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 ADeepak Agrawal1970 -IndiaDREZotomy for Neuropathic pain AJoseph Abadie1873 - 1934FranceAbadie's sign of tabes dorsalisAAdnan Abdallat1943 - 2021JordanAbdallat–Davis–Farrage syndrome AWilliam John Adie1886 - 1935United KingdomAdie syndrome AThéophile Alajouanine1890 - 1980France AAlois Alzheimer1864 - 1915GermanyAlzheimer's disease AGabriel Anton1858 - 1933AustriaAnton syndrome AFrançois-Amilcar Aran1817 - 1861FranceAran–Duchenne spinal muscular atrophyAAntônio Austregésilo1876 - 1960Brazil BJoseph Babinski1857 - 1932FranceBabinski sign BPercival Bailey1892 - 1973United States BBrenda Banwell1967 -CanadaMultiple sclerosis, Neuromyelitis optica, MOG antibody disease BJean Alexandre Barré1880 - 1967FranceGuillain–Barré syndrome, Barré–Liéou syndrome, Barré test BHenry Charlton Bastian1837 - 1915United KingdomBastian-Bruns sign BDiana Beck1900 - 1956United Kingdom B Peter Emil Becker1908 - 2000GermanyBecker's muscular dystrophy BCharles Edward Beevor1854 - 1908United KingdomBeevor's sign, Beevor's axiom BVladimir Bekhterev1857 - 1927RussiaBekhterev–Jacobsohn reflex, Bekhterev–Mendel reflex, Bekhterev's disease, Bekhterev's mixture BCharles Bell1774 - 1842United KingdomBell's palsy, Bell's phenomenon, Bell–Magendie law BMorris Bender1905 - 1983United States BHans Berger1873 - 1941GermanyBerger wave (rhythm) BPaul Robert Bing1878 - 1956SwitzerlandBing's sign BLucio Bini1908 - 1964Italy BOtto Ludwig Binswanger1852 - 1929GermanyBinswanger's disease BDésiré-Magloire Bourneville1840 - 1909FranceBourneville-Pringle syndrome BRussell Brain, 1st Baron Brain1895 - 1966United KingdomBrain's reflex BÉdouard Brissaud1852 - 1909FranceBrissaud's reflex BPaul Broca1824 - 1880FranceBroca's aphasia, Broca's area BKorbinian Brodmann1868 - 1918GermanyBrodmann area BDavid R. Brown1964 -Australia BJózef Brudziński1874 - 1917PolandBrudziński's sign BLudwig Bruns1858 - 1916GermanyBruns apraxia, Bastian-Bruns sign, Bruns nystagmusBSerafima Bryusova1894 - 1958Soviet Union BPaul Bucy1904 - 1992United StatesKlüver–Bucy syndrome BRobert A. BurtonUnited States CDonald Calne1936 -Canada CBen Carson1951 - United States CUgo Cerletti1877 - 1963Italy CCharles Gilbert Chaddock1861 - 1936United StatesChaddock reflex CJean-Martin Charcot1825 - 1893FranceCharcot–Marie–Tooth disease, Charcot–Wilbrand syndrome, Charcot–Bouchard aneurysm, Charcot's triad CJohn Cheyne1777 - 1836BritishCheyne–Stokes respiration CJeffrey A. Cohen1954 -United States CJules Cotard1840 - 1889FranceCotard delusion CDomenico Cotugno1736 - 1822Italy CHans Gerhard Creutzfeldt1885 - 1964CanadaCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease CJames Crichton-Browne1840 - 1938United KingdomCrichton-Browne sign CMacDonald Critchley1900 - 1997United Kingdom C Bernard Croisile France CJeffrey Cummings1962 -United States CHarvey Cushing1869 - 1939United StatesCushing reflex, Cushing's disease, Cushing's syndrome DAntonio Damasio1944 -Portugal DHanna Damasio1942 -Portugal DCharles Loomis Dana1852 – 1935United States DWalter Dandy1886 - 1946United StatesDandy–Walker syndromeDDaoud Mustafa Khalid1917 - 2008SudanDaoud Research Group DDirk De Ridder1966 -Belgium DAugusta Déjerine-Klumpke1859 - 1927United StatesDejerine-Klumpke paralysis DJoseph Jules Dejerine1849 - 1917FranceDejerine-Roussy syndrome, Dejerine-Sottas disease, Landouzy-Dejerine syndrome DMahlon DeLong1938 - 2024United