List of neuroscientists


Many famous neuroscientists are from the 20th and 21st century, as neuroscience is a fairly new science. However many anatomists, physiologists, biologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and other physicians and psychologists are considered to be neuroscientists as well. This list compiles the names of all neuroscientists with a corresponding Wikipedia biographical article, and is not necessarily a reflection of their relative importance in the field.
NameLifetimeNationalityAwards or eponymous
Larry Abbott1950–United StatesMathematical Neuroscience Prize - 2013.
Susan AckermanUnited States
Albert Wojciech Adamkiewicz1850–1921PolandArtery of Adamkiewicz
Edgar Douglas Adrian1889–1977United KingdomNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1932.
Patrick Aebischer1954–Switzerland
George Aghajanian1932–Lebanon
Huda Akil1945–Syria
Alcmaeon of Crotonc.510 BCEItaly
Giovanni Aldini1762–1834Italy
Richard W. AldrichUnited States
John AllmanUnited States
Alois Alzheimer1864–1915GermanyAlzheimer's disease
David Amaral1950–United States
Katrin AmuntsGermany
Per Andersen1930–2020Norway
Richard A. Andersen1950–United States
David J. Anderson1956–United States
Pyotr Anokhin1898–1974Russia
Julius Caesar Aranzi1529/1530–1589Italy
Silvia Arber1968–SwitzerlandW. Alden Spencer Award-2018
Clay Armstrong1934–United States
Friedrich Arnold1803–1890GermanyArnold's nerve
Leopold Auerbach1828–1897GermanyAuerbach's plexus
Richard Axel1946–United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2004.
Julius Axelrod1912–2004United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1970.
Paul Bach-y-Rita1934–2006United States
Herman S. Bachelard1929–2006United Kingdom
Jules Baillarger1809–1890FranceBands of Baillarger
Róbert Bárány1876–1936Austria-HungaryNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1914.
Cornelia Bargmann1961–United StatesKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2012., Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - 2013.
Ben Barres1954–2017United StatesRalph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience-2016
Jessica Barsonfl.2000-2020United States
Danielle Bassett1981–United States
Adolf Beck1863–1942Poland
Georg von Békésy1899–1972HungaryNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1961.
Vladimir Bekhterev1857–1927RussiaBekhterev's nucleus, Bekhterev–Mendel reflex
Sir Charles Bell1774–1842United KingdomBell's palsy, Bell's phenomenon, Bell–Magendie law
Alim Louis Benabid1942–FranceBreakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - 2015.
April A. Benasich
Seymour Benzer1921–2007United States
Heather A. BerlinUnited States
Julius Bernstein1839–1917GermanyBernstein Network
Vladimir Betz1834–1894UkrainianBetz cell
Albert von Bezold1836–1868GermanyBezold–Jarisch reflex
Mayim Bialik1975–United States
Elisabeth BinderAustria
Timothy Bliss1940–United KingdomThe Brain Prize - 2016.
Ned Block1942–United States
Hal Blumenfeld1962–United States
Herman Boerhaave1668–1738Netherlands
Nancy Bonini1959–United States
Azad Bonni1963–Canada and United States
Daniel Bovet1907–1992SwitzerlandNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1957.
Edward Boyden1979–United StatesBreakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - 2016., The Brain Prize - 2013.
Heiko Braak1937–GermanyBraak staging
Joseph V. Brady1922–2011United States
Josef Breuer1842–1925AustriaHering–Breuer reflex
Paul Broca1824–1880FranceBroca's area, Broca's aphasia
Alf Brodal1910–1988Norway
Korbinian Brodmann1868–1918GermanyBrodmann area
Thomas Graham Brown1882–1965United Kingdom
Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard1817–1894MauritianBrown-Séquard syndrome
Nathaniel A. Buchwald1924–2006United States
Linda B. Buck1947–United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2004.
Paul Bucy1904–1992United StatesKlüver–Bucy syndrome
Ludwig Julius Budge1811–1888GermanyBudge's center
György Buzsáki1949–HungaryThe Brain Prize - 2011.
