List of Jewish American biologists and physicians

This is a list of notable Jewish American biologists and physicians. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.


 * David Baltimore, reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize (1975)
 * Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, Nobel Prize (1980)
 * Baruch Blumberg, hepatitis B virus, Nobel Prize (1976)
 * Gerty Cori, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1947)
 * Gertrude Elion, drug development, Nobel Prize (1988)
 * Stanley Falkow, "father of molecular microbial pathogenesis", National Medal of Science (2016)
 * Alfred G. Gilman, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1994)
 * H. Robert Horvitz, biologist, Nobel Prize (2002)
 * David Julius, nociception, Nobel Prize (2021)
 * Eric Kandel, biologist, Nobel Prize (2000)
 * C. Henry Kempe, physician, first to identify and recognize child abuse
 * Arthur Kornberg, DNA replication, Nobel Prize (1959)
 * Alisha Kramer, physician and health activist
 * Esther Lederberg, geneticist
 * Fritz Lipmann, coenzyme A, Nobel Prize (1953)
 * Hermann Muller, geneticist, Nobel Prize (1946) (Jewish mother)
 * Daniel Nathans, microbiologist, Nobel Prize (1978)
 * Jonas Salk, polio vaccine
 * Howard Temin, reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize (1975)
 * George Wald, retina pigmentation, Nobel Prize (1967).
 * Bret Weinstein, evolutionary biologist