List of dentists
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- Harold AlbrechtHarold AlbrechtHarold Glenn Albrecht is a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party of Canada in the riding of Kitchener—Conestoga...
– Conservative Party of CanadaConservative Party of CanadaThe Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
politician - Bill AllenBill Allen (dentist)William R. Allen, OBE is an English dentist. He was born in Bognor Regis and educated at Chichester Grammar School. He is a former President of the British Dental Association and he is the current Chairman of The Cricket Society. He is a keen club cricketer and has captained the Cricket Society...
– former president of the British Dental AssociationBritish Dental AssociationThe British Dental Association is the largest voluntary membership organisation for dentists in the UK.-Structure:The majority of the BDA’s 22,000 members are family dentists, working in general practice providing both National Health Service and private care...
. - Edward AngleEdward AngleEdward Hartley Angle was an American dentist, widely regarded as the father of modern orthodontics.Edward Angle is frequently described as "the father of modern orthodontics." He was trained as a dentist, but made orthodontics his speciality and dedicated his life to standardizing the teaching...
– Father of Orthodontics - Steve ArlinSteve ArlinSteven Ralph Arlin is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. In six major league seasons, Arlin pitched for the San Diego Padres and Cleveland Indians .-College Star:...
– Dentist after playing Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League... - Gunadasa AmarasekaraGunadasa AmarasekaraGunadasa Amarasekera is a prominent Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist from Sri Lanka. Gunadasa Amarasekera was born in Yattalamatta in Galle District. He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and Nalanda College Colombo...
– Sinhala language writer - Amalia AssurAmalia AssurAmalia Assur was the first female dentist in Sweden.Amalia Assur was the daughter of the Jewish dentist Joel Assur, "one of the first dentists in Sweden". Assur was active as her fathers assistant, and her brother was also a dentist. In 1852, she was given special permission from the Royal Board...
(1803–1889) first woman dentist in Sweden and possibly Europe. - Franz BäkeFranz BäkeGeneralmajor der Reserve Dr. med. dent. Franz BäkeIn German a Doctor of Medical Dentistry is abbreviated as Dr. med. dent. . was a German Army officer and panzer ace. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...
– Nazi PanzerPanzerA Panzer is a German language word that, when used as a noun, means "tank". When it is used as an adjective, it means either tank or "armoured" .- Etymology :...
ace. - Henryka Bartnicka-Tajchert – Member of the Anti-Nazi Polish resistanceSzare Szeregi"Gray Ranks" was a codename for the underground Polish Scouting Association during World War II.The wartime organisation was created on 27 September 1939, actively resisted and fought German occupation in Warsaw until 18 January 1945, and contributed to the resistance operations of the Polish...
who became a dentist - Charles Spence BateCharles Spence BateCharles Spence Bate, or Spence Bate, FRS was a British zoologist and dentist, who who practiced first at Swansea, and then Plymouth, taking over his father's practice. He was an authority on the Crustacea, and a frequent correspondent of Charles Darwin, mostly concerning their shared interest in...
– An authority on crustaceanCrustaceanCrustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s, five species are named for him - William George BeersWilliam George BeersWilliam George Beers , a noted Canadian dentist and patriot, is referred to as the "father of modern lacrosse" for his work establishing the first set of playing rules for the game.-Lacrosse:...
– Established the Montreal Lacrosse ClubMontreal Lacrosse ClubThe Montreal Lacrosse Club was a lacrosse club in the Canadian city of Montreal, Quebec. The Club is notable in the history of lacrosse as it was responsible for establishing the first set of written rules of the game....
and the Canada Journal of Dental Science - Samuel BemisSamuel BemisDr. Samuel A. Bemis was one of the earliest photographers in the United States. A small number of his daguerreotypes have survived....
– Photography pioneer who became an eccentric recluse - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow – Former head of the dentistry center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry under Saparmurat NiyazovSaparmurat NiyazovSaparmurat Atayevich Niyazov; , was a Turkmen politician who served as President of Turkmenistan from 2 November 1990 until his death in 2006...
, currently President of TurkmenistanTurkmenistanTurkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states... - Paul BeresfordPaul BeresfordSir Alexander Paul Beresford is a British Conservative Party politician, practising dentist and the Member of Parliament for Mole Valley.-Early life:...
– Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician. - Greene Vardiman BlackGreene Vardiman BlackGreene Vardiman Black , commonly known as G.V. Black, is known as one of the founders of modern dentistry in the United States. He was born near Winchester, Illinois on August 3, 1836 to William and Mary Black. He spent his early life on a farm and quickly developed an interest in the natural world...
– invented a foot-driven dental drill and is classed as a father of modern dentistry - Robert BlakeRobert Blake (dentist)Robert Blake graduated from the Department of Physics at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in September 1798, having trained to be a dentist for his uncle, Edward Hudson....
– He wrote, An Essay on the Structure and Formation of the Teeth in Man and Various Animals. - Jan BoubliJan BoubliJan "Le Grand" Boubli is a French professional poker player from Paris.Jan Boubli was a dentist for 22 years before retiring.In July 2003 he finished second at the World Poker Tour second season Grand Prix de Paris....
– French professional pokerPokerPoker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player and retired dentist - Allan G. BrodieAllan G. BrodieDr. Allan Gibson Brodie was an American dentist and orthodonist.An orthodontics teacher, writer, and researcher, Dr...
– American dentist who established the Prize Essay Award to promote research - Edgar BuchananEdgar BuchananEdgar Buchanan was an American actor with a long career in both film and television, most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s...
– Primarily known for his later career as an actor in shows like Petticoat JunctionPetticoat JunctionPetticoat Junction is an American situation comedy produced by Filmways which originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1970. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning; the others are The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres.The setting for the series... - Martin van ButchellMartin van ButchellMartin van Butchell was an eccentric British dentist who put his dead wife on display, reputedly because of a clause in a marriage contract.Butchell became a dentist in the 1760s London. He advertised in St...
– Eccentric who put his wife's head on display at his home/practice after her death - Donald J. ButzDonald J. ButzDonald J. Butz is a retired Major General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Butz was born in Nevada City, California in 1933. He graduated from Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento, California before attending Yuba College, Chico State College, the University of California, Berkeley...
– U.S. Air Force Major General - Georg CarabelliGeorg CarabelliGeorg Carabelli, Edler von Lunkaszprie was a prominent Hungarian dentist and professor of dental surgery in Vienna...
– Court dentist to the Austrian Emperor who founded a clinic in the University of ViennaUniversity of ViennaThe University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world... - Gerald CardinaleGerald CardinaleGerald Cardinale is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 1982, where he represents the 39th Legislative District...
– Republican Party (United States)Republican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
politician with a dental office in Fort Lee, New JerseyFort Lee, New JerseyFort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 35,345. Located atop the Hudson Palisades, the borough is the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge... - James CarlisleJames CarlisleSir James Beethoven Carlisle, GCMG is the former Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda. Selected by Prime Minister, Vere Cornwall Bird on June 10, 1993 and appointed by the Queen of Antigua his term was terminated on June 30, 2007 - a period of 14 years...
– Governor-GeneralGovernor-GeneralA Governor-General, is a vice-regal person of a monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial circonscription. Depending on the political arrangement of the territory, a Governor General can be a governor of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above "ordinary" governors.- Current uses...
of Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands...
and member of the British Dental Association - Steve ChristianSteve ChristianSteven Raymond Christian is a political figure from the Pacific territory of the Pitcairn Islands.-Mayor:...
– One of the Pitcairn Island sex abusersPitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004On 30 September 2004, seven men living on Pitcairn Island , went on trial facing 55 charges relating to sexual offences. On 24 October, all but one of the defendants were found guilty on at least some of the charges they faced...
who did dentistry and was Mayor - Dipak ChudasamaDipak ChudasamaDipak Nanalal Chudasama is a former Kenyan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. known as "The Doc", Chudasama was, as well as being a cricketer, a fully qualified orthodontist....
– Cricketer called "The Doc" because he's a qualified dentist - Antoni CieszyńskiAntoni CieszynskiAntoni Cieszyński was a Polish physician, dentist and surgeon.Antoni was professor and head of the Institute of Stomatology at the Lviv University...
– Polish head of a StomatologyStomatologyStomatology is the branch of medicine and dentistry relating to the mouth and mouth disease. It was practiced by physicians as a medical specialty in the early 20th century in the United States but these concerns are now largely handled by dentists....