John T. Cacioppo1951–2018United States
Leopoldo Caldani1725–1813Italy
Donald Calne1936–Canada
Matteo Carandini1967–Italy - United States
Arvid Carlsson1923–2018SwedenNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2000.
Ben Carson1951–United States
C. Sue CarterUnited States
Richard Caton1842–1926United Kingdom
Ugo Cerletti1877–1963Italy
Carlos Chagas Filho1910–2000Brazil
Jean-Pierre Changeux1936–France
Jean-Martin Charcot1825–1893FranceCharcot–Marie–Tooth disease, Charcot–Wilbrand syndrome, Charcot–Bouchard aneurysms, Charcot's triad
Alon Chen1970–Israel11th President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
Daniel Choquet1962–France
Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke1817–1880United Kingdomnucleus dorsalis of Clarke
Don W. Cleveland1950–United StatesBreakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - 2018.
Stanley Cohen1922–2020United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1986.
Graham Collingridge1955–United KingdomThe Brain Prize - 2016.
Ed Connor1955–United States
Alexander Cools1941–2013Netherlands
Jules Cotard1840–1889FranceCotard delusion
Rodney Cotterill1933–2007United Kingdom
S. Allen Counter1944–2017United States
Miguel Rolando Covian1913–1992Argentina - Brazil
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt1885–1964GermanyCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Francis Crick1916–2004United Kingdom
Wim Crusio1954–Netherlands
Harvey Cushing1869–1939United StatesCushing reflex, Cushing's disease
Johann Nepomuk Czermak1828–1873Austria-GermanyCzermak-Hering test
Annica Dahlström1941–Sweden
Henry Hallett Dale1875–1968United KingdomNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1936., Dale's principle
John Call Dalton1825–1889United States
Antonio Damasio1944–Portugal - United StatesGolden Brain Award - 1995.
Richard Davidson1951–United States
Peter Dayan1965–United KingdomThe Brain Prize - 2017.
Duchenne de Boulogne1806–1875FranceDuchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne-Aran spinal muscular atrophy, Duchenne-Erb paralysis
Yves De Koninck1964–United States
Bart De StrooperBelgiumThe Brain Prize - 2018.
Jean Decety1960–France - United States
Kay de Villiers1928–2018South AfricaHonorary President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.
Stanislas Dehaene1965–FranceThe Brain Prize - 2014.
Karl Deisseroth1971–United StatesBreakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - 2016., The Brain Prize - 2013., Golden Brain Award - 2009.
Otto Deiters1834–1863Germany
Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke1859–1927United States-FranceKlumpke paralysis
Mahlon DeLong1938–United StatesBreakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - 2014.
Winfried Denk1957–United StatesKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2012., The Brain Prize - 2015.
Christine Ann DennyUSA
René Descartes1596–1650France
Robert DesimoneGolden Brain Award - 1994.
Richard Deth1945–
Adele DiamondUnited States
Marian Diamond1926–2017United States
Alexandre Dogiel1852–1922LithuaniaDogiel cells
Merlin Donald1939–Canada
Emil du Bois-Reymond1818–1896Germany
Yadin Dudai1944–Israel
Catherine Dulac1963–FranceRalph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience-2019
Lillian Dyck1945–Canada
David Eagleman1971–United States
John Carew Eccles1903–1997AustraliaNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1963.
Constantin von Economo1876–1931Austriavon Economo neurons
Gerald Edelman1929–2014United States
Ludwig Edinger1855–1918GermanyEdinger–Westphal nucleus
Howard Eichenbaum1947–2017United States
George Bard Ermentrout1954–United StatesMathematical Neuroscience Prize - 2015.
Andreas K. Engel1961–Germany
Roger M. Enoka1949–New Zealand
Erasistratusc.304–c.250 BCEGreece
Joseph Erlanger1874–1965United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1944.
Ulf von Euler1905–1983SwedenNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1970.
