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Below is a list of famous physicists. A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning Many of these from the 20th and 21st centuries are found on the list of recipients of the Nobel Prize in physics. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.


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Hagen Kleinert (born 1941 is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Free University of Berlin, Germany (since 1968 Honorary Professor at the Kyrgyz-Russian Klaus von Klitzing, (born June 28, 1943 in Środa Wielkopolska) is a German Physicist. Jens Martin Knudsen ( October 12, 1930 – February 17, 2005) was an internationally renowned Danish Astrophysicist This article is about the Danish physicist Martin Knudsen For the Norwegian footballer see Martin Knudsen (footballer. Arthur Korn ( May 20, 1870, Breslau - December 21 / December 22, 1945, Jersey City) was a German born Masatoshi Koshiba (小柴 昌俊 Koshiba Masatoshi, born on September 19, 1926 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese Matthew B Koss (born September 16, 1961 in Boston Massachusetts) is a widely published solid state physicist Walther Ludwig Julius Kossel ( January 4, 1888 in Berlin, Germany &ndash 22 May, 1956 in Tübingen, Germany was a German Lew Kowarski ( 10 February, 1907 - 30 July, 1979) was a Naturalized French Physicist, of Russian-Polish descent Hendrik Anthony Kramers ( Rotterdam, February 2, 1894 &ndash Oegstgeest, April 24, 1952) was a Dutch Physicist B Adolf Kratzer ( October 16, 1893 in Günzburg, Germany &ndash) was a German theoretical Physicist who made contributions Lawrence M Krauss (born May 27, 1954) is Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Physics Department and Director Herbert Kroemer (born August 25, 1928) a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara, received his August Karl Krönig (1822–1879 was a German Chemist and Physicist who published an account of the Kinetic theory of gases in 1856 probably Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (И́горь Васи́льевич Курча́тов January 12, 1903 – February 7, 1960) was a Soviet Behram Kurşunoğlu ( Turkey, March 14, 1922 - Miami, USA, October 25, 2003) was a Turkish Physicist Polykarp Kusch ( January 26, 1911 &ndash March 20, 1993) was a German-American physicist Willis Eugene Lamb Jr ( July 12, 1913 &ndash May 15, 2008) was a Physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in Lev Davidovich Landau ( Russian language: Ле́в Дави́дович Ланда́у ( January 22, 1908 &ndash April 1, 1968 Rolf Landauer (1927–1999 was an IBM Physicist who in 1961 demonstrated that when Information is lost in an Irreversible circuit, the Kenneth D Lane is an American physicist and professor of Physics at Boston University. Paul Langevin (23 January 1872 &ndash 19 December 1946 was a prominent French Physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Irving Langmuir ( January 31, 1881 in Brooklyn New York – August 16, 1957 in Woods Hole Massachusetts) was an Max Theodor Felix von Laue ( October 9, 1879 &ndash April 24, 1960) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics Robert Betts Laughlin (born November 1, 1950) is a professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University who together Ernest Orlando Lawrence ( August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958) was an American physicist and Nobel Laureate best known for his Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev (Пётр Николаевич Лебедев was a prominent Russian physicist Leon Max Lederman (born July 15, 1922) is an American Experimental physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for Benjamin Whiso Lee ( Korean language: 이휘소 Lee Whi-so ( January 1, 1935 - June 16, 1977) or Ben Lee was a Korean-American David Morris Lee (born January 20, 1931) is a physicist whose work on low-temperature Helium-3 won him the Nobel Prize in 1996 Tsung-Dao Lee ( TD Lee,) (born November 24, 1926) is a Chinese -born American Physicist, well known for his work Sir Anthony James Leggett, KBE, FRS, (born March 26, 1938, Camberwell, London) is John D Robert B Leighton ( September 10, 1919 &ndash March 9, 1997) was an American Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître ( July 17, 1894 &ndash June 20, 1966) was a Belgian Roman Catholic Priest Philipp Eduard Anton von Lénárd ( June 7, 1862 &ndash May 20, 1947) was a German physicist and the winner of the Sir John Leslie ( April 10, 1766 - November 3, 1832) was a Scottish