list of people in healthcare list of people in healthcare famous people in healthcare are famous for many different reasons. for physicians see: list of physicians. nurses england florence nightingale om, rrc — a celebrated english nurse, writer and statistician. united states mary martha reid — florida's "most famous nurse and confederate heroine." respiratory therapists canada susan o'connor — a canadian curler from alberta. united states tom araya — respiratory therapist famous through his band slayer. efren saldivar — murdered 60+ people while working in brownsville, texas as a respiratory therapist. ronald g. beckett — famous for advancing science in mummy science. mary ann vecchio — the subject of a pulitzer prize-winning photograph by photojournalism student john filo in the aftermath of the kent state shootings on may 4, 1970.