It is named for the Nobel prize-winning surgeon Dr. Emil Theodor Kocher.
Theodor Fontane | Theodor Mommsen | Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | Theodor Herzl | Emil Nolde | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Emil Adolf von Behring | Thomas Theodor Heine | Theodor Boveri | Hermann Emil Fischer | Theodor Meynert | Emil Gilels | Emil Fischer | Theodor Storm | Theodor Loos | Theodor Leschetizky | Theodor Kittelsen | Theodor Eimer | Neuenstadt am Kocher | Emil Schult | Emil Constantinescu | Emil Brumaru | Theodor Schwenk | Theodor Leutwein | Theodor Kirchner | Theodor Heuss | Theodor Estermann | Theodor Busse | Theodor Anton Ippen | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg |
Among his most well-known "house staff" were such illustrious surgeons as Billroth and Emil Theodor Kocher.