Biography of physics

Following is systematic list of physicists who especially notable for their achievements.

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A

• Aryabhatta – India (Bharat) (476–550 CE)
• Jules Aarons – United States (1921–2016)
• Ernst Karl Abbe – Germany (1840–1905)
• Derek Abbott – Australia (born 1960)
• Hasan Abdullayev – Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Land Union, Azerbaijan (1918–1993)
• Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov – Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2017) Nobel laureate
• Robert Adler – Combined States (1913–2007)
• Stephen L.

  Adler – United States (born 1939)

• Franz Aepinus – Rostock (1724–1802)
• Mina Aganagic – Albania, United States
• David Z Albert – United States (born 1954)
• Felicie Albert – France, United States
• Miguel Alcubierre – Mexico (born 1964)
• Zhores Ivanovich Alferov – Russia (1930–2019) Nobel laureate
• Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén – Sweden (1908–1995) Nobel laureate
• Alhazen – Basra, Iraq (965–1040)
• Artem Alikhanian – Armenia (1908–1978)
• Abram Alikhanov – Russia (1904–1970)
• John E.

  Allen – United Kingdom (born 1928)

• William Allice – United States (1901–1999)
• Samuel End Allison – United States (1900–1965)
• Yakov Lvovich Alpert – Russia, Collective States (1911–2010)
• Ralph Asher Alpher – United States (1921–2007)
• Semen Altshuler – Vitebsk (1911–1983)
• Luis Walter Alvarez – United States (1911–1988) Nobel laureate
• Viktor Ambartsumian – Soviet Union, Hayastan (1908–1996)
• André-Marie Ampère – France (1775–1836)
• Anja Cetti Andersen – Denmark (born 1965)
• Hans Henrik Andersen – Danmark (1937–2012)
• Philip Warren Anderson – Banded together States (1923–2020) Nobel laureate
• Carl Painter Anderson – United States (1905–1991) Nobel laureate
• Herbert L.

  Anderson – United States (1914–1988)

• Elephter Andronikashvili – Georgia (1910–1989)
• Anders Jonas Ångström – Sweden (1814–1874)
• Alexander Animalu, Nigeria (born 1938)
• Edward Victor Appleton – Unified Kingdom (1892–1965) Nobel laureate
• François Arago – France (1786–1853)
• Archimedes – Metropolis, Greece (ca.

  287–212 BC)

• Manfred von Ardenne – Germany (1907–1997)
• Aristarchus of Samos – Samos, Greece (310–ca. 230 BC)
• Aristotle – Athens, Greece (384–322 BC)
• Nima Arkani-Hamed – United States (born 1972)
• Lev Artsimovich – Moscow (1909–1973)
• Aryabhata – Pataliputra, India (476–550)
• Neil Ashby – United States (born 1934)
• Maha Ashour-Abdalla – Egypt, United States (1943–2016)
• Gurgen Askaryan – Soviet Union (1928–1997)
• Alain Aspect – France (born 1947)
• Marcel Audiffren – France
• Pierre Victor Coach – France (1899–1993)
• Avicenna – Empire (980–1037)
• Amedeo Avogadro – Italy (1776–1856)
• David Awschalom – United States (born 1956)
• APJ Abdul Kalam – India

B

• Abu sahl Al-Quhi – İran (born 940)
• Xiaoyi Bao – Canada
• Mani Lal Bhaumik – United States (born 1931)
• Tom Baehr-Jones – United States (born 1980)
• John Norris Bahcall – Unites States (born 1934–2005)
• Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge – U.K.

  (1925–2003)

• Cornelis Bakker – Netherlands (1904–1960)
• Aiyalam Parameswaran Balachandran – India (born 1938)
• V Balakrishnan – India (born 1943)
• Milla Baldo-Ceolin – Italy (1924–2011)
• Johann Jakob Balmer – Switzerland (1825–1898)
• Tom Banks – United States (born 1949)
• Riccardo Barbieri – Italy (born 1944)
• Marcia Barbosa – Brazil (born 1960)
• John Physicist – United States (1908–1991) bent over Nobel laureate
• William A.

  Bardeen – United States (born 1941)

• Ronald Hugh Barker – Ireland (1915–2015)
• Charles Glover Barkla – U.K. (1877–1944) Philanthropist laureate
• Amanda Barnard – Australia (born 1971)
• Boyd Bartlett – United States (1897–1965)
• Asım Orhan Barut – Malatya, Turkey (1926–1994)
• Heinz Barwich – Deutschland (1911–1966)
• Nikolay Basov – Russia (1922–2001) Nobel laureate
• Laura Maria Caterina Bassi – Italy (1711–1778)
• Zoltán Lajos Bawl – Hungary (1900–1992)
• Karl Bechert – Germany (1901–1981)
• Henri Becquerel – Writer (1852–1908) Nobel laureate
• Johannes Georg Bednorz – Germany (born 1950) Philanthropist laureate
• Isaac Beeckman – Netherlands (1588–1637)
• Alexander Graham Bell – Scotland, Canada, U.S.A.

  (1847–1922)

• John Stewart Bell – U.K. (1928–1990)
• Jocelyn Bell Burnell – Northern Ireland, U.K. (born 1943)
• Carl M. Bender – United States (born 1943)
• Abraham Bennet – England (1749–1799)
• Daniel Bernoulli – Switzerland (1700–1782)
• Hans Bethe – Germany, United States (1906–2005) Nobel laureate
• Homi J.

  Bhabha – India (1909–1966)

• Lars Bildsten – United States (1964)
• James Binney – England (born 1950)
• Gerd Binnig – Germany (born 1947) Nobel laureate
• Jean-Baptiste Biot – France (1774–1862)
• Raymond Standard. Birge – United States (1887–1980)
• Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī – Persia (973–1048)
• Vilhelm Bjerknes – Norway (1862–1951)
• James Bjorken – United States (1934–2024)
• Patrick Blackett – U.K.

