister, mechanical engineer, inventor, mathematician, ...more

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Gautam Goswami Dec. at 43 (1966-2009) Gautam Goswami was an Indian civil servant of 1991-batch from Bihar cadre, who had faced allegations of corruption. He was also a medical doctor and a gold medalist.

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Irfan Khan Irfan Khan is a Unani doctor who was captured in July 2005 on suspicion that he was involved in the July 5th, 2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack in Ayodhya. Khan was described, by The Tribune as the ...more

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Jasbir Singh Bajaj Jasbir Singh Bajaj is a noted Indian physician specializing in the treatment of diabetes.

1 A. G. K. Gokhale age 59 Dr A. G. K. Gokhale is an Indian Cardiac Surgeon at Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad. He is known for being the first to perform a successful human-to-human heart transplant and first successful ...more

2 A. K. Patel age 88 A. K. Patel is former union minister of state in Government of India. He served as minister of state for chemicals and fertilisers in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 1998 to 1999. He was a ...more

3 A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar Dec. at 87 (1887-1974) Diwan Bahadur Sir Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, FRCOG, FACS was an Indian educationist and physician. He was identical twin brother of Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar. He pursued his education from ...more

4 Abraham Verghese age 64 Abraham Verghese is a physician-author, Professor for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. ...more

5 Acacio Gabriel Viegas Dec. at 77 (1856-1933) Acacio Gabriel Viegas was a medical practitioner who was credited with the discovery of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Bombay, India in 1896. His timely discovery helped saved many lives in ...more

6 Aditi Gowitrikar age 44 Aditi is an actress.

7 Ajmal Ameer Ajmal Ameer is an Indian film actor, who works in the Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu film industries. He has also acted in one English movie. He has won two Filmfare Awards South.

8 Anil Aggrawal age 62 Anil Aggrawal M.D. is a professor of forensic medicine at the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India. He is known chiefly as the Editor-in-Chief of the Internet Journal of Forensic ...more

9 Arastu Yar Jung Dec. at 82 (1858-1940) Nawab Arastu Yar Jung was a Hyderabadi Surgeon. He became well known during late Nizam period of Hyderabad, during the early 20th century, for being chief physician and advisor to the Nizam of ...more

10 Aroup Chatterjee Aroup Chatterjee is the author of the book Mother Teresa: The Final Verdict, a work which challenges the widespread regard of Mother Teresa as a symbol of philanthropy and selflessness. ...more

11 Balakrishna Chintaman Balakrishna Chintaman was the father of Shreeram Lagoo.

12 Bhau Daji Dec. at 52 (1822-1874) Bhau Daji Lad was an Indian physician, Sanskrit scholar, and an antiquary, of the Marathi community, who hailed from a little village in Goa called Parsem who later moved to Mumbai. He was born ...more

13 Bidhan Chandra Roy Dec. at 80 (1882-1962) Bidhan Chandra Roy, MRCP, FRCS was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal in India. He remained in his post for 14 years as an Indian National Congress candidate, from 1948 until his death in ...more

14 Binayak Sen age 69 Binayak Sen is an Indian paediatrician, public health specialist and activist. He is the national Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties. He is the recipient of several awards ...more

15 Binod Bihari Verma Dec. at 66 (1937-2003) Binod Bihari Verma was a Maithili littérateur by soul, medical doctor by profession and a defence officer by career. He is most noted for his pioneering work on Panjis, which are ancient ...more

16 C. P. Thakur age 87 Chandreshwar Prasad "C P" Thakur is a current member of Rajya Sabha and Vice-President of Bhartiya Janata Party, a former minister in the Government of India,a physician and a leader ...more

17 Debendra Pradhan age 78 Debendra Pradhan, born 1941, is a former minister of state of India. He served as minister of state for surface transport in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He was born in Angul in Odisha and ...more

18 Deepak Chopra age 71 Deepak Chopra is an Indian-born American author and public speaker. He is an alternative medicine advocate and a promoter of popular forms of spirituality, who has been described by the New York ...more

19 Dhrubajyoti Bora age 63 Dhrubajyoti Bora, a medical doctor by profession, is a Guwahati-based Assamese writer and novelist. In a literary career spanning around three decades he has published many critically acclaimed ...more

20 R. Kesavan Nair Dr R Kesavan Nair was the Professor of Surgery at Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram and the first Superintendent of the Medical College Hospital. He is Kerala's first civil surgeon. He along ...more

21 Dr. Manikanda Prabhu Manikanda Prabhu is the son of Senthil.

22 Fathullah Shirazi Fathullah Shirazi, sometimes referred to as Amir Fathullah Shirazi, was a Persian-Indian polymath—a scholar, Islamic jurist, finance minister, mechanical engineer, inventor, mathematician, ...more

23 Gautam Goswami Dec. at 43 (1966-2009) Gautam Goswami was an Indian civil servant of 1991-batch from Bihar cadre, who had faced allegations of corruption. He was also a medical doctor and a gold medalist.

24 Irfan Khan Irfan Khan is a Unani doctor who was captured in July 2005 on suspicion that he was involved in the July 5th, 2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack in Ayodhya. Khan was described, by The Tribune as the ...more

25 Jasbir Singh Bajaj Jasbir Singh Bajaj is a noted Indian physician specializing in the treatment of diabetes.