Institute who was killed in the Massacre of Lwów professorsMassacre of Lwów professorsIn July 1941, 25 Polish academics from the city of Lwów, Poland ; now in Ukraine) were killed by Nazi German occupation forces along with their families and guests... - Bernard J. CigrandBernard J. CigrandBernard John Cigrand , a dentist, has a strong claim to being considered the father of Flag Day in the United States....
– Possibly the "Father of Flag Day" - Barney Clark – First recipient of the Jarvik 7Artificial heartAn artificial heart is a mechanical device that replaces the heart. Artificial hearts are typically used in order to bridge the time to heart transplantation, or to permanently replace the heart in case transplantation is impossible...
artificial heart - Henry D. CogswellHenry D. CogswellDr. Henry Daniel Cogswell was a dentist and a crusader in the temperance movement. He and his wife Caroline also founded Cogswell College in San Francisco, California. Another campus in Everett, Washington was later dedicated in his honor.-Life:Born in Tolland, Connecticut, as a youth, he worked...
– Designed a method of securing dental plates, and in the temperance movementTemperance movementA temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by... - Frederick J. ConboyFrederick J. ConboyFrederick Joseph Conboy was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1941 to 1944....
– A secretary of the Ontario Dental AssociationOntario Dental AssociationThe Ontario Dental Association is a voluntary professional organization representing 80 percent of dentists in Ontario, CanadaIt was founded in 1867 by Dr. Barnabus Day and nine colleagues. It is one of the oldest professional organisations in North America....
and later mayor of Toronto - Dan CraneDan CraneDaniel Bever Crane is a dentist and a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He served as a Republican congressman from 1979 to 1985. In 1983, he was censured by the House....
– American Dentist/politician. Republican Party - Miles Henry DavisMiles Henry DavisMiles Henry Davis was a prominent American dentist and father of jazz legend Miles Davis.-Biography:Davis was born on March 1, 1898 in Noble Lake, Arkansas. He was a son of Miles D. and Mary Davis...
– Ran for a seat on the State Legislature, NAACP member, and father to Miles DavisMiles DavisMiles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,... - Bessie Delany – Of some note as the second black woman to be granted a dentistry license in New York state
- G. Walter DittmarG. Walter DittmarG. Walter Dittmar was an American dentist.He began his career on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry in 1898...
– A former president of the American Dental AssociationAmerican Dental AssociationThe American Dental Association is an American professional association established in 1859 which has more than 155,000 members. Based in Chicago, the ADA is the world's largest and oldest national dental association and promotes good oral health to the public while representing the dental... - Bill EmmersonBill EmmersonWilliam "Bill" Emmerson is a Republican California State Senator, representing the 37th district in Riverside County, having been elected in a June 8, 2010 special election and sworn into office the next day...
– California State AssemblyCalifornia State AssemblyThe California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...
member who had a 22 year practice - Thomas W. EvansThomas W. EvansThomas Wiltberger Evans was a dentist. He performed dental procedures on many heads of state, including Napoleon III, and received numerous medals for his dentistry, including the Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur...
– founded the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental MedicineUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Dental MedicineThe University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine is one of twelve graduate schools at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... - Sheila FaithSheila FaithSheila Faith is a British politician and dental surgeon. She served one term each in the House of Commons and European Parliament as a Conservative...
– British politician of the Conservative party - Pierre FauchardPierre FauchardPierre Fauchard was a significant French physician, credited as being the "father of modern dentistry". He is widely known for his book, Le chirurgien dentiste, "The Surgeon Dentist" 1728, where he described the basic oral anatomy and function, signs and symptoms of oral pathology, operative...
– wrote the first complete scientific description of dentistry - Rabab FetiehRabab FetiehDr. Rabab Mohammad Abdulqader Fetieh is a Saudi academic, currently a Professor of Orthodontics at the Faculty of Dentistry in King Abdulaziz University . She was Vice-Dean of the same institution and a member of the founding faculty. Dr...
– First Saudi female orthodontist - Alfred FonesAlfred FonesAlfred Civilion Fones was an American dentist from Bridgeport, Connecticut who has been called the founder of the profession of dental hygiene, starting in 1906. Fones created the name "dental hygenist" and in 1913 established the first school of dental hygiene...
(1869-1938) – came up with the name "dental hygienist" and founded that profession - Sten ForshufvudSten ForshufvudSten Forshufvud was a Swedish dentist and expert on poisons who formulated and supported the controversial theory that Napoleon was assassinated by a member of his entourage while in exile. He wrote a book in Swedish about this in 1961...
