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