Bartolomeo Eustachi1500/1514–1574ItalyEustachian tube
Edward Evarts1926–1985United States
Bengt Falck1927–SwedenFalck-Hillarp method of fluorescence
James Fallon1947–United States
Gabriele Falloppio1523–1562ItalyAquæductus Fallopii
Paul Fatt1924–2014United Kingdom
Richard Faull1945–New Zealand
Gustav Fechner1801–1887GermanyWeber–Fechner law
Michale Fee1964–United States
Eva FeldmanUnited States
Guoping FengChina
Jean Fernel1497–1558France
David Ferrier1843–1928United Kingdom
Robert Fettiplace1946–United KingdomKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2018.
Edward Flatau1868–1932Poland
Paul Flechsig1847–1929GermanyFlechig-Meyer's loop, Flechsig's fasciculus
Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow1846–1891Austria
Jean Pierre Flourens1794–1867France
Otfrid Foerster1873–1941Germany
Auguste-Henri Forel1848–1931SwitzerlandFields of Forel
Walter Jackson Freeman III1927–2016United States
Allan H. Frey1935–
Karl J. Friston1959–United KingdomGolden Brain Award - 2003.
Chris Frith1942–United Kingdom
Gennosuke Fuse1880–1946JapanKölliker-Fuse nucleus
Fred "Rusty" Gage1950–
Robert Galambos1914–2010United States
Galen129–c. 200/c. 216GreekVein of Galen
Franz Joseph Gall1758–1828Germany
Michela GallagherUnited StatesLeads the Neurogenetics and Behavior Center at Johns Hopkins University.
Luigi Galvani1737–1798ItalyGalvanism, Galvanic skin response, Galvanic vestibular stimulation
William Francis Ganong, Jr.1924–2007United States
Herbert Spencer Gasser1888–1963United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1944. Gasser's ganglion
Henri Gastaut1915–1995FranceLennox–Gastaut syndrome, Idiopathic childhood occipital epilepsy of Gastaut
Michael Gazzaniga1939–United States
Francesco Gennari1750–1797ItalyLine of Gennari
Ralph W. Gerard1900–1974United States
Robert Gerlai1960–Hungary
Anirvan Ghosh1964–United States
Alfred G. Gilman1941–2015United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1994.
Donald A. Glaser1926–2013United States
Francis Glisson1599–1677United Kingdom
Michel GoedertLuxembourg-United KingdomThe Brain Prize - 2018.
David E. Goldman1910–1998United StatesGoldman equation, GHK flux equation
Camillo Golgi1843–1926ItalyNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1906. Golgi tendon organ, Golgi's method, Golgi cell, Golgi I, Golgi II
Elizabeth Gould1962–United States
Ragnar Granit1900–1991FinlandNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1967.
Ann Graybiel1942–United StatesKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2012.
Maria Grazia SpillantiniItaly
Michael E. Greenberg1954–United StatesRalph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience -2019
Susan Greenfield1950–United Kingdom
Paul Greengard1925–2019United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2000.
Kalanit Grill-SpectorUnited States
Sten Grillner1941–SwedenKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2008.
Bernhard von Gudden1950–Germany
Roger Guillemin1924–FranceNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1977.
Christian Haass1960–GermanyThe Brain Prize - 2018.
Vladimir Hachinski1941–Ukrainian
Marshall Hall1790–1857United Kingdom
Albrecht von Haller1708–1777SwitzerlandHallerian physiology
Sam Harris1967–United States
Haldan Keffer Hartline1903–1983United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1967.
Jeffrey C. Hall1945–United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2017.
John Hardy1954–Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - 2016. The Brain Prize - 2018.
Demis Hassabis1976–United Kingdom
Rolf Hassler1914–1984Germany
Donald Olding Hebb1904–1985CanadaHebbian theory
Peter Hegemann1954–GermanyThe Brain Prize - 2013.
