List of physicists

Following is a list of physicists who are notable for their achievements.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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

A

• Jules Aarons – United States (1921–2016)
• Ernst Karl Abbe – Germany (1840–1905)
• Derek Abbott – Australia (born 1960)
• Hasan Abdullayev – Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Soviet Union, Azerbaijan (1918–1993)
• Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov – Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2017) Nobel laureate
• Robert Adler – United 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 – Soviet Union, Russia (1930–2019) Nobel laureate
• Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén – Sweden (1908–1995) Nobel laureate
• Alhazen – Basra, Iraq (965–1040)
• Artem Alikhanian – Soviet Union, Armenia (1908–1978)
• Abram Alikhanov – Soviet Union, Russia (1904–1970)
• John E. Allen – United Kingdom (born 1928)
• William Allis – United States (1901–1999)
• Samuel King Allison – United States (1900–1965)
• Yakov Lvovich Alpert – Soviet Union, Russia, United States (1911–2010)
• Ralph Asher Alpher – United States (1921–2007)
• Semen Altshuler – Soviet Union (1911–1983)
• Luis Walter Alvarez – United States (1911–1988) Nobel laureate
• Viktor Ambartsumian – Soviet Union, Armenia (1908–1996)
• André-Marie Ampère – France (1775–1836)
• Anja Cetti Andersen – Denmark (born 1965)
• Hans Henrik Andersen – Denmark (1937–2012)
• Philip Warren Anderson – United States (1923–2020) Nobel laureate
• Carl David Anderson – United States (1905–1991) Nobel laureate
• Herbert L. Anderson – United States (1914–1988)
• Elephter Andronikashvili – Soviet Union, Georgia (1910–1989)
• Anders Jonas Ångström – Sweden (1814–1874)
• Alexander Animalu, Nigeria (born 1938)
• Edward Victor Appleton – United Kingdom (1892–1965) Nobel laureate
• François Arago – France (1786–1853)
• Archimedes – Syracuse, 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 – Soviet Union (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 Auger – France (1899–1993)
• Avicenna – Persia (980–1037)
• Amedeo Avogadro – Italy (1776–1856)
• David Awschalom – United States (born 1956)
• APJ Abdul Kalam – India

B

Biruni is one of the best-known early physicists

• 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 – United States (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 Bardeen – United States (1908–1991) double Nobel laureate
• William A. Bardeen – United States (born 1941)
• Ronald Hugh Barker – Ireland (1915–2015)
• Charles Glover Barkla – U.K. (1877–1944) Nobel laureate
• Amanda Barnard – Australia (born 1971)
• Boyd Bartlett – United States (1897–1965)
• Asım Orhan Barut – Malatya, Turkey (1926–1994)
• Heinz Barwich – Germany (1911–1966)
• Nikolay Basov – Soviet Union, Russia (1922–2001) Nobel laureate
• Laura Maria Caterina Bassi – Italy (1711–1778)
• Zoltán Lajos Bay – Hungary (1900–1992)
• Karl Bechert – Germany (1901–1981)
• Henri Becquerel – France (1852–1908) Nobel laureate
• Johannes Georg Bednorz – Germany (born 1950) Nobel laureate
• Isaac Beeckman – Netherlands (1588–1637)
• Jacob Bekenstein – Israel (1947–2015)
• 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 T. 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) Nobel laureate
• Nicolaas Bloembergen – Netherlands, United 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) Nobel laureate
• Niels Bohr – Denmark (1885–1962) Nobel laureate
• Martin Bojowald – Germany (born 1973)
• Ludwig Boltzmann – Austria (1844–1906)
• Eugene T. Booth – United States (1912–2004)
• Max Born – Germany, 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, United States (1924–2011) Nobel laureate
• William Henry Bragg – U.K. (1862–1942) Nobel 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) Nobel laureate
• Karl Ferdinand Braun – Germany (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 – Iceland (1927–2013)
• Hans Buchdahl – Germany, Australia (1918–2010)
• Gersh Budker – Soviet Union (1918–1977)
• Silke Bühler-Paschen – Austria (born 1967)
• Johannes Martinus Burgers – Netherlands (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 – United 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 – United 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 – United States (1920–2006) Nobel laureate
• Moses H. W. Chan – Hong Kong (born 1946)
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – India, United States (1910–1995) Nobel laureate
• Tsao Chang - Chinese (born 1942)
• Georges Charpak – France (1924–2010) Nobel laureate
• Émilie du Châtelet – France (1706–1749)
• Swapan Chattopadhyay – India (born 1951)
• Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov – Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1904–1990) Nobel laureate
• Maxim Chernodub – Soviet Union, Russia, France (born 1973)
• Geoffrey Chew – United States (1924–2019)
• Boris Chirikov – Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2008)
• Juansher Chkareuli – Soviet Union, Georgia (born 1940)
• Ernst Chladni – Germany (1756–1827)
• Nicholas Christofilos – Greece (1916–1972)
• Steven Chu – United States (born 1948) Nobel laureate
• Giovanni Ciccotti – Italy (born 1943)
• Benoît Clapeyron – France (1799–1864)
• George W. Clark – United States
• John Clauser – United States (born 1942) Nobel laureate
• Rudolf Clausius – Germany (1822–1888)
• Richard Clegg – U.K.
• Gari Clifford – British-American physicist, biomedical engineer, academic, researcher
• John Cockcroft – U.K. (1897–1967) Nobel laureate
• Claude Cohen-Tannoudji – France (born 1933) Nobel laureate
• Arthur Compton – United States (1892–1962) Nobel 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 – United 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)
• Thomas E. Cravens - United States, cometary x-rays
• Charles Critchfield – United States (1910–1994)
• James Cronin – United States (1931–2016) Nobel laureate
• Sir William Crookes – U.K. (1832–1919)
• Paul Crowell – United States
• Marie Curie – Russian Empire, France (1867–1934) twice Nobel laureate
• Pierre Curie – France (1859–1906) Nobel laureate
• Predrag Cvitanović – Croatia (born 1946)