– Swedish dentist who drew on his professional knowledge when theorizing about the poisoning of Napoleon - Rosalie FougelbergRosalie FougelbergRosalie Ingeborg Karolina Fougelberg is known as Sweden's first female dentist after the profession was opened to both genders....
– An early female dentist in Sweden - Samir GhawshahSamir GhawshahSamir Ghawshah also spelled Samir Ghosha , was a Palestinian politician and militia leader. He was the head of the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front and member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee...
– Leader of the Palestinian Popular Struggle FrontPalestinian Popular Struggle FrontThe Palestinian Popular Struggle Front , , is a militant Palestinian organization. The group was led by Dr. Samir Ghawshah until his death in 2009... - John GoodsirJohn GoodsirJohn Goodsir was a Scottish anatomist, born at Anstruther, Fife. He was a pioneer in the study of the cell.- Life :Goodsir was trained in St Andrews and Edinburgh...
– Wrote a noted essay on teeth - George Franklin GrantGeorge Franklin GrantGeorge Franklin Grant was the first African American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of a wooden golf tee.-Biography:...
– First African-American professor at Harvard. He also invented a wooden golf tee. - GreeeenGReeeeNis a Japanese pop/rock/hip hop/breakbeat vocal group from Kōriyama city in Fukushima Prefecture, comprising the all-male four members Hide, Navi, 92, and Soh. They made their debut with Universal Music in 2007. Their logo image is of a mouthful of teeth, and the four Es indicate the number of members...
– Four member Japanese pop music band consisting entirely of dentists who studied at Ohu UniversityOhu Universityis a private university in Kōriyama, Fukushima, Japan, founded in 1972....
in FukushimaFukushima Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province.... - John "Dok" Hager – Cartoonist whose nickname came from his days as a dentist
- Jim Harrell, Jr.Jim Harrell, Jr.James Andrew "Jim" Harrell, Jr. was the Democratic nominee for U.S. House of Representatives from in 2004. He won 41 percent of the vote to Virginia Foxx's 59 percent. The seat had been open after the retirement of Richard Burr, who left to run a successful campaign against Erskine Bowles to...
– past chairman of the American Dental Association Council on Governmental Affairs, and a Democratic Party (United States)Democratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
politician - Chapin A. HarrisChapin A. HarrisChapin Aaron Harris A.M., M.D., D.D.S. was an American physician and dentist and dentistry school founder.-Education:...
– Founded the first dental school in the US, or possibly anywhere - John Henry "Doc" HollidayDoc HollidayJohn Henry "Doc" Holliday was an American gambler, gunfighter and dentist of the American Old West, who is usually remembered for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral...
– Dentist and American Folklore icon, Gunfight at the O.K. CorralGunfight at the O.K. CorralThe Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a roughly 30-second gunfight that took place at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona Territory, of the United States. Outlaw Cowboys Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne ran from the fight, unharmed, but Ike's brother...
participant - Les HorvathLes HorvathLeslie "Les" Horvath was the 1944 Heisman Trophy winner, who played quarterback and halfback for the Ohio State University.- Early life :He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area....
– Winner of Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
who became a dentist - Edward Hudson – Eminent dentist when the field was new, he is also noted for making fake "ruins"
- Lester C. HuntLester C. HuntLester Callaway Hunt was a Democratic politician and dentist from the state of Wyoming. He served as the 19th Governor of Wyoming from 1943 to 1949 and as United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his suicide on June 19, 1954....
– Democratic Party (United States)Democratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
politician who served in the Dental Corps in World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
.(Committed suicide) - Fatima JinnahFatima JinnahFatima Jinnah , was one of the figurative and pioneering woman figure in Pakistan Movement and was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. An active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj, she is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e...
– Sister of Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....
and "Mother of the Nation" in Pakistan - Erhard KellerErhard KellerErhard Keller is a former speed skater from Germany.Competing for West Germany, Keller specialised on the sprint distances – the 500 m and the 1,000 m – and he joined the world's sprint skating elite in 1965...
– Speed skaterSpeed skatingSpeed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
at the Winter Olympic GamesWinter Olympic GamesThe Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...
and professional dentist for over thirty years - Michael KropMichael KropDr. Michael M. Krop is a Miami, Florida, United States-area orthodontist who served as an elected member of the board of education of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools - which oversees the fourth largest school system in the United States - for 24 years, from 1980 to 2004...