Lennart Heimer1930–2007Switzerland
Martin Heisenberg1940–Germany
Hermann von Helmholtz1821–1894GermanyHelmholtz–Kohlrausch effect
Suzana Herculano-Houzel1972–Brazil
Ewald Hering1834–1918GermanyHering–Hillebrand deviation, Hering's law of visual direction, Hering's law of equal innervation, Hering–Breuer reflex
Herophilosc.335–c.280 BCEGreece
Percy Herring1872–1967United KingdomHerring bodies
Richard L. Heschl1824–1881AustriaHeschl's gyrus
Walter Rudolf Hess1881–1973SwitzerlandNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1949.
Corneille Heymans1892–1968BelgiumNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1938.
Okihide Hikosaka1948–JapanGolden Brain Award - 2015
Nils-Åke Hillarp1916–1965SwedenFalck-Hillarp method of fluorescence
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin1914–1998United KingdomNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1963. Hodgkin–Huxley model, GHK flux equation, Hodgkin cycle
Oleh Hornykiewicz1926–Austria
Victor Horsley1857–1916United Kingdom
David H. Hubel1926–2013CanadaNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1981.
A. James Hudspeth1945–United StatesKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2018.
John Hughes1942–United Kingdom
Ashiq HussainPakistani
Andrew Huxley1917–2012United KingdomNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1963. Hodgkin–Huxley model
Laurent Itti1970–France
Ivan Izquierdo1937–Argentina and Brazil
Louis Jacobsohn-Lask1863–1941GermanyBekhterev–Jacobsohn reflex
John Hughlings Jackson1835–1911United KingdomJacksonian seizure
Herbert Jasper1906–1999Canada
Marc Jeannerod1935–2011France
Thomas Jessell1951–2019United KingdomKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2008. Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience-2016
Amishi Jha
Ted Jones1939–2011New Zealand
Michel Jouvet1925–2017France
Béla Julesz1928–2003Hungary
David Julius1955–United StatesBreakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - 2019.
Marcel Just
Jon Kaas
Eric R. Kandel1929–Austria-United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2000.
Nancy Kanwisher1958–United StatesGolden Brain Award - 2007.
George Karpati1934–2009Canada
Bernard Katz1911–2003GermanyNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1970., GHK flux equation
Lawrence C. Katz1956–2005United States
JacSue Kehoe1935–United States
J. A. Scott Kelso1947–Ireland
James S. Ketchum1931–2020United States
Seymour S. Kety1915–2000United States
Heinrich Klüver1897–1979United StatesKlüver–Bucy syndrome
Christof Koch1956–Germany - United States
Albert von Kölliker1817–1905SwitzerlandKölliker-Fuse nucleus
Masakazu Konishi1933–Japan
Jerzy Konorski1903–1973Poland
George Koob1947–
Nancy Kopell1942–United StatesMathematical Neuroscience Prize - 2015.
Georg N. Koskinas1885–1975Greece
Emil Kraepelin1856–1926GermanyKraepelinian dichotomy
Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein1723–1795Germany
Stephen Kuffler1913–1980Hungary
Story LandisUnited StatesRalph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience-2015
John Newport Langley1852–1925United Kingdom
Louis Lapicque1866–1952France
Marcelle Lapicque1873–1962France
Steven Laureys1968–Belgium
Jan Lauwereyns1969–Belgium
Denis Le Bihan1957–France
Aristides Leão1914–1993Brazil
Joseph LeDoux1949–United States
César Julien Jean Legallois1770–1814France
Lars Leksell1907–1986Sweden
Jerome Lettvin1920–2011United States
Simon LeVay1943–United Kingdom-United States
Rita Levi-Montalcini1909–2012ItalyNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1986.
Daniel Levitin1957–United States - Canada
John C. Lilly1915–2001United States
Charles LimbUnited States
Christiane Linster1962–Luxembourg
Heinrich Lissauer1861–1891PolandLissauer's tract
Rodolfo Llinás1934–Colombia - United StatesLlinás' law, Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience-2018
Otto Loewi1873–1961GermanyNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1936.
