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)[1]
• Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, Nobel Prize (1980)[2]
• Baruch Blumberg, hepatitis B vaccine, Nobel Prize (1976)[3]
• Gerty Cori, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1947)[4]
• Gertrude Elion, drug development, Nobel Prize (1988)[5]
• Alfred G. Gilman, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1994)[6]
• H. Robert Horvitz, biologist, Nobel Prize (2002)[7]
• Arthur Kornberg, DNA replication, Nobel Prize (1959)[8]
• Esther Lederberg, geneticist[9]
• Fritz Lipmann, coenzyme A, Nobel Prize (1953)[10]
• Hermann Muller, geneticist, Nobel Prize (1946) (Jewish mother)[11]
• Daniel Nathans, microbiologist, Nobel Prize (1978)[12]
• Jonas Salk, polio vaccine[13]
• Howard Temin, reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize (1975)[14]
• George Wald, retina pigmentation, Nobel Prize (1967).[15]
• Gerhard Levy, Pharmacologist, First Pharmacist named to the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science (1980)[16]