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People

Doctors

Wouter Basson Wouter Basson (born 6 July 1950) is a South African cardiologist and former head of the country's secret chemical and biological warfare project, Project Coast, during the apartheid era. Nicknamed "Dr. Death" by the press for his alleged acti ...

(born 1950), South African cardiologist and former head of the country's secret chemical and biological warfare project during the apartheid era *

Christopher Duntsch Christopher Daniel Duntsch (born April 3, 1971) is a former American neurosurgery, neurosurgeon who has been nicknamed Dr. D. and Dr. Death for gross medical malpractice, malpractice resulting in the mutilation, maiming of several patients' spin ...

(born 1971), American neurosurgeon convicted of aggravated assault for harmful surgeries he performed *

Aribert Heim Aribert Ferdinand Heim (28 June 191410 August 1992), also known as Dr. Death and Butcher of Mauthausen, was an Austrian ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) doctor. During World War II, he served at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Mauthausen, killin ...

(1914–1992), Austrian doctor and one of the world's most wanted Nazi war criminals *

Jack Kevorkian Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not ...

(1928–2011), American physician who assisted terminally ill people to commit suicide during the 1990s *

Josef Mengele , allegiance = , branch = Schutzstaffel , serviceyears = 1938–1945 , rank = ''Schutzstaffel, SS''-''Hauptsturmführer'' (Captain) , servicenumber = , battles = , unit = , awards = , command ...

(1911–1979), German doctor and infamous Nazi war criminal *

Philip Nitschke Philip Haig Nitschke (; born 8 August 1947) is an Australian humanist, author, former physician, and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International. He campaigned successfully to have a legal euthanasia law passed in Austra ...

(born 1947), Australian physician who campaigned for legal assisted suicide and subsequently assisted four people in doing so *

Jayant Patel Jayant Mukundray Patel (born April 10, 1950 ) is an Indian-born American surgeon who was accused of gross negligence whilst working at Bundaberg Base Hospital in Queensland, Australia. Deaths of some of Patel's patients led to widespread publici ...

(born 1950), Indian-born American surgeon and convicted criminal who was accused of gross negligence whilst working at Bundaberg Hospital in Queensland, Australia *

Maxim Petrov Maxim Vladimirovich Petrov (russian: Максим Владимирович Петров, born 1965) is a Russian serial killer, convicted for the killing of 11 people in St Petersburg between 1999 and 2000. Petrov, nicknamed Doctor Death by the ...

(born 1965), Russian doctor and serial killer * Porntip Rojanasunan (born 1955), Thai forensic pathologist *

Harold Shipman Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004), known by the public as Doctor Death and to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English general practitioner and serial killer. He is considered to be one of the most prolif ...

(1946–2004), British general practitioner and most prolific serial killer in British history *

Michael Swango Michael Joseph Swango (born October 21, 1954) is an American serial killer and licensed physician who is estimated to have been involved in as many as 60 fatal poisonings of patients and colleagues, although he admitted to only causing four deat ...

(born 1954), American physician and serial killer *

Ulana Suprun Ulana Nadia Suprun ( uk, Уляна Надія Супрун, Ulyana Nadiya Suprun; née Jurkiw (Юрків, ''Yurkiv''); born 30 January 1963) is a Ukrainian-American physician, activist, and philanthropist who served as the acting Minister of He ...

(born 1963), Ukrainian-American physician, dubbed so for her unpopular medical reforms in Ukraine *

Gunther von Hagens Gunther von Hagens (born Gunther Gerhard Liebchen; 10 January 1945) is a German anatomist who invented the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called plastination. He has organized numerous ''Body Worlds'' public exhibitions an ...

(born 1945), German anatomist who has a collection of dead bodies *

Santosh Pol Santosh Pol (born November 4, 1974) is an Indian quack doctor who confessed to killing six people from 2003 to 2016 in the town of Dhom, Maharashtra, allegedly by injecting them with succinylcholine, a neuro-muscular paralytic drug. He was dubb ...

(born 1974), Indian quack doctor and serial killer from Dhom, Satara, Maharashtra,

Athletes

Dave Fennell Dave Fennell (born February 4, 1953) is a former defensive lineman for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. After graduating from the University of North Dakota in 1973, he played for Edmonton from 1974 to 1983, and helped lead th ...

