Folk healers

Hunkpapa Lakota medicine man and holy man (1831–1890)

Oglala Lakota leader (1863–1950)

Rwandan woman who saved over 100 people from being killed by Hutu militias

unlicensed person who practices the art of healing using traditional practices, herbal remedies and even the power of suggestion

thumb|The Garni valley, where Sahakdukht spent much of her life as an ascetic living in a cave.

American writer (1802–1866)

American writer (1939–2022)

Nigerian imam

Peerage person ID=6575

Congolese woman and healer

Polish friar and healer

Slovenian farmer, folk healer and poet