List of neurologists and neurosurgeons

This is a list of neurologists and neurosurgeons, with their year of birth and death and nationality. This list
compiles the names of neurologists and neurosurgeons with a corresponding Wikipedia biographical article,
and is not necessarily a reflection of their relative importance in the field. Many neurologists and
neurosurgeons are considered to be neuroscientists as well and some neurologists are also in the list of
psychiatrists.
Letter Name Lifespan Nationality Eponyms

A Deepak Agrawal 1970 - India DREZotomy for Neuropathic pain

1873 -
A Joseph Abadie France Abadie's sign of tabes dorsalis
1934

A Adnan Abdallat 1943 - Jordan Abdallat–Davis–Farrage syndrome

1886 -
A William John Adie United Kingdom Adie syndrome
1935
1890 -
A Théophile Alajouanine France
1980

1864 -
A Alois Alzheimer Germany Alzheimer's disease
1915

1858 -
A Gabriel Anton Austria Anton syndrome
1933

1817 -
A François-Amilcar Aran France Aran–Duchenne spinal muscular atrophy
1861

1857 -
B Joseph Babinski France Babinski sign
1932

1892 -
B Percival Bailey United States
1973

1880 - Guillain–Barré syndrome, Barré–Liéou

B Jean Alexandre Barré France
1967 syndrome, Barré test

Henry Charlton 1837 -

B United Kingdom Bastian-Bruns sign
Bastian 1915

1900 -
B Diana Beck United Kingdom
1956

1908 -
B Peter Emil Becker Germany Becker's muscular dystrophy
2000

Charles Edward 1854 -

B United Kingdom Beevor's sign, Beevor's axiom
Beevor 1908

Bekhterev–Jacobsohn reflex, Bekhterev–

1857 -
B Vladimir Bekhterev Russia Mendel reflex, Bekhterev's disease,
1927
Bekhterev's mixture

1774 - Bell's palsy, Bell's phenomenon, Bell–

B Charles Bell United Kingdom
1842 Magendie law

1905 -
B Morris Bender United States
1983

1873 -
B Hans Berger Germany Berger wave (rhythm)
1941

1878 -
B Paul Robert Bing Switzerland Bing's sign
1956

1908 -
B Lucio Bini Italy
1964

Otto Ludwig 1852 -

B Germany Binswanger's disease
Binswanger 1929

Désiré-Magloire 1840 -
B France Bourneville-Pringle syndrome
Bourneville 1909
 Russell Brain, 1st 1895 -
B United Kingdom Brain's reflex
Baron Brain 1966

1852 -
B Édouard Brissaud France Brissaud's reflex
1909

1824 -
B Paul Broca France Broca's aphasia, Broca's area
1880

1868 -
B Korbinian Brodmann Germany Brodmann area
1918

B David R. Brown 1964 - Australia

1874 -
B Józef Brudziński Poland Brudziński's sign
1917

1858 - Bruns apraxia, Bastian-Bruns sign, Bruns

B Ludwig Bruns Germany
1916 nystagmus

1904 -
B Paul Bucy United States Klüver–Bucy syndrome
1992

B Robert A. Burton United States

C Donald Calne 1936 - Canada

1877 -
C Ugo Cerletti Italy
1963

Charles Gilbert 1861 -

C United States Chaddock reflex
Chaddock 1936

Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, Charcot–

1825 -
C Jean-Martin Charcot France Wilbrand syndrome, Charcot–Bouchard
1893
aneurysm, Charcot's triad

1777 -
C John Cheyne British Cheyne–Stokes respiration
1836

C Jeffrey A. Cohen 1954 - United States

1840 -
C Jules Cotard France Cotard delusion
1889
1736 -
C Domenico Cotugno Italy
1822

Hans Gerhard 1885 -

C Canada Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Creutzfeldt 1964

James Crichton- 1840 -

C United Kingdom Crichton-Browne sign
Browne 1938

1900 -
C MacDonald Critchley United Kingdom
1997

C Bernard Croisile France

C Jeffrey Cummings United States

1869 - Cushing reflex, Cushing's disease, Cushing's

C Harvey Cushing United States
1939 syndrome

D Antonio Damasio 1944 - Portugal

D Hanna Damasio 1942 - Portugal

1852 –
D Charles Loomis Dana United States
1935
 1886 -
D Walter Dandy United States Dandy–Walker syndrome
1946