(born 1952), Canadian football player *

Paul Lincoln Paul Lincoln (born James McDonald Lincoln; 3 May 1932 – 11 January 2011), better known by the ring name Dr. Death, was an Australian professional wrestler and promoter. Professional wrestling career After leaving high school, Lincoln began ...

(1932–2011), Australian professional wrestler *

Skip Thomas Alonzo "Skip" Thomas (February 7, 1950 – July 24, 2011), nicknamed "Dr. Death", was an American football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL). College career Thomas was awarded a scholarship to play football at Arizona W ...

(1950–2011), American football player *

Steve Williams (wrestler) Steven Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009), better known by his ring name, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, was an American professional wrestler, collegiate football player, and amateur wrestler. He was best known for his time in All Japa ...

(1960–2009), American professional wrestler

Other people

James Grigson James Paul Grigson Jr. (January 30, 1932 – June 3, 2004), nicknamed "Doctor Death" by some press accounts, was a Texas forensic psychiatrist who testified in 167 capital trials, nearly all of which resulted in death sentences. He was exposed as ...

(1932–2004), American psychiatrist who testified in more than 100 trials that resulted in death sentences *

Evan Harris Evan Leslie Harris (born 21 October 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford West and Abingdon from 1997 to 2010, losing his seat in the 2010 general election by 176 votes to Conservative ...

(born 1965), British politician referred to as Dr. Death for his views on abortion and euthanasia *

Fred A. Leuchter Fred Arthur Leuchter Jr. (born February 7, 1943) is an American manufacturer of execution equipment, and a Holocaust denier best known as the author of the Leuchter report, a pseudoscientific document*"Leuchter and Rudolf have published pseudos ...

(born 1943), American Holocaust denier and the country's only legal supplier of execution equipment and training *

Gerard Steenson Gerard Steenson (c. 1957 – 14 March 1987) was an Irish republican paramilitary combatant, and leader of the Irish People's Liberation Organization during The Troubles. Early life and career A Catholic and son of Frank Steenson born in 1957 ...

(1957–1987), a North Irish leader of the paramilitary Irish People's Liberation Organisation *

Charles Cullen Charles Edmund Cullen (born February 22, 1960) is an American serial killer. Cullen, a nurse, murdered dozens – possibly hundreds – of patients during a 16-year career spanning several New Jersey medical centers, until being arrested in 200 ...

(born 1960), American nurse who murdered at least 29, possibly hundreds, of patients across the state of New Jersey

Arts and entertainment

* Doctor Death (character), a DC Comics supervillain * ''Doctor Death'' (magazine), a pulp magazine in 1934–35 featuring a villainous character of that name * "Dr. Death," a character played by Vincent Price in the 1974 horror film '' Madhouse'' * Leslie "Dr. Death" Krunchner, a character in the HBO sitcom '' 1st & Ten'' * "Doctor Death," a fictional movie character played by

Wesley Snipes Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist. His prominent film roles include '' Major League'' (1989), ''New Jack City'' (1991), ''White Men Can't Jump'' (1992), ''Passenger 57'' (1992), '' R ...

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The Expendables 3 ''The Expendables 3'' is a 2014 American action film directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt and Sylvester Stallone. It is the third installment in ''The Expendables'' franchise and the sequel to '' Th ...

'' * Dr. Death, a living marionette in the horror film ''

Retro Puppet Master ''Retro Puppet Master'' (also known as ''Retro Puppetmaster'') is a 1999 American direct-to-video horror film written by Charles Band, Benjamin Carr and David Schmoeller, and directed by David DeCoteau (as Joseph Tennent). It is the seventh film ...

'' * '' Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls'', a 1973 horror film * ''Dr. Death'' (1945 TV series), a 1945 television mini-series * Dr. Death (podcast), a podcast series produced by Wondery that tells the stories of various doctors * ''Dr. Death'' (2021 TV series), an American crime drama television limited series, based on the podcast * ''Dr. Death'', a 2000 novel by

Jonathan Kellerman Jonathan Seth Kellerman (born August 9, 1949) is an American novelist, psychologist, and Edgar- and Anthony Award–winning author best known for his popular mystery novels featuring the character Alex Delaware, a child psychologist who consult ...

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