This list consists of fictional medical examiners from various literature, films, and television series, in order of their show/book debut.
| Character | Actor | Creator | Debut |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. John Thorndyke | R. Austin Freeman | The Red Thumb Mark (1907—42) | |
| Craig Kennedy | Arthur B. Reeve | Cosmopolitan (1910—18) | |
| Dr. Reginald Fortune | H. C. Bailey | Call Mr. Fortune (1919) | |
| Dr. Priestley | John Rhode | The Paddington Mystery (1925—61) | |
| Dr. Basil Willing | Helen McCloy | Dance of Death (1938—2003) | |
| Dr. Robert Asten | John S. Ragin | Glen A. Larson & Lou Shaw | Quincy, M.E. (1976—83) |
| Dr. Emily Hanover | Anita Gillette | Steve Greenberg & Aubrey Solomon | |
| Dr. R. Quincy | Jack Klugman | Glen A. Larson & Lou Shaw | |
| Dr. Alex Delaware | N/A | Jonathan Kellerman | When the Bough Breaks (1985—) |
| Daphne Matthews | Ridley Pearson | Undercurrents (1988) | |
| Dr. Kay Scarpetta | Patricia Cornwell | Postmortem (1990—) | |
| Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers | Leslie Hendrix | Dick Wolf | Law & Order (1990—2010) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999—2000) Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001—11) |
| Julianna Cox | Michelle Forbes | Lyle Weldon & Emily Whitesell | Homicide: Life on the Street (1993—99) |
| Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald | Robbie Coltrane | Jimmy McGovern | Cracker (1993—96, 2006) |
| Dr. Jane Halifax | Rebecca Gibney | Mac Gudgeon | Halifax f.p. (1994—2001) |
| Li Morris | N/A | Nora Roberts | in Death (1995—) |
| Dr. Tony Hill | Val McDermid | The Mermaids Singing (1995—) | |
| Dr. Melinda Warner | Tamara Tunie | Judith McCreary | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000—) |
| Dr. Felix Gibson | Esther Hall | Barbara Machin | Waking the Dead (2000—11) |
| Dr. Eve Lockhart | Tara Fitzgerald | ||
| Dr. Frankie Wharton | Holly Aird | ||
| Dr. Al Robbins | Robert David Hall | Anthony Zuiker | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000—) |
| Dr. David Phillips | David Berman | ||
| Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh | Jill Hennessy | Tim Kring | 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 | ||
| Dr. Alexx Woods | Khandi Alexander | Ann Donahue, Carol Mendelsohn & Anthony Zuiker | CSI: Miami (2002-12) |
| Gerald Jackson | Pancho Demmings | Donald Bellisario & Don McGill | NCIS (2003—) |
| Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard | David McCallum | ||
| Jimmy Palmer | Brian Dietzen | ||
| Dr. Sope Jinadu | Sope Jinadu | ||
| Tru Davies | Eliza Dushku | Jon Harmon Feldman | Tru Calling (2003—05) |
| Dr. Sheldon Hawkes | Hill Harper | Anthony Zuiker | CSI: NY (2004—) |
| Dr. Sid Hammerback | Robert Joy | ||
| Woody the Coroner | Kurt Fuller | Steve Franks | Psych (2006—) |
| Dr. Lanie Parish | Tamala Jones | Andrew W. Marlowe | Castle (2009—) |
| Dr. Sidney Perlmutter | Arye Gross | ||
| Dr. Maura Isles | Sasha Alexander | Tess Gerritsen | Rizzoli & Isles (2010—) |
| Dr. Curtis Brumfield | Windell Middlebrooks | Christopher Murphey | Body of Proof (2011—) |
| Dr. Ethan Gross | Geoffrey Arend | ||
| Dr. Megan Hunt | Dana Delany | ||
| Dr. Kate Murphy | Jeri Ryan | ||
| Dr. Mike Collins | Mark Baezely | Barbara Machin | The Body Farm (2011) |
| Dr. Rosa Gilbert | Wunmi Mosaku | ||
| Dr. Eve Lockart | Tara Fitzgerald | ||
| Dr. Oscar 'Oggy' Traynor | Finlay Robertson |
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