1917 -
D Daoud Mustafa Khalid Sudan Daoud Research Group
2008

D Dirk De Ridder 1966 - Belgium

Augusta Déjerine- 1859 -

D United States Dejerine-Klumpke paralysis
Klumpke 1927

1849 - Dejerine-Roussy syndrome, Dejerine-Sottas

D Joseph Jules Dejerine France
1917 disease, Landouzy-Dejerine syndrome

D Mahlon DeLong 1938 - United States

1902 -
D Margaret Dix United Kingdom Dix–Hallpike test
1991

Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Duchenne-Aran

1806 -
D Guillaume Duchenne France spinal muscular atrophy, Erb-Duchenne palsy,
1875
Duchenne smile

Constantin von 1876 -

E Austria von Economo neurons
Economo 1931

1840 -
E Wilhelm Heinrich Erb Germany Erb's palsy
1921

1843 -
F David Ferrier United Kingdom
1924

1913 -
F C. Miller Fisher Canada Miller Fisher test, Miller Fisher Syndrome
2012

1868 -
F Edward Flatau Poland
1932

1873 -
F Otfrid Foerster Germany
1941

1882 -
F Charles Foix France Foix–Alajouanine syndrome
1927

Walter Jackson 1895 -

F United States
Freeman II 1972
1856 -
F Sigmund Freud Austria Freudian slip
1939

1825 -
F Nikolaus Friedreich Germany Friedreich's ataxia, Friedreich's sign
1882

Adolf Albrecht 1870-

F Austria
Friedländer 1949

1878 -
F Jules Froment France Froment's sign
1946

1915 -
G Henri Gastaut France Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
1995

1926 - Geschwind syndrome, Geschwind–Galaburda

G Norman Geschwind United States
1984 hypothesis

Joseph Godwin 1884 -

G United Kingdom Greenfield's disease
Greenfield 1958

1849 -
G Rickman Godlee United Kingdom
1925
 1910-
G Justo Gonzalo Spain
1986

1874 - France - United

G Alfred Gordon Gordon's sign
1953 States

William Richard 1845 -

G United Kingdom Gowers' sign
Gowers 1915

1876 - Guillain–Barré syndrome, Triangle of Guillain-

G Georges Guillain France
1961 Mollaret

1922 -
H Salomón Hakim Colombia
2011

William Alexander 1828 -

H United States
Hammond 1900

1952 - Ireland-United
H Anita Harding
1995 Kingdom

1861 -
H Henry Head United Kingdom
1940

Salomon Eberhard 1847 -

H Sweden
Henschen 1930

1857 - Hoffmann's reflex, Hoffmann's sign, Werdnig–

H Johann Hoffmann Germany
1919 Hoffmann disease

Gordon Morgan 1876 -

H Ireland Holmes rebound phenomenon, Holmes tremor
Holmes 1965

1857 -
H Victor Horsley United Kingdom Horsley–Clarke apparatus
1916

Robert Roland 1911 -

H United Kingdom
Hughes 1991

1872 -
H James Ramsay Hunt United States Ramsay Hunt syndrome
1937

1894 -
H Janina Hurynowicz Poland
1967

H Abbashar Hussein 1959 - Sudan

1937 -
I Ivan Izquierdo Brazil
2021

John Hughlings 1834 -

J United Kingdom Jacksonian seizure
Jackson 1911

Louis Jacobsohn- 1863 -

J Germany Bekhterev–Jacobsohn reflex
Lask 1941

1884 -
J Alfons Maria Jakob Germany Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
1931

1906 -
J Herbert Jasper Canada
1999

1858 -
J Ernő Jendrassik Hungary Jendrassik maneuver
1921

1844 -
J Friedrich Jolly Germany Jolly's test
1904

K Sean Kenniff 1969 - United States

 Robert Foster 1884 - Ireland and
K Foster Kennedy syndrome
Kennedy 1952 United States

1840 -
K Woldemar Kernig Russia Kernig's sign
1917

1879 -
K Karl Kleist Germany
1961

K Gitte Moos Knudsen 1959 - Denmark

Sergei Sergeievich 1854 - Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, Korsakoff's

K Russia
Korsakoff 1900 syndrome

1885 -
K Georg N. Koskinas Greece
1975

K John Krakauer 1967 - United States

1816 -
L Charles Lasègue France Lasègue's sign
1883

1909 -
L Rita Levi-Montalcini Italy Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
2012

1877 -
L Jean Lhermitte France Lhermitte's sign, Lhermitte–Duclos disease
1959

1863 -
L Hugo Liepmann Germany
1925

M B. K. Misra 1953 - India

1848 -
M William Macewen United Kingdom Macewen's sign
1924

1853 -
M Pierre Marie France Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
1940