Mathematician and Physicist best remembered Walter H G Lewin is currently a professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Martin Lewis Perl (born June 24, 1927 in New York) is an American Physicist, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in Robert von Lieben ( September 5, 1878 in Vienna &ndash February 20, 1913 in Vienna) was a notable Austrian Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz (Евгений Михайлович Лифшиц February 21 1915 &ndash October 29 1985) was a leading Soviet David Lindley (born 1956 is a theoretical physicist and author Gabriel Jonas Lippmann ( August 16 1845 &ndash July 13 1921) was a Franco - Luxembourgish Physicist and Inventor Karl Ludwig von Littrow ( July 18, 1811 – November 16, 1877) was an Austrian Astronomer. Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, FRS ( June 12, 1851 - August 22, 1940) born at Penkhull in Stoke-on-Trent and educated Maurice (Moritz Loewy ( April 15, 1833 &ndash October 15, 1907) was a French Astronomer. Robert K Logan (born August 31, 1939) originally trained as a Physicist, is a Media ecologist. Alfred Lee Loomis ( November 4, 1887 &ndash August 11, 1975) was an American Attorney, Investment banker, Physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz ( July 18, 1853 &ndash February 4, 1928) was a Dutch Physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Jan or Johann Josef Loschmidt ( March 15 1821 - July 8 1895) who referred to himself mostly as 'Josef' (omitting his first name Professor Archibald Montgomery Low (1888 - September 1956 was an English Astronautics engineer research Physicist and inventor and author Per-Olov Löwdin (born October 28, 1916 in Uppsala, Sweden, died October 6, 2000) was a Swedish Physicist Titus Lucretius Carus (ca 99 BC- ca 55 BC was a Roman Poet and Philosopher. Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov (Александр Михайлович Ляпунов ( June 6 1857 &ndash November 3 1918, all Carolina Henriette Mac Gillavry ( Amsterdam, January 22 1904 - Amsterdam May 9 1993) was a Dutch Chemist and Ernst Mach (max ( February 18, 1838 &ndash February 19, 1916) was an Austrian Physicist and Philosopher and Theodore Harold "Ted" Maiman ( July 11, 1927 - May 5, 2007) was an American Physicist who made the first working Ettore Majorana ( 5 August 1906, Catania, Sicily, Italy – 27 March 1938 presumed dead) was an Juan Martín Maldacena (born September 10, 1968) is a theoretical Physicist born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Etienne-Louis Malus (23 July 1775 &ndash 24 February 1812 was a French officer, Engineer, Physicist, and Mathematician. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam ( Belarusian: Леанід Ісаакавіч Мандэльштам Russian: Леонид Исаакович Мандельштам Marchese Guglielmo Marconi mar'koni (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937 was an Italian inventor best known for his development of a Radiotelegraph system Henry Margenau ( 1901 - February 8, 1997) was a German - US Physicist, and Philosopher of science. William Markowitz ( February 8, 1907 in Austrian Empire - October 10, 1998 in Pompano Beach Florida) was an American Robert Eugene Marshak ( October 11, 1916 – December 23, 1992) was an American Physicist dedicated to learning research and education Sir Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey ( 16 May[[ 908]] - 27 November[[ 983]] was an influential Australian Mathematical physicist. John Cromwell Mather (b August 7, 1946, Roanoke, Virginia) is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist and James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 &ndash 5 November 1879 was a Scottish mathematician and theoretical physicist. Brian Harold May, CBE Maria Goeppert-Mayer ( June 28, 1906 &ndash February 20, 1972) was a German -born American Ronald Ervin McNair PhD ( October 21, 1950 &ndash January 28, 1986) was an American Physicist and NASA Simon van der Meer (born November 24, 1925, The Hague) is a Dutch accelerator Physicist who invented the concept of Fulvio Melia (born 2 August 1956) is an Italian - American Physicist / Astrophysicist and Author. