Following is a list of physicists who are notable for their achievements.
Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z— See also — External links |
[edit] A
- Aristotle — Athens, Greece (384–322 BC)
- Aristarchus of Samos — Samos, Greece (310 – ca. 230 BC)
- Archimedes — Syracuse, Greece (ca. 287–212 BC)
- Aryabhata — Pataliputra, India (476–550)
- Avicenna — Persian (980-1037)
- Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī — Persian (973-1048)
- André-Marie Ampère — France (1775–1836)
- Amedeo Avogadro — Italy (1776–1856)
- François Jean Dominique Arago — France (1786–1853)
- Ernst Karl Abbe — Germany (1840–1905)
- Miguel Alcubierre — Mexico (1964–)
- Derek Abbott — Australia (1960–)
- Marek Artur Abramowicz — Poland (1945–)
- Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov — Soviet Union, Russia (1928–) Nobel laureate
- Robert Adler — United States (1913–2007)
- Stephen L. Adler — United States (1939–)
- Ronald Ernest Aitchison — Australia (1921–)
- David Z Albert, United States
- Zhores Ivanovich Alferov — Russia (1930–) Nobel laureate
- Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén — Sweden (1908–1995) Nobel laureate
- Jim Al-Khalili — UK (1962–)
- William Allis — United States (1901–1999)
- Samuel King Allison — United States (1900–1965)
- Yakov Lvovich Alpert — Russia, United States (1911–2010)
- P.M. van Alphen — Netherlands (1906–1967)
- Ralph Asher Alpher — United States (1921–2007)
- Luis Walter Alvarez — United States (1911–1988) Nobel laureate
- Richard Louis Amoroso — United States (1946–)
- Herbert L. Anderson — United States (1914–1988)
- Anders Jonas Ångström — Sweden (1814–1874)
- Hans Henrik Andersen — Denmark (1937–)
- Carl David Anderson — United States (1905–1991) Nobel laureate
- Philip Warren Anderson — United States (1923–) Nobel laureate
- Thomas Appelquist — United States
- Edward Victor Appleton — UK (1892–1965) Nobel laureate
- Manfred von Ardenne — Germany (1907–1997)
- Nima Arkani-Hamed — United States (1972–)
[edit] B
- Alexander Graham Bell — UK (1847–1922)
- Tom Baehr-Jones — United States (1980–)
- Aiyalam Parameswaran Balachandran — India (1938–)
- Johann Jakob Balmer — Switzerland (1825–1898)
- John Bardeen — United States (1908–1991) double Nobel laureate
- William A. Bardeen — United States (1941–)
- Charles Glover Barkla — UK (1877–1944) Nobel laureate
- Boyd Bartlett — United States (1897–1965)
- Heinz Barwich — Germany (1911–1966)
- Laura Maria Caterina Bassi — Italy (1711–1778)
- Nikolay Basov — Russia (1922–2001)
- Zoltán Lajos Bay — Hungary (1900–1992)
- Karl Bechert — Germany (1901–1981)
- Karl Becker — Germany (1887–1955)
- Henri Becquerel — France (1852–1908) Nobel laureate
- Johannes Georg Bednorz — Germany (1950–) Nobel laureate
- Isaac Beeckman — Netherlands (1588–1637)
- John Stewart Bell — UK (1928–1990)
- Carl M. Bender — United States
- Abraham Bennet — England(1749–1799)
- Daniel Bernoulli — Switzerland (1700–1782)
- Hans Bethe — Germany, United States (1906–2005)
- Homi J. Bhabha — India (1909–1966)
- Ikaros Bigi — Germany, United States
- James Binney — England (1950-)
- Gerd Binnig — Germany (1947–) Nobel laureate
- Jean-Baptiste Biot — France (1774–1862)
- Raymond T. Birge — United States (1887–1980)
- Vilhelm Bjerknes — Norway (1862–1951)
- James Bjorken — United States (1934–)
- Patrick Blackett — UK (1897–1947)
- Felix Bloch — Switzerland (1905–1983)
- Nicolaas Bloembergen — Netherlands, United States (1920–)
- Nikolay Bogolyubov — Soviet Union, Russia (1909–1992)
- David Bohm — United States (1917–1992)
- Niels Bohr — Denmark (1885–1962) Nobel laureate
- Aage Bohr — Denmark (1922–2009) Nobel laureate
- Ludwig Boltzmann — Austria (1844–1906)
- Eugene T. Booth – United States (1912–2004)
- Max Born — Germany, UK (1882–1970) Nobel laureate
- Rudjer Josip Boscovich — Dubrovnik (1711–1787)
- Jagadish Chandra Bose — India (1858–1937)
- Satyendra Nath Bose — India (1894–1974)
- Johannes Bosscha — Netherlands (1831–1911)
- Walther Bothe — Germany (1891–1957)
- Robert Boyle — Ireland, England (1627–1691)
- William Henry Bragg — UK (1862–1942) Nobel laureate
- William Lawrence Bragg — Australia (1890–1971) Nobel laureate
- Walter Houser Brattain — United States (1902–1987)
- Karl Ferdinand Braun — Germany (1850–1918)
- David Brewster — UK (1781–1868)
- Percy Williams Bridgman — United States (1882–1961)
- Léon Nicolas Brillouin — France (1889–1969)
- Marcel Brillouin — France (1854–1948)
- Bertram Brockhouse — Canada (1918–2003)
- Stanley Brodsky — United States
- Louis-Victor de Broglie — France (1892–1987)
- Thomas Townsend Brown — United States (1905–1985)
- Ernst Brüche — Germany (1900–1985)
