Dr. Death Explained

Dr. Death may refer to:

People

Wouter Basson (born 1950), South African cardiologist and former head of the country's secret chemical and biological warfare project during the apartheid era
Christopher Duntsch (born 1971), American neurosurgeon convicted of aggravated assault for harmful surgeries he performed
Aribert Heim (1914–1992), Austrian doctor and one of the world's most wanted Nazi war criminals
Jack Kevorkian (1928–2011), American physician who assisted terminally ill people to commit suicide during the 1990s
Josef Mengele (1911–1979), German doctor and infamous Nazi war criminal
Philip Nitschke (born 1947), Australian physician who campaigned for legal assisted suicide and subsequently assisted four people in doing so
Jayant Patel (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 (born 1965), Russian doctor and serial killer
Porntip Rojanasunan (born 1955), Thai forensic pathologist
Harold Shipman (1946–2004), British general practitioner and most prolific serial killer in British history
Michael Swango (born 1954), American physician and serial killer
Ulana Suprun (born 1963), Ukrainian-American physician, dubbed so for her unpopular medical reforms in Ukraine
Gunther von Hagens (born 1945), German anatomist who has a collection of dead bodies
Santosh Pol (born 1974), Indian quack doctor and serial killer from Dhom, Satara, Maharashtra,

James Grigson (1932–2004), American psychiatrist who testified in more than 100 trials that resulted in death sentences
Evan Harris (born 1965), British politician referred to as Dr. Death for his views on abortion and euthanasia
Fred A. Leuchter (born 1943), American Holocaust denier and the country's only legal supplier of execution equipment and training
Gerard Steenson (1957–1987), a North Irish leader of the paramilitary Irish People's Liberation Organisation
Charles Cullen (born 1960), American nurse who murdered at least 29, possibly hundreds, of patients across the state of New Jersey

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 in The Expendables 3
Dr. Death, a living marionette in the horror film Retro Puppet Master
, 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