– Democratic Party (United States)Democratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
politician with a school named for him - Peter KunterPeter KunterPeter Kunter is a former professional football goalkeeper.Playing for Eintracht Wetzlar Peter Kunter was capped for the German youth national team in 1958, amassing nine appearances. Afterwards he played four times for the amateur national team...
– Football player for Eintracht FrankfurtEintracht FrankfurtEintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :... - Donald LeakeDonald LeakeDonald Lewis Leake was an oral surgeon, and inventor of the alloplastic tray, a method for reconstruction of jaws without the need for bone grafts. He gained his D.M.D. from Harvard University in 1962, and an M.D. from Stanford University in 1969...
– Dentist, inventor of the alloplastic tray, and oboist - Charles Goodall Lee – He was the first licensed dentist of Asian ancestry in the United States of America. He was a founder of Chinatown, Oakland, CaliforniaChinatown, Oakland, CaliforniaThe Chinatown neighborhood in Oakland, California, is a pan-Asian neighborhood which reflects Oakland's diverse Asian American community. It is frequently referred to as "Oakland Chinatown" in order to distinguish it from nearby San Francisco's Chinatown...
, and helped fund the founding of the Chinese American Citizens AllianceChinese American Citizens AllianceChinese American Citizens Alliance is a non-partisan Chinese American fraternal, benevolent non-profit organization founded in 1895 in San Francisco, California to secure equal rights for Americans of Chinese ancestry and to better the welfare of their communities...
. - Jim LonborgJim LonborgJames Reynold Lonborg is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played with the Boston Red Sox , Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies...
– In the Boston Red Sox Hall of FameBoston Red Sox Hall of FameThe Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame was instituted in 1995 to recognize the careers of former Boston Red Sox baseball players. A 15-member selection committee of Red Sox broadcasters and executives, past and present media personnel, and representatives from The Sports Museum of New England and the...
, he is now a dentist. - Mahlon LoomisMahlon LoomisMahlon Loomis was an early wireless telegraph experimenter.-Early history:...
– Known for a wireless telegraph patent - Jiko LuveniJiko LuveniJiko Luveni is a Fijian dentist who is better known for her work to combat AIDS.Luveni was educated at Lautoka Fijian School and then at Nabua Secondary School in Suva, before enrolling in Adi Cakobau School in Sawani. She graduated in dentistry from the Fiji School of Medicine in 1967, the first...
– Fijian dentist who works on combatting AIDS - Edward MaynardEdward Maynard-External links:*...
– He worked on United States CongressUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
men and in 1888 he held the chair of Dental Theory and Practice at the National university in Washington. (Better known for firearms inventions) - Stanley McInnisStanley McInnisStanley William McInnis was a Canadian dentist and politician in Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1907 as a member of the Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond Palen Roblin.McInnis was born in Saint John, New...
– Canadian who moved a motion at a meeting of the Canadian Dental AssociationCanadian Dental AssociationThe Canadian Dental Association, also known as the Association dentaire canadienne in French was founded in 1902. It is a non-profit professional association representing Canada's 18,000 dentists...
to adopt a code of ethics, also a politician - Markus MerkMarkus MerkDr. Markus Merk is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz in recognition of his service to football and his...
– FIFAFIFAThe Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
referee from Germany - Ramón MestreRamón MestreRamón Bautista Mestre , an Argentine politician, was Governor of Córdoba from July 12, 1995 to July 12, 1999. He also served as Federal Interventor of Corrientes Province , Minister of the Interior , and Mayor of the City of Córdoba Ramón Bautista Mestre (August 21, 1937 – March 6, 2003), an...
– Former Governor of Córdoba - Frederick B. Morrehead – Helped save the University of Illinois at Chicago College of DentistryUniversity of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry- About :The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry evolved from the Columbian Dental College, founded in Chicago in 1891.The College informally affiliated with the University of Illinois in 1901, and was chartered as an official College of the University in 1913...
- Jack MillerJack Miller (driver)Jack Miller , usually known as Dr. Jack Miller, raced in the Indy Racing League from 1997 to 2001 and the Indianapolis 500 from 1997 to 1999. Miller is a dentist and, thus, was known as "the racing dentist." His best IRL finish was a 9th in 1998 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. His best finish in the Indy...