- Hermann Brück — Germany (1905–2000)
- Johannes Martinus Burgers — Netherlands (1895–1981)
- Hans Buchdahl — Germany, Australia (1918–2010)
- Gersh Budker — Soviet Union (1918–1977)
- W.G. Burgers — Netherlands
- Friedrich Burmeister — Germany (1890–1969)
- Christophorus Buys Ballot — Netherlands (1817–1890)
[edit] C
- Nicola Cabibbo — Italy (1935–2010)
- Nicolás Cabrera — Spain (1913–1989)
- Curtis Callan — (1942–)
- Fritjof Capra — Austria, United States (1939–)
- Marcela Carena — Argentina (1962–)
- Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot — France (1796–1832)
- David Carroll — United States (1963–)
- Brandon Carter — Australia (1942–)
- Hendrik Casimir — Netherlands (1909–2000)
- Henry Cavendish — UK (1731–1810)
- Alejandro Corichi — Mexico (1967–)
- James Chadwick — UK (1891–1974)
- Owen Chamberlain — United States (1920–2006)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar — India, United States (1910–1995) Nobel laureate
- Georges Charpak — France (1924–) Nobel laureate
- Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1904–1990)
- Maxim Chernodub — Russia, France (1973–)
- Geoffrey Chew — United States (1924–)
- Boris Chirikov — Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2008)
- Ernst Chladni — Germany (1756–1827)
- Steven Chu — United States (1948–)
- Giovanni Ciccotti — Italy (1943–)
- Benoît Clapeyron — France (1799–1864)
- Rudolf Clausius — Germany (1822–1888)
- Jacob Clay — Netherlands (1882–1955)
- Gerald B. Cleaver — United States
- John Cockcroft — UK (1897–1967)
- Claude Cohen-Tannoudji — France (1933–)
- John C. Collins — United States
- Arthur Compton — United States (1892–1962)
- Karl Compton — United States (1887–1954)
- Edward Condon — United States (1902–1974)
- Leon Cooper — United States (1930–) Nobel laureate
- Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis — France (1792–1843)
- Allan McLeod Cormack — South Africa, United States (1924–1998)
- Eric Allin Cornell — United States (1961–) Nobel laureate
- Marie Alfred Cornu — France (1841–1902)
- Charles-Augustin de Coulomb — France (1736–1806)
- Ernest Courant — United States (1920–)
- Brian Cox — UK (1968–)
- James Cronin — United States (1931–) Nobel laureate
- Sir William Crookes — UK (1832–1919)
- Marie Curie — Poland, France (1867–1934) Nobel laureate
- Pierre Curie — France (1859–1906) Nobel laureate
[edit] D
- Jean le Rond d'Alembert — France (1717–1783)
- Gustaf Dalén — Sweden (1869–1937)
- Richard Dalitz — UK, United States (1925–2006)
- John Dalton — UK (1766–1844)
- Charles Galton Darwin — UK (1887–1962)
- Paul Davies — Australia (1946–)
- Raymond Davis Jr. — United States (1914–2006)
- Clinton Davisson — United States (1881–1958)
- Peter Debije — Netherlands (1884–1966)
- Hans Georg Dehmelt — Germany, United States (1922–)
- Max Delbrück — Germany, United States (1906–1981)
- Democritus — Abdera (ca. 460–360 BC)
- David M. Dennison — United States (1900–1976)
- David Deutsch — Israel, UK (1953–)
- James Dewar — UK (1842–1923)
- Robbert Dijkgraaf — Netherlands (1960–)
- Savas Dimopoulos — United States (1952–)
- Paul Dirac — UK (1902–1984)
- Revaz Dogonadze — Soviet Union, Georgia (1931–1985)
- Christian Doppler — Austria (1803–1853)
- Henk Dorgelo — Netherlands (1894–1961)
- Robert Döpel — Germany (1895–1982)
- Friedrich Ernst Dorn — Germany (1848–1916)
- Michael R. Douglas — United States (1961–)
- Sidney Drell — United States (1926–)
- Paul Drude — Germany (1863–1906)
- F. J. Duarte — United States
- Pierre Louis Dulong — France (1785–1838)
- Samuel T. Durrance — United States (1943–)
- Freeman Dyson — UK, United States (1923–) Wolf laureate
[edit] E
- Joseph H. Eberly — United States (1935–)
- William Eccles — UK (1875–1966)
- Carl Eckart — United States (1902–1973)
- Sir Arthur Eddington — UK (1882–1944)
- Paul Ehrenfest — Austria-Hungary, Netherlands (1880–1933)
- Felix Ehrenhaft — Austria-Hungary, United States (1879–1952)
- Manfred Eigen — Germany (1927–)
- Albert Einstein — Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United States (1879–1955) Nobel laureate
- Terence James Elkins — Australia, United States (1936–)
- John Ellis — UK (1946–)
- R. Keith Ellis — UK, United States (1949–)
- Arpad Elo — Hungary (1903–1992)
- David Enskog — Sweden (1884–1947)
- Loránd Eötvös — Austria-Hungary (1848–1919)
- Leo Esaki — Japan (1925–)
- Ernest Esclangon — France (1876–1954)
- Louis Essen — UK (1908–1997)
- Leonhard Euler — Switzerland (1707–1783)
- Denis Evans — Australia (1951–)
- Paul Peter Ewald — Germany, United States (1888–1985)
- James Alfred Ewing — UK (1855–1935)
- Franz S. Exner — Austria (1849–1926)