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Macedonio Melloni ( April 11 1798 – August 11 1854) was an Italian Physicist, notable for demonstrating that Radiant Lise Meitner (7 or 17 November 1878 &ndash 27 October 1968 was an Austrian born later Swedish physicist who studied Radioactivity and Thomas Corwin Mendenhall ( October 4, 1841 &ndash March 23, 1924) was an Autodidact US Physicist and Meteorologist Albert Abraham Michelson ( December 19, 1852 &ndash May 9, 1931) was a Polish - American Physicist known Stanislav Pavlovich Mikeyev (Станислав Павлович Михеев is a Russian physicist best known as one of the discoverers of the MSW effect. Robert Andrews Millikan (March 22 1868 – December 19 1953 was an American experimental physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his measurement John Joseph Montgomery ( February 15, 1858 – October 31, 1911) was an Aviation pioneer inventor professor at Santa Clara Jagadeesh Subbaiah Moodera is an American physicist of Indian origin and is senior research scientist at MIT 's Francis Bitter Magnet Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (Rudolf Ludwig Mößbauer born January 31, 1929) is a German Physicist who studied Gamma rays from Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley ( November 23, 1887 – August 10, 1915) was an English physicist. Sir Nevill Francis Mott ( 30 September, 1905 &ndash 8 August, 1996) FRS, CH, was a British physicist Ben Roy Mottelson (born July 9, 1926) is an American born Danish physicist Amédée Ernest Barthélemy Mouchez ( August 24, 1821 &ndash June 29, 1892) was a French Naval officer who became José Enrique Moyal (also found as "Jo" or "Joe" Moyal (b Karl Alexander Müller (born April 20, 1927) is a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. Richard A Muller of San Francisco California, US, is a Physicist who works at the University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Pieter (Petrus van Musschenbroek ( 14 March 1692, Leiden - 19 September 1761, Leiden was a Dutch scientist who is credited is a Japan -born American Physicist, currently a Professor at the University of Chicago. Professor Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (born July 191938 (Marathi प्रा Seth Henry Neddermeyer ( 16 September 1907, Richmond Michigan - 29 January 1988, Seattle Washington) was an Louis Eugène Félix Néel ( November 22, 1904 &ndash November 17, 2000) was a French Physicist born in Lyon Yuval Ne'eman (יובל נאמן born 14 May 1925, died 26 April 2006) was an Israeli Soldier, physicist This article is for Ann Elizabeth Nelson the physicist not actress Ann Nelson who played Mrs Simon Newcomb ( March 12 1835 &ndash July 11 1909) was a Canadian American Astronomer and Mathematician Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (ˈnjuːtən 4 January 1643 31 March 1727) Biography Early years See also Isaac Newton's early life and achievements Leopoldo Nobili (1784 - 1835 was an Italian Physicist who invented a number of instruments critical to investigating Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry Amalie Emmy Noether, ˈnøːtɐ (23 March 1882 – 14 April 1935 was a German Mathematician known for her groundbreaking contributions to Abstract algebra and Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim ( November 7, 1899, München - October 5, 1985, La Jolla, California, USA was a Johann Gottlieb Nörremberg (1787 - 1862 was a German Physicist who worked on the Polarisation of Light. Georg Simon Ohm' was a German physicist As a high school teacher Ohm began his research with the recently invented Electrochemical cell, invented by Italian Count Lars Onsager ( November 27, 1903 &ndash October 5, 1976) was a Norwegian – American physical chemist and Lochlainn O’Raifeartaigh ( 11 March 1933 &ndash 18 November 2000) was an Irish Physicist of world-wide repute in the Nicole Oresme, also known as Nicolas Oresme, Nicholas Oresme, or Nicolas d'Oresme (c Leonard Salomon Ornstein ( November 12, 1880, Nijmegen, The Netherlands &mdash May 20, 1941, Utrecht, The Netherlands Egon Orowan ( Orován Egon) ( August 2, 1902 — August 3, 1989) was a Hungarian / British / U Yuri Feodorovich Orlov (Юрий Орлов born August 13, 1924) is a prominent nuclear Physicist, a former Soviet Dissident Douglas Dean Osheroff (born August 1, 1945) is an American physicist Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky (transcribed also Ostrogradskii, Ostrogradskiĭ)(Михаил Васильевич Остроградский (Михайло Васильович Thanu Padmanabhan (born 10th March 1957 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) ( Malayalam: താണു പദ്മനാഭന്‍‍ is an Indian Abraham (Bram Pais (May 19 1918 Amsterdam, The Netherlands &mdash July 28 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Dutch -born American Blaise Pascal (blɛz paskal (June 19 1623 &ndash August 19 1662 was a French Mathematician, Physicist, and religious Philosopher Jogesh C Pati (born 1937 in India) is an Indian