– The "racing dentist" who was in the Indianapolis 500Indianapolis 500The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana... - Richard Müller (murderer)Richard Müller (murderer)Richard Müller was a German dentist in the 1950s, convicted of murdering his wife, Gertrude.On February 18, 1954, Müller and his spouse were on their way to their house in Otterbach. According to Müller, they spotted a hedgehog on the road, and they decided to take the animal home to show to their...
– German dentist and murderer - John Newbrough – Of OahspeOahspeOahspe: A New Bible is a book published in 1882, purporting to contain "new revelations" from "...the Embassadors of the angel hosts of heaven prepared and revealed unto man in the name of Jehovih..." It was written by an American dentist, John Ballou Newbrough , who reported it to have been...
- Charlie NorwoodCharlie NorwoodCharles Whitlow Norwood, Jr., D.D.S. was an American politician and dentist, serving as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his death...
– served in the Dental Corps and was a member of the United States CongressUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.... - Hessam NowzariHessam NowzariHessam Nowzari is the Director of the University of Southern California Advanced Periodontics program, since 1995, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology.-Biography:...
– founder of the Taipei Academy of Reconstructive Dentistry in Taiwan - Frederick Bogue NoyesFrederick Bogue NoyesFrederick Bogue Noyes was an American dentist. His dental career began before the age of ten when he worked as an assistant to his dentist father...
– organized the first course on dental pathology in the United States - Giovanni Battista OrsenigoGiovanni Battista OrsenigoGiovanni Battista Orsenigo- An Italian monk from a family of thirteen, although four of his siblings did not reach adulthood. He had several jobs before realizing his vocation and becoming a monk/dentist. He is most known for being in the Guinness Book of Records as the most dedicated dentist. In...
– Monk/dentist - Rodrigues OttolenguiRodrigues OttolenguiRodrigues Ottolengui was an American writer and dentist of Sephardic descent. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he moved to New York, where he would spend most of his adult life, in 1877.-Biography:...
– Sephardic JewishSephardi JewsSephardi Jews is a general term referring to the descendants of the Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula before their expulsion in the Spanish Inquisition. It can also refer to those who use a Sephardic style of liturgy or would otherwise define themselves in terms of the Jewish customs and...
dental pioneer who was one of the first to use X-rays (also wrote mystery novels) - Ron PackardRon PackardPackard was only the third person to be elected to Congress as a write-in candidate. The two previously successful congressional write-in candidates were U.S. Rep. Joe Skeen in 1980 and Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1954. Upon being sworn in, Packard joined the Republican caucus...
– Navy Dental Corps and a private practice, he was later on the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations - Painless ParkerPainless ParkerEdgar R.R. "Painless" Parker was a flamboyant street dentist and huckster. He attended Philadelphia Dental College which would become Temple University dental school, and began his practice as a street dentist in New York City. He went on to manage a combination traveling circus/dental clinic,...
– Dentist and huckster - Rudy PerpichRudy PerpichRudolph George "Rudy" Perpich, Sr. was an American politician and the longest-serving governor of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, he served as the 34th and 36th Governor of Minnesota from December 29, 1976 to January 4, 1979, and from January 3, 1983, to January 7, 1991...
– American dentist/politician of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor PartyMinnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor PartyThe Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is a major political party in the state of Minnesota and the state affiliate of the Democratic Party. It was created on April 15, 1944, with the merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer–Labor Party... - Fritz PfefferFritz PfefferFriedrich "Fritz" Pfeffer was a German dentist and Jewish refugee who hid with Anne Frank during the Nazi Occupation of the Netherlands, and who perished in the Neuengamme concentration camp in Northern Germany...
– Dentist who hid with Anne FrankAnne FrankAnnelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt... - Earl W. RenfroeEarl W. RenfroeEarl Wiley Renfroe was a history-maker in the field of orthodontics and in breaking down the barriers of racism....
– Broke barriers for African American, headed a dentistry department - Paul Rentsch – Dentist in the Nazi resistance movement
- Harry SaganskyHarry SaganskyHarry J. "Doc" Sagansky was a Jewish organized crime figure in Boston who controlled one of city's largest bookmaking operations during the 1950s...
– Gangster trained in dentistry who had a practice - Ben L. SalomonBen L. SalomonBenjamin Lewis Salomon was a United States Army dentist during World War II, assigned as a front-line surgeon since there were no equivalents of today's advanced paramedics...