- Thomas Edison — United States(1847–1931)
[edit] F
- Ludvig Faddeev — Russia (1934–)
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit — Prussia (1686–1736)
- Kazimierz Fajans — Poland, United States (1887–1975)
- Michael Faraday — UK (1791–1867)
- Eugene Feenberg — United States (1906–1977)
- Mitchell Feigenbaum — United States (1944–)
- Gerald Feinberg — United States (1933–1992)
- Enrico Fermi — Italy (1901–1954)
- Albert Fert — France (1938–)
- Herman Feshbach — United States (1917–2000)
- Richard Feynman — United States (1918–1988) Nobel laureate
- Wolfgang Finkelnburg — Germany (1905–1967)
- David Finkelstein — United States (1929–)
- Johannes Fischer — Germany (1887–)
- Val Logsdon Fitch — United States (1923–)
- George Francis FitzGerald — Ireland (1851–1901)
- Hippolyte Fizeau — France (1819–1896)
- Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1898–1974)
- Adriaan Fokker — Netherlands (1887–1972)
- James David Forbes — UK (1809–1868)
- Léon Foucault — France (1819–1868)
- Joseph Fourier — France (1768–1830)
- Ralph H. Fowler — UK (1889–1944)
- William Alfred Fowler — United States (1911–1995)
- James Franck — Germany, United States (1882–1964)
- Ilya Frank — Soviet Union (1908–1990)
- Benjamin Franklin — United States (1706–1790)
- Rosalind Franklin — UK (1920–1958)
- Walter Franz — Germany (1911–1992)
- Joseph von Fraunhofer — Germany (1787–1826)
- Steven Frautschi — United States (1933–)
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel — France (1788–1827)
- Peter Freund — United States (1936–)
- Alexander Friedman — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1888–1925)
- Daniel Friedan — United States
- B. Roy Frieden — United States (1936–)
- Jerome Isaac Friedman — United States (1930–)
- Otto Frisch — Austria, UK (1904–1979)
- Erwin Fues — Germany (1893–1970)
- Harald Fuchs — Germany (1951–)
[edit] G
- Dennis Gabor — Hungary (1900–1979)
- Mary K. Gaillard — France, United States (1939–)
- Galileo Galilei — Italy (1564–1642)
- Luigi Galvani — Italy (1737–1798)
- George Gamow — Russia, United States (1904–1968)
- Sylvester James Gates — United States (1950–)
- Carl Friedrich Gauss — Germany (1777–1855)
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac — France (1778–1850)
- Murray Gell-Mann — United States (1929–) Nobel laureate
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes — France (1932–2007)
- Howard Georgi — United States (1947–)
- Walter Gerlach — Germany (1889–1979)
- Christian Gerthsen — Denmark, Germany (1894–1956)
- Riccardo Giacconi — Italy, United States (1931–)
- Ivar Giaever — Norway, United States (1929–)
- Gary Gibbons — UK (1946–)
- Josiah Willard Gibbs — United States (1839–1903)
- William Gilbert — England (1544–1603)
- Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg — Soviet Union, Russia (1916–)
- Donald Arthur Glaser — United States (1926–)
- Sheldon Lee Glashow — United States (1932–)
- G. N. Glasoe – United States (1902–)
- Roy Jay Glauber — United States (1925–)
- James Glimm — United States (1934–)
- Karl Glitscher — Germany (1886–1945)
- Peter Goddard — UK (1945–)
- Maria Goeppert-Mayer — Germany, United States (1906–1972)
- Marvin Leonard Goldberger — United States (1922–)
- Maurice Goldhaber — Austria, United States (1911–)
- Jeffrey Goldstone — UK, United States (1933–)
- Lev Gor'kov — United States (1929–)
- Samuel Goudsmit — Netherlands, United States (1902–1978)
- Leo Graetz — Germany (1856–1941)
- Willem 's Gravesande — Netherlands (1688–1742)
- Brian Greene — United States (1963–)
- John Gribbin — UK (1946–)
- Vladimir Gribov — Russia (1930–1997)
- David J. Griffiths – United States (1942–)
- David Gross — United States (1941–)
- Frederick Grover — United States (1876–1973)
- Peter Grünberg — Germany (1939–)
- Charles Édouard Guillaume — Switzerland (1861–1931)
- Feza Gürsey — Turkey (1921–1992)
- Alan Guth – United States (1947–)
- Martin Gutzwiller — Switzerland (1925–)
[edit] H
- Rudolf Haag — Germany (1922–)
- Wander Johannes de Haas — Netherlands (1878–1960)
- Alain Haché — Canada (1970–)
- Otto Hahn — Germany (1879–1968)
- Edwin Hall — United States (1855–1938)
- John Lewis Hall — United States (1934–)
- Viktor Hambardzumyan — Armenia, Russia (1908–1996)
- William Rowan Hamilton — Ireland (1805–1865)
- Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch — Germany (1941–)
- Peter Andreas Hansen — Denmark (1795–1874)
- W.W. Hansen — United States (1909–1949)
- Paul Harteck — Germany (1902–1985)
- Douglas Hartree — UK (1897–1958)
- Friedrich Hasenöhrl — Austria,Hungary (1874–1915)
- Stephen Hawking — UK (1942–) Wolf laureate
- Ibn al-Haytham — Iraq (965–1039)
- Oliver Heaviside — UK (1850–1925)