D

• Jean le Rond d'Alembert – France (1717–1783)
• Gustaf Dalén – Sweden (1869–1937) Nobel laureate
• Jean Dalibard – France (born 1958)
• Richard Dalitz – U.K., United States (1925–2006)
• John Dalton – U.K. (1766–1844)
• Sanja Damjanović – Yugoslavia, Montenegro (born 1972)
• Ranjan Roy Daniel – India (1923–2005)
• Charles Galton Darwin – U.K. (1887–1962)
• Ashok Das – India, United States (born 1953)
• James C. Davenport – United States (born 1938)
• Paul Davies – Australia (born 1946)
• Raymond Davis, Jr. – United States (1914–2006) Nobel laureate
• Clinton Davisson – United States (1881–1958) Nobel laureate
• Peter Debije – Netherlands (1884–1966)
• Hans Georg Dehmelt – Germany, United States (1922–2017) Nobel laureate
• Max Delbrück – Germany, United States (1906–1981)
• Democritus – Abdera (ca. 460–360 BC)
• David M. 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 – Soviet Union, Russia (born 1926)
• Savas Dimopoulos – United States (born 1952)
• Paul Dirac – Switzerland, U.K. (1902–1984) Nobel laureate
• Revaz Dogonadze – Soviet Union, Georgia (1931–1985)
• Louise Dolan – United States (born 1950)
• Amos Dolbear – United States (1837–1910)
• Robert Döpel – Germany (1895–1982)
• Christian Doppler – Austria (1803–1853)
• Henk Dorgelo – Netherlands (1894–1961)
• Friedrich Ernst Dorn – Germany (1848–1916)
• Geneva Smith Douglas – United States (1932–1993)
• Michael R. Douglas – United 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 du Châtelet – France (1706–1749)
• Pierre Louis 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 Dempster – Canada (1886–1950)

E

• Joseph H. Eberly – United States (1935–2025)
• William Eccles – U.K. (1875–1966)
• Carl Eckart – United States (1902–1973)
• Arthur Stanley Eddington – U.K. (1882–1944)
• Thomas Edison – 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, Switzerland, United States (1879–1955) Nobel laureate
• Laura Eisenstein – (1942–1985) professor of physics at University of Illinois
• Terence James Elkins – Australia, United States (born 1936)
• John Ellis – U.K. (born 1946)
• Paul John Ellis – U.K., United States (1941–2005)
• Richard Keith Ellis – U.K., United States (born 1949)
• Arpad Elo – Hungary (1903–1992)
• François Englert – Belgium (born 1932) Nobel laureate
• David Enskog – Sweden (1884–1947)
• Loránd Eötvös – Austria-Hungary (1848–1919)
• Frederick J. Ernst – United States (born 1933)
• Leo Esaki – Japan (born 1925) Nobel laureate
• Ernest Esclangon – France (1876–1954)
• Louis Essen – U.K. (1908–1997)
• Leonhard Euler – 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

• Ludvig Faddeev – Soviet Union, Russia (1934–2017)
• Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit – Prussia (1686–1736)
• Kazimierz Fajans – Russian Empire, Poland, United States (1887–1975)
• James E. Faller – United States
• Michael Faraday – U.K. (1791–1867)
• Eugene Feenberg – United States (1906–1977)
• Mitchell Feigenbaum – United States (1944–2019)
• Gerald Feinberg – United States (1933–1992)
• Enrico Fermi – Italy (1901–1954) Nobel laureate
• Albert Fert – France (born 1938) Nobel laureate
• Herman Feshbach – United States (1917–2000)
• Richard Feynman – United States (1918–1988) Nobel laureate
• Wolfgang Finkelnburg – Germany (1905–1967)
• David Finkelstein – United States (1929–2016)
• Johannes Fischer – Germany (born 1887)
• Willy Fischler – Belgium (born 1949)
• Val Logsdon Fitch – United States (1923–2015) Nobel laureate
• George Francis FitzGerald – Ireland (1851–1901)
• Hippolyte Fizeau – France (1819–1896)
• Georgy Flyorov – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1913–1990)
• Vladimir Fock – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1898–1974)
• Adriaan Fokker – Netherlands (1887–1972)
• Arthur Foley – America (1867–1945)
• James David Forbes – U.K. (1809–1868)
• Jeff Forshaw – U.K. (born 1968)
• Léon Foucault – France (1819–1868)
• Joseph Fourier – France (1768–1830)
• Ralph H. Fowler – U.K. (1889–1944)
• William Alfred Fowler – United States (1911–1995) Nobel laureate
• James Franck – Germany, United States (1882–1964) Nobel laureate
• Ilya Frank – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1908–1990) Nobel laureate
• Benjamin Franklin – British America, United States (1706–1790)
• Rosalind Franklin – U.K. (1920–1958)
• Walter Franz – Germany (1911–1992)
• Joseph von Fraunhofer – Germany (1787–1826)
• Steven Frautschi – United States (born 1933)
• Joan Maie Freeman – Australia (1918–1998)
• Phyllis S. Freier – United States (1921–1992))
• Yakov Frenkel – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1894–1952)
• Augustin-Jean Fresnel – France (1788–1827)
• Peter Freund – United States (1936–2018)
• Daniel Friedan – United States (born 1948)
• B. Roy Frieden – United States (born 1936)
• Alexander Friedman – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1888–1925)
• Jerome Isaac Friedman – United States (born 1930) Nobel laureate
• Otto Frisch – Austria, U.K. (1904–1979)
• Erwin Fues – Germany (1893–1970)
• Harald Fuchs – Germany (born 1951)

