Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons are medical professionals who operate exclusively on animals. This is a list of notable veterinarians, both real and fictional.
Real-life veterinarians
A
- Wayne Allard (born 1943) — U.S. Senator (1997–2009)[1]
- Maurice Allen (born 1937) — veterinary pathologist[2]
B
- Chris Back (born 1950) — Australian Senator (2009–2017)
- Bernhard Lauritz Frederik Bang (1848–1932) — Danish veterinarian who discovered Brucella abortus
- Denis Barberet (1714–1770) — French bibliographer and author
- Harold William Bennetts (1898–1970) — Australian known for research on livestock and the toxic effects of native Australian plants
- Natanael Berg (1879–1957) — Swedish composer
- Reidar Birkeland (born 1928) — professor at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science
- Baxter Black (1945-2022) — U.S. radio commentator
- Marie-Claude Bomsel (born 1946) — wildlife expert
- Alfred Boquet (1879–1947) — French veterinarian, known for his work at the Pasteur Institute in Paris
- Claude Bourgelat (1712–1779) — founder of 18th-century French veterinary school
- Anton Johnson Brandt (1893–1951) — professor of pathological anatomy at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science
- Chris Brown (born 1978) — known for the Australian television series Bondi Vet
C
- Nelson R. Çabej (born 1939) — Albania evolutionary biologist and author
- Charles J Coottes Campbell (born 1894 - 2001 British/ Commonwealth equine veterinarian
- Louis J. Camuti (1893–1981) — first American cat veterinarian
- Philibert Chabert (1737–1814) — French agronomist who wrote on early treatise on anthrax control
- Craig Challen — Australian diver and caver
- John A. Charlton (1907–1977) — Canadian politician
- Auguste Chauveau (1827–1917) — French veterinarian, in whose honor the bacterium Clostridium chauvoei is named
- Matthew Clarke (born 1973) — former professional Australian rules footballer
- Ken Coghill (born 1944) — former Australian politician
- Robert Cook — British equine veterinarian
- Robin Coombs (1921–2006) — British immunologist, co-discoverer of the Coombs test[3]
- Harry Cooper (born 1943) — Australian television personality
- Miguel Cordero del Campillo (1925–2020) — Spanish parasitologist
D
- Morné de la Rey (born 1970) — South African veterinarian who was the first person in Africa to clone an animal, as well as first person to do successful IVF in Cape Buffalo in the world.
- Darlene Dixon — American veterinarian and toxicologic pathologist[4]
- Sydney Dodd (1874–1926) — British veterinary surgeon who was the first lecturer in veterinary bacteriology at the University of Sydney
- Peter C. Doherty (born 1940) — Australian veterinary surgeon and researcher joint recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Mick Doyle (1941–2004) — Irish rugby player
- Petrus Johann du Toit (1888–1967) — South African veterinarian
- John Boyd Dunlop (1840–1921) — Scottish inventor of the tyre
E
- Henrik Edland (1905–1984) — professor of anatomy at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science
- John Ensign (born 1958) — U.S. Senator (2001–2011)[5]
F
- Martin J. Fettman (born 1956) — U.S. astronaut and veterinary pathologist
- Kevin Fitzgerald (born 1951) — American television documentary veterinarian
- Bruce Fogle (born 1944) — Canadian veterinarian
- Birger Furugård (1887–1961) — Swedish politician
G
- Doug Galt — former Canadian politician
- Pierre-Victor Galtier (1846–1908) — French veterinarian, notable for his research into rabies.
- Hugh Gordon (1909–2002) — Australian parasitologist
- John Russell Greig (1889–1963) — Scottish veterinarian, notable for his research into milk fever.[6]
- Camille Guérin (1872–1961) — developed a vaccine for tuberculosis
H
- James Hallen (1829–1901) — British veterinarian who served as General Superintendent of Horse Breeding in India[7]
- Greg J. Harrison — avian veterinarian
- Susanne Hart (1927– 2010) — South African environmentalist
- Antonie Marinus Harthoorn (1923–2012) — conservationist who worked in Africa
- Herbert Haupt (born 1947) — Austrian politician
- James Herriot (1916–1995) — pen name of James Alfred Wight, author of books about animals[8]
- Vanessa M. Hirsch — Canadian-American veterinary pathologist and virologist
- Thomas William Hogarth (1901–1999) — Scottish-Australian veterinarian, writer on dogs
- John Holt (1931–2013) — Australian veterinarian and sports shooter
- William Hunting (1846–1913) — founder of The Veterinary Record[9][10]
J
- Dawda Jawara (1924–2019) — first president of Gambia
- Joan O. Joshua (1912–1993)[11]
L
- Amy K. LeBlanc — U.S. veterinary oncologist
- Richard M. Linnehan (born 1957) — U.S. astronaut
- Buster Lloyd-Jones (1914–1980) — British veterinary surgeon
M
- Svend Lomholt (1888–1949) — Danish veterinarian
- Zoltán Magyar (born 1953) — Hungarian gymnast; gold medalist in men's pommel horse at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics
- Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz – Mexican veterinarian
- Tracey McNamara - veterinary pathologist at the Bronx Zoo who played a pivotal role in identifying the first outbreak of West Nile Virus in the United States
- Keith Meldrum (born 1937) — Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom (1988–1997)
- Veranus Alva Moore (1859–1931) — Dean of Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (1908–1929)[12]
- Suzanne Morrow (1930–2006) — Canadian figure skater who took the Official's Oath at the 1988 Winter Olympics
N
- Denis Napthine (born 1952) — Australian politician
- Rich Nye (born 1944) — American professional baseball pitcher turned exotic animal/avian veterinarian[13]
O
- Peter Ostrum (born 1957) — child actor who was Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
P
- Frederick Douglass Patterson (1901–1988) — recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987, the highest civilian honor in the U.S.