- Werner Karl Heisenberg — Germany (1901–1976)
- Walter Heitler — Germany, Ireland (1904–1981)
- Hermann von Helmholtz — Germany (1821–1894)
- Charles H. Henry — United States (1937–)
- Joseph Henry — United States (1797–1878)
- John Herapath — UK (1790–1868)
- Carl Hermann — Germany (1898–1961)
- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz — Germany (1857–1894)
- Karl Herzfeld — Austria, United States (1892–1978)
- Victor Francis Hess — Austria, United States (1883–1964)
- Mahmoud Hessaby — Iran (1903–1992)
- Antony Hewish — UK (1924–)
- Peter Higgs — UK (1929–)
- George William Hill — United States (1838–1914)
- Gustave-Adolphe Hirn — France (1815–1890)
- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin — England (1910–1994)
- Robert Hofstadter — United States (1915–1990)
- Gilles Holst — Netherlands (1886–1968)
- Helmut Hönl — Germany (1903–1981)
- Pervez Hoodbhoy — Pakistan (1950–)
- Gerardus 't Hooft — Netherlands (1946–)
- Robert Hooke — England (1635–1703)
- John Hopkinson — United Kingdom (1849–1898)
- Johann Baptiste Horvath — Slovakia (1732–1799)
- William V. Houston — United States (1900–1968)
- Charlotte (née Riefenstahl) Houtermans — Germany (1899 –)
- Fritz Houtermans — Netherlands, Germany, Austria (1903–1996)
- Sir Fred Hoyle — UK (1915–2001)
- John H. Hubbell — United States (1925–2007)
- Edwin Powell Hubble — United States (1889–1953)
- Russell Alan Hulse — United States (1950–) Nobel laureate
- Friedrich Hund — Germany (1896–1997)
- Andrew D. Huxley — United Kingdom (1966–)
- Christiaan Huygens — Netherlands (1629–1695)
[edit] I
- John Iliopoulos — Greece (1940–)
- Nathan Isgur — United States, Canada (1947–2001)
- Ernst Ising — Germany (1900–1998)
- Werner Israel — Canada (1931–)
[edit] J
- Roman Jackiw — Poland, United States (1939–)
- Gregory Jaczko — United States (1970–)
- Andreas Jaszlinszky — Hungary (1715–1783)
- Ali Javan — Iran (1928–)
- Edwin Jaynes — United States (1922–1998)
- Sir James Jeans — UK (1877–1946)
- Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen — Germany (1907–1973)
- Irène Joliot-Curie — France (1897–1956)
- Pascual Jordan — Germany (1902–1980)
- Brian David Josephson — UK (1940–)
- James Prescott Joule — UK (1818–1889)
- Adolfas Jucys — Lithuania (1904–1974)
[edit] K
- Michio Kaku — United States (1947–)
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes — Netherlands (1853–1926)
- Theodor Kaluza — Germany (1885–1954)
- William R. Kanne — United States
- Pyotr Kapitza — UK, Soviet Union (1894–1984)
- Theodore von Kármán — Hungary, United States (1881–1963)
- Alfred Kastler — France (1902–1984)
- Predhiman K. Kaw — India (1948–)
- Heinrich Kayser — Germany (1853–1940)
- Willem Hendrik Keesom — Netherlands (1876–1956)
- Edwin C. Kemble — United States (1889–1984)
- Henry Way Kendall — United States (1926–1999)
- Johannes Kepler — Germany (1571–1630)
- John Kerr — UK (1824–1907)
- Wolfgang Ketterle — Germany (1957–)
- Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov — Soviet Union (1919–)
- Abdul Qadeer Khan — Pakistan (1936–)
- Julii Khariton — Soviet Union (1904–1996)
- Erhard Kietz — Germany and United States (1909–1982)
- Jack St. Clair Kilby — United States (1923–2005)
- Kay Kinoshita - United States (1954-)
- Toichiro Kinoshita — Japan, United States (1925-)
- Gustav Robert Kirchhoff — Germany (1824–1887)
- Jacob Kistemaker — Netherlands (1917–2010)
- Bruce G. Klappauf — United States (1961–)
- Oskar Klein — Sweden (1894–1977)
- Hagen Kleinert — Germany (1941–)
- Klaus von Klitzing — Germany (1943–)
- Jens Martin Knudsen — Denmark (1930–2005)
- Martin Knudsen — Denmark (1871–1949)
- Makoto Kobayashi — Japan (1944–)
- Arthur Korn — Germany (1870–1945)
- Masatoshi Koshiba — Japan (1926–)
- Matthew Koss — United States (1961–)
- Walther Kossel — Germany (1888–1956)
- Gabriel Kotliar — United States (1950–)
- Lew Kowarski — France (1907–1979)
- Hendrik Kramers — Netherlands (1894–1952)
- Adolf Kratzer — Germany (1893–)
- Lawrence Krauss — United States (1954–)
- Herbert Kroemer — Germany (1928–)
- August Krönig — Germany (1822–1879)
- Ralph Kronig Germany, United States (1904–1995)
- Nikolay Sergeevich Krylov — Soviet Union (1917–1947)
- Ryogo Kubo — Japan (1920–1995)
- Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov — Soviet Union (1903–1960)
- Behram Kurşunoğlu — Turkey (1922–2003)
- Polykarp Kusch Germany (1911–1993)
[edit] L
- James W. LaBelle — United States
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange — France (1736–1813)
- Willis Lamb — United States (1913–)
- Lev Davidovich Landau — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1908–1968)