G

Galileo Galilei, the founder of Modern Science and Physics

• Dennis Gabor – Hungary (1900–1979) Nobel laureate
• Mary K. Gaillard – France, United States (1939–2025)
• Galileo Galilei – Italy (1564–1642)
• Luigi Galvani – Italy (1737–1798)
• George Gamow – Russian Empire, Soviet Union, United States (1904–1968)
• Domenica Garzón – Ecuador (living)
• Sylvester James Gates – United States (born 1950)
• Carl Friedrich Gauss – Germany (1777–1855)
• Pamela L. Gay – United States (born 1973)
• Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac – France (1778–1850)
• Hans Geiger – Germany (1882–1945)
• Andre Geim – Soviet Union, Russia, Netherlands, U.K. (born 1958) Nobel laureate
• Murray Gell-Mann – United States (1929–2019) Nobel laureate
• Pierre-Gilles de Gennes – France (1932–2007) Nobel laureate
• Howard Georgi – United States (born 1947)
• Walter Gerlach – Germany (1889–1979)
• Christian Gerthsen – Denmark, Germany (1894–1956)
• Ezra Getzler – Australia (born 1962)
• Andrea M. Ghez – United States (born 1955) Nobel laureate
• Riccardo Giacconi – Italy, United States (1931–2018) Nobel laureate
• Ivar Giaever – Norway, United States (1929–2025) Nobel laureate
• Josiah Willard Gibbs – United States (1839–1903)
• Valerie Gibson – U.K. (born 19??)
• William Gilbert – England (1544–1603)
• Mar Gómez – Spain (1985)
• Piara Singh Gill – India (1911–2002)
• Naomi Ginsberg – United States (born 1979)
• Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg – Soviet Union, Russia (1916–2009) Nobel laureate
• Marvin D. Girardeau – United States (1930–2015)
• Marissa Giustina – United States (born 19??)
• Donald Arthur Glaser – United States (1926–2013) Nobel laureate
• Sheldon Glashow – United States (born 1932) Nobel laureate
• G. N. 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) Nobel laureate
• Gerald Goertzel – United States (1920–2002)
• Marvin Leonard Goldberger – United States (1922–2014)
• Maurice Goldhaber – Austria, United States (1911–2011)
• Jeffrey Goldstone – U.K., United States (born 1933)
• Sixto González – Puerto Rico, United 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 – Soviet Union, Russia (1930–1997)
• David J. Griffiths – United States (born 1942)
• David Gross – United States (born 1941) Nobel laureate
• Frederick Grover – United States (1876–1973)
• Peter Grünberg – Germany (1939–2018) Nobel laureate
• Charles Édouard Guillaume – Switzerland (1861–1931) Nobel laureate
• Ayyub Guliyev – Soviet Union, Azerbaijan (born 1954)
• Feza Gürsey – Turkey (1921–1992)
• Hanoch Gutfreund – Israel (born 1935)
• Alan Guth – United States (born 1947)
• Martin Gutzwiller – Switzerland (1925–2014)

H

• Rudolf Haag – Germany (1922–2016)
• Wander Johannes de Haas – Netherlands (1878–1960)
• Alain Haché – Canada (born 1970)
• Carl Richard Hagen – United States (born 1937)
• Otto Hahn – Germany (1879–1968)
• Edwin Hall – United States (1855–1938)
• John Lewis Hall – United States (born 1934) Nobel laureate
• Alexander Hamilton – U.K., Australia (born 1967)
• William Rowan Hamilton – Ireland (1805–1865)
• Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch – Germany (born 1941) Nobel laureate
• Peter Andreas Hansen – Denmark (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 – Austria, Hungary (1874–1915)
• Lene Vestergaard Hau – Vejle, Denmark (born 1959)
• Stephen Hawking – U.K. (1942–2018) Wolf laureate
• Ibn al-Haytham – Iraq (965–1039)
• Evans Hayward – United States (1922–2020)
• Oliver Heaviside – U.K. (1850–1925)
• Werner Heisenberg – Germany (1901–1976) Nobel laureate
• Walter Heitler – Germany, Ireland (1904–1981)
• Hermann von Helmholtz – Germany (1821–1894)
• Charles H. Henry – United States (1937–2016)
• Joseph Henry – United States (1797–1878)
• John Herapath – U.K. (1790–1868)
• Carl Hermann – Germany (1898–1961)
• Gustav Ludwig Hertz – Germany (1887–1975) Nobel laureate
• Heinrich Rudolf Hertz – Germany (1857–1894)
• Karl Herzfeld – Austria, United States (1892–1978)
• Victor Francis Hess – Austria, 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 Hill – 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 – United States (1915–1990) Nobel laureate
• Helmut Hönl – Germany (1903–1981)
• Pervez Hoodbhoy – Pakistan (born 1950)
• Gerardus 't Hooft – Netherlands (born 1946) Nobel 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 – Netherlands, Germany, Austria (1903–1966)
• Archibald Howie – U.K. (born 1934)
• Fred Hoyle – U.K. (1915–2001)
• Veronika Hubeny – United States
• John Hubbard – U.K. (1931–1980)
• John H. Hubbell – United States (1925–2007)
• Edwin Powell Hubble – United States (1889–1953)
• Russell Alan Hulse – United States (born 1950) Nobel laureate
• Friedrich Hund – Germany (1896–1997)
• Tahir Hussain – Pakistan (1923–2010)
• Andrew D. Huxley – U.K. (born 1966)
• Christiaan Huygens – Netherlands (1629–1695)