American theoretical physicist at the University of Maryland College Park, the joint George Braxton Pegram ( October 24, 1876 - August 12, 1958) was an American Physicist who played a key role in the technical Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls, ( June 5 1907, Berlin &ndash September 19 1995, Oxford) was a German -born British Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785 in Ham (France - 1845 in Paris) was a French Physicist. Sir Roger Penrose, PhD, OM, FRS (born 8 August 1931) is an English Mathematical physicist and Emeritus Arno Allan Penzias (born April 26, 1933) is an American Physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. Saul Perlmutter (born 1959) is an astrophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Jean Baptiste Perrin ( September 30, 1870 &ndash April 17, 1942) was a French Physicist and Nobel laureate. Bernhard Philberth (born 1927 in Munich, Germany) is an independent Physicist, Engineer, Philosopher and Theologian. William Daniel Phillips (born November 5, 1948 in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania) is an American Physicist. Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau ( October 14, 1801 &ndash September 15, 1883) was a Belgian Physicist. E Ward Plummer is an American Physicist. His main contributions are in surface physics of Metals E Jules Henri Poincaré ( 29 April 1854 &ndash 17 July 1912) (ˈʒyl ɑ̃ˈʁi pwɛ̃kaˈʁe was a French Mathematician Balthasar van der Pol ( Utrecht, 27 January 1889 &ndash Wassenaar, 6 October 1959) was a Dutch Physicist Hugh David Politzer (born 31 August 1949) is an American theoretical physicist. John Polkinghorne, Alexander M Polyakov (born 27 September 1945) is a theoretical Physicist, formerly at the Landau Institute in Moscow, currently "Heraclides" redirects here The former Butterfly Genus of the same name is now included in Papilio. Rudolf Heinz Pose ( 10 April 1905 in Königsberg &ndash 13 November 1975 in Dresden) was a German Nuclear Cecil Frank Powell ( December 5, 1903 &ndash August 9, 1969) was a British Physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Ludwig Prandtl ( 4 February 1875 &ndash 15 August 1953) was a German Physicist. Ilya Viscount Prigogine (Илья́ Рома́нович Приго́жин ( January 25, 1917 &ndash May 28, 2003) was a Russian Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (Александр Михайлович Прохоров (11 July 1916 &ndash 8 January 2002 was a Soviet / Russian physicist William Prout FRS ( January 15, 1785 &ndash April 9, 1850) was an English Chemist, Physician Ivan Pulyui (Іван Пулюй Johann Puluj (born February 2, 1845 in Hrymayliv village died January 31, 1918 in Prague) Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, PhD LLD ( 4 October, 1858 &ndash 12 March, 1935; Serbian Cyrillic: Михајло Идворски Edward Mills Purcell ( August 30, 1912 &ndash March 7, 1997) was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics Helen Quinn (born 1943 is an Australian-born particle physicist. Isidor Isaac Rabi ( July 29, 1898 &ndash January 11, 1988) Galician born Physicist, and Nobel laureate. Mark George Raizen is a physicist who conducts experiments on Quantum optics and Atom optics. Leo James Rainwater ( December 9, 1917 &ndash May 31, 1986) was an American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS (சந்திரசேகர வெங்கடராமன ( 7 November 1888 &ndash 21 November Edward G Ramberg ( June 14, 1907 in Florence, Italy &ndash January 9, 1995) was an American physicist who contributed Carl Wilhelm Ramsauer ( February 6, 1879 in Osternburg Oldenburg, Germany &ndash December 24, 1955 in Berlin Norman Foster Ramsey Jr (born August 27, 1915, in Washington DC) is an American Physicist. Lisa Randall (born June 18 1962 is an American Theoretical physicist and a leading expert on Particle physics and Cosmology. John William Strutt 3rd Baron Rayleigh OM (12 November 1842 &ndash 30 June 1919 was an English Physicist who with William Ramsay, discovered "Réaumur" redirects here For other uses see Réaumur (disambiguation. Sidney Redner (born 1951 is a Canadian -born physicist and professor of Physics at Boston University. Martin John Rees Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, PRS (born 23 June 1942 in York) is an English cosmologist Hubert Reeves CC OQ (born July 13 1932) is a Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of Science. Frederick Reines ( March 16 1918 – August 26 1998) was an American Physicist. Louis Rendu ( December 9, 1789 - August 28, 1859) was French Roman Catholic Bishop of