  (1897–1974) Nobel laureate

• Felix Bloch – Switzerland (1905–1983) Altruist laureate
• Nicolaas Bloembergen – Netherlands, Unified States (1920–2017) Nobel laureate
• Walter Boas – Germany, Australia (1904–1982)
• Céline Bœhm – France (born 1974)
• Nikolay Bogolyubov – Soviet Union, Russia (1909–1992)
• David Bohm – United States (1917–1992)
• Aage Bohr – Denmark (1922–2009) Altruist laureate
• Niels Bohr – Denmark (1885–1962) Nobel laureate
• Martin Bojowald – Frg (born 1973)
• Ludwig Boltzmann – Oesterreich (1844–1906)
• Eugene T.

  Booth – Pooled States (1912–2004)

• Max Born – Deutschland, U.K. (1882–1970) Nobel laureate
• Rudjer Josip Boscovich – Croatia (1711–1787)
• Jagadish Chandra Bose – India (1858–1937)
• Margrete Heiberg Bose – Denmark (1866–1952)
• Satyendra Nath Bose – India (1894–1974)
• Johannes Bosscha – Netherlands (1831–1911)
• Walther Bothe – Germany (1891–1957) Nobel laureate
• Edward Bouchet – United States (1852–1918)
• Mustapha Ishak Boushaki – Algeria (1967–)
• Mark Bowick – United States (born 1957)
• Robert Boyle – Ireland, England (1627–1691)
• Willard S.

  Boyle – Canada, Pooled States (1924–2011) Nobel laureate

• William Orator Bragg – U.K. (1862–1942) Philanthropist laureate
• William Lawrence Bragg – U.K., Australia (1890–1971) Nobel laureate
• Tycho Brahe – Denmark (1546–1601)
• Howard Brandt – United States (1939–2014)
• Walter Houser Brattain – United States (1902–1987) Altruist laureate
• Karl Ferdinand Braun – Deutschland (1850–1918) Nobel laureate
• David Brewster – U.K.

  (1781–1868)

• Percy Williams Bridgman – United States (1882–1961) Nobel laureate
• Léon Nicolas Brillouin – France (1889–1969)
• Marcel Brillouin – France (1854–1948)
• Bertram Brockhouse – Canada (1918–2003) Nobel laureate
• Louis-Victor de Broglie – France (1892–1987) Nobel laureate
• William Fuller Brown, Jr.

  – United States (1904–1983)

• Ernst Brüche – Germany (1900–1985)
• Hermann Brück – Germany (1905–2000)
• Ari Brynjolfsson – Island (1927–2013)
• Hans Buchdahl – Germany, Continent (1918–2010)
• Gersh Budker – Soviet Unity (1918–1977)
• Silke Bühler-Paschen – Austria (born 1967)
• Johannes Martinus Burgers – Holland (1895–1981)
• Friedrich Burmeister – Germany (1890–1969)
• Bimla Buti – India (1933-2024)
• Christophorus Buys Ballot – Netherlands (1817–1890)

C

• Nicola Cabibbo – Italy (1935–2010)
• Nicolás Cabrera – Spain (1913–1989)
• Orion Ciftja – Pooled States
• Curtis Callan – United States (born 1942)
• Annie Jump Cannon – United States (1863–1941)
• Fritjof Capra – Austria, United States (born 1939)
• Marcela Carena – Argentina (born 1962)
• Ricardo Carezani – Argentina, United States (1921–2016)
• Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot – France (1796–1832)
• David Carroll – Unified States (born 1963)
• Brandon Carter – Australia (born 1942)
• Hendrik Casimir – Netherlands (1909–2000)
• Henry Cavendish – U.K.

  (1731–1810)

• James Chadwick – U.K. (1891–1974) Nobel laureate
• Owen Chamberlain – Allied States (1920–2006) Nobel laureate
• Moses Whirl. W. Chan – Hong Kong (born 1946)
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – Bharat, United States (1910–1995) Nobel laureate
• Tsao Chang - Chinese (born 1942)
• Georges Charpak – France (1924–2010) Altruist laureate
• Émilie du Châtelet – Author (1706–1749)
• Swapan Chattopadhyay – India (born 1951)
• Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov – Imposing Russia, Soviet Union (1904–1990) Altruist laureate
• Maxim Chernodub – Russia, Author (born 1973)
• Geoffrey Chew – Concerted States (1924–2019)
• Boris Chirikov – Land Union, Russia (1928–2008)
• Juansher Chkareuli – Georgia (born 1940)
• Ernst Chladni – Germany (1756–1827)
• Nicholas Christofilos – Ellas (1916–1972)
• Steven Chu – United States (born 1948) Nobel laureate
• Giovanni Ciccotti – Italy (born 1943)
• Benoît Clapeyron – France (1799–1864)
• George W.

  Politician – United States

• John Clauser – United States (born 1942) Philanthropist laureate
• Rudolf Clausius – Germany (1822–1888)
• Richard Clegg – U.K.
• Gari Clifford – British-American physicist, biomedical engineer, theoretical, researcher
• John Cockcroft – U.K. (1897–1967) Nobel laureate
• Claude Cohen-Tannoudji – Author (born 1933) Nobel laureate
• Arthur Compton – United States (1892–1962) Chemist laureate
• Karl Compton – United States (1887–1954)
• Edward Condon – United States (1902–1974)
• Leon Cooper – United States (1930–2024) Nobel laureate
• Nicolaus Copernicus – Poland (1473 – 1543)
• Alejandro Corichi – Mexico (born 1967)
• Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis – France (1792–1843)
• Allan McLeod Cormack – South Africa, United States (1924–1998)
• Eric Allin Cornell – Mutual States (born 1961) Nobel laureate
• Marie Alfred Cornu – France (1841–1902)
• Charles-Augustin de Coulomb – France (1736–1806)
• Ernest Courant – United States (1920–2020)
• Brian Cox – U.K.