I

• Arthur Iberall – United States (1918–2002)
• Sumio Iijima – Japan (born 1939)
• John Iliopoulos – Greece (born 1940)
• Ataç İmamoğlu – Turkey, United States (born 1962)
• Elmer Imes – United States (1883–1941)
• Abram Ioffe – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1880–1960)
• Nathan Isgur – United States, Canada (1947–2001)
• Ernst Ising – Germany (1900–1998)
• Jamal Nazrul Islam – Bangladesh (1939–2013)
• Werner Israel – Canada (born 1931)

J

• Roman Jackiw – Poland, United States (1939–2023)
• Shirley Ann Jackson – United States (born 1946)
• Boris Jacobi – Germany, Russia (1801–1874)
• Gregory Jaczko – United States (born 1970)
• Chennupati Jagadish – India, Australia (born 1957)
• Jainendra Jain – India (born 1960)
• Ratko Janev – North Macedonia (1939–2019)
• Andreas Jaszlinszky – Hungary (1715–1783)
• Ali Javan – Iran (1928–2016)
• Edwin Jaynes – United States (1922–1998)
• Antal István Jákli – Hungary (born 1958)
• Sir James Jeans – U.K. (1877–1946)
• Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen – Germany (1907–1973) Nobel laureate
• Deborah S. Jin – United States (born 1968)
• Anthony M. Johnson – United States (born 1954)
• Irène Joliot-Curie – France (1897–1956)
• Lorella Jones – United States (1943–1995)
• Pascual Jordan – Germany (1902–1980)
• Vania Jordanova – United States, physicist, space weather and geomagnetic storms^[1]
• Brian David Josephson – U.K. (born 1940) Nobel laureate
• James Prescott Joule – U.K. (1818–1889)
• Adolfas Jucys – Russian Empire, Lithuania, Soviet Union (1904–1974)
• Chang Kee Jung – South Korea, United States

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 – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1894–1984) Nobel laureate
• Theodore von Kármán – Hungary, United States (1881–1963) aeronautical engineer
• Alfred Kastler – France (1902–1984) Nobel laureate
• Amrom Harry Katz – United States (1915–1997)
• Moshe Kaveh – Israel (born 1943) President of Bar-Ilan University
• Predhiman Krishan Kaw – India (1948–2017)
• 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) Nobel laureate
• Johannes Kepler – Germany (1571–1630)
• John Kerr – Scotland (1824–1907)
• Wolfgang Ketterle – Germany (born 1957) Nobel laureate
• Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov – Soviet Union, Russia (1919–2021)
• Jim Al-Khalili – U.K. (born 1962)
• Abdul Qadeer Khan – Pakistan (1936–2021)
• Yulii Borisovich Khariton – Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russia (1904–1996)
• Erhard Kietz – Germany, United States (1909–1982)
• Jack Kilby – United States (1923–2005) electronics engineer, Nobel laureate
• Toichiro Kinoshita – Japan, United States (1925–2023)
• Gustav Kirchhoff – Germany (1824–1887)
• Oskar Klein – Sweden (1894–1977)
• Hagen Kleinert – Germany (born 1941)
• Klaus von Klitzing – Germany (born 1943) Nobel laureate
• Jens Martin 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)
• Sabine Kraml – Austria (born 1971)
• Serguei Krasnikov – Soviet Union, Russia (born 1961)
• Adolf Kratzer – Germany (1893–1983)
• Lawrence M. Krauss – United States (born 1954)
• Herbert Kroemer – Germany (1928–2024) Nobel laureate
• August Krönig – Germany (1822–1879)
• Ralph Kronig – Germany, United States (1904–1995)
• Nikolay Sergeevich Krylov – Soviet Union (1917–1947)
• Ryogo Kubo – Japan (1920–1995)
• Daya Shankar Kulshreshtha – India (born 1951)
• Shaiwatna Kupratakul – Thailand (born 1940)
• Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1903–1960)
• Behram Kursunoglu – Turkey (1922–2003)
• Polykarp Kusch – Germany (1911–1993) Nobel laureate