- Rolf Landauer — United States (1927–1999)
- Kenneth Lane — United States
- Paul Langevin — France (1872–1946)
- Irving Langmuir — United States (1881–1957)
- Cesar Lattes — Brazil (1924–2005)
- Max von Laue — Germany (1879–1960)
- Robert Betts Laughlin — United States (1950–)
- Ernest Lawrence — United States (1901–1958)
- Bob Lazar — United States (1959–)
- Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev — Imperial Russia (1866–1912)
- Leon Max Lederman — United States (1922–)
- Benjamin Lee — Korea, United States (1935–1977)
- David Lee — United States (1931–)
- Tsung-Dao Lee — China, United States (1926–)
- Anthony James Leggett — UK, United States (1938–)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz — Germany (1646–1716)
- Robert B. Leighton — United States (1919–1997)
- Georges Lemaître — Belgium (1894–1966)
- Philipp Lenard — Hungary, Germany (1862–1947)
- John Lennard-Jones — UK (1894–1954)
- John Leslie — UK (1766–1832)
- Walter Lewin — Netherlands, United States
- Martin Lewis Perl — United States (1927–)
- Robert von Lieben — Austria-Hungary (1878–1913)
- Alfred-Marie Liénard — France (1869–1958)
- Evgeny Lifshitz — Soviet Union (1915–1985)
- David Lindley — United States (1956–)
- Gabriel Jonas Lippmann — France, Luxemburg (1845–1921)
- Antony Garrett Lisi — United States (1968-)
- Karl L. Littrow — Austria (1811–1877)
- Oliver Lodge — UK (1851–1940)
- Maurice Loewy — Austria, France (1833–1907)
- Robert K. Logan — United States (1939–)
- Alfred Lee Loomis — United States (1887–1975)
- Hendrik Lorentz — Netherlands (1853–1928)
- Johann Loschmidt — Germany (1821–1895)
- Archibald Low — UK (1888–1956)
- Per-Olov Löwdin — Sweden (1916–2000)
- Lucretius — Rome (98?–55 BC)
- Joseph Lykken — United States (1957–)
- Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov — Imperial Russia (1857–1918)
[edit] M
- Carolina Henriette Mac Gillavry — Netherlands (1904–1993)
- Ernst Mach — Austria-Hungary (1838–1916)
- Luciano Maiani — Italy, San Marino (1941–)
- Theodore Maiman — United States (1927–2007)
- Ettore Majorana — Italy (1906-1938 presumed dead)
- Sudhansu Datta Majumdar — India (1915-1997)
- Richard Makinson — Australia (1913–1979)
- Juan Martín Maldacena — Argentina (1968–)
- Etienne-Louis Malus — France (1775–1812)
- Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1879–1944)
- Peter Mansfield — UK (1933–)
- Carlo Marangoni — Italy (1840–1925)
- William J. Marciano — United States
- Guglielmo Marconi — Italy (1874–1937)
- Henry Margenau — Germany, United States (1901–1977)
- William Markowitz — United States (1907–1998)
- Robert Marshak — United States (1916–1992)
- Walter Marshall — UK (1932–1996)
- Toshihide Maskawa — Japan (1940–)
- Harrie Massey — Australia (1908–1983)
- John Cromwell Mather — United States (1946–)
- James Clerk Maxwell — UK (1831–1879)
- Brian May — UK (1947–)
- Maria Goeppert Mayer — Germany, United States (1906–1972)
- Ronald E. McNair — United States (1950–1986)
- Simon van der Meer — Netherlands (1925–)
- Fulvio Melia — United States (1956–)
- Macedonio Melloni — Italy (1798–1854)
- Lise Meitner — Austria (1878–1968)
- Thomas Corwin Mendenhall — United States (1841–1924)
- M. G. K. Menon — India (1928–)
- David Merritt — United States
- Albert Abraham Michelson — United States (1852–1931)
- Stanislav Mikheyev — Russia
- Robert Andrews Millikan — United States (1868–1953)
- Arthur Milne — UK (1896–1950)
- Shiraz Minwalla — India
- John J. Montgomery — United States (1858–1911)
- Jagadeesh Moodera — India, United States (1950–)
- Rudolf Mössbauer — Germany (1929–)
- Henry Moseley — UK (1887–1915)
- Nevill Mott — UK (1905–1996)
- Ben Roy Mottelson — Denmark, United States (1926–)
- Amédée Mouchez — Spain, France (1821–1892)
- Ali Moustafa — Egypt (1898–1950)
- José Enrique Moyal — Palestine, France, UK, United States, Australia (1910–1998)
- Mozi — China (ca. 450 BC)
- Karl Alexander Müller — Switzerland (1927–)
- Alfred Mueller — United States
- Richard A. Muller — United States (1944–)
- Robert S. Mulliken — United States (1896–1986)
- Pieter van Musschenbroek — Netherlands (1692–1762)
[edit] N
- Yoichiro Nambu — Japan, United States (1921–)
- Jayant Narlikar — India (1938–)
- Seth Neddermeyer — United States (1907–1988)
- Louis Néel — France (1904–2000)
- Yuval Ne'eman — Israel (1925–2006)
- Ann Nelson — United States (1958–)
- John von Neumann — Austria-Hungary, United States (1903–1957)
- Simon Newcomb — United States (1835–1909)
- Sir Isaac Newton — England (1642–1727)
- Holger Bech Nielsen — Denmark (1941–)
- Leopoldo Nobili — Italy (1784–1835)
- Emmy Noether — Germany (1882–1935)
- Lothar Nordheim — Germany (1899–1985)