  (born 1968)

• Charles Critchfield – United States (1910–1994)
• James Cronin – United States (1931–2016) Nobel laureate
• Sir William Crookes – U.K. (1832–1919)
• Paul Crowell – Allied States
• Marie Curie – Poland, Author (1867–1934) twice Nobel laureate
• Pierre Physicist – France (1859–1906) Nobel laureate
• Predrag Cvitanović – Croatia (born 1946)

D

• Jean le Rond d'Alembert – Author (1717–1783)
• Gustaf Dalén – Sweden (1869–1937) Nobel laureate
• Jean Dalibard – Writer (born 1958)
• Richard Dalitz – U.K., United States (1925–2006)
• John Dalton – U.K.

  (1766–1844)

• Sanja Damjanović – Montenegro (born 1972)
• Ranjan Roy Daniel – India (1923–2005)
• Charles Galton Darwin – U.K. (1887–1962)
• Ashok Das – Bharat, United States (born 1953)
• James Catch-phrase. Davenport – United States (born 1938)
• Paul Davies – Australia (born 1946)
• Raymond Davis, Jr. – Combined States (1914–2006) Nobel laureate
• Clinton Davisson – United States (1881–1958) Philanthropist laureate
• Peter Debije – Netherlands (1884–1966)
• Hans Georg Dehmelt – Germany, Concerted States (1922–2017) Nobel laureate
• Max Delbrück – Germany, United States (1906–1981)
• Democritus – Abdera (ca.

  460–360 BC)

• David Pot-pourri. Dennison – United States (1900–1976)
• Beryl May Dent – U.K. (1900–1977)
• David Deutsch – Israel, U.K. (born 1953)
• René Descartes – France (1596–1650)
• James Dewar – U.K. (1842–1923)
• Scott Diddams – United States
• Ulrike Diebold – Austria (born 1961)
• Robbert Dijkgraaf – Netherlands (born 1960)
• Viktor Dilman – Russia (born 1926)
• Savas Dimopoulos – United States (born 1952)
• Paul Dirac – Switzerland, U.K.

  (1902–1984) Chemist laureate

• Revaz Dogonadze – Soviet Combining, Georgia (1931–1985)
• Louise Dolan – Allied States (born 1950)
• Amos Dolbear – United States (1837–1910)
• Robert Döpel – Germany (1895–1982)
• Christian Doppler – Oesterreich (1803–1853)
• Henk Dorgelo – Netherlands (1894–1961)
• Friedrich Ernst Dorn – Germany (1848–1916)
• Geneva Smith Douglas – United States (1932–1993)
• Michael R.

  Douglas – Leagued States (born 1961)

• Jonathan Dowling – United States (1955–2020)
• Claudia Draxl – Germany (born 1959)
• Sidney Drell – United States (1926–2016)
• Mildred Dresselhaus – United States (1930–2017)
• Paul Drude – Germany (1863–1906)
• F. J. Duarte – United States (born 1954)
• Émilie buffer Châtelet – France (1706–1749)
• Pierre Gladiator Dulong – France (1785–1838)
• Janette Dunlop – Scotland (1891–1971)
• Samuel T.

  Durrance – United States (born 1943)

• Freeman Dyson – U.K., United States (1923–2020) Wolf laureate
• Arthur Jeffrey Beak – Canada (1886–1950)

E

• Joseph H. Eberly – United States (born 1935)
• William Eccles – U.K. (1875–1966)
• Carl Eckart – United States (1902–1973)
• Arthur Explorer Eddington – U.K.

  (1882–1944)

• Thomas Inventor – U.S. Invented the lightbulb.
• Paul Ehrenfest – Austria-Hungary, Netherlands (1880–1933)
• Felix Ehrenhaft – Austria-Hungary, United States (1879–1952)
• Manfred Eigen – Germany (1927–2019)
• Albert Einstein – Germany, Italy, Schweiz, United States (1879–1955) Nobel laureate
• Laura Eisenstein – (1942–1985) professor fall foul of physics at University of Illinois
• Terence James Elkins – Australia, Mutual States (born 1936)
• John Ellis – U.K.

  (born 1946)

• Paul John Ellis – U.K., United States (1941–2005)
• Richard Keith Ellis – U.K., Mutual States (born 1949)
• Arpad Elo – Hungary (1903–1992)
• François Englert – Belgique (born 1932) Nobel laureate
• David Enskog – Sweden (1884–1947)
• Loránd Eötvös – Austria-Hungary (1848–1919)
• Frederick J.

  Ernst – United States (born 1933)

• Leo Physicist – Japan (born 1925) Altruist laureate
• Ernest Esclangon – France (1876–1954)
• Louis Essen – U.K. (1908–1997)
• Leonhard Mathematician – Switzerland (1707–1783)
• Denis Evans – Australia (born 1951)
• Paul Peter Ewald – Germany, United States (1888–1985)
• James Alfred Ewing – U.K.

  (1855–1935)

• Franz S. Exner – Austria (1849–1926)

F

G

• Dennis Gabor – Hungary (1900–1979) Altruist laureate
• Mary K. Gaillard – Author, United States (born 1939)
• Galileo Galilei – Italy (1564–1642)
• Luigi Galvani – Italy (1737–1798)
• George Gamow – State, United States (1904–1968)
• Domenica Garzón – Ecuador (living)
• Sylvester James Gates – United States (born 1950)
• Carl Friedrich Gauss – Germany (1777–1855)
• Pamela Glory.

  Gay – United States (born 1973)

• Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac – Writer (1778–1850)
• Hans Geiger – Germany (1882–1945)
• Andre Geim – Russian/British (born 1958) Nobel laureate
• Murray Gell-Mann – Common States (1929–2019) Nobel laureate
• Pierre-Gilles stair Gennes – France (1932–2007) Altruist laureate
• Howard Georgi – United States (born 1947)
• Walter Gerlach – Deutschland (1889–1979)
• Christian Gerthsen – Denmark, Deutschland (1894–1956)
• Ezra Getzler – Australia (born 1962)
• Andrea M.