Annecy and a Scientist Osborne Reynolds ( 23 August, 1842 &ndash 21 February, 1912) was a prominent innovator in the understanding of Fluid dynamics. Sir Owen Willans Richardson ( April 26, 1879 - February 15, 1959) was a British Physicist, professor at Princeton Robert Coleman Richardson (born June 26, 1937 in Washington D Burton Richter (born March 22 1931) is a Nobel Prize -winning American physicist Charlotte Riefenstahl ( 24 May 1899 in Bielefeld, Germany &ndash) was a German Physicist. Nikolaus Riehl (1901 in Saint Petersburg, Russia &ndash 1990 was a German industrial Nuclear chemist. Karl-Heinrich Riewe was a German physicist After World War II, he was sent to Russia to work on the Soviet atomic bomb project Walther Ritz (b February 22, 1878 in Sion, Switzerland - d 7 July, 1909 in Göttingen) was a Swiss theoretical Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763–1837 often known by the stage name of " Robertson " was a prominent Belgian stage magician and influential Heinrich Rohrer (born June 6, 1933) is a Swiss Physicist and Nobel laureate. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (27 March 1845 &ndash 10 February 1923 was a German physicist, who on 8 November 1895 produced and detected Electromagnetic Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth ( 5 February 1927 – 28 September 2003) was an American plasma physicist and member of Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby ( Stockholm 28 December, 1898 &ndash Stockholm 19 August, 1957) was a Swedish - U Sir Joseph Rotblat, KCMG, CBE, FRS, ( 4 November, 1908 &ndash 31 August, 2005) was a Polish -born Carlo Rubbia (born on March 31, 1934 in Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy) is an Italian physicist at Serge Rudaz (born August 19, 1954, pronounced "Ru-DAH" is a Canadian theoretical Physicist and Professor of Physics David Pierre Ruelle (b August 20, 1935 Ghent, Belgium) is a Belgian-French Mathematical physicist. Ernst August Friedrich Ruska ( December 25, 1906 &ndash May 27, 1988) was a German physicist. Ernest Rutherford 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, OM, PC, FRS (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937 was a New Zealand Physicist Johannes Robert Rydberg, (‘Janne’ to his friends ( November 8, 1854 &ndash December 28, 1919) was a Swedish Physicist Sir Martin Ryle ( September 27, 1918 - October 14, 1984) was an English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary Georges-Louis Le Sage (* June 13, 1724 in Geneva, † November 9 1803 in Geneva) was a Physicist and is most Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Georges Sagnac (1869-1928 was a French physicist who lent his name to the Sagnac effect, a phenomenon which is at the basis of interferometers and Meghnad Saha FRS ( Bangla:মেঘনাদ সাহা ( Devanagari: मेघनाद साहा ( October 6, 1893 &ndash Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (Андре́й Дми́триевич Са́харов (May 21 1921 – December 14 1989 was an eminent Soviet nuclear Physicist Oscar Sala (b March 26, 1922 in Milan, Italy) Italian - Brazilian nuclear Physicist and important scientific Abdus Salam ( Urdu: محمد عبد السلام) ( January 29, 1926; Jhang Punjab &ndash November 21, Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai ( August 12, 1919 – December 31, 1971) was an Indian Physicist. Jack Sarfatti (born September 14, 1939) is an American theoretical physicist and the author of a number of popular works on Quantum physics Isidor Sauers (born 1948 is an Austrian born American who is a Physicist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Félix Savart ( June 30 1791 - March 16 1841) became a professor at Collège de France in 1836 and was the co-originator of the Martin Schadt ( 1938) PhD is a Swiss Physicist and Inventor. Biography In 1970 the physicists Martin Schadt and Wolfgang Helfrich invented Arthur Leonard Schawlow ( May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist. Otto Scherzer ( 9 March 1909 &ndash 15 November 1982) was a German theoretical physicist from Passau who made Kornelis Antonie (Kees Schouhamer Immink (born 18 December, 1946 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch scientist inventor and entrepreneur who pioneered John Robert Schrieffer (born May 31, 1931) is an American physicist and with John Bardeen and Leon Neil Cooper, recipient of the Melvin Schwartz ( November 2, 1932 – August 28, 2006) was an American Physicist. Julian Seymour Schwinger ( February 12, 1918 &ndash July 16, 1994) was an American Theoretical physicist. Dennis William Siahou Sciama FRS ( November 18 1926 &ndash December 18 1999) was a British Physicist who through his own Thomas Johann Seebeck ( April 9 1770 &ndash December 10 1831) was a physicist who in 1821 discovered the Thermoelectric effect Emilio Gino Segrè ( February 1, 1905 – April 22, 1989) was an Italian Physicist and Nobel laureate in Frederick Seitz ( July 4, 1911 – March 2, 2008) was an American physicist and a pioneer of Solid state physics. Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov (Никола́й Никола́евич Семёнов ( April 15 ( April 3, Old Style) 1896 – September 25 Robert Serber ( March 14 1909 - June 1 1997) was an American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project. Roman Ulrich Sexl ( October 19, 1939 - July 10, 1986, Vienna) was one of the leading Austrian Theoretical physicists. William Bradford Shockley ( February 13, 1910 &ndash August 12, 1989) was a British -born American Physicist Lev Vasilyevich Shubnikov (Лев Васильевич Шубников Лев Васильович Шубников ( September 9, 1901&mdash November 10, Clifford Glenwood Shull ( Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, September 23, 1915 &ndash March 31, 2001) was a Nobel Prize -winning Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn ( December 3, 1886 - September 26, 1978) was a Swedish Physicist, and Nobel laureate Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn ( April 20, 1918 &ndash July 20, 2007) was a Swedish physicist. Ludwik Silberstein (1872 – 1948 was a Polish-American physicist that helped make Special relativity and General relativity staples of university coursework Willem de Sitter ( May 6 1872 &ndash November 20 1934) was a Dutch mathematician physicist and astronomer Francis Goddard Slack ( November 1, 1897 in Superior, Wisconsin &ndash 1985 was an American Physicist. John Clarke Slater (1900-1976 was a noted American physicist and theoretical chemist. Louis Alexander Slotin (December 1 1910 – May 30 1946 was a Canadian Physicist and Chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project. George Fitzgerald Smoot III (born February 20 1945) is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist and Nobel Prize in Physics “Snellius” redirects here For the lunar crater named Snellius see Snellius (crater. Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (5 December 1868 &ndash 26 April 1951 was a German theoretical Physicist who pioneered developments in atomic Johannes Stark ( April 15, 1874 &ndash June 21, 1957) was a prominent 20th century German physicist, and Physics Max Christian Theodor Steenbeck ( 21 March 1904 in Kiel &ndash 15 December 1981 in East Berlin) was a German Joseph Stefan ( Jožef Stefan) ( March 24, 1835 &ndash January 7, 1893) was a Physicist, Mathematician and Jack Steinberger (born May 25, 1921) is a German - American Physicist currently residing near Geneva Switzerland Carl August von Steinheil ( 12 October 1801 &ndash 14 September 1870) was a German Physicist. Otto Stern was also the penname of German women's rights activist Louise Otto-Peters (1819-1895 TEB728: after a long discussion on the Simon Stevin (1548/49 &ndash 1620 was a Flemish Mathematician and Engineer. Sir George Gabriel Stokes 1st Baronet FRS ( 13 August 1819 &ndash 1 February 1903) was a mathematician and physicist Horst Ludwig Störmer (born April 6, 1949 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a German physicist who shared the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics This article is about the physicist for his grandfather the Swiss artist see Ernst Alfred Stueckelberg Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg ( Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan (born September 16, 1931, Pallam, in Kottayam district of Kerala, India) also named Oleg Sushkov is a Professor at the University of New South Wales and a leader in the field of high temperature super-conductors. Sir Joseph Wilson Swan ( October 31, 1828 – May 27, 1914) was an English Physicist and Chemist, most famous Leó Szilárd (Szilárd Leó February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964) was an Hungarian - American Physicist who Shen Kuo or Shen Kua ( (1031&ndash1095 style name Cunzhong and pseudonym Mengqi Weng, was a Polymathic Chinese Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm ( Russian И́горь Евге́ньевич Та́мм) ( July 8 1895 &ndash April 12 1971) was Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor OM ( 7 March 1886 - 27 June 1975) was a Physicist, Mathematician and expert on