Nikos Logothetis1950–GreeceGolden Brain Award - 1999.
Terje Lømo1935–Norway
Rafael Lorente de Nó1902–1990Spain
Paul Loye1861–1890France
Liliana Lubinska1904–1990Poland
Keith Lucas1879–1916United Kingdom
Jules Bernard Luys1828–1897FranceLuys' body
William Macewen1848–1924United Kingdom
Roderick MacKinnon1956–United StatesNobel Prize in Chemistry - 2003.
François Magendie1783–1855FranceForamen of Magendie
Horace Winchell Magoun1907–1991
Eleanor Maguire1970–Ireland
Misha Mahowald1963–1996United States
Paolo Mantegazza1831–1910Italy
Eve Marder1948–United StatesKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2016.
Henry Markram1962-South Africa
Bianca Jones Marlinliving in 2020United States2017 Stat Wunderkinds Award
David Marr1945–1980United Kingdom
C. David Marsden1938–1998United Kingdom
Niccolò Massa1485–1569Italy
Carlo Matteucci1811–1868Italy
Humberto Maturana1928–Chile
Herbert Mayo1796–1852United Kingdom
Mervyn MazeSouth Africa
James McClelland1948–United States
James V. McConnell1925–1990United States
Warren McCulloch1898–1969United StatesMcCulloch–Pitts neuron
Bruce McEwen1938–2020United States
James McGaugh1931–United States
Ladislas J. Meduna1896–1964Hungary
H. Houston Merritt1902–1979United States
Michael Merzenich1942–United StatesKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2016.
Franz Mesmer1734–1815GermanyMesmerism
Adolf Meyer1866–1950SwitzerlandMeyer's loop
Theodor Meynert1833–1892GermanyNucleus basalis of Meynert, substantia innominata of Meynert
Gero Miesenböck1965–AustriaThe Brain Prize - 2013.
Earl K. Miller1962–United StatesGoldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience - 2016 George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience - 2019
Brenda Milner1918–United Kingdom-CanadaKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2014.
Peter Milner1919–2018United Kingdom-Canada
Mondino de Luzzi1270–1326Italy
Egas Moniz1874–1955PortugalNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1949., Moniz sign
Alexander Monro1733–1817United KingdomForamina of Monro
Read Montague1960–United States
Richard G. Morris1948–United KingdomThe Brain Prize - 2016.
Giuseppe Moruzzi1910–1986Italy
Edvard Moser1962–NorwayNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2014.
May-Britt Moser1963–NorwayNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2014.
Vernon Mountcastle1918–2015United States
Anthony Movshon1950–United StatesGolden Brain Award - 2013.
Heinrich Müller1820–1864GermanyMuller glia
Johannes Peter Müller1801–1858Germany
Ken NakayamaUnited StatesGolden Brain Award - 2017.
Jeremy Nathans1958–United StatesGolden Brain Award - 1989.
Walle Nauta1916–1994Dutch East Indies
Erwin Neher1944–GermanyNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1991.
Charles A. Nelson IIIUnited States
Helen Neville1946-2018Canada
William Newsome1952–United StatesGolden Brain Award - 1992.
John Graham Nicholls1929–United Kingdom-Switzerland
Miguel Nicolelis1961–Brazil
Franz Nissl1860–1919GermanyNissl body, Nissl granules, Nissl method
Akinori NomaJapan
Fernando Nottebohm1940–Argentina
John O'Keefe1939–United States - United KingdomNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2014., Kavli prize in Neuroscience - 2014.
Heinrich Obersteiner1847–1922AustriaRedlich–Obersteiner's zone
Seiji Ogawa1934–Japan
Melly Oitzl1955–Austria
Jaak Panksepp1943–2017Estonia-United States
James Papez1883–1958United StatesPapez circuit
Alvaro Pascual-Leone1961–Spain
Paul Patterson1943–2014United States
Steven M. PaulUnited States
Ivan Pavlov1849–1936RussiaNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1904. Pavlovian conditioning
Wilder Penfield1891–1976United States - CanadaPenfield's maps
Edward Perl1926–2014United States
David Perrett1954–Golden Brain Award - 2001.