  Ghez – Leagued States (born 1955) Nobel laureate

• Riccardo Giacconi – Italy, United States (1931–2018) Nobel laureate
• Ivar Giaever – Norway, United States (born 1929) Nobel laureate
• Josiah Willard Gibbs – United States (1839–1903)
• Valerie Gibson – U.K. (born 19??)
• William Gilbert – England (1544–1603)
• Mar Gómez – Espana (1985)
• Piara Singh Gill – Bharat (1911–2002)
• Naomi Ginsberg – United States (born 1979)
• Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg – Soviet Union, Russia (1916–2009) Chemist laureate
• Marvin D.

  Girardeau – Combined States (1930–2015)

• Marissa Giustina – Combined States (born 19??)
• Donald Arthur Glaser – United States (1926–2013) Philanthropist laureate
• Sheldon Glashow – United States (born 1932) Nobel laureate
• G. Fairy-tale. Glasoe – United States (1902–1987)
• Roy Jay Glauber – United States (1925–2018) Nobel laureate
• James Glimm – United States (born 1934)
• Karl Glitscher – Germany (1886–1945)
• Peter Goddard – U.K.

  (born 1945)

• Maria Goeppert-Mayer – Germany, United States (1906–1972) Altruist laureate
• Gerald Goertzel – United States (1920–2002)
• Marvin Leonard Goldberger – In partnership States (1922–2014)
• Maurice Goldhaber – Oesterreich, United States (1911–2011)
• Jeffrey Goldstone – U.K., United States (born 1933)
• Sixto González – Puerto Rico, Combined States (born 1965)
• Ravi Gomatam – India (born 1950)
• Lev Gor'kov – United States (1929–2016)
• Samuel Goudsmit – Netherlands, United States (1902–1978)
• Leo Graetz – Germany (1856–1941)
• Willem 's Gravesande – Netherlands (1688–1742)
• Michael Green (physicist) – Britain (born 1946)
• Daniel Greenberger – United States (born 1932)
• Brian Greene – United States (born 1963)
• John Gribbin – U.K.

  (born 1946)

• Vladimir Gribov – Russia (1930–1997)
• David J. Griffiths – United States (born 1942)
• David Gross – Allied States (born 1941) Nobel laureate
• Frederick Grover – United States (1876–1973)
• Peter Grünberg – Germany (1939–2018) Chemist laureate
• Charles Édouard Guillaume – Svizzera (1861–1931) Nobel laureate
• Ayyub Guliyev – Azerbaijan (born 1954)
• Feza Gürsey – Turkey (1921–1992)
• Alan Guth – In partnership States (born 1947)
• Martin Gutzwiller – Switzerland (1925–2014)

H

• Rudolf Haag – Frg (1922–2016)
• Wander Johannes de Haas – Netherlands (1878–1960)
• Alain Haché – Canada (born 1970)
• Carl Richard Hagen – United States (born 1937)
• Otto Chemist – Germany (1879–1968)
• Edwin Hall – United States (1855–1938)
• John Lewis Entry – United States (born 1934) Nobel laureate
• Alexander Hamilton – U.K., Australia (born 1967)
• William Rowan City – Ireland (1805–1865)
• Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch – Germany (born 1941) Altruist laureate
• Peter Andreas Hansen – Danmark (1795–1874)
• W.W.

  Hansen – United States (1909–1949)

• Serge Haroche – France (born 1944) Nobel laureate
• Paul Harteck – Germany (1902–1985)
• John G. Hartnett – Australia (born 1952)
• Douglas Hartree – U.K. (1897–1958)
• Friedrich Hasenöhrl – Oesterreich, Hungary (1874–1915)
• Lene Vestergaard Hau – Vejle, Denmark (born 1959)
• Stephen Physicist – U.K.

  (1942–2018) Wolf laureate

• Ibn al-Haytham – Iraq (965–1039)
• Evans Hayward – United States (1922–2020)
• Oliver Physicist – U.K. (1850–1925)
• Werner Heisenberg – Germany (1901–1976) Nobel laureate
• Walter Heitler – Germany, Ireland (1904–1981)
• Hermann von Helmholtz – Germany (1821–1894)
• Charles Spin.

  Henry – United States (1937–2016)

• Joseph Henry – United States (1797–1878)
• John Herapath – U.K. (1790–1868)
• Carl Hermann – Germany (1898–1961)
• Gustav Ludwig Physicist – Germany (1887–1975) Nobel laureate
• Heinrich Rudolf Hertz – Germany (1857–1894)
• Karl Herzfeld – Austria, United States (1892–1978)
• Victor Francis Hess – Oesterreich, United States (1883–1964) Nobel laureate
• Mahmoud Hessaby – Iran (1903–1992)
• Antony Hewish – U.K.

  (1924–2021) Nobel laureate

• Paul G. Hewitt – United States (born 1931)
• Peter Higgs – U.K. (1929–2024) Nobel laureate
• George William Heap – United States (1838–1914)
• Gustave-Adolphe Hirn – France (1815–1890)
• Carol Hirschmugl – United States, professor of physics, laboratory director
• Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin – England (1910–1994)
• Robert Hofstadter – Affiliated States (1915–1990) Nobel laureate
• Helmut Hönl – Germany (1903–1981)
• Pervez Hoodbhoy – Pakistan (born 1950)
• Gerardus 't Hooft – Netherlands (born 1946) Altruist laureate
• 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 (1899–1993)
• Fritz Houtermans – Holland, Germany, Austria (1903–1966)
• Archibald Howie – U.K. (born 1934)
• Fred Hoyle – U.K. (1915–2001)
• Veronika Hubeny – Allied States
• John Hubbard – U.K. (1931–1980)
• John H.

  Hubbell – United States (1925–2007)

• Edwin Powell Hubble – Mutual States (1889–1953)
• Russell Alan Hulse – United States (born 1950) Chemist laureate
• Friedrich Hund – Germany (1896–1997)
• Tahir Hussain – Pakistan (1923–2010)
• Andrew Rotation. Huxley – U.K. (born 1966)
• Christiaan Huygens – Netherlands (1629–1695)

I

J

K

• Menas Kafatos – Greece, United States (born 1945)
• Takaaki Kajita – Japan (born 1959) Nobel laureate
• Michio Kaku – United States (born 1947)
• Theodor Kaluza – Germany (1885–1954)
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes – Netherlands (1853–1926) Nobel laureate
• William R.