Fluid dynamics Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr (born March 29, 1941) is an American Astrophysicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Richard Edward Taylor, CC, FRS, FRSC, PhD, MSc, BSc (born November 2, 1929 in Medicine Max Tegmark (born 5 May 1967) is a Swedish - American cosmologist. Edward Teller (original Hungarian name Teller Ede) (January 15 1908 &ndash September 9 2003 was a Hungarian -American theoretical Physicist There have already been discussions about Tesla's ethnicity on the talk page Sir George Paget Thomson, FRS ( May 3, 1892 &ndash September 10, 1975) was an English Physicist and Sir Joseph John “JJ” Thomson, OM, FRS (18 December 1856 &ndash 30 August 1940 was a British Physicist and Nobel laureate William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin (or Lord Kelvin) OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (26 June 1824 &ndash 17 December 1907 Kip Stephen Thorne (born June 1, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist, known for his prolific contributions in gravitation physics Peter Adolf Thiessen ( 6 April 1899 &ndash 5 March 1990) was a German Physical chemist. Samuel Chao Chung Ting (丁肇中 Pinyin: Dīng Zhàozhōng Wade-Giles: Ting¹ Chao⁴-chung¹ (born January 27, 1936) is an American Frank Jennings Tipler III (born February 1, 1947 in Andalusia Alabama Prof Samuel Tolansky ( 17 November 1907 - 4 March 1973) was Professor of Physics at Royal Holloway College ( University of London Sin-Itiro Tomonaga or Shinichirō Tomonaga (朝永 振一郎 Tomonaga Shin'ichirō, March 31, 1906 Evangelista Torricelli ( ( October 15, 1608 &ndash October 25, 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician Bruno Touschek (February 3 1921&ndashMay 25 1978 was an Austrian Physicist, a survivor of the Holocaust, and initiator of research on Electron-positron Charles Hard Townes (born July 28, 1915) is an American Nobel Prize-winning Physicist and educator John Sealy Edward Townsend (7 June 1868 - 16 February 1957 was a Mathematical Physicist who conducted various studies concerning the Electrical conduction Johann George Tralles ( October 15, 1763 &ndash November 19, 1822) was a German Mathematician and Physicist. } Sam Bard Treiman ( May 27, 1925 - November 30, 1999) was an American theoretical Physicist who produced important research in Daniel Chee Tsui ( born February 28, 1939, Henan Province, China) is a Chinese -born American Physicist whose John J Turin (1913-1973 was an American Mathematician and Physicist, especially active in the field of Astronomy. Neil deGrasse Tyson (born October 5 1958 in New York City) is an Astrophysicist and since 1996 the Frederick P George Eugene Uhlenbeck ( December 6 1900, Batavia Dutch East Indies &ndash October 31 1988, Boulder Colorado) Stanisław Marcin Ulam ( April 13, 1909 &ndash May 13, 1984) was a Polish Mathematician who participated in the Manhattan Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (Сергей Иванович Вавилов ( &ndash January 25, 1951) was a Soviet Physicist, the President of the Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman (born June 27, 1931 in Waalwijk) is a Dutch theoretical physicist Gabriele Veneziano (born 1942, Florence, Italy) is an Italian theoretical physicist and a founder of String theory. Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746 - 1822 was an Italian Physicist. Émile Verdet (1824 - 1866 was a French Physicist. He worked in Magnetism and Optics, editing the works of Augustin-Jean Fresnel. John Hasbrouck Van Vleck ( March 13, 1899 &ndash October 27, 1980) was an American physicist. Burchard De Volder (1643 - 1709 was a Dutch natural philosopher Max Volmer ( 3 May 1885 in Hilden &ndash 3 June 1965 in Potsdam) was a German physical chemist, Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was a Lombard physicist known especially for the development of the first electric cell in Johannes Diderik van der Waals ( November 23, 1837 &ndash March 8, 1923) was a Dutch Scientist and Thermodynamicist Ludwig Waldmann ( June 8, 1913 in Fürth &ndash February 9, 1980) was a German Physicist who specialized in Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 &ndash 25 June 1995 was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate for his work with John Cockcroft with Aaldert Hendrik Wapstra ( 24 April 1923 - 2 December 2006, Naarden) was a Dutch Physicist. Gleb Vassielievich Wataghin ( November 3, 1899, Birsula, Ukraine &ndash October 10, 1986, Turin, Italy John James Waterston ( 1811 - June 18, 1883) was