List of physicists

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

A

• Jules Aarons — United States (1921–2008)
• Ernst Karl Abbe — Germany (1840–1905)
• Derek Abbott — Australia (born 1960)
• Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov — Soviet Union, Russia (born 1928) Nobel laureate
• Robert Adler — United States (1913–2007)
• Stephen L. Adler — United States (born 1939)
• Franz Aepinus — Rostock
• Ronald Ernest Aitchison — Australia (1921–1996)
• David Z Albert, United States
• Miguel Alcubierre — Mexico (born 1964)
• Zhores Ivanovich Alferov — Russia (born 1930) Nobel laureate
• Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén — Sweden (1908–1995) Nobel laureate
• Alhazen — Basra, Iraq (965–1040)
• Artem Alikhanian — Moscow
• Abraham Alikhanov — Ganja
• William Allis — United States (1901–1999)
• Samuel King Allison — United States (1900–1965)
• Yakov Lvovich Alpert — Russia, United States (1911–2010)
• Ralph Asher Alpher — United States (1921–2007)
• Semen Altshuler — Vitebsk
• 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 (born 1937)
• Philip Warren Anderson — United States (born 1923) Nobel laureate
• Carl David Anderson — United States (1905–1991) Nobel laureate
• Herbert L. Anderson — United States (1914–1988)
• Anders Jonas Ångström — Sweden (1814–1874)
• Alexander Animalu, Nigeria (born 1938)
• Edward Victor Appleton — UK (1892–1965) Nobel laureate
• François Jean Dominique 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 — Moscow
• Aryabhata — Pataliputra, India (476–550)
• Neil Ashby — United States (born 1934)
• Gurgen Askaryan — Soviet Union (1928–1997)
• Avicenna — Persia (980–1037)
• Amedeo Avogadro — Italy (1776–1856)
• David Awschalom — United States

B

• Mani Lal Bhaumik - United States (born 1931)
• Tom Baehr-Jones — United States (born 1980)
• Aiyalam Parameswaran Balachandran — India (born 1938)
• V Balakrishnan — India (born 1943)
• Milla Baldo-Ceolin — Italy (born 1924)
• Johann Jakob Balmer — Switzerland (1825–1898)
• Tom Banks — United States (born 1949)
• Riccardo Barbieri — Italy (born 1944)
• Marcia Barbosa — Brazil
• John Bardeen — United States (1908–1991) double Nobel laureate
• William A. Bardeen — United States (born 1941)
• Charles Glover Barkla — UK (1877–1944) Nobel laureate
• Boyd Bartlett — United States (1897–1965)
• Asım Orhan Barut — Malatya, Turkey (6 June 1926-5 December 1994)
• Heinz Barwich — Germany (1911–1966)
• Nikolay Basov — 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)
• Alexander Graham Bell — UK (1847–1922)
• John Stewart Bell — UK (1928–1990)
• Jocelyn Bell Burnell — Northern Ireland (born 1943)
• Carl M. Bender — United States
• 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)
• 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 (born 1934)
• Patrick Blackett — UK (1897–1974) Nobel laureate
• Felix Bloch — Switzerland (1905–1983) Nobel laureate
• Nicolaas Bloembergen — Netherlands, United States (born 1920) Nobel laureate
• 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
• Ludwig Boltzmann — Austria (1844–1906)
• Eugene T. Booth – United States (1912–2004)
• Max Born — Germany, UK (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)
• Robert Boyle — Ireland, England (1627–1691)
• Willard S. Boyle — Canada, United States (1924–2011) Nobel laureate
• William Henry Bragg — UK (1862–1942) Nobel laureate
• William Lawrence Bragg — Australia (1890–1971) Nobel laureate
• Tycho Brahe — Denmark (1546–1601)
• Walter Houser Brattain — United States (1902–1987) Nobel laureate
• Karl Ferdinand Braun — Germany (1850–1918) Nobel laureate
• David Brewster — UK (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
• 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)
• Johannes Martinus Burgers — Netherlands (1895–1981)
• Friedrich Burmeister — Germany (1890–1969)
• Bimla Buti — India (born 1933)
• Christophorus Buys Ballot — Netherlands (1817–1890)

