Physics

Discover the list of renowned scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of Physics. From Albert Einstein to Marie Curie, explore the lives and achievements of these influential figures.

Michael Burry
Michael Burry
Great Britain
English scientist, specialist in the field of mathematical physics
William Shockley
William Shockley
USA
American physicist and inventor originally from England
William Grove
William Grove
Great Britain
Welsh judge and physicist
James Jeans
James Jeans
Great Britain
English mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Italy
Italian scientist and inventor of electric batteries
David Deutsch
David Deutsch
Great Britain
Physics theorist working at Oxford University
Nadir Kagramanov
Nadir Kagramanov
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Venkata Raman
Venkata Raman
India
Physicist
Omar Omarov
Omar Omarov
Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
Jacov Geronimus
Jacov Geronimus
Ukrainian scientist in the field of theoretical and applied mechanics
Heinrich Barkhausen
Heinrich Barkhausen
Germany
German scientist in the field of electron physics and electrical engineering.
Anders Jonas Angstrom
Anders Jonas Angstrom
Sweden
Swedish physicist
 Al-Biruni
Al-Biruni
Afghanistan
Asian scholar of the Middle Ages
Denis Papin
Denis Papin
France
French physicist, one of the inventors of the heat engine
Adriaan Fokker
Adriaan Fokker
Netherlands
Dutch physicist
Alan Lightman
Alan Lightman
USA
American physicist, essayist and writer
Max Born
Max Born
Germany
German physicist
Thomas Young
Thomas Young
Great Britain
English physicist, doctor, Egyptologist
Gotfrid Leybnits
Gotfrid Leybnits
Germany
German philosopher, mathematician, logician, mechanic, physicist, lawyer, historian, linguist and inventor.
Heinz Barwich
Heinz Barwich
Germany
German physicist
William R. Bennett
William R. Bennett
USA
American physicist
Abdul Qadeer Kan
Abdul Qadeer Kan
India
Pakistani nuclear scientist, founder and director of the Pakistani nuclear program.
Eduard Persell
Eduard Persell
USA
American physicist, Nobel Prize winner in physics in 1952
Irving Lengmiur
Irving Lengmiur
USA
Physicist and physical chemist
Genrih Kayser
Genrih Kayser
Germany
German physicist who discovered the presence of helium in the earth's atmosphere
Andrey Goncharenko
Andrey Goncharenko
Belarus
Soviet and Belarusian physicist
David Joseph Bohm
David Joseph Bohm
USA
Scientist who contributed to quantum physics, philosophy and neuropsychology
George Ohm
George Ohm
Germany
German physicist, corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. Established the fundamental law of the electric circuit (Ohm's law).
Max Jammer
Max Jammer
Israel
Israeli physicist and historian of science.
Gustav Herts
Gustav Herts
Germany
German physicist, nephew of Heinrich Hertz. Together with Frank, he measured the energy of a quantum and discovered the law of collision of an electron with an atom. Nobel Prize Laureate
Emile Amagat
Emile Amagat
France
French physicist, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences
Yury Osipov
Yury Osipov
Russia
Academician, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Emile Duclaux
Emile Duclaux
France
French physicist, chemist and biologist
Frederick Seitz
Frederick Seitz
USA
American physicist
Peiyuan Zhou
Peiyuan Zhou
China
Chinese theoretical physicist and educator
Vilgelm Rontgen
Vilgelm Rontgen
Germany
Physicist
Pavel Apanasevich
Pavel Apanasevich
Belarus
Soviet and Belarusian physicist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR
Edward Kolb
Edward Kolb
USA
American physicist
Jeyms Chadvik
Jeyms Chadvik
Great Britain
Physicist
David Brewster
David Brewster
Great Britain
Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer, historian and university chancellor
Djulius Schwinger
Djulius Schwinger
USA
American theoretical physicist, one of the founders of quantum electrodynamics
John William Rayleigh
John William Rayleigh
Great Britain
English physicist
Philipp Jolly
Philipp Jolly
Germany
German physicist and mathematician
Sinitiro Tomonaga
Sinitiro Tomonaga
Japan
Physicist
John Bardeen
John Bardeen
USA
American physicist and electrical engineer
Duglas Hartree
Duglas Hartree
Great Britain
English theoretical physicist and mathematician
William Barrett
William Barrett
Great Britain
British physicist
Lize Mejtner
Lize Mejtner
Austria
Physicist and radiochemist
Verner Heisenberg
Verner Heisenberg
Germany
English physicist, President of the Royal Society of London (1935-40), founder of X-ray diffraction analysis
John Frank Allen
John Frank Allen
Canada
Canadian and British experimental physicist