Science

Discover a comprehensive list of notable figures who have made significant contributions to the field of science. From Albert Einstein to Marie Curie, explore the lives and accomplishments of these renowned scientists who have shaped our understanding of the world.

Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza
USA
American environmental economist.
Luigi Cremona
Luigi Cremona
Italy
Italian mathematician.
Jordge Brett
Jordge Brett
Canada
Canadian educator, psychologist and historian of psychology
Ernst von Glasersfeld
Ernst von Glasersfeld
USA
American philosopher, psychologist
Maurice Allais
Maurice Allais
France
French economist
Lars Ahlfors
Lars Ahlfors
Finland
Finnish and American mathematician
Andrew Glyn
Andrew Glyn
Great Britain
English economist
Albert Abraham Michelson
Albert Abraham Michelson
USA
Physicist (determined the speed of light), Nobel Prize (1907)
Dmitriy Chizhevskiy
Dmitriy Chizhevskiy
Germany
German Slavic philologist and philosopher of Russian-Ukrainian origin.
Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath
Israel
Israeli crystallographer, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Carl Anderson
Carl Anderson
USA
American physicist who discovered the positron in 1932, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936.
Humphrey Gilbert
Humphrey Gilbert
Great Britain
English navigator
Petr Linitskiy
Petr Linitskiy
Russia
Philosopher, theologian.
David Kazhdan
David Kazhdan
Israel
Israeli and American mathematician
Alfredas Bumblauskas
Alfredas Bumblauskas
Lithuania
Lithuanian historian, professor at Vilnius University
Vishnampet Ramachandra Dikshitar
Vishnampet Ramachandra Dikshitar
India
Indian Tamil historian, Indologist, Dravidologist and Sanskrit scholar
Emil Gumbel
Emil Gumbel
Germany
German mathematician and political journalist
Mohammad Hashem Pesaran
Mohammad Hashem Pesaran
Great Britain
British economist of Iranian origin.
Bryan Caplan
Bryan Caplan
USA
American economist and writer
Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau
Great Britain
English social theorist and writer
Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Hertz
Germany
Physicist
Anatoly Komm
Anatoly Komm
Russia
Chef of a famous restaurant
Stalic Khankishiev
Stalic Khankishiev
Uzbekistan
Cook
Judith Wallerstein
Judith Wallerstein
USA
American psychologist
Vasil Gyuzelev
Vasil Gyuzelev
Bulgaria
Bulgarian medievalist historian
Hendrik Casimir
Hendrik Casimir
Netherlands
Dutch physicist
Garun Taziev
Garun Taziev
France
French volcanologist.
Frederik Kaiser
Frederik Kaiser
Netherlands
Dutch astronomer
Joy Adamson
Joy Adamson
Great Britain
Naturalist, writer, animal activist
Asmah Haji Omar
Asmah Haji Omar
Malaysia
Malaysian linguist
 Witelo
Witelo
Poland
German-Polish monk, theologian and scientist; natural philosopher, physicist and mathematician
Nicolas Desmarest
Nicolas Desmarest
France
French physicist and geologist.
Carlyle Beals
Carlyle Beals
Canada
Canadian astronomer
Pol Emil Buabodran
Pol Emil Buabodran
France
French chemist who discovered the elements gallium, samarium and dysprosium
Georges Vacher de Lapouge
Georges Vacher de Lapouge
France
French sociologist
Lars Onsager
Lars Onsager
USA
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1968.
Paul Kretschmer
Paul Kretschmer
Germany
German philologist
Elliot Aronson
Elliot Aronson
USA
American social psychologist, PhD in psychology
Israel Auman
Israel Auman
Israel
Israeli mathematician, Nobel Prize winner in economics
Artur Shavlov
Artur Shavlov
USA
Physicist
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Andrew H. Van de Ven
USA
American organizational scholar and professor of organizational innovation and change
Wendelin Werner
Wendelin Werner
France
German mathematician
Robert O. Keohane
Robert O. Keohane
USA
American political scientist, professor
John Frank Allen
John Frank Allen
Canada
Canadian and British experimental physicist
Merab Mamardashvili
Merab Mamardashvili
Georgia
Russian-speaking philosopher of Georgian origin.
Robert Robinson
Robert Robinson
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1947
John Capgrave
John Capgrave
Great Britain
English historian and theologian
Clare William Graves
Clare William Graves
USA
American psychologist, Doctor of Psychology
Daniel Koshland
Daniel Koshland
USA
American biochemist
Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek
USA
American physicist, Nobel Prize winner in physics.