1863 -
M Gheorghe Marinescu Romania Marinesco–Sjögren syndrome
1938

1938 -
M C. David Marsden United Kingdom
1998
1896 -
M Ladislas J. Meduna Hungary
1964

Friedrich 1880 -
M Germany
Meggendorfer 1953

1874 -
M Kurt Mendel Germany Bekhterev–Mendel reflex
1946

1902 -
M H. Houston Merritt United States
1979

1859 -
M Giovanni Mingazzini Italy Mingazzini test
1929

1898 - Triangle of Guillain-Mollaret, Mollaret's

M Pierre Mollaret France
1987 meningitis

Constantin von 1853 -

M Switzerland
Monakow 1930

1874 -
M Egas Moniz Portugal Moniz sign
1955

M Karin Muraszko 1957 - United States

 1881 -
M Abraham Myerson United States Myerson's sign
1948

1861 -
N Max Nonne Germany
1959

N Ralph Northam 1959 - United States

1891 -
O Herbert Olivecrona Sweden
1980

1858 -
O Hermann Oppenheim Germany Oppenheim's sign
1919

1883 -
P James Papez United States Papez circuit
1958

Carlos Pardo-
P Colombia
Villamizar

1510 -
P Ambroise Paré France
1590

1755 -
P James Parkinson United Kingdom Parkinson's disease
1824

1891 -
P Wilder Penfield United States
1976

1923 -
P Charles Poser United States
2010

1875 -
P Ludvig Puusepp Estonia
1942

Hans Heinrich Georg 1876 -

Q Germany Queckenstedt's maneuver
Queckenstedt 1918

R Marcus Raichle 1937- United States

Vilayanur S.
R 1951- India
Ramachandran

1928 -
R Robert Wheeler Rand United States
2013
R Wade Regehr Canada

1931 -
R Franco Regli Switzerland
2017

Moritz Heinrich 1795 -

R Germany Romberg's test
Romberg 1873

1860 -
R Grigory Rossolimo Russia Rossolimo's sign
1928

1933 -
S Oliver Sacks United Kingdom
2015

1900 -
S Manfred Sakel Poland
1957

S Majid Samii 1937 - Iran - Germany

S Robert Sapolsky 1957 - United States

1868 -
S Hermann Schloffer Austria
1937
 William Beecher 1906 -
S United States
Scoville 1984

1872 -
S Jean-Athanase Sicard France Collet-Sicard syndrome
1929

S Pankaj Sharma United Kingdom

United States, Spetzler-Martin grading of Cerebral

S Robert F. Spetzler 1944-
Germany arteriovenous malformation

Roy Glenwood 1894 -

S United States Spurling's test
Spurling 1968

1853 -
S Adolph Strümpell Baltic German Strümpell-Lorrain disease, Strümpell's sign
1925

Tom Bentley 1885 -

T United States Throckmorton's reflex
Throckmorton 1961

1879 -
T Jules Tinel France Tinel's sign
1952

1809 -
T Robert Bentley Todd Ireland Todd's paresis
1860

1856 -
T Howard Henry Tooth United Kingdom Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
1925

1870 -
V Oskar Vogt Germany
1959

V N. K. Venkataramana India

W Juhn Atsushi Wada 1924 - Japan - Canada Wada test

1907 -
W Arthur Earl Walker United States Dandy–Walker syndrome
1995

1862 -
W Adolf Wallenberg Germany Wallenberg syndrome
1949

Julius Wagner- 1857 -

W Austria
Jauregg 1940
1887 -
W Robert Wartenberg United States Wartenberg wheel
1956

Karl Friedrich Otto 1833 -

W Germany Edinger–Westphal nucleus
Westphal 1890

1714 -
W Robert Whytt United Kingdom
1766

1621 -
W Thomas Willis United Kingdom Circle of Willis
1675

Samuel Alexander 1878 -

W United Kingdom Wilson's disease
Kinnier Wilson 1937

Y Gazi Yaşargil 1925 - Turkey

See also
History of neurology and neurosurgery
Neurology
List of neuroscientists
 List of women neuroscientists
Neurosurgery
Head injury
Brain damage

Bibliography
Webb Haymaker and Francis Schiller: The Founders of Neurology: One Hundred and Forty-
Six Biographical Sketches. Springfield, Ill., Charles Thomas, 1970.
Kurt Kolle (edit.): Grosse Nervenärzte, 1-3 Vol., Stuttgart, Georg Thieme, 1963-1970.

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