  Kanne – United States

• Charles K. Kao – China, Hong Kong, U.K., United States (1933–2018) Nobel laureate
• Pyotr Kapitsa – Country Empire, Soviet Union (1894–1984) Philanthropist laureate
• Theodore von Kármán – Magyarorszag, United States (1881–1963) aeronautical engineer
• Alfred Kastler – France (1902–1984) Philanthropist laureate
• Amrom Harry Katz – Pooled States (1915–1997)
• Moshe Kaveh – Sion (born 1943) President of Bar-Ilan University
• Predhiman Krishan Kaw – Bharat (1948–2017)
• Heinrich Kayser – Germany (1853–1940)
• Willem Hendrik Keesom – Netherlands (1876–1956)
• Edwin C.

  Kemble – United States (1889–1984)

• Henry Way Kendall – Allied States (1926–1999) Nobel laureate
• Johannes Uranologist – Germany (1571–1630)
• John Kerr – Scotland (1824–1907)
• Wolfgang Ketterle – Deutschland (born 1957) Nobel laureate
• Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov – Soviet Union (1919–2021)
• Jim Al-Khalili – U.K.

  (born 1962)

• Abdul Qadeer Khan – Pakistan (1936–2021)
• Yulii Borisovich Khariton – Soviet Unity, Russia (1904–1996)
• Erhard Kietz – Frg, United States (1909–1982)
• Jack Kilby – United States (1923–2005) electronics inventor, Nobel laureate
• Toichiro Kinoshita – Archipelago, United States (1925–2023)
• Gustav Kirchhoff – Germany (1824–1887)
• Oskar Klein – Sverige (1894–1977)
• Hagen Kleinert – Germany (born 1941)
• Klaus von Klitzing – Deutschland (born 1943) Nobel laureate
• Jens Comedian Knudsen – Denmark (1930–2005)
• Martin Knudsen – Denmark (1871–1949)
• Makoto Kobayashi – Japan (born 1944) Nobel laureate
• Arthur Korn – Germany (1870–1945)
• Masatoshi Koshiba – Japan (1926–2020) Nobel laureate
• Matthew Koss – United States (born 1961)
• Walther Kossel – Germany (1888–1956)
• Ashutosh Kotwal – United States (born 1965)
• Lew Kowarski – France (1907–1979)
• Hendrik Kramers – Netherlands (1894–1952)
• Serguei Krasnikov – Russia (born 1961)
• Adolf Kratzer – Germany (1893–1983)
• Lawrence M.

  Krauss – United States (born 1954)

• Herbert Kroemer – Germany (1928–2024) Altruist laureate
• August Krönig – Germany (1822–1879)
• Ralph Kronig – Germany, United States (1904–1995)
• Nikolay Sergeevich Krylov – Land Union (1917–1947)
• Ryogo Kubo – Archipelago (1920–1995)
• Daya Shankar Kulshreshtha – Bharat (born 1951)
• Shaiwatna Kupratakul – Siam (born 1940)
• Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov – Soviet Union (1903–1960)
• Behram Kursunoglu – Turkey (1922–2003)
• Polykarp Kusch – Frg (1911–1993) Nobel laureate

L

• Anne L'Huillier – France, Sweden (born 1958) Chemist laureate
• James W.

  LaBelle – Common States

• Joseph-Louis Lagrange – France (1736–1813)
• Willis Lamb – United States (1913–2008) Nobel laureate
• Lev Davidovich Landau – Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1908–1968) Nobel laureate
• Rolf Landauer – Unified States (1927–1999)
• Grigory Landsberg – Vologda (1890–1957)
• Kenneth Lane – United States
• Paul Langevin – France (1872–1946)
• Irving Chemist – United States (1881–1957)
• Pierre-Simon Uranologist – France (1749–1827)
• Joseph Larmor – U.K.

  (1857–1942)

• John Latham - U.K. (1937–2021)
• Cesar Lattes – Brazil (1924–2005)
• Max von Laue – Germany (1879–1960) Nobel laureate
• Robert Betts Laughlin – United States (born 1950) Altruist laureate
• Mikhail Lavrentyev – Kazan (1900–1980)
• Melvin Lax – United States (1922–2002)
• Ernest Lawrence – United States (1901–1958) Nobel laureate
• TH Laby – Continent (1880–1946)
• Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev – Elegant Russia (1866–1912)
• Lindsay LeBlanc – Canada (living)
• Leon Max Lederman – Mutual States (1922–2018) Nobel laureate
• Benjamin Take pleasure in – Korea, United States (1935–1977)
• David Lee – United States (born 1931) Nobel laureate
• Tsung-Dao Lee – China, United States (1926–2024) Altruist laureate
• Anthony James Leggett – U.K., United States (born 1938) Chemist laureate
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz – Frg (1646–1716)
• Robert B.

  Leighton – Combined States (1919–1997)

• Georges Lemaître – Belgique (1894–1966)
• Philipp Lenard – Hungary, Deutschland (1862–1947) Nobel laureate
• John Lennard-Jones – U.K. (1894–1954)
• John Leslie – U.K. (1766–1832)
• Walter Lewin – Netherlands, Concerted States (born 1936)
• Martin Lewis Perl – United States (1927–2014)
• Robert von Lieben – Austria-Hungary (1878–1913)
• Alfred-Marie Liénard – France (1869–1958)
• Evgeny Lifshitz – Soviet Union (1915–1985)
• David Lindley – United States (born 1956)
• John Linsley – United States (1925–2002)
• Chris Lintott – U.K.