L

• Anne L'Huillier – France, Sweden (born 1958) Nobel laureate
• James W. LaBelle – United States
• Joseph-Louis Lagrange – France (1736–1813)
• Willis Lamb – United States (1913–2008) Nobel laureate
• Lev Davidovich Landau – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1908–1968) Nobel laureate
• Rolf Landauer – United States (1927–1999)
• Grigory Landsberg – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1890–1957)
• Kenneth Lane – United States
• Paul Langevin – France (1872–1946)
• Irving Langmuir – United States (1881–1957)
• Pierre-Simon Laplace – 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) Nobel laureate
• Mikhail Lavrentyev – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1900–1980)
• Melvin Lax – United States (1922–2002)
• Ernest Lawrence – United States (1901–1958) Nobel laureate
• TH Laby – Australia (1880–1946)
• Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev – Russian Empire (1866–1912)
• Lindsay LeBlanc – Canada (living)
• Leon Max Lederman – United States (1922–2018) Nobel laureate
• Benjamin Lee – Korea, United States (1935–1977)
• David Lee – United States (born 1931) Nobel laureate
• Tsung-Dao Lee – China, United States (1926–2024) Nobel laureate
• Anthony James Leggett – U.K., United States (born 1938) Nobel laureate
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz – Germany (1646–1716)
• Robert B. Leighton – United States (1919–1997)
• Georges Lemaître – Belgium (1894–1966)
• Philipp Lenard – Hungary, Germany (1862–1947) Nobel laureate
• John Lennard-Jones – U.K. (1894–1954)
• John Leslie – U.K. (1766–1832)
• Walter Lewin – Netherlands, United 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 – Russian Empire, 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 L. Littrow – Austria (1811–1877)
• Seth Lloyd – United States (born 1960)
• Oliver Lodge – U.K. (1851–1940)
• Maurice Loewy – Austria, France (1833–1907)
• Robert K. Logan – United States (born 1939)
• Mikhail Lomonosov – Tsardom of Russia, Russian Empire (1711–1765)
• Alfred Lee Loomis – United States (1887–1975)
• Ramón E. López – United States (born 1959)
• Hendrik Lorentz – Netherlands (1853–1928) Nobel laureate
• Ludvig Lorenz – Denmark (1829–1891)
• Johann Josef Loschmidt – Austria (1821–1895)
• Oleg Losev – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1903–1942)
• Archibald Low – U.K. (1888–1956)
• Per-Olov Löwdin – Sweden (1916–2000)
• Lucretius – Rome (98?–55 BC)
• Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov – Russian Empire (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 Mackenzie – 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 – Italy (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 – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1879–1944)
• Franz Mandl – U.K. (1923–2009)
• Charles Lambert Manneback – Belgium (1894–1975)
• Peter Mansfield – U.K. (1933–2017)
• Carlo Marangoni – Italy (1840–1925)
• M. Cristina Marchetti – Italy, United States (born 1955)
• Guglielmo Marconi – Italy (1874–1937) Nobel laureate
• Henry Margenau – Germany, United States (1901–1977)
• Nina Marković – Yugoslavia, Croatia, United States
• William Markowitz – United States (1907–1998)
• Laurence D. Marks – United States (born 1954)
• Robert Marshak – United States (1916–1992)
• Walter Marshall – 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 E. McNair – United States (1950–1986)
• Anna McPherson – Canadian (1901–1979)
• Simon van der Meer – Netherlands (1925–2011) Nobel laureate
• Lise Meitner – Austria (1878–1968)
• Fulvio Melia – United States (born 1956)
• Macedonio Melloni – Italy (1798–1854)
• Adrian Melott – United States (born 1947)
• Thomas Corwin Mendenhall – United States (1841–1924)
• M. G. K. Menon – India (1928–2016)
• David Merritt – United States
• Albert Abraham Michelson – United States (1852–1931) Nobel laureate
• Arthur Alan Middleton – United States
• Stanislav Mikheyev – Soviet Union, 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 – India (born 1972)
• Bedangadas Mohanty – India (born 1973)
• Rabindra Nath Mohapatra – India, United States (born 1944)
• Kathryn Moler – United States
• Merritt Moore – United States (born 1988)
• Tanya Monro – Australia (born 1973)
• John J. Montgomery – United States (1858–1911)
• Jagadeesh Moodera – India, United States (born 1950)
• Henry Moseley – U.K. (1887–1915)
• Rudolf Mössbauer – Germany (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 – Ottoman Empire, Mandatory 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 S. Mulliken – United States (1896–1986)
• Pieter van Musschenbroek – Netherlands (1692–1762)

N

• Yoichiro Nambu – Japan, United States (1921–2015) Nobel laureate
• Meenakshi Narain – United States (1964–2022)
• Jayant Narlikar – India (born 1938)
• Quirino Navarro – Filipino nuclear physicist and chemist (1936–2002)
• Seth Neddermeyer – United States (1907–1988)
• Louis Néel – France (1904–2000) Nobel laureate
• Yuval Ne'eman – Mandatory Palestine, Israel (1925–2006)
• Ann Nelson – United States (1958–2019)
• John von Neumann – Austria-Hungary, United States (1903–1957)
• Simon Newcomb – United States (1835–1909)
• Sir Isaac Newton – England (1642–1727)
• Edward P. Ney – United States (1920–1996)
• Kendal Nezan – France, Kurdistan (born 1949)
• Holger Bech Nielsen – Denmark (born 1941)
• Leopoldo Nobili – Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1784–1835)
• Emmy Noether – Germany (1882–1935)
• Lothar Nordheim – Germany (1899–1985)
• Gunnar Nordström – Russian Empire, Finland (1881–1923)
• Johann Gottlieb Nörremberg – Germany (1787–1862)
• Konstantin Novoselov – Soviet Union, Russia, U.K. (born 1974) Nobel laureate
• H. Pierre Noyes – United States (1923–2016)
• John Nye – U.K. (1923–2019)

O

• Yuri Oganessian – Soviet Union, Russia (born 1933)
• Georg Ohm – Germany (1789–1854)
• Hideo Ohno – Japan (born 1954)
• Susumu Okubo – Japan, United States (1930–2015)
• Sir Mark Oliphant – Australia (1901–2000)
• David Olive – U.K. (1937–2012)
• Zaira Ollano – Italy (1904–1997)
• Gerard K. O'Neill – United States (1927–1992)
• Lars Onsager – Norway (1903–1976)
• Robert Oppenheimer – United States (1904–1967)
• Nicole Oresme – France (1325–1382)
• Yuri Orlov – Soviet Union, United States (1924–2020)
• Leonard Salomon Ornstein – Netherlands (1880–1941)
• Egon Orowan – Austria-Hungary, United States (1901–1989)
• Hans Christian Ørsted – Denmark (1777–1851)
• Douglas Dean Osheroff – United States (born 1945) Nobel laureate
• Silke Ospelkaus – Germany
• Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky – Russian Empire (1801–1862)

