Occupation-Physician
Simeon Lewis Carson (1882-1954)
Dr. Simeon Lewis Carson, a late-19th and early-20th century black physician, would be most known for being one of the first...
Henry Fitzbutler (1842-1901)
Although mainly known as the founder of Louisville National Medical College, Dr. Henry Fitzbutler was an exceptional physician and educator. Fitzbutler and his wife Sarah...
James Durham (1762-1802?)
Dr. James Durham has been widely acknowledged as the first recognized African American to be a physician in the United States. Due...
Audrey Forbes Manley (1934- )
Audrey Forbes Manley, who would eventually be acting Surgeon General of the United States, was born in Jackson, Mississippi on...
Helen Octavia Dickens (1909-2001)
The first African American woman to be admitted as a fellow to the American College of Surgeons (1950), Helen Octavia Dickens dedicated...
Julian H. Lewis (1891-1989)
An accomplished scientist, physician, and educator, Dr. Julian Herman Lewis challenged racism in the American medical and scientific communities in his prominent 1942...
Thomas Elkins (1818-1900)
An inventor, abolitionist, and trained medical professional, Dr. Thomas Elkins played a significant role in supporting the Underground Railroad in Albany, New York, during the 1840s...
Ada M. Fisher (1947- )
Dr. Ada M. Fisher is a retired physician and a recurrent Republican candidate for office. Fisher was born on October...
Mildred Fay Jefferson (1926-2010)
Right-to-Life activist Mildred Fay Jefferson was born in Pittsburgh, Texas, on April 4, 1926, but raised in the town of...
