This list consists of fictional medical examiners from various works of literature, films, video game, and television series, in order of their show/book debut.
| Character | Actor | Creator | Debut | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Red Thumb Mark (1907–1942) | ||||
| Cosmopolitan (1910–1918) | ||||
| Dr. Reginald Fortune | Call Mr. Fortune (1919) | |||
| The Paddington Mystery (1925–1961) | ||||
| Dr. Basil Willing | Dance of Death (1938–2003) | |||
| Professor John Hardy | Marius Goring | Gerard Glaister | The Expert (TV series) (1968-1976) | |
| Dr. Robert Asten | Glen A. Larson & Lou Shaw | Quincy, M.E. (1976–1983) | ||
| Dr. Emily Hanover | Steve Greenberg & Aubrey Solomon | |||
| Dr. R. Quincy | Glen A. Larson & Lou Shaw | |||
| Daphne Matthews | Undercurrents (1988) | |||
| Postmortem (1990–) | ||||
| Law & Order (1990–2010) (1999–2000) (2001–2011) | ||||
| Lyle Weldon & Emily Whitesell | (1993–1999) | |||
| Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald | Cracker (1993–1996, 2006) | |||
| Dr. Jane Halifax | Mac Gudgeon | Halifax f.p. (1994–2001) | ||
| in Death (1995–) | ||||
| The Mermaids Singing (1995–) | ||||
| Dr. Laura Hobson | The Way Through the Woods (1995–) | |||
| Professor Sam Ryan | Silent Witness (1996–2004) | |||
| (2000–2018?) | ||||
| Barbara Machin | Waking the Dead (2000–2011) | |||
| Tara Fitzgerald | ||||
| Holly Aird | ||||
| (2000–2015) | ||||
| David Berman | ||||
| Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh | Crossing Jordan (2001–2007) | |||
| Dr. Garret Macy | Miguel Ferrer | |||
| Dr. Mahesh "Bug" Vijay | Ravi Kapoor | |||
| Dr. Trey Sanders | Mahershalalhashbaz Ali | |||
| Dr. Elaine Duchamps | Lorraine Toussaint | |||
| Dr. Peter Winslow | Ivan Sergei | |||
| Dr. Kate Switzer | Brooke Smith | |||
| (2002–2012) | ||||
| The Wire (2002-2008) | ||||
| Dr. Waldo Butters | Matt Gordon | Jim Butcher | Death Masks (2003) | |
| Pancho Demmings | Donald P. Bellisario & Don McGill | NCIS (2003–) | ||
| David McCallum | ||||
| Brian Dietzen | ||||
| Tru Calling (2003–2005) | ||||
| Anthony Zuiker | (2004–2013) | |||
| Robert Joy | ||||
| Dr. Sam Koo | Forensic Heroes (2006–) | |||
| Psych (2006–2014) | ||||
| Bones (2006-2017) | ||||
| Dr. Asagao Yamada | Masahito Kagawa | Medical Examiner Asagao (2006-2022) | ||
| Henry Silver | Mark L. Taylor | Saving Grace (2007-2010) | ||
| Yang Qiu-chi | Sun Jian | Mu Yi | (2007-2016) | |
| Dr. Julia Ogden | Maureen Jennings | Murdoch Mysteries (2008–) | ||
| Dr. Emily Grace | Georgina Reilly | |||
| Andrew W. Marlowe | Castle (2009–2016) | |||
| Dr. Sidney Perlmutter | Arye Gross | |||
| Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016) | ||||
| Dr. Jin-woo Han | Quiz of God (2010–2019) | |||
| Hawaii Five-0 (2010–) | ||||
| Body of Proof (2011–2013) | ||||
| Geoffrey Arend | ||||
| Dana Delany | ||||
| Jeri Ryan | ||||
| Mark Baezely | Barbara Machin | The Body Farm (2011) | ||
| Wunmi Mosaku | ||||
| Tara Fitzgerald | ||||
| Finlay Robertson | ||||
| Dr. Malcom Carruthers | Andy Umberger | Rockstar Games | LA Noire (2011) | |
| Dr. Yoon Ji-hoon | Park Shin-yang | Jang Hang-jun & Kim Eun-hee | Sign (2011) | |
| Dr. Tamami Ōdate | Makiko Esumi | Atsuko Hashibe | Bull Doctor (2011) | |
| Dr. Qin Ming | Zhang Ruoyun, Liu Dongqin, Jing Chao, Zhang Yao & Yan Kuan | Qin Ming | Medical Examiner Dr. Qin (2012-) | |
| Dr. Betty Rogers | Lauren Holly | Daniel Cerone | Motive (2013-2016) | |
| Dr. Mao Matsumoto | Shizuka Ōishi | Truth of Zero (2014) | ||
| Dr. Loretta Wade | (2014-) | |||
| Dr. Henry Morgan | Matt Miller | Forever (2014–2015) | ||
| Dr. Yang Pai-chuan | Lu-Hao Chu | Yu Shang-min | (2015) | |
| Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti | iZombie (2015–) | |||
| Olivia "Liv" Moore | iZombie (2015–) | |||
| (2009–) | ||||
| Dr. Naomi Kimishima | Kirsten Potter | Atlus | Trauma Team (2010) | |
| Ji-xue | Chen Bing | Tian Ran & Hu Qi-xia | (2017) | |
| Dr. Mikoto Misumi | Satomi Ishihara | Akiko Nogi | Unnatural (2018) | |
| Dr. Baek Beom | Jung Jae-young | Min Ji-eun | Partners for Justice (2018–) | |
| Dr. Takashi Yuzuki | Nao Ōmori | Jang Hang-jun & Kim Eun-hee | Sign (2019) | |
| Dr. Yung Syueh-fung | The Truth Beneath the Snow (2022–) | |||
| Da-her Lin | Cheng Wei-hao & Yin Chen-hao | GG Precinct (2024)--> |