a Scottish Physicist, a neglected pioneer of the Kinetic theory of gases James Watt ( 19 January 1736 &ndash 25 August 1819 Boulton proved to be an excellent businessman and both men eventually made fortunes Denis L Weaire ( FRS) is an Irish physicist, who is an emeritus professor of Trinity College Dublin. Wilhelm Eduard Weber ( October 24, 1804 &ndash June 23, 1891) was a German Physicist. Alvin Martin Weinberg ( April 20, 1915 - October 18, 2006) was a Nuclear physicist and administrator at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Steven Weinberg (born May 3, 1933) is an American Physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam Weisskopf redirects here For people known under English version of that name see Whitehead. Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker ( June 28, 1912 &ndash 28 April 2007) was a German Physicist and Philosopher Heinrich Johann Welker ( September 9, 1912 in Ingolstadt, Germany &ndash December 25, 1981 in Erlangen, Peter Westervelt (born 1919 is an American physicist and Professor Emeritus of Physics at Brown University. Gregor Wentzel (February 17 1898 in Düsseldorf, Germany – August 12 1978 in Ascona, Switzerland) was a German Physicist John Archibald Wheeler ( July 9, 1911 &ndash April 13, 2008) was an eminent American Theoretical physicist. Gian-Carlo Wick (1909-1992 was an Italian theoretical physicist Emil Johann Wiechert ( 26 December 1861 &ndash 19 March 1928) was a German Geophysicist. Carl Edwin Wieman (born March 26 1951) is an American Physicist at the University of British Columbia and Nobel Prize in Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien ( German:) ( 13 January 1864 &ndash 30 August 1928) was a German physicist Arthur Strong Wightman ( March 30, 1922 in Rochester New York) is an American mathematical Physicist. Eugene Paul "EP" Wigner ( Hungarian Wigner Pál Jenő) ( November 17, 1902 &ndash January 1, 1995) was a Frank Anthony Wilczek (born May 15, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson CH ( February 14, 1869 &ndash November 15, 1959) was a Scottish Physicist and Kenneth Geddes Wilson (born June 8, 1936) is an American Theoretical physicist. 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Chien-Shiung Wu ( May 13, 1912 – February 16, 1997) was a Chinese -born American Physicist with an expertise Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (born July 19, 1921) is an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology Chen-Ning Franklin Yang ( (born October 1, 1922) is a Chinese -born American Physicist who worked on Statistical mechanics Thomas Young (13 June 1773 &ndash 10 May 1829 was an English Polymath who contributed to the scientific understanding of vision, Light né, was a Japanese Theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate. Jan Zaanen is Professor of Theoretical Physics at Leiden University, The Netherlands. Anthony Zee (* 1945 in Kunming Yunnan) is a Chinese American physicist, Writer, and currently a professor at the Kavli Pieter Zeeman ( Zonnemaire, May 25, 1865 &ndash Amsterdam, October 9, 1943) (ˈzeːmɑn was a Dutch Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich (Яков Борисович Зельдович ( March 8, 1914 &ndash December 2, 1987) was a prolific Soviet John Zeleny (1872-1951 was a Czech - American Physicist at the University of Minnesota, who in 1911 invented the Zeleny electroscope Frits Zernike ( July 16 1888 &ndash March 10 1966) was a Dutch Physicist and winner of the Nobel prize Antonino Zichichi (born October 15 1929) is an Italian physicist who has worked in the field of Nuclear physics. Karl Günter Zimmer ( 12 July 1911 &ndash 29 February 1988) was a German Physicist and radiation Biologist, Barton Zwiebach (born Oct 4 1954) is a string theorist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, born in Lima, The following is a partial list of Theoretical physicists: Ancient Times Pythagoras^ (circa 569–475 BCE An Academic genealogy tree of researchers and scholars in Theoretical physics can be constructed by following the pedigree of thesis advisors Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov Hannes Alfvén - Received the only Nobel Prize specifically for contributions to plasma physics Mathematicians by letter A B C D E F G H I J K L This is an historical list of notable female scientists whose main period of scientific activity predated the 21st century listed by historical period and listed within each section alphabetically
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