Top 10 Diseases Named After People

1. Addison disease – Thomas Addison

2. Alzheimer disease – Alois Alzheimer

3. Bernard syndrome – Claude Bernard

4. Cori disease – Carl Ferdinand Cori

5. Cushing's disease – Harvey Cushing

6. Hodgkin's disease– Thomas Hodgkin

7. Parkinson's disease – Dr. James Parkinson

8. Von Hippel-Lindau disease – Dr. Eugen von Hippel

9. Wilms' tumor – Dr Max Wilms, a surgeon

10.  Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome – Alfred Wiskott, Robert Aldrich