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.

Frantisek Behounek
Frantisek Behounek
Czech
Radiologist, physicist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the Czechoslovak SSR
Sergey Vernov
Sergey Vernov
Outstanding Soviet physicist
Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence Krauss
USA
American physicist
Antoine Henri Becquerel
Antoine Henri Becquerel
France
Physicist
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Denmark
Danish theoretical physicist
Edwin McMillan
Edwin McMillan
USA
American physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1951, shared with Glenn T. Seaborg
Norman Kroll
Norman Kroll
USA
American theoretical physicist, member of the US National Academy of Sciences
Mahmud Kerimov
Mahmud Kerimov
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani physicist
Godfrey Hounsfield
Godfrey Hounsfield
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1979, jointly with Alan Cormack
Leo Szilard
Leo Szilard
USA
American physicist
Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside
Great Britain
English physicist
Yakir Aharonov
Yakir Aharonov
Israel
Israeli theoretical physicist
Eugene Wigner
Eugene Wigner
Hungary
Physicist
Victor Gribkovsky
Victor Gribkovsky
Belarus
Soviet and Belarusian physicist
George Stokes
George Stokes
Great Britain
English physicist, member of the Royal Society of London (1851).
Leonid Borisoglebsky
Leonid Borisoglebsky
Belarus
Soviet and Belarusian theoretical physicist
Pierre Auger
Pierre Auger
France
French physicist, specialist in nuclear physics and cosmic radiation.
Frederik Joliot-Curie
Frederik Joliot-Curie
France
French physicist, Nobel laureate 1935
Herbert Green
Herbert Green
Great Britain
British physicist
Denis Papin
Denis Papin
France
French physicist, one of the inventors of the heat engine
Masatosi Kosiba
Masatosi Kosiba
Japan
Japanese physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2002 (half of the prize together with Raymond Davis “for the creation of neutrino astronomy”).
Robert Goddard
Robert Goddard
USA
American engineer, scientist and inventor. He is considered the creator of the world's first liquid fuel rocket.
Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek
USA
American physicist, Nobel Prize winner in physics.
Felix Auerbach
Felix Auerbach
Germany
German physicist
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit
USA
American theoretical physicist
Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein
Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein
Germany
German physician, mechanic and physicist.
Alexey Abrikosov
Alexey Abrikosov
Russia
Physicist
Marchello Malpighi
Marchello Malpighi
Italy
Italian doctor and biologist
Gustav Mee
Gustav Mee
Germany
German physicist.
Philip Abelson
Philip Abelson
USA
American physicist and geochemist, member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Gustav Karsten
Gustav Karsten
Germany
German physicist
Andrey Goncharenko
Andrey Goncharenko
Belarus
Soviet and Belarusian physicist
Robert Wood
Robert Wood
USA
American physicist, "experimental genius", specialist in physical optics, honorary member of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Ulius Mayer
Ulius Mayer
Germany
German physician and physicist.
Boris Tsukerblat
Boris Tsukerblat
Israel
Moldovan and Israeli physicist, chemist, mathematician
Giuseppe Okkialini
Giuseppe Okkialini
Italy
Italian physicist
Thomas Young
Thomas Young
Great Britain
English physicist, doctor, Egyptologist
Sesil Pauell
Sesil Pauell
Great Britain
Physicist
Georg Kraft
Georg Kraft
Germany
German physicist.
Leonid Litvinenko
Leonid Litvinenko
Ukraine
Ukrainian radiophysicist and radio astronomer
Leon Max
Leon Max
USA
American physicist, professor, winner of the Wolf Prize in Physics (1982).
Petr Lebedev
Petr Lebedev
Russia
The first Russian world-class physicist
Yozef Fraungofer
Yozef Fraungofer
Germany
German physicist, member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
Alexandr Potupa
Alexandr Potupa
Belarus
Physicist, philosopher, writer, popularizer of science.
Ali Javan
Ali Javan
USA
American physicist of Azerbaijani origin
Vilgelm Rontgen
Vilgelm Rontgen
Germany
Physicist
Friedrich Paschen
Friedrich Paschen
Germany
German physicist, foreign honorary member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
John William Rayleigh
John William Rayleigh
Great Britain
English physicist
Edward C. Stone
Edward C. Stone
USA
American physicist, specialist in the field of astronautics
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
France
French religious thinker, mathematician and physicist, one of the greatest minds of the 17th century