- Gunnar Nordström — Finland (1881–1923)
- Johann Gottlieb Nörremberg — Germany (1787–1862)
[edit] O
- Georg Ohm — Germany (1789–1854)
- Susumu Okubo — Japan, United States
- Sir Mark Oliphant — Australia (1901–2000)
- David Olive — UK (1937–)
- Gerard K. O'Neill — United States (1927–1992)
- Lars Onsager — Norway (1903–1976)
- Robert Oppenheimer — United States (1904–1967)
- Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh — Ireland (1933–2000)
- Nicole Oresme — France (1325–1382)
- Leonard Salomon Ornstein — Netherlands (1880–1941)
- Egon Orowan — Austria-Hungary, United States (1901–1989)
- Yuri Orlov — Soviet Union, United States (1924–)
- Douglas Dean Osheroff — United States (1945–)
- Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky — Russia (1801–1862)
- Hans Christian Ørsted — Denmark (1777–1851)
[edit] P
- Thanu Padmanabhan — India (1957–)
- Heinz Pagels — United States (1939–1988)
- Abraham Pais — Netherlands, United States (1918–2000)
- Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky — Germany, United States (1919–)
- Blaise Pascal — France (1623–1662)
- John Pasta — United States (1918–1984)
- Jogesh Pati — United States (1937–)
- Wolfgang Paul — Germany (1913–1993)
- Wolfgang Ernst Pauli — Austria-Hungary (1900–1958)
- G. B. Pegram — United States (1876–1958)
- Rudolf Peierls — Germany, UK (1907–1995)
- Jean Peltier — France (1785–1845)
- Roger Penrose — UK (1931–) Wolf laureate
- Arno Allan Penzias — United States (1933–)
- Saul Perlmutter — United States (1959–)
- Jean Baptiste Perrin — France (1870–1942)
- Bernhard Philberth — Germany (1927–)
- William Daniel Phillips — United States (1948–)
- Algis Petras Piskarskas — Lithuania (1942–)
- Max Planck — Germany (1858–1947)
- Joseph Plateau — Belgium (1801–1883)
- Milton S. Plesset — United States (1908–1991)
- Ward Plummer — United States (1940–)
- Henri Poincaré — France (1854–1912)
- Eric Poisson — Canada (–)
- Siméon Denis Poisson — France (1781–1840)
- Balthasar van der Pol — Netherlands (1889–1959)
- Joseph Polchinski — UK (1954–)
- Hugh David Politzer — United States (1949–)
- John Polkinghorne — UK (1930–)
- Alexander M. Polyakov — Russia-United States (1945–)
- Heraclides Ponticus — Greece (387–312 BC)
- Heinz Pose — Germany (1905–1975)
- Cecil Frank Powell — UK (1903–1969)
- John Henry Poynting — UK (1852–1914)
- Juras Požela — Lithuania (1925–)
- Ludwig Prandtl — Germany (1875–1953)
- Ilya Prigogine — Belgium (1917–2003)
- Aleksandr Prokhorov — Soviet, Russian (1916–2002)
- William Prout — UK (1785–1850)
- Luigi Puccianti — Italy (1875–1952)
- Ivan Pulyuy — Ukraine (1845–1918)
- Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin — Serbia, United States (1858–1935)
- Edward Mills Purcell — United States (1912–1997)
[edit] Q
- Helen Quinn — United States (1943–)
[edit] R
- Isidor Isaac Rabi — Austria, United States (1898–1988)
- Mario Rabinowitz — United States (1936–)
- Mark G. Raizen — New York City United States (1955–)
- James Rainwater- United States (1917–1986)
- Alladi Ramakrishnan — India (1923–2008)
- Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman — India (1888–1970)
- Edward Ramberg — United States (1907–1995)
- Carl Ramsauer — Germany (1879–1955)
- Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. — United States (1915–)
- Lisa Randall — United States (1962–)
- Lord Rayleigh — UK (1842–1919)
- René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur — France (1683–1757)
- Sidney Redner — Canada, United States (1951–)
- Martin John Rees — UK (1942–)
- Hubert Reeves — Canada (1932–)
- Tullio Regge — Italy (1931–)
- Frederick Reines — United States (1918–1998)
- Louis Rendu — France (1789–1859)
- Osborne Reynolds — UK (1842–1912)
- Owen Willans Richardson — UK (1879–1959)
- Robert Coleman Richardson — United States (1937–)
- Burton Richter — United States (1931–)
- Floyd K. Richtmyer — United States (1881–1939)
- Robert D. Richtmyer (1910–2003)
- Charlotte Riefenstahl — Germany (1899–)
- Nikolaus Riehl — Germany (1901–1990)
- Karl-Heinrich Riewe — Germany
- Walter Ritz — Switzerland (1878–1909)
- Étienne-Gaspard Robert — Belgium (1763–1837)
- Heinrich Rohrer — Switzerland (1933–)
- Joseph Romm — United States (1960–)
- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen — Germany (1845–1923)
- Clemens C. J. Roothaan — Netherlands (1918–)
- Marshall Rosenbluth — United States (1927–2003)
- Carl-Gustav Arvid Rossby — Sweden, United States (1898–1957)
- Joseph Rotblat — Poland, UK (1908–2005)
- Carlo Rubbia — Italy (1934–)
- Serge Rudaz — Canada, United States (1954–)
- David Ruelle — Belgium, France (1935–)
- Ernst August Friedrich Ruska — Germany (1906–1988)