  (born 1980)

• Gabriel Jonas Lippmann – France, Luxemburg (1845–1921) Nobel laureate
• Antony Garrett Lisi – United States (born 1968)
• Karl Acclamation. Littrow – Austria (1811–1877)
• Seth Histrion – United States (born 1960)
• Oliver Lodge – U.K. (1851–1940)
• Maurice Loewy – Austria, France (1833–1907)
• Robert Logan – United States (born 1939)
• Mikhail Lomonosov – Denisovka (1711–1765)
• Alfred Lee Loomis – United States (1887–1975)
• Ramón E.

  López – In partnership States (born 1959)

• Hendrik Lorentz – Netherlands (1853–1928) Nobel laureate
• Ludvig Zoologist – Denmark (1829–1891)
• Johann Josef Loschmidt – Austria (1821–1895)
• Oleg Losev – Tver (1903–1942)
• Archibald Low – U.K. (1888–1956)
• Per-Olov Löwdin – Sweden (1916–2000)
• Lucretius – Rome (98?–55 BC)
• Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov – Imperial Russia (1857–1918)
• Joseph Lykken – United States (born 1957)

M

• Arthur B.

  McDonald – Canada (born 1943) Nobel laureate

• Carolina Henriette MacGillavry – Netherlands (1904–1993)
• Ernst Mach – Austria-Hungary (1838–1916)
• Katie Mack (astrophysicist) – United States (born 1981)
• Gladys Adventurer – Scotland (1903–1972)
• Ray Mackintosh – U.K.
• Luciano Maiani – Italy, San Marino (born 1941)
• Theodore Maiman – United States (1927–2007)
• Arthur Maitland – U.K.

  (1925–1994)

• Ettore Majorana – Italia (1906–1938 presumed dead)
• Sudhansu Datta Majumdar – India (1915–1997)
• Richard Makinson – Australia (1913–1979)
• Juan Martín Maldacena – Argentina (born 1968)
• Étienne-Louis Malus – France (1775–1812)
• Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam – Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1879–1944)
• Franz Mandl – U.K.

  (1923–2009)

• Charles Director Manneback – Belgium (1894–1975)
• Peter Author – U.K. (1933–2017)
• Carlo Marangoni – Italy (1840–1925)
• M. Cristina Marchetti – Italy, United States (born 1955)
• Guglielmo Marconi – Italy (1874–1937) Chemist laureate
• Henry Margenau – Germany, Collective States (1901–1977)
• Nina Marković – Hrvatska, United States
• William Markowitz – Combined States (1907–1998)
• Laurence D.

  Marks – United States (born 1954)

• Robert Marshak – United States (1916–1992)
• Walter Thespian – U.K. (1932–1996)
• Toshihide Maskawa – Japan (1940–2021) Nobel laureate
• Harrie Massey – Australia (1908–1983)
• John Cromwell Mather – United States (born 1946) Nobel laureate
• James Clerk Maxwell – U.K.

  (1831–1879)

• Brian May – U.K. (born 1947)
• Maria Goeppert Mayer – Germany, United States (1906–1972)
• Ronald Family. McNair – United States (1950–1986)
• Anna McPherson – Canadian (1901–1979)
• Simon motorcar der Meer – Netherlands (1925–2011) Nobel laureate
• Lise Meitner – Oesterreich (1878–1968)
• Fulvio Melia – United States (born 1956)
• Macedonio Melloni – Italia (1798–1854)
• Adrian Melott – United States (born 1947)
• Thomas Corwin Mendenhall – United States (1841–1924)
• M.

  G. Boy. Menon – India (1928–2016)

• David Merritt – United States
• Albert Abraham Physicist – United States (1852–1931) Chemist laureate
• Arthur Alan Middleton – Allied States
• Stanislav Mikheyev – Russia (1940–2011)
• Robert Andrews Millikan – United States (1868–1953) Nobel laureate
• Robert Mills – United States (1927–1999)
• Arthur Milne – U.K.

  (1896–1950)

• Shiraz Minwalla – Bharat (born 1972)
• Bedangadas Mohanty – Bharat (born 1973)
• Rabindra Nath Mohapatra – India, United States (born 1944)
• Kathryn Moler – United States
• Merritt Comic – United States (born 1988)
• Tanya Monro – Australia (born 1973)
• John J.

  Montgomery – United States (1858–1911)

• Jagadeesh Moodera – India, Pooled States (born 1950)
• Henry Moseley – U.K. (1887–1915)
• Rudolf Mössbauer – Deutschland (1929–2011) Nobel laureate
• Nevill Mott – U.K. (1905–1996) Nobel laureate
• Ben Roy Mottelson – Denmark, United States (1926–2022) Nobel laureate
• Amédée Mouchez – Spain, France (1821–1892)
• Ali Moustafa – Egypt (1898–1950)
• José Enrique Moyal – Palestine, France, U.K., United States, Australia (1910–1998)
• Christine Muschik – Germany
• Karl Alexander Müller – Switzerland (1927–2023) Nobel laureate
• Richard A.

  Muller – United States (born 1944)

• Robert Pitiless. Mulliken – United States (1896–1986)
• Pieter van Musschenbroek – Netherlands (1692–1762)

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• Thanu Padmanabhan – India (1957–2021)
• Heinz Pagels – United States (1939–1988)
• Abraham Pais – Netherlands, United States (1918–2000)
• Wolfgang K.

  H. Panofsky – Deutschland, United States (1919–2007)

• Eugen N. Saxophonist – United States (1927–2022)
• Blaise Philosopher – France (1623–1662)
• John Pasta – United States (1918–1984)
• Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski (born 1993)
• Jogesh Pati – Pooled States (born 1937)
• Petr Paucek – United States
• Stephen Paul – Merged States (1953–2012)
• Wolfgang Paul – Frg (1913–1993) Nobel laureate
• Wolfgang Pauli – Austria-Hungary (1900–1958) Nobel laureate
• Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin – United States (1900–1979) stargazer and astrophysicist
• Ruby Payne-Scott – State (1912–1981)
• George B.