– American military dentist and World War II Medal of Honor recipient - Hugo SánchezHugo SánchezHugo Sánchez Márquez , popularly nicknamed Pentapichichi, or Hugol, is a Mexican football coach and former striker. He played for four European clubs, including Real Madrid. Sanchez is considered the first highly talented Mexican player. He was also a member of the Mexico national team, and...
– Mexican football player - Isaac SchourIsaac SchourIsaac Schour was an internationally known dental scholar, educator, researcher, and administrator. He is best known for his tooth development chart...
– A former dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of DentistryUniversity of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry- About :The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry evolved from the Columbian Dental College, founded in Chicago in 1891.The College informally affiliated with the University of Illinois in 1901, and was chartered as an official College of the University in 1913... - John Smith (dentist)John Smith (dentist)John Smith was a Scottish dentist, philanthropist and pioneering educator. The founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry, he served as president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and president of the...
– the founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry - Mark SpitzMark SpitzMark Andrew Spitz is a retired American swimmer. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, an achievement only surpassed by Michael Phelps who won eight golds at the 2008 Olympics....
– Olympic swimmer (was actually accepted to dental school, but competed in the Olympics instead) - Charles StentCharles StentCharles Stent was a nineteenth-century English dentist notable for his advances in the field of denture making.In 1847, Edwin Truman introduced gutta-percha as a material for making dental impressions; however, this was unsatisfactory for several reasons, including its tendency to distort upon...
– Dentist who advanced DenturesDenturesDentures are prosthetic devices constructed to replace missing teeth, and which are supported by surrounding soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity. Conventional dentures are removable, however there are many different denture designs, some which rely on bonding or clasping onto teeth or dental...
making - Jon SudbøJon SudbøJon Sudbø is a dentist and a consultant oncologist and former medical researcher at The Radium Hospital in Oslo, Norway. Having earlier been licensed as a dentist and a physician, he earned a doctorate in 2001. Until February 2006 he was an associate Professor at the University of Oslo...
– Norwegian dentist linked to a case of scientific misconduct - Lucy Hobbs TaylorLucy Hobbs Taylor-External links:*...
– The first female in the United States with a doctorate in dentistry - José Roberto Magalhães TeixeiraJosé Roberto Magalhães TeixeiraJosé Roberto Magalhães Teixeira was a Brazilian politician, twice mayor of the municipality of Campinas, in the state of São Paulo.Born in Andradas, state of Minas Gerais, on 18 June 1937, he moved to Campinas in 1957, in order to study dentistry at the Pontifical Catholic University...
– Brazilian politician - Mohamed Khir bin Toyo – Malaysian politician
- Charles Murray TurpinCharles Murray TurpinCharles Murray Turpin was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.C. Murray Turpin was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He attended Wyoming Seminary in Kingston...
– Republican politician in the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution... - Thomas Bramwell WelchThomas Bramwell WelchThomas Bramwell Welch was the inventor of the pasteurization process to prevent the fermentation of grape juice.-Birth and emigration:...
– Founder of Welch'sWelch'sWelch Foods Inc. is an American company, headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts. It is owned by the National Grape Cooperative Association, a co-op of grape growers.... - Horace WellsHorace WellsHorace Wells was an American dentist who pioneered the use of anaesthesia in dentistry, specifically nitrous oxide .-Life:...
– Pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry, later committed suicide
Fictional dentists
- Carl Howell – from the TV series GleeGlee (TV series)Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
. - Bernard Nadler – from the TV series LostLost (TV series)Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
. - Matthew Brock – from NewsRadioNewsRadioNewsRadio is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1995 to 1999. The series was created by executive producer Paul Simms, and was filmed in front of a studio audience at CBS Studio Center and Sunset Gower Studios...
. (Although he gave it up to work in radio and is only seen practicing in one episode) - Dr. Tariq FarajDr. Tariq FarajDr. Tariq Faraj is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz played by Aasif Mandvi.-Season 5:Of Pakistani origin, he is hired as Oz's dentist after Dr. Kochurn leaves. He appears in Season 5 when Aryan Brotherhood member James Robson needs a dental check up...
– From OzOz (TV series)Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...
. - Bob Fish – a title character in Bob and MargaretBob and MargaretBob and Margaret was a Canadian/UK animated television series that was also shown in the United States and all over the world. The series was produced by Nelvana, a Toronto animation studio, and created by Canadian David Fine and Brit Alison Snowden...
