Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons are medical professionals who operate exclusively on animals. Well-known and notable veterinarians include:

• Wayne Allard
• Baxter Black
• Martin Fettman
• Herbert Haupt
• James Alfred Wight, better known under his pen name of James Herriot (1916-1995)
• Johann Adam Kersting
• Richard M. Linnehan
• Mari Blanca Ruiz Martinez
• Peter Ostrum
• Frederick Douglass Patterson
• Nicky Rackard (1922-1976)
• Frank Schofield
• Leonid Stadnik
• Simon Fraser Tolmie(1867-1937)