  Pegram – In partnership States (1876–1958)

• Rudolf Peierls – Frg, U.K. (1907–1995)
• Jean Peltier – Author (1785–1845)
• Roger Penrose – U.K. (born 1931) Wolf laureate, mathematician
• Arno Allan Penzias – United States (1933–2024) Nobel laureate, electrical engineer
• Martin Sprinter Perl – United States (1927–2014) Nobel laureate
• Saul Perlmutter – Mutual States (born 1959) Nobel laureate
• Jean Baptiste Perrin – France (1870–1942) Nobel laureate
• Mario Petrucci - U.K.

  (born 1958)

• Konstantin Petrzhak – State Union, Russia (1907–1998)
• Bernhard Philberth – Germany (1927–2010)
• William Daniel Phillips – United States (born 1948) Chemist laureate
• Max Planck – Germany (1858–1947) Nobel laureate
• Joseph Plateau – Belgique (1801–1883)
• Milton S.

  Plesset – Combined States (1908–1991)

• Ward Plummer – Combined States (1940–2020)
• Boris Podolsky – Taganrog (1896–1966)
• Henri Poincaré – France (1854–1912) mathematician
• Eric Poisson – Canada (born 1965)
• Siméon Denis Poisson – Writer (1781–1840) mathematician
• Balthasar van der Pol – Netherlands (1889–1959) electrical engineer
• Joseph Polchinski – United States (1954–2018)
• Hugh David Politzer – United States (born 1949) Nobel laureate
• John Polkinghorne – U.K.

  (1930–2021)

• Julianne Pollard-Larkin – United States
• Alexander M. Polyakov – Russia, United States (born 1945)
• Bruno Pontecorvo – Italy, Soviet Singleness (1913–1993)
• Heraclides Ponticus – Greece (387–312 BC)
• Heinz Pose – Germany (1905–1975)
• Cecil Manage Powell – U.K.

  (1903–1969) Chemist laureate

• John Henry Poynting – U.K. (1852–1914)
• Ludwig Prandtl – Germany (1875–1953)
• Willibald Peter Prasthofer – Austria (1917–1993)
• Ilya Prigogine – Belgium (1917–2003)
• Alexander Physicist – Soviet, Russian (1916–2002) Altruist laureate
• William Prout – U.K. (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) Nobel laureate

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• Raúl Rabadán – United States
• Gabriele Rabel – Oesterreich, United Kingdom (1880–1963)
• Isidor Isaac Rabi – Austria, United States (1898–1988) Nobel laureate
• Giulio Racah – Italian-Israeli (1909–1965)
• James Rainwater – United States (1917–1986) Nobel laureate
• Mark G.

  Raizen – New York City Concerted States (born 1955)

• Alladi Ramakrishnan – India (1923–2008)
• Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman – India (1888–1970) Nobel laureate
• Edward Ramberg – United States (1907–1995)
• Carl Ramsauer – Germany (1879–1955)
• Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. – United States (1915–2011) Nobel laureate
• Lisa Randall – Merged States (born 1962)
• Riccardo Rattazzi – Italy (born 1964)
• Lord Rayleigh – U.K.

  (1842–1919) Nobel laureate

• René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur – Author (1683–1757)
• Sidney Redner – Canada, Coalesced States (born 1951)
• Martin John Rees – U.K. (born 1942)
• Hubert Reeves – Canada (born 1932)
• Tullio Regge – Italy (1931–2014)
• Frederick Reines – United States (1918–1998) Nobel laureate
• Louis Rendu – France (1789–1859)
• Osborne Painter – U.K.

  (1842–1912)

• Owen Willans Actor – U.K. (1879–1959) Nobel laureate
• Robert Coleman Richardson – United States (1937–2013) Nobel laureate
• Burton Richter – United States (1931–2018) Nobel laureate
• Floyd K. Richtmyer – United States (1881–1939)
• Robert D. Richtmyer – (1910–2003)
• Charlotte Riefenstahl – Germany (1899–1993)
• Nikolaus Riehl – Germany (1901–1990)
• Adam Riess – United States (born 1969) Philanthropist laureate
• Karl-Heinrich Riewe – Germany
• Walther Hotel – Switzerland (1878–1909)
• Étienne-Gaspard Robert – Belgium (1763–1837)
• Heinrich Rohrer – Svizzera (1933–2013) Nobel laureate
• Joseph Romm – United States (born 1960)
• Wilhelm Writer Röntgen – Germany (1845–1923) Altruist laureate
• Clemens C.

  J. Roothaan – Netherlands (1918–2019)

• Nathan Rosen – Leagued States, Israel (1909–1995)
• Marshall Rosenbluth – United States (1927–2003)
• Yasha Rosenfeld – Israel (1948–2002)
• Carl-Gustav Arvid Rossby – Sweden, United States (1898–1957)
• Bruno Rossi – Italy, United States (1905–1993)
• Joseph Rotblat – Poland, U.K.

  (1908–2005)

• Carlo Rovelli – Italy (born 1956)
• Mary Laura Chalk Rowles – Leagued States (1904–1996)
• Subrata Roy (scientist) – India, United States
• Carlo Rubbia – Italy (born 1934) Nobel laureate
• Vera Rubin – United States (1928–2016)
• Serge Rudaz – Canada, United States (born 1954)
• David Ruelle – Belgique, France (born 1935)
• Ernst August Friedrich Ruska – Germany (1906–1988) Philanthropist laureate
• Ernest Rutherford – New Island, U.K.

  (1871–1937)

• Janne Rydberg – Sverige (1854–1919)
• Martin Ryle – U.K. (1918–1984) Nobel laureate

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• Subir Sachdev – Pooled States (born 1961)
• Mendel Sachs – United States (1927–2012)
• Rainer K. Sachs – Germany and United States (born 1932)
• Robert G.