- Sonny Perdue (born 1946) — U.S. politician, former Governor of Georgia
- Brian Perry (born 1946) — epidemiologist
- Walter Plowright (1923–2010) — English veterinary scientist who worked to eradicate rinderpest
R
- Nicky Rackard (1922–1976) — Irish hurler
- Carl Gottlob Rafn (1769–1808) — Danish multi-disciplinary scientist[14]
- Robert L. Rooks — American veterinarian
- John Gunion Rutherford (1857–1923) — Canadian politician[15]
S
- Suzanne Saueressig (1924–2013) — first practicing female veterinarian in Missouri
- Elmo Shropshire (born 1936) — best known as the singer of the novelty Christmas song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"
- Brian Sinclair (1915–1988) — best known for his association with James Alfred Wight who fictionalized him as Tristan Farnon
- Donald Sinclair (1911-1995) - best known as partner to James Alfred Wight who fictionalized him as Sigfried Farnon
- Danielle Spencer (born 1965) — actor
- Harry Spira — Australian pioneer in dog breeding technologies
- Leonid Stadnyk (1970–2014) — Ukrainian veterinarian renowned for his height
- Harry Steele-Bodger (1896–1952) — British veterinarian
- Michael G. Strain (1959–) — American veterinarian who is the incumbent Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner
T
- Arnold Theiler (1867–1936) — described the horse disease which became known as Theiler's disease[16]
- James Thomson (born 1958) — American developmental biologist who derived the first human embryonic stem cell line in 1998
- Simon Fraser Tolmie (1867–1937) — Canadian politician[17]
- Debbye Turner (born 1965) — Miss America 1990, resident veterinarian for CBS' The Early Show[18]
V
- Erik Viborg (1759–1822) — Danish veterinarian and botanist[19]
W
- Hugh Wirth (1939–2018) — Australian animal welfare advocate with RSPCA Australia, radio broadcaster[20]
Y
- Sophia Yin (1966–2014) — American animal behaviorist and pioneer of positive reinforcement training for pets.[21]
Z
- Robert Zammit — Australian television veterinarian
Fictional veterinarians
- From the British soap opera Emmerdale:
- From the Australian soap opera Neighbours:
- From the children's books series The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Doctor Dolittle
- From the US television series The Walking Dead: Hershel Greene
- From the South Korean drama series Hey Ghost, Let's Fight: Joo Hye-sung
References
- ↑ "ALLARD, A. Wayne - Biographical Information". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
- ↑ Reynolds, L.A.; Tansey, E.M., eds. (2003). Foot and mouth disease : the 1967 outbreak and its aftermath (PDF). London: Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. p. 85. ISBN 9780854840960. Retrieved 5 September 2020 – via History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group.
- ↑ Pincock, Stephen (April 2006). "Robert Royston Amos (Robin) Coombs". The Lancet. 367 (9518): 1234. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68528-0. S2CID 53296550.
- ↑ "Black History Month observed at NIEHS, NIH (Environmental Factor, February 2019)". National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ "ENSIGN, John Eric - Biographical Information". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
- ↑ "Dr. J. Russell Greig, C.B.E." Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science. 18 (12): 419–22. December 1954. PMC 1791778. PMID 17648774.
- ↑ Williams, W. Owen (1902). "Obituary Notices. Veterinary Lieutenant-Colonel James H.B. Hallen, C.I.E., FRCSE, FRCVS". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 24: 642–645. doi:10.1017/S0370164600008233.
- ↑ Tabor, Mary B. W. (24 February 1995). "James Herriot, 78, Writer, Dies; Animal Stories Charmed People". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
- ↑ "William Hunting FRCVS". American Veterinary Review. 44: 436. January 1914 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Clark, Kathryn (12 July 2018). "130 years of Recording veterinary knowledge". Veterinary Record. 183 (2): 41. doi:10.1136/vr.k3068. PMID 30002166. S2CID 51616419.
- ↑ Haines, Catharine M.C.; Stevens, Helen M., eds. (2001). "Joshua, Joan Olive". International Women in Science – A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 156. ISBN 1-57607-090-5.
- ↑ Gage, Simon Henry (July 1931). "Veranus Alva Moore, 1859-1931". Journal of Bacteriology. 22 (1): iv.2–5. doi:10.1128/jb.22.1.iv.2-5.1931. PMC 533247. PMID 16559507.
- ↑ "Richard R. Nye, DVM". Ness Exotic Wellness Center. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1905). Dansk Biografisk Lexikon / XIII (in Danish). p. 354.
- ↑ "Profile - Rutherford, John Gunion". Parliament of Canada. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
- ↑ Verwoerd, D.W. (25 December 2014). "Theiler, Dr Sir Arnold (veterinary science)". S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ↑ "Profile - Tolmie, Simon Fraser". Library of Parliament, Canada. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ↑ Hendricks, Nancy (16 April 2014). "Debbye Turner Bell (1965–) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas". The Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ↑ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1904). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon / XVIII (in Danish). Copenhagen. p. 514.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "'One of a kind' former RSPCA Victoria president Hugh Wirth dies". ABC News. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
- ↑ "Obituaries | Sophia Yin". American Veterinary Medical Association. December 30, 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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