. - Dr Barry Farber – Rachel's fiance whom she left at the altar from FriendsFriendsFriends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
- Ben Harper – from British sitcomBritish sitcomA British sitcom tends, as it does in most other countries, to be based on a family, workplace or other institution, where the same group of contrasting characters is brought together in each episode. Unlike American sitcoms, where twenty or more episodes in a season is the norm, British sitcoms...
My Family. - Oz – from The Whole Nine YardsThe Whole Nine Yards (film)The Whole Nine Yards is a 2000 American adventure crime comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan and Natasha Henstridge. The title derives from a popular expression possibly dating from World War II naval aviation which means...
and The Whole Ten YardsThe Whole Ten YardsThe Whole Ten Yards is a 2004 American Comedy film directed by Howard Deutch and sequel to the 2000 film The Whole Nine Yards. The film stars Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Natasha Henstridge, and Kevin Pollak.- Plot :...
. - John Patterson – in For Better or For WorseFor Better or For WorseFor Better or For Worse is a comic strip by Lynn Johnston that ran for 30 years, chronicling the lives of a Canadian family, The Pattersons, and their friends. The story is set in the fictitious Toronto-area suburban town of Milborough, Ontario. Johnston's strip began in September 1979, and ended...
. - Dr. Frank Sangster – in NovocaineNovocaine (film)Novocaine is a 2001 film written and directed by David Atkins and starring Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern, Lynne Thigpen and Elias Koteas. The film was shot in the Chicago, Illinois area, during a limited 32-day schedule. The film received extra publicity during production and as...
. - Julia Harris from the film Horrible BossesHorrible BossesHorrible Bosses is a 2011 black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Markowitz. It stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx...
. - Orin Scrivello, D.D.S. (Steve MartinSteve MartinStephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer....
) – Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American comedy musical film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a nerdy florist shop worker who raises a vicious plant that feeds on human blood... - Christian Szell – from William GoldmanWilliam GoldmanWilliam Goldman is an American novelist, playwright, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.-Early life and education:...
's Marathon ManMarathon ManMarathon Man is a 1974 conspiracy thriller novel by William Goldman. In 1976 it was made into a film of the same name starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, and Roy Scheider and directed by John Schlesinger.-Plot synopsis:...
, later a movie by John SchlesingerJohn SchlesingerJohn Richard Schlesinger, CBE was an English film and stage director and actor.-Early life:Schlesinger was born in London into a middle-class Jewish family, the son of Winifred Henrietta and Bernard Edward Schlesinger, a physician... - Capt. Walter Koskiusko Waldowski, "Painless Pole" – in MASHMASH (film)MASH is a 1970 American satirical dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner, Jr., based on Richard Hooker's novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. It is the only feature film in the M*A*S*H franchise...
- Tim Whatley – from the NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
sitcom SeinfeldSeinfeldSeinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
, alleged to be an insincere convert to JudaismJudaismJudaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
. - Dr. Wolfe – from The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
- Isaac Yankem, DDS – professional wrestler portrayed by Glenn Jacobs in the WWFWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(now known as Kane) - Orson Hodge – from Desperate HousewivesDesperate HousewivesDesperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
- Sheldon Kornpett (Alan ArkinAlan ArkinAlan Wolf Arkin is an American actor, director, musician and singer. He is known for starring in such films as Wait Until Dark, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, The In-Laws, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross, Marley & Me, and...
) – Manhattan dentist in the 1979 comedy film The In-Laws - The W.C. Fields character in the 1932 short film The DentistThe Dentist (1932 film)The Dentist is a 1932 American comedy short starring W.C. Fields. The film is one of four short films Fields made with the "king of comedy," Mack Sennett, at Paramount. Although Sennett was near the end of his career, he found good use of the new medium of talking pictures for comedy, as the film...
- Jerry Robinson, an orthodontist who shared the office suite on Bob Newhart Show
- Brock Hart – from the TV series RebaReba (TV series)Reba is an American sitcom starring Reba McEntire, which ran from 2001 to 2007. For the show's first five seasons, it ran on The WB, with the show transitioning to The CW in its last year.-Synopsis:...
- Unnamed parents of Hermione GrangerHermione GrangerHermione Jean Granger is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She initially appears in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as a new student on her way to Hogwarts...
, from the Harry PotterHarry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
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