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Imhotep
2650 BCE – 2600 BCEArchitect of the first pyramid and the earliest named physician in history.
Egypt·Medicine · Engineering
Nawal El Saadawi
1931 – 2021Physician and writer who broke silence on FGM and patriarchy in the Arab world.
Egypt·Literature · Medicine
Denis Mukwege
b. 1955Surgeon who has treated tens of thousands of survivors of wartime sexual violence.
DR Congo·Medicine · PeaceNobel