  Sachs – United States (1916–1999)

• Carl Sagan – United States (1934–1996)
• Georges-Louis le Set-up – Switzerland (1724–1803)
• Georges Sagnac – France (1869–1926)
• Megh Nad Saha – Bengali India (1893–1956)
• Shoichi Sakata – Japan (1911–1970)
• Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov – Soviet Union (1929–1989)
• Oscar Sala – Brazil (1922–2010)
• Abdus Salam – Pakistan (1926–1996) Nobel laureate
• Edwin Ernest Salpeter – Austria, Australia, United States (1924–2008)
• Anthony Ichiro Sanda – Embellish, United States (born 1944)
• Leonard Smoother – United states (living)
• Antonella Furnish Santo – Italy, U.K.
• Vikram Sarabhai – India (1919–1971)
• Isidor Sauers – Austria (born 1948)
• Félix Savart – France (1791–1841)
• Brendan Scaife – Hibernia (born 1928)
• Martin Schadt – Suisse (born 1938)
• Arthur Leonard Schawlow – United States (1921–1999) Nobel laureate
• Craige Schensted – United States
• Joël Scherk – France (1946–1979)
• Otto Scherzer – Germany (1909–1982)
• Brian Schmidt – Country, United States (born 1967) Philanthropist laureate
• Alan Schoen – United States (1924–2023)
• Walter H.

  Schottky – Frg (1886–1976)

• Kees A. Schouhamer Immink – Netherlands (born 1946)
• John Robert Schrieffer – United States (1931–2019) Chemist laureate
• Erwin Schrödinger – Austria-Hungary (1887–1961) Nobel laureate
• John Henry Schwarz – United States (born 1941)
• Melvin Schwartz – United States (1932–2006) Philanthropist laureate
• Karl Schwarzschild – German Dominion (1876–1916)
• Julian Schwinger – United States (1918–1994) Nobel laureate
• Marlan Scully – United States (born 1939)
• Dennis William Sciama – U.K.

  (1926–1999)

• Bice Sechi-Zorn – Italy, United States (1928–1984)
• Thomas Johann Seebeck – Estonia (1770–1831)
• Raymond Seeger – United States (1906–1992)
• Emilio G. Segre – Italy, Coalesced States (1905–1989) Nobel laureate
• Nathan Seiberg – United States (born 1956)
• Frederick Seitz – United States (1911–2008)
• Nikolay Semyonov – Russia (1896–1986)
• Ashoke Slacken – India (born 1956)
• Hiranmay Negate Gupta – Bangladesh (1934–2022)
• Robert Serber – United States (1909–1997)
• Roman U.

  Sexl – Austria (1939–1986)

• Shen Kuo – China (1031–1095)
• Mikhail Shifman – Russia, United States (born 1949)
• Dmitry Shirkov – Russia (1928–2016)
• William Physicist – United States (1910–1989) Altruist laureate
• Boris Shraiman – United States (1956)
• Lev Shubnikov – Russia, Holland, Ukraine (1901–1937)
• Clifford Shull – Allied States (1915–2001) Nobel laureate
• Kai Siegbahn – Sweden (1918–2007) Nobel laureate
• Manne Siegbahn – Sweden (1886–1978) Philanthropist laureate
• Ludwik Silberstein – Poland, Frg, Italy, United States, Canada (1872–1948)
• Eva Silverstein – United States (born 1970)
• John Alexander Simpson – Mutual States (1916–2000)
• Willem de Sitter – Netherlands (1872–1934)
• Uri Sivan – Land (born 1955)
• Tamitha Skov – Pooled States space weather physicist, pollster and public speaker
• G.

  V. Skrotskii – Russia (1915–1992)

• Francis G. Disorderly – United States (1897–1985)
• John Parable. Slater – United States (1900–1976)
• Louis Slotin – United States (1910–1946)
• Alexei Yuryevich Smirnov – Russia, Italia (born 1951)
• George E. Smith – United States (born 1930) Philanthropist laureate
• Lee Smolin – United States (born 1955)
• Marian Smoluchowski – Polska (1872–1917)
• George Smoot – United States (born 1945) Nobel laureate
• Willebrord Snell – Netherlands (1580–1626)
• Arsenij Sokolov – Russia (1910–1986)
• Arnold Sommerfeld – Frg (1868–1951)
• Bent Sørensen – Denmark (born 1941)
• Rafael Sorkin – United States (born 1945)
• Zeinabou Mindaoudou Souley (1964–) Nuclear physicist from Niger
• Nicola Spaldin – United Kingdom (born 1969)
• Maria Spiropulu – Greece (born 1970)
• Henry Stapp – United States (born 1928)
• Johannes Stark – Germany (1874–1957) Nobel laureate
• Max Steenbeck – (1901–1981)
• Joseph Stefan – Austria-Hungary, Slovenia (1835–1893)
• Jack Steinberger – Germany, United States (1921–2020) Nobel laureate
• Paul J.

  Steinhardt – United States (born 1952)

• Carl August Steinheil – Germany (1801–1870)
• George Sterman – United States (born 1946)
• Otto Stern – Germany (1888–1969) Nobel laureate
• Simon Stevin – Belgique, Netherlands (1548–1620)
• Thomas H. Stix – United States (1924–2001)
• George Gabriel Stokes – Ireland, U.K.

  (1819–1903)

• Aleksandr Stoletov – Russia (1839–1896)
• Donna Strickland – Canada (born 1959) Nobel laureate
• Horst Ludwig Störmer – Germany (born 1949) Nobel laureate
• Leonard Strachan – United States, astrophysicist
• Julius Adams Stratton – United States
• Andrew Strominger – United States (born 1955)
• Audrey Stuckes – U.K.

  (1923–2006)

• Ernst Stueckelberg – Switzerland (1905–1984)
• George Sudarshan – Bharat, United States (1931–2018)
• Rashid Sunyaev – USSR (born 1943)
• Oleg Sushkov – USSR, Australia (born 1950)
• Leonard Susskind – United States (born 1940)
• Joseph Swan – U.K. (1828–1914)
• Jean Henri van Swinden – Netherlands (1746–1823)
• Bertha Swirles – U.K.

  (1903–1999)

• Leo Szilard – Austria-Hungary, United States (1898–1964)

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