- Ernest Rutherford — New Zealand, UK (1871–1937)
- Janne Rydberg — Sweden (1854–1919)
- Martin Ryle — UK (1918–1984)
[edit] S
- Mendel Sachs — United States (1927–)
- Robert G. Sachs — United States (1916–1999)
- Carl Sagan — United States (1934-1996)
- Georges-Louis le Sage — Switzerland (1724–1803)
- Georges Sagnac — France (1869–1926)
- Megh Nad Saha — Bengali India (1893–1956)
- Gilles Saint-Hilaire — Canada (1948–)
- Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov — Soviet Union (1929–1989)
- Oscar Sala — Brazil (1922–)
- Abdus Salam — Pakistan, UK (1926–1996) Nobel laureate
- Edwin Ernest Salpeter — Austria, Australia, United States (1924–)
- Anthony Ichiro Sanda — Japan, United States (1944–)
- Vikram Sarabhai — India (1919–1971)
- Isidor Sauers — Austria (1948–)
- Felix Savart — France (1791–1841)
- Martin Schadt — Switzerland (1938–)
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow — United States (1921–1999)
- Craige Schensted — United States
- Joël Scherk — United States (1946–1979)
- Otto Scherzer — Germany (1909–1982)
- Walter H. Schottky — Germany (1886–1976)
- Kees A. Schouhamer Immink — Netherlands (1946–)
- John Robert Schrieffer — United States (1931–)
- Erwin Schrödinger — Austria-Hungary (1887–1961)
- Melvin Schwartz — United States (1932–2006)
- John Henry Schwarz — United States (1941–)
- Karl Schwarzschild — Germany (1876–1916)
- Julian Schwinger — United States (1918–1994)
- Dennis William Sciama — UK (1926–1999)
- Thomas Johann Seebeck — Estonia (1770–1831)
- Emilio G. Segrè — United States, Italy (1905–1989)
- Nathan Seiberg — United States (1956–)
- Frederick Seitz — United States (1911–)
- Nikolay Semyonov — Russia (1896–1986)
- Ashoke Sen — India (1956–)
- Robert Serber — United States (1909–1997)
- Roman U. Sexl — Austria (1939–1986)
- Mikhail Shifman — Russia, United States (1949– )
- Dmitry Shirkov — Russia (1928–)
- William Bradford Shockley — United States (1910–1989)
- Lev Shubnikov — Russia, Netherlands, Ukraine (1901–1937)
- Clifford Shull — United States (1915–2001)
- Manne Siegbahn — Sweden (1886–1978)
- Kai Siegbahn — Sweden (1918–2007)
- Ludwik Silberstein — Poland, Germany, Italy, United States, Canada (1872–1948)
- Alberto Sirlin — Argentina, United States
- Willem de Sitter — Netherlands (1872–1934)
- Francis G. Slack — United States (1897–1985)
- John C. Slater — United States (1900–1976)
- Louis Slotin — United States (1910–1946)
- Alexei Smirnov — Russia, Italy (1951–)
- Lee Smolin — United States (1955–)
- Marian Smoluchowski — Poland (1872–1917)
- George Smoot — United States (1945–)
- Willebrord Snel van Royen (Snellius) — Netherlands (1580–1626)
- Arsenij Sokolov — Russia (1910–1986)
- Arnold Sommerfeld — Germany (1868–1951)
- Davison E. Soper — United States
- Rafael Sorkin — United States (1945–)
- Maria Spiropulu — West Macedonia, Greece (1970–)
- Johannes Stark — Germany (1874–1957)
- Max Steenbeck — (1901–1981)
- Jožef Stefan — Austria-Hungary, Slovenia (1835–1893)
- Jack Steinberger — Germany, United States (1921–)
- Karl August von Steinheil — Germany (1801–1870)
- George Sterman — United States (1946-)
- Otto Stern — Germany (1888–1969)
- Simon Stevin — Belgium, Netherlands (1548–1620)
- George Gabriel Stokes — Ireland , UK (1819–1903)
- Aleksandr Stoletov — Russia (1839–1896)
- Horst Ludwig Störmer — Germany (1949–)
- Andrew Strominger — United States (1955–)
- Ernst Stueckelberg — Switzerland (1905–1984)
- George Sudarshan — India, United States (1931–)
- Oleg Sushkov — Australia-Russia (1950–)
- Leonard Susskind — United States (1940–)
- Joseph Wilson Swan — UK (1828–1914)
- Jean Henri van Swinden — Netherlands (1746–1823)
- Bertha Swirles — UK (1903–1999)
- Leó Szilárd — Austria-Hungary, United States (1898–1964)
- Shen Kuo — China (1031–1095)
[edit] T
- Louis Anthony Tamburino - United States (1936-)
- Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1895–1971)
- Abraham Haskel Taub — United States (1911–1999)
- Geoffrey Ingram Taylor — UK (1886–1975)
- Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. — United States (1941–)
- Richard Edward Taylor — United States (1929–)
- Max Tegmark — Sweden, United States (1967–)
- Valentine Telegdi — Hungary, United States (1922–2006) Wolf laureate
- Edward Teller — Austria-Hungary, United States (1908–2003)
- Igor Ternov — Russia (1921–1996)
- Nikola Tesla — Serbia, United States (1856–1943)
- George Paget Thomson — UK (1892–1975)
- J. J. Thomson — UK (1856–1940)
- William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) — UK (1824–1907)
- Charles Thorn — United States
- Kip Stephen Thorne — United States (1940–)
- Peter Adolf Thiessen — Germany (1899–1990)
