The Bauhin family is a family of physicians and scientists. Jean Bauhin (1511–1582): a French surgeon, who moved with his family to Basel after conversion to Protestantism. His two sons of three were:
Gaspard Bauhin (or Caspar Bauhin) (1560–1624): Swiss-French botanist. The ileocecal valve is also called Bauhin's valve, named after him. Johann Bauhin (or Jean Bauhin) (1541–1613): Swiss-French botanist.
Related to Bauhin family Carl Linnaeus named the genus of plants Bauhinia after the Bauhin brothers.