P

• Thanu Padmanabhan – India (1957–2021)
• Heinz Pagels – United States (1939–1988)
• Abraham Pais – Netherlands, United States (1918–2000)
• Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky – Germany, United States (1919–2007)
• Blaise Pascal – France (1623–1662)
• John Pasta – United States (1918–1984)
• Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski – United States (born 1993)
• Jogesh Pati – United States (born 1937)
• Petr Paucek – United States
• Stephen Paul – United States (1953–2012)
• Wolfgang Paul – Germany (1913–1993) Nobel laureate
• Wolfgang Pauli – Austria-Hungary (1900–1958) Nobel laureate
• Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin – United States (1900–1979) astronomer and astrophysicist
• Ruby Payne-Scott – Australia (1912–1981)
• George B. Pegram – United States (1876–1958)
• Rudolf Peierls – Germany, U.K. (1907–1995)
• Jean Peltier – France (1785–1845)
• Roger Penrose – U.K. (born 1931) Wolf laureate, mathematician
• Arno Allan Penzias – United States (1933–2024) Nobel laureate, electrical engineer
• Martin Lewis Perl – United States (1927–2014) Nobel laureate
• Saul Perlmutter – United States (born 1959) Nobel laureate
• Jean Baptiste Perrin – France (1870–1942) Nobel laureate
• Mario Petrucci - U.K. (born 1958)
• Konstantin Petrzhak – Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russia (1907–1998)
• Bernhard Philberth – Germany (1927–2010)
• William Daniel Phillips – United States (born 1948) Nobel laureate
• Max Planck – Germany (1858–1947) Nobel laureate
• Joseph Plateau – Belgium (1801–1883)
• Milton S. Plesset – United States (1908–1991)
• Ward Plummer – United States (1940–2020)
• Boris Podolsky – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1896–1966)
• Henri Poincaré – France (1854–1912) mathematician
• Eric Poisson – Canada (born 1965)
• Siméon Denis Poisson – France (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 – Soviet Union, United States (born 1945)
• Bruno Pontecorvo – Italy, Soviet Union, Russia (1913–1993)
• Heraclides Ponticus – Greece (387–312 BC)
• Heinz Pose – Germany (1905–1975)
• Cecil Frank Powell – U.K. (1903–1969) Nobel 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 Prokhorov – Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russia (1916–2002) Nobel laureate
• William Prout – U.K. (1785–1850)
• Luigi Puccianti – Italy (1875–1952)
• Ivan Pulyuy – Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary (1845–1918)
• Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin – Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary, Serbia, United States (1858–1935)
• Edward Mills Purcell – United States (1912–1997) Nobel laureate

Q

• Xuesen Qian – China (1911–2009)
• Helen Quinn – Australia, United States (born 1943)

R

• Raúl Rabadán – United States
• Gabriele Rabel – Austria, 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 – United States (born 1955)
• Alladi Ramakrishnan – British Empire, India (1923–2008)
• Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman – British Empire, 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 – United States (born 1962)
• Riccardo Rattazzi – Italy (born 1964)
• Lord Rayleigh – U.K. (1842–1919) Nobel laureate
• René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur – France (1683–1757)
• Sidney Redner – Canada, United 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 Reynolds – U.K. (1842–1912)
• Owen Willans Richardson – 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 – United States (1910–2003)
• Charlotte Riefenstahl – Germany (1899–1993)
• Nikolaus Riehl – Germany (1901–1990)
• Adam Riess – United States (born 1969) Nobel laureate
• Karl-Heinrich Riewe – Germany
• Walther Ritz – Switzerland (1878–1909)
• Étienne-Gaspard Robert – Belgium (1763–1837)
• Heinrich Rohrer – Switzerland (1933–2013) Nobel laureate
• Joseph Romm – United States (born 1960)
• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen – Germany (1845–1923) Nobel laureate
• Clemens C. J. Roothaan – Netherlands (1918–2019)
• Nathan Rosen – United 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 – Russian Empire, Poland, U.K. (1908–2005)
• Carlo Rovelli – Italy (born 1956)
• Mary Laura Chalk Rowles – United 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 – Belgium, France (born 1935)
• Ernst August Friedrich Ruska – Germany (1906–1988) Nobel laureate
• Ernest Rutherford – New Zealand, U.K. (1871–1937)
• Janne Rydberg – Sweden (1854–1919)
• Martin Ryle – U.K. (1918–1984) Nobel laureate

