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 virus, Nobel Prize (1976)[3]
• Gerty Cori, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1947)[4]
• Gertrude Elion, drug development, Nobel Prize (1988)[5]
• Stanley Falkow, "father of molecular microbial pathogenesis", National Medal of Science (2016)[6]
• Alfred G. Gilman, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1994)[7]
• H. Robert Horvitz, biologist, Nobel Prize (2002)[8]
• David Julius, nociception, Nobel Prize (2021)[9]
• Eric Kandel, biologist, Nobel Prize (2000)[10]
• C. Henry Kempe, physician, first to identify and recognize child abuse[11]
• Arthur Kornberg, DNA replication, Nobel Prize (1959)[12]
• Alisha Kramer, physician and health activist[13]
• Esther Lederberg, geneticist[14]
• Fritz Lipmann, coenzyme A, Nobel Prize (1953)[15]
• Hermann Muller, geneticist, Nobel Prize (1946) (Jewish mother)[16]
• Daniel Nathans, microbiologist, Nobel Prize (1978)[17]
• Jonas Salk, polio vaccine[18]
• Howard Temin, reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize (1975)[19]
• George Wald, retina pigmentation, Nobel Prize (1967).[20]
• Bret Weinstein, evolutionary biologist[21]