Candace Pert1946–2013United States
Christine Petit1948–FranceKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2018. The Brain Prize - 2012.
Eduard Pflüger1829–1910Germany
Archangelo Piccolomini1525-1586Italy
Walter Pitts1923–1969United StatesMcCulloch–Pitts neuron
Tomaso Poggio1947–Italy
Vladimir Pravdich-Neminsky1879–1952Russia
Karl Pribram1919–2015Austria
Stanley B. Prusiner1942–United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1997.
Jan Evangelista Purkyně1787–1869Czech RepublicPurkinje effect, Purkinje cell, Purkinje fibre, Purkinje images
Dale Purves1938–United States
Marcus Raichle1937–United StatesKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2014.
Pasko Rakic1933–Kingdom of Yugoslavia - United StatesKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2008.
Patricia Goldman Rakic1937–2003United States
Wilfrid Rall1922–2018United States
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran1951–India - United States
Santiago Ramón y Cajal1852–1934SpainNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1906. Cajal–Retzius cell, Cajal body, Interstitial cell of Cajal
Louis-Antoine Ranvier1835–1922FranceNode of Ranvier
Geraint Rees1967–United Kingdom
Johann Christian Reil1759–1813GermanyIslands of Reil
Ernst Reissner1824–1878GermanyReissner's membrane
Thomas RehUnited States
Robert Remak1815–1865Poland-Germany
Gustaf Retzius1842–1919SwedenCajal–Retzius cell
Bror Rexed1914–2002SwedenRexed laminae
David Rioch1900–1985India - United States
Giacomo Rizzolatti1937–ItalyThe Brain Prize - 2014.
Trevor Robbins1949–United KingdomThe Brain Prize - 2014.
Nayef Al-Rodhan1959–Saudi Arabia
Gonzalo Rodríguez Lafora1886–1971SpainLafora disease and Lafora bodies
Luigi Rolando1773–1831ItalyRolandic area, substantia gelatinosa of Rolando, Fissure of Rolando, Rolandic epilepsy
Edmund Rolls
Michael Rosbash1944–United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2017.
Steven Rose1938–United Kingdom
James Rothman1950–United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2013., Kavli prize in Neuroscience - 2010.
Bernardo Sabatini1969-United States
Renato M. E. Sabbatini1947–Brazil
Oliver Sacks1933–2015United Kingdom
Manfred Sakel1900–1957Austria
Bert Sakmann1942–GermanyNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1991.
Anders Sandberg1972–Sweden
Robert Sapolsky1957–United States
Antonio Scarpa1752–1832ItalyScarpa's fluid, Foramina of Scarpa, Scarpa's ganglion
Károly Schaffer1864–1939HungarySchaffer collateral
Andrew Schally1924–FranceNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1977.
Richard Scheller1953–United StatesKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2010.
Daniela Schiller1972–Israel
Francis O. Schmitt1903–1995United States
Erich Schröger1958–Germany
Theodor Schwann1810–1882GermanySchwann cell
Eric L. Schwartz1947–
Terrence J. Sejnowski1947–United States
Sebastian SeungKorea-United States
Michael Shadlen1959–United StatesGolden Brain Award - 2012.
Maryam M. Shanechi1981-Iranone of the Science News 10 scientists to watch in 2019.
Tali SharotIsrael
Carla J. Shatz1947–United StatesKavli prize in Neuroscience - 2016. Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience-2011
Gordon Shepherd1933–
Charles Scott Sherrington1857–1952United KingdomNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1932. Sherrington's First Law, Sherrington's law of reciprocal innervation, Liddell-Sherrington reflex, Sherrington's First Law, Vulpian-Heidenhain-Sherrington phenomenon
Aafia Siddiqui1972–Pakistan
James A. Simmons
Eero SimoncelliUnited StatesGolden Brain Award - 2016.