S

• Subir Sachdev – United 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 Sage – 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 – Japan, United States (born 1944)
• Leonard Sander – United states (living)
• Antonella De Santo – Italy, U.K.
• Vikram Sarabhai – India (1919–1971)
• Isidor Sauers – Austria (born 1948)
• Félix Savart – France (1791–1841)
• Brendan Scaife – Ireland (born 1928)
• Martin Schadt – Switzerland (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 – Australia, United States (born 1967) Nobel laureate
• Alan Schoen – United States (1924–2023)
• Walter H. Schottky – Germany (1886–1976)
• Kees A. Schouhamer Immink – Netherlands (born 1946)
• John Robert Schrieffer – United States (1931–2019) Nobel laureate
• Erwin Schrödinger – Austria-Hungary, Austria, Ireland (1887–1961) Nobel laureate
• John Henry Schwarz – United States (born 1941)
• Melvin Schwartz – United States (1932–2006) Nobel laureate
• Karl Schwarzschild – German Empire (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, United States (1905–1989) Nobel laureate
• Nathan Seiberg – United States (born 1956)
• Frederick Seitz – United States (1911–2008)
• Nikolay Semyonov – Russia (1896–1986)
• Ashoke Sen – India (born 1956)
• Hiranmay Sen 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 Shockley – United States (1910–1989) Nobel laureate
• Boris Shraiman – United States (1956)
• Lev Shubnikov – Russia, Netherlands, Ukraine (1901–1937)
• Clifford Shull – United States (1915–2001) Nobel laureate
• Kai Siegbahn – Sweden (1918–2007) Nobel laureate
• Manne Siegbahn – Sweden (1886–1978) Nobel laureate
• Ludwik Silberstein – Poland, Germany, Italy, United States, Canada (1872–1948)
• Eva Silverstein – United States (born 1970)
• John Alexander Simpson – United States (1916–2000)
• Willem de Sitter – Netherlands (1872–1934)
• Uri Sivan – Israel (born 1955)
• Tamitha Skov – United States space weather physicist, researcher and public speaker
• G. V. Skrotskii – Russia (1915–1992)
• Francis G. Slack – United States (1897–1985)
• John C. Slater – United States (1900–1976)
• Louis Slotin – United States (1910–1946)
• Alexei Yuryevich Smirnov – Russia, Italy (born 1951)
• George E. Smith – United States (1930–2025) Nobel laureate
• Lee Smolin – United States (born 1955)
• Marian Smoluchowski – Poland (1872–1917)
• George Smoot – United States (born 1945) Nobel laureate
• Willebrord Snell – Netherlands (1580–1626)
• Arsenij Sokolov – Russia (1910–1986)
• Arnold Sommerfeld – Germany (1868–1951)
• Haim Sompolinsky – Israel (born 1949)
• 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 – Belgium, 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 – India, 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)

T

• Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm – Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1895–1971) Nobel laureate
• Rachel Takserman-Krozer – Ukraine (1921–1987)
• Abraham H. Taub – United States (1911–1999)
• Geoffrey Ingram Taylor – U.K. (1886–1975)
• Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. – United States (born 1941) Nobel laureate
• Richard Edward Taylor – United States (1929–2018) Nobel laureate
• Max Tegmark – Sweden, United States (born 1967)
• Valentine Telegdi – Hungary, United States (1922–2006) Wolf laureate
• Edward Teller – Austria-Hungary, United States (1908–2003)
• Igor Ternov – Russia (1921–1996)
• George Paget Thomson – U.K. (1892–1975) Nobel laureate
• J. J. Thomson – U.K. (1856–1940) Nobel laureate
• William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) – Ireland, U.K. (1824–1907)
• Charles Thorn – United States (born 1946)
• Kip Stephen Thorne – United States (born 1940)
• Peter Adolf Thiessen – Germany (1899–1990)
• Samuel Chao Chung Ting – United States (born 1936) Nobel laureate
• Frank J. Tipler – United States (born 1947)
• Ernest William Titterton – U.K., Australia (1916–1990)
• Yoshinori Tokura – Japan (born 1954)
• Samuel Tolansky – U.K. (1907–1973)
• Sin-Itiro Tomonaga – Japan (1906–1979) Nobel laureate
• Lewi Tonks – United States (1897–1971)
• Akira Tonomura – Japan (1942–2012)
• Evangelista Torricelli – Italy (1608–1647)
• Yoji Totsuka – Japan (1942–2008)
• Bruno Touschek – Italy (1921–1978)
• Charles Townes – United States (1915–2015) Nobel laureate
• John Townsend – U.K. (1868–1957)
• Johann Georg Tralles – Germany (1763–1822)
• Sam Treiman – United States (1925–1999)
• Daniel Chee Tsui – China, United States (born 1939) Nobel laureate
• Vipin Kumar Tripathi – India (born 1948)
• John J. Turin – United States (1913–1973)
• Neil Turok – South Africa (born 1958)
• Victor Twersky – United States (1923–1998)
• Sergei Tyablikov – Russia (1921–1968)
• John Tyndall – U.K. (1820–1893)
• Neil deGrasse Tyson – United States (born 1958)

U

• George Eugene Uhlenbeck – Netherlands, United States (1900–1988)
• Stanislaw Ulam – Poland, United States (1909–1984)
• Nikolay Umov – Russia (1846–1915)
• Juris Upatnieks – Latvia, United States (born 1936)

V

• Cumrun Vafa – Iran, United States (born 1960)
• Oriol Valls – (born 1947 in Barcelona, Spain) university physics professor
• Léon Van Hove – Belgium (1924–1990)
• Sergei Vavilov – Soviet Union (1891–1951)
• Vlatko Vedral – U.K., Serbia (born 1971)
• Evgeny Velikhov – Russia (born 1935)
• Martinus J. G. Veltman – Netherlands, United States (1931–2021) Nobel laureate
• Gabriele Veneziano – Italy (born 1942)
• Giovanni Battista Venturi – Italy (1746–1822)
• Émile Verdet – France (1824–1866)
• Erik Verlinde – Netherlands (1962)
• Herman Verlinde – Netherlands (1962)
• Leonardo da Vinci – Italy (1452–1519)
• Jean-Pierre Vigier – France (1920–2004)
• Gaetano Vignola – Italy
• Anatoly Vlasov – Russia (1908–1975)
• John Hasbrouck van Vleck – United States (1899–1980) Nobel laureate
• Woldemar Voigt – Germany (1850–1919)
• Burchard de Volder – Netherlands (1643–1709)
• Max Volmer – Germany (1885–1965)
• Alessandro Volta – Italy (1745–1827)
• Wernher von Braun – Germany (1912–1977) aerospace engineer