- Samuel Chao Chung Ting — United States (1936–)
- Frank J. Tipler — United States (1947–)
- Ernest William Titterton — UK, Australia (1916–1990)
- Samuel Tolansky — UK (1907–1973)
- Sin-Itiro Tomonaga — Japan (1906–1979)
- Evangelista Torricelli — Italy (1608–1647)
- Bruno Touschek — Italy (1921–1978)
- Charles Townes — United States (1915–) Nobel laureate
- John Townsend — UK (1868–1957)
- Johann Georg Tralles — Germany (1763–1822)
- Sam Treiman — United States (1925–1999)
- Paolo Tripodi — Italy (1963–)
- Daniel Chee Tsui — China, United States (1939–)
- John J. Turin — United States (1913–1973)
- Sergei Tyablikov — Russia (1921–1968)
- John Tyndall — UK (1820–1893)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson — United States (1958–)
[edit] U
- George Eugene Uhlenbeck — Netherlands, United States (1900–1988)
- Stanislaw Ulam — Poland (1909–1984)
- Nikolay Umov — Russia (1846–1915)
- Juris Upatnieks — Latvia, United States (1936–)
[edit] V
- Arkady Vainshtein — Russia, United States
- Léon Van Hove — Belgium (1924–1990)
- Sergei Vavilov — Soviet Union (1891–1951)
- Evgeny Velikhov — Russia (1935–)
- Martinus J. G. Veltman — Netherlands, United States (1931–)
- Gabriele Veneziano — Italy (1942–)
- Giovanni Battista Venturi — Italy (1746–1822)
- Émile Verdet — France (1824–1866)
- Jean-Pierre Vigier France (1920–2004)
- Jenny Darja Vinko — Slovenija (1963–)
- Anatoly Vlasov — Russia (1908–1975)
- John Hasbrouck van Vleck — United States (1899–1980)
- Woldemar Voigt — Germany (1850–1919)
- Burchard de Volder — Netherlands (1643–1709)
- Max Volmer — Germany (1885–1965)
- Mikhail Voloshin — Russia, United States
- Alessandro Volta — Italy (1745–1827)
- Wernher Von Braun — Germany (1912–1977)
[edit] W
- Johannes Diderik van der Waals — Netherlands (1837–1923)
- Ludwig Waldmann — Germany (1913–1980)
- Ernest Walton — Ireland (1903–1995)
- Kan-Chang Wang — China (1907–1998)
- Aaldert Wapstra — Netherlands (1923–2006)
- John Clive Ward — England, Australia (1924–2000)
- Gleb Wataghin — Ukraine, Italy, Brazil (1896–1986)
- John James Waterston — UK (1811–1883)
- James Watt — UK (1736–1819)
- Denis Weaire — Ireland (194?–)
- Colin Webb — UK (1937–)
- Wilhelm Weber — Germany (1804–1891)
- Alvin Weinberg — United States (1915–2006)
- Steven Weinberg — United States (1933–)
- Victor Frederick Weisskopf — Austria, United States (1908–2002)
- Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker — Germany (1912–2007)
- Heinrich Welker — Germany (1912–1981)
- Peter Westervelt — United States (1919–)
- Gregor Wentzel — Germany (1898–1978)
- John Archibald Wheeler — United States (1911–2008)
- Gian-Carlo Wick — Italy (1909–1992)
- Emil Wiechert — Prussia (1861–1928)
- Carl Wieman — United States (1951–)
- Wilhelm Wien — Germany (1864–1928)
- Arthur Wightman — United States (1922–)
- Eugene Wigner — Austria-Hungary, United States (1902–1993)
- Frank Wilczek — United States (1951–)
- Charles Thomson Rees Wilson — UK (1869–1959)
- Kenneth Geddes Wilson — United States (1936–)
- Robert R. Wilson — United States (1914–2000)
- Karl Wirtz — Germany (1910–1994)
- Robert Woodrow Wilson — United States (1936–)
- Mark B. Wise — Canada, United States (1953–)
- Edward Witten — United States (1951–)
- Emil Wolf — Czechoslovakia, United States (1922–)
- Fred Alan Wolf — United States (1934–)
- Lincoln Wolfenstein — United States (1923–)
- Stephen Wolfram — UK (1959–)
- Robert W. Wood — United States (1868–1955)
- Chien-Shiung Wu — United States (1912–1997)
[edit] X
- Basilis C. Xanthopoulos — Greece (1951–1990)
[edit] Y
- Rosalyn Yalow — United States (1921–)
- Chen Ning Yang — China (1922–)
- Thomas Young — UK (1773–1829)
- Francisco Jose Yndurain — Spain (1940–2008)
- Hideki Yukawa — Japan (1907–1981)
[edit] Z
- Jan Zaanen — Netherlands (1957–)
- Valentin Zakharov — Russia, Germany
- Anthony Zee — United States
- Pieter Zeeman — Netherlands (1865–1943)
- Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich — Russia (1914–1987)
- John Zeleny — United States (1872–1951)
- Frits Zernike — Netherlands (1888–1960)
- Antonino Zichichi — Italy (1929–)
- Karl Zimmer — Germany (1911–1988)
- Dmitry Zubarev — Russia (1917–1992)
- Barton Zwiebach — United States (1954–)
[edit] See also
- List of theoretical physicists
- Genealogy of theoretical physicists
- Physics in medieval Islam
- List of plasma physicists
- List of mathematicians
- List of women scientists
[edit] External links
- Pictures of some physicists (mostly 20th century American) are collected in the Emilio Segre Visual Archives
- 20th century women in physics in the Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics archive