Phil Skolnick1947–United States
Jens Christian Skou1918–2018DenmarkNobel Prize in Chemistry - 1997.
P. J. Snow1948–Australia
Solomon H. Snyder1938–United States
Louis Sokoloff1921–2015United States
Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring1755–1830Germany
Peter SomogyiHungaryThe Brain Prize - 2011.
Haim Sompolinsky1949–DenmarkMathematical Neuroscience Prize - 2013.
Roger Wolcott Sperry1913–1994United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1981.
Larry Squire1941–
Karen SteelUnited KingdomThe Brain Prize - 2012.
Nicolas Steno1638–1686Denmark
Mircea Steriade1924–2006Romania
Lina Stern1878–1968Russia
Thomas C. Südhof1955–Germany-United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2013., Kavli prize in Neuroscience - 2010.
Nobuo Suga1933–Japan
Karel Svoboda1965–Czech RepublicThe Brain Prize - 2015.
Dick Swaab1944–Netherlands
Jan Swammerdam1637–1680Netherlands
Franciscus Sylvius1614–1672NetherlandsSylvian fissure, Sylvian aqueduct
János Szentágothai1912–1994Hungary
Joseph Takahashi1951–Japan-United States
David W. TankUnited StatesThe Brain Prize - 2015.
Ichiji Tasaki1910–2009Japan - United States
Jill Bolte Taylor1959–United States
Sally Temple
Johannes Thome1967–
Susumu Tonegawa1939–Japan
Giulio TononiItaly
Anne Treisman1935–2018United KingdomGolden Brain Award - 1996.
Doris Tsao1975–United StatesGolden Brain Award - 2014.
Richard W. Tsien1945–China - United StatesRalph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience-2014
Endel Tulving1927–
Fred W. Turek1947–United States
Robert Turner1946–United Kingdom
Leslie Ungerleider1946–Golden Brain Award - 2011.
Elliott Valenstein1923–United States
Antonio Maria Valsalva1666–1723ItalyValsalva maneuver
Francisco Varela1946–2001Chile
Costanzo Varolio1543–1575ItalyPons Varolii
Andreas Vesalius1514–1564Habsburg Netherlands
Jerzy Vetulani1936-2017PolandAnna-Monika Prize - 1983.
Félix Vicq-d'Azyr1748–1794FranceBundle of Vicq d’Azyr
Arno Villringer1958–Germany
Marthe Vogt1903–2003Germany
Joshua T. Vogelstein1981-United States
Oskar Vogt1870–1959Germany
Julius Wagner-Jauregg1857–1940Austria
George Wald1906–1997United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1967.
Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz1836–1921Germany
Augustus Volney Waller1816–1870United KingdomWallerian degeneration
William Grey Walter1910–1977United States - United Kingdom
Shih-Chun Wang1910–1993United States
Kevin Warwick1954–United Kingdom
Ernst Heinrich Weber1795–1878GermanyWeber–Fechner law
Karl Wernicke1848–1905GermanyWernicke's area, Wernicke's aphasia
Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal1833–1890GermanyWestphal's sign, Edinger–Westphal nucleus
Victor P. Whittaker1919–2016United Kingdom
Robert Whytt1714–1766United Kingdom
Torsten Wiesel1924–SwedenNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1981.
Samuel Williamson1939–2005United States
Thomas Willis1621–1675United KingdomCircle of Willis
Moshe Wolman1914–2009Israel
Daniel Wolpert1963–United KingdomGolden Brain Award - 2010.
Robert Wurtz1936–United StatesGolden Brain Award - 1991.
Michael W. Young1949–United StatesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 2017.
E. Paul Zehr1968–Canada
Semir ZekiUnited KingdomGolden Brain Award - 1985.
Huda Zoghbi1955–LebanonBreakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - 2017.
Yngve Zotterman1898–1982Sweden
Charles Zuker1957–Chile
George Zweig1937–Russia - United States