W

• Johannes Diderik van der Waals – Netherlands (1837–1923) Nobel laureate
• James Wait – Canada (1924–1998)
• Ludwig Waldmann – Germany (1913–1980)
• Alan Walsh – U.K., Australia (1916–1988)
• Ernest Walton – Ireland (1903–1995) Nobel laureate
• Dezhao Wang – China (1905–1998)
• Enge Wang – China (born 1957)
• Huanyu Wang – China (1954—2018)
• Kan-Chang Wang – China (1907–1998)
• Pu (Paul) Wang – China (1902–1969)
• Zhuxi Wang – China (1911–1983)
• Aaldert Wapstra – Netherlands (1923–2006)
• John Clive Ward – England, Australia (1924–2000)
• Gleb Wataghin – Ukraine, Italy, Brazil (1896–1986)
• John James Waterston – U.K. (1811–1883)
• Alan Andrew Watson – U.K. (born 1938)
• James Watt – U.K. (1736–1819)
• Denis Weaire – Ireland (born 1942)
• Colin Webb – U.K. (born 1937)
• Wilhelm Weber – Germany (1804–1891)
• Katherine Weimer – United States (1919–2000)
• Alvin Weinberg – United States (1915–2006)
• Steven Weinberg – United States (1933–2021) Nobel laureate
• Silke Weinfurtner – Germany
• Rainer Weiss – United States (born 1932) Nobel laureate
• Victor Frederick Weisskopf – Austria, United States (1908–2002)
• Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker – Germany (1912–2007)
• Heinrich Welker – Germany (1912–1981)
• Gregor Wentzel – Germany (1898–1978)
• Paul Werbos – United States (born 1947)
• Siebren van der Werf – Netherlands (born 1942)
• Peter Westervelt – United States (1919–2015)
• Hermann Weyl – Germany (1885–1955)
• Christof Wetterich – Germany (born 1952)
• John Archibald Wheeler – United States (1911–2008)
• Gian-Carlo Wick – Italy (1909–1992)
• Emil Wiechert – Prussia (1861–1928)
• Carl Wieman – United States (born 1951) Nobel laureate
• Wilhelm Wien – Germany (1864–1928) Nobel laureate
• Arthur Wightman – United States (1922–2013)
• Eugene Wigner – Austria-Hungary, United States (1902–1993) Nobel laureate
• Frank Wilczek – United States (born 1951) Nobel laureate
• Charles Thomson Rees Wilson – U.K. (1869–1959) Nobel laureate
• Christine Wilson (scientist) – Canadian-American physicist and astronomer
• Kenneth Geddes Wilson – United States (1936–2013) Nobel laureate
• Robert R. Wilson – United States (1914–2000) Nobel laureate
• Robert Woodrow Wilson – United States (born 1936)
• John R. Winckler – United States (1918–2001)
• David J. Wineland – United States (born 1944) Nobel laureate
• Karl Wirtz – Germany (1910–1994)
• Mark B. Wise – Canada, United States (born 1953)
• Edward Witten – United States (born 1951)
• Emil Wolf – Czechoslovakia, United States (1922–2018)
• Fred Alan Wolf – United States (born 1934)
• Lincoln Wolfenstein – United States (1923–2015)
• Stephen Wolfram – U.K. (born 1959)
• Ewald Wollny – Germany (1846–1901)
• Michael Woolfson – U.K. (1927–2019)
• Chien-Shiung Wu – United States (1912–1997)
• Sau Lan Wu – United States (born early 1940s)
• Tai Tsun Wu – United States (1933-2024)

X

• Basilis C. Xanthopoulos – Greece (1951–1990)

Y

• Rosalyn Yalow – United States (1921–2011)
• Chen Ning Yang – China (born 1922) Nobel laureate
• Félix Ynduráin – Spain (born 1946)
• Francisco José Ynduráin – Spain (1940–2008)
• Kenneth Young – United States, China (born 1947)
• Thomas Young – U.K. (1773–1829)
• Hideki Yukawa – Japan (1907–1981) Nobel laureate

Z

• Jan Zaanen – Netherlands (born 1957)
• Daniel Zajfman – Israel (born 1959)
• Anthony Zee – United States (born 1945)
• Pieter Zeeman – Netherlands (1865–1943) Nobel laureate
• Ludwig Zehnder – Switzerland (1854–1949)
• Anton Zeilinger – Austria (born 1945)
• Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich – Russia (1914–1987)
• John Zeleny – United States (1872–1951)
• Frits Zernike – Netherlands (1888–1960) Nobel laureate
• Antonino Zichichi – Italy (born 1929)
• Hans Ziegler – Switzerland, United States (1910–1985)
• Karl Zimmer – Germany (1911–1988)
• Georges Zissis – Greece (born 1964)
• Peter Zoller – Austria (born 1952)
• Zongfu Yu – United States (living)
• Dmitry Zubarev – Russia (1917–1992)
• Bruno Zumino – Italy (1923–2014)
• Wojciech H. Zurek – Poland, United States (born 1951)
• Robert Zwanzig – United States (1928–2014)
• George Zweig – United States (born 1937)
• Barton Zwiebach – United States (born 1954)

External links

• Pictures of some physicists (mostly 20th-century American) are collected in the Emilio Segrè Visual Archives and A Picture Gallery of Famous Physicists
• 20th-century women in physics in the Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics archive