States DMargaret Dix1902 - 1991United KingdomDix–Hallpike test DGuillaume Duchenne1806 - 1875FranceDuchenne muscular dystrophy, Duchenne-Aran spinal muscular atrophy, Erb-Duchenne palsy, Duchenne smile EConstantin von Economo1876 - 1931Austriavon Economo neurons EWilhelm Heinrich Erb1840 - 1921GermanyErb's palsy FDavid Ferrier1843 - 1924United Kingdom FC. Miller Fisher1913 - 2012CanadaMiller Fisher test, Miller Fisher Syndrome FEdward Flatau1868 - 1932Poland FOtfrid Foerster1873 - 1941Germany FCharles Foix1882 - 1927FranceFoix–Alajouanine syndrome FWalter Jackson Freeman II1895 - 1972United States FSigmund Freud1856 - 1939AustriaFreudian slipFŁucja Frey1889 - 1942PolandFrey's syndrome FNikolaus Friedreich1825 - 1882GermanyFriedreich's ataxia, Friedreich's sign FAdolf Albrecht Friedländer1870 - 1949AustriaFJules Froment1878 - 1946FranceFroment's signGPaulo Garcia1959 - 2010Brazil GHenri Gastaut1915 - 1995FranceLennox-Gastaut syndrome GNorman Geschwind1926 - 1984United StatesGeschwind syndrome, Geschwind–Galaburda hypothesis GJoseph Godwin Greenfield1884 - 1958United KingdomGreenfield's disease GRickman Godlee1849 - 1925United Kingdom GJusto Gonzalo1910 - 1986Spain GAlfred Gordon1874 - 1953France - United StatesGordon's sign GWilliam Richard Gowers1845 - 1915United KingdomGowers' sign GGeorges Guillain1876 - 1961FranceGuillain–Barré syndrome, Triangle of Guillain-Mollaret GSanjay Gupta1969 -United States HSalomón Hakim1922 - 2011Colombia HWilliam Alexander Hammond1828 - 1900United States HAnita Harding1952 - 1995Ireland-United Kingdom HHenry Head1861 - 1940United Kingdom HSalomon Eberhard Henschen1847 - 1930Sweden HJuha Hernesniemi1947 - 2023Finland HJohann Hoffmann1857 - 1919GermanyHoffmann's reflex, Hoffmann's sign, Werdnig–Hoffmann disease HGordon Morgan Holmes1876 - 1965IrelandHolmes rebound phenomenon, Holmes tremor HVictor Horsley1857 - 1916United KingdomHorsley–Clarke apparatus HRobert Roland Hughes1911 - 1991United Kingdom HJames Ramsay Hunt1872 - 1937United StatesRamsay Hunt syndrome HJanina Hurynowicz1894 - 1967Poland HAbbashar Hussein1959 -Sudan IIvan Izquierdo1937 - 2021Brazil JJohn Hughlings Jackson1834 - 1911United KingdomJacksonian seizure JLouis Jacobsohn-Lask1863 - 1941GermanyBekhterev–Jacobsohn reflex JAlfons Maria Jakob1884 - 1931GermanyCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease JHerbert Jasper1906 - 1999Canada JErnő Jendrassik1858 - 1921 HungaryJendrassik maneuver JFriedrich Jolly1844 - 1904 GermanyJolly's test JKarolina Jus1914 – 2002 Polish-Canadian KSean Kenniff1969 -United States KRobert Foster Kennedy1884 - 1952Ireland and United StatesFoster Kennedy syndrome KWoldemar Kernig1840 - 1917RussiaKernig's sign KKarl Kleist1879 - 1961 Germany KGitte Moos Knudsen1959 -Denmark KSergei Sergeievich Korsakoff1854 - 1900RussiaWernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, Korsakoff's syndrome KGeorg N. Koskinas1885 - 1975Greece KJohn Krakauer1967 -United StatesLCharles Lasègue1816 - 1883FranceLasègue's sign LRita Levi-Montalcini1909 - 2012 ItalyNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineLGabrielle Charlotte Lévy1886 - 1934FranceRoussy–Lévy syndrome LJean Lhermitte1877 - 1959FranceLhermitte's sign, Lhermitte–Duclos disease LHugo Liepmann1863 - 1925Germany LZachary London1976 - United StatesNeuromuscular disease MB. K. Misra1953 -India MWilliam Macewen1848 - 1924United KingdomMacewen's sign MSamia Maimani 1955 - 1997Saudi Arabia MPierre Marie1853 - 1940FranceCharcot–Marie–Tooth disease MGheorghe Marinescu1863 - 1938RomaniaMarinesco–Sjögren syndrome MC. David Marsden1938 - 1998 United Kingdom MLadislas J. Meduna1896 - 1964Hungary MFriedrich Meggendorfer 1880 - 1953 Germany MKurt Mendel1874 - 1946GermanyBekhterev–Mendel reflex MH. Houston Merritt1902 - 1979United States MGiovanni Mingazzini1859 - 1929ItalyMingazzini test MPierre Mollaret1898 - 1987FranceTriangle of Guillain-Mollaret, Mollaret's meningitis MConstantin von Monakow1853 - 1930Switzerland MEgas Moniz1874 - 1955PortugalMoniz sign MKarin Muraszko1957 -United States MAbraham Myerson1881 - 1948 United StatesMyerson's sign N Paolo Nichelli Italy NMax Nonne1861 - 1959Germany NRalph Northam1959 -United States OHerbert Olivecrona1891 - 1980Sweden OHermann Oppenheim1858 - 1919GermanyOppenheim's sign PJames Papez 1883 - 1958United StatesPapez circuit PCarlos Pardo-VillamizarColombia PAmbroise Paré1510 - 1590France PJames Parkinson1755 - 1824United KingdomParkinson's disease PWilder Penfield1891 - 1976United States PCharles Poser1923 - 2010United States PLudvig Puusepp1875 - 1942Estonia QHans Heinrich Georg Queckenstedt1876 - 1918GermanyQueckenstedt's maneuver RMarcus Raichle1937-United States RVilayanur S. Ramachandran1951-IndiaRRicardo Ramina1951 - Brazil RRobert Wheeler Rand1928 - 2013United States RWade RegehrCanadaRFranco Regli1931 - 2017Switzerland RHelena Riggs1899 - 1968United States RMoritz Heinrich Romberg1795 - 1873GermanyRomberg's test RGrigory Rossolimo1860 - 1928RussiaRossolimo's sign SOliver Sacks1933 - 2015United Kingdom SManfred Sakel1900 - 1957Poland SMajid Samii1937 - Iran - Germany SRobert Sapolsky1957 -United States SHermann Schloffer1868 - 1937 Austria SWilliam Beecher Scoville1906 - 1984United States SJean-Athanase Sicard1872 - 1929FranceCollet-Sicard syndrome SPankaj SharmaUnited Kingdom SPratibha Singhi1951 - IndiaPediatrics SRobert F. Spetzler1944- United States, GermanySpetzler-Martin grading of Cerebral arteriovenous malformation SRoy Glenwood Spurling1894 - 1968 United States Spurling's test SAdolph Strümpell1853 - 1925Baltic GermanStrümpell-Lorrain disease, Strümpell's sign TCharlie Teo1957-Australia TTom Bentley Throckmorton1885 - 1961United StatesThrockmorton's reflex TJules Tinel1879 - 1952FranceTinel's sign TRobert Bentley Todd1809 - 1860IrelandTodd's paresis THoward Henry Tooth1856 - 1925United KingdomCharcot–Marie–Tooth disease VOskar Vogt1870 - 1959GermanyVN. K. VenkataramanaIndia WJuhn Atsushi Wada1924 - 2023Japan - CanadaWada test WArthur Earl Walker1907 - 1995United StatesDandy–Walker syndrome WAdolf Wallenberg1862 - 1949Germany Wallenberg syndrome WJulius Wagner-Jauregg1857 - 1940Austria WRobert Wartenberg1887 - 1956United StatesWartenberg wheel WKarl Friedrich Otto Westphal1833 - 1890GermanyEdinger–Westphal nucleus WRobert Whytt1714 - 1766United Kingdom WThomas Willis1621 - 1675United KingdomCircle of Willis WSamuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson1878 - 1937United KingdomWilson's disease WTissa WijeratneSri Lanka and AustraliaPost Covid-19 Neurological Syndrome, Serial Systemic Immune Inflammatory Indices YGazi Yaşargil1925 - 2025Turkey
See also History of neurology and neurosurgery Neurology List of neuroscientists List of women neuroscientists Neurosurgery Head injury Brain damage Neurosurgeons in India
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