C

• Nicola Cabibbo — Italy (1935–2010)
• Nicolás Cabrera — Spain (1913–1989)
• Curtis Callan — (born 1942)
• Fritjof Capra — Austria, United States (born 1939)
• Marcela Carena — Argentina (born 1962)
• 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 — UK (1731–1810)
• James Chadwick — UK (1891–1974) Nobel laureate
• Owen Chamberlain — United States (1920–2006) Nobel laureate
• Moses H. W. Chan — Hong Kong
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar — India, United States (1910–1995) Nobel laureate
• Georges Charpak — France (1924–2010) Nobel laureate
• Swapan Chattopadhyay — India (born 1951)
• Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1904–1990) Nobel laureate
• Maxim Chernodub — Russia, France (born 1973)
• Geoffrey Chew — United States (born 1924)
• Boris Chirikov — Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2008)
• Ernst Chladni — Germany (1756–1827)
• Steven Chu — United States (born 1948) Nobel laureate
• Giovanni Ciccotti — Italy (born 1943)
• Benoît Clapeyron — France (1799–1864)
• George W. Clark
• Rudolf Clausius — Germany (1822–1888)
• Gerald B. Cleaver — United States
• John Cockcroft — UK (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 (born 1930) Nobel laureate
• 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 (born 1920)
• Brian Cox — UK (born 1968)
• Charles Critchfield — United States (1910–1994)
• James Cronin — United States (born 1931) Nobel laureate
• Sir William Crookes — UK (1832–1919)
• Marie Curie — Poland, France (1867–1934) 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 — UK, United States (1925–2006)
• John Dalton — UK (1766–1844)
• Ranjan Roy Daniel — India (1923–2005)
• Charles Galton Darwin — UK (1887–1962)
• Ashok Das — India, USA (born 1953)
• Paul Davies — Australia (born 1946)
• Raymond Davis, Jr. — United States (1914–2006) Nobel laureate
• Clinton Davisson — United States (1881–1958) Nobel laureate
• Necmi Dayday — Turkey (born 1943)
• Peter Debije — Netherlands (1884–1966)
• Hans Georg Dehmelt — Germany, United States (born 1922) Nobel laureate
• Max Delbrück — Germany, United States (1906–1981)
• Democritus — Abdera (ca. 460–360 BC)
• David M. Dennison — United States (1900–1976)
• David Deutsch — Israel, UK (born 1953)
• James Dewar — UK (1842–1923)
• Robbert Dijkgraaf — Netherlands (born 1960)
• Savas Dimopoulos — United States (born 1952)
• Paul Dirac — UK (1902–1984) Nobel laureate
• Revaz Dogonadze — Soviet Union, Georgia (1931–1985)
• Robert Döpel — Germany (1895–1982)
• Christian Doppler — Austria (1803–1853)
• Henk Dorgelo — Netherlands (1894–1961)
• Friedrich Ernst Dorn — Germany (1848–1916)
• Michael R. Douglas — United States (born 1961)
• Sidney Drell — United States (born 1926)
• Paul Drude — Germany (1863–1906)
• F. J. Duarte — United States
• Pierre Louis Dulong — France (1785–1838)
• Samuel T. Durrance — United States (born 1943)
• Freeman Dyson — UK, United States (born 1923) Wolf laureate

E

• Joseph H. Eberly — United States (born 1935)
• William Eccles — UK (1875–1966)
• Carl Eckart — United States (1902–1973)
• Sir Arthur Eddington — UK (1882–1944)
• Thomas Edison — United States (1847–1931)
• Paul Ehrenfest — Austria-Hungary, Netherlands (1880–1933)
• Felix Ehrenhaft — Austria-Hungary, United States (1879–1952)
• Manfred Eigen — Germany (born 1927)
• Albert Einstein — Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United States (1879–1955) Nobel laureate
• Terence James Elkins — Australia, United States (born 1936)
• John Ellis — UK (born 1946)
• R. Keith Ellis — UK, 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 1934)
• Leo Esaki — Japan (born 1925) Nobel laureate
• Ernest Esclangon — France (1876–1954)
• Louis Essen — UK (1908–1997)
• Leonhard Euler — Switzerland (1707–1783)
• Denis Evans — Australia (born 1951)
• Paul Peter Ewald — Germany, United States (1888–1985)
• James Alfred Ewing — UK (1855–1935)
• Franz S. Exner — Austria (1849–1926)

F

• Ludvig Faddeev — Russia (born 1934)
• Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit — Prussia (1686–1736)
• Kazimierz Fajans — Poland, United States (1887–1975)
• Michael Faraday — UK (1791–1867)
• Eugene Feenberg — United States (1906–1977)
• Mitchell Feigenbaum — United States (born 1944)
• 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 (born 1929)
• Johannes Fischer — Germany (born 1887)
• Willy Fischler — Belgium (born 1949)
• Val Logsdon Fitch — United States (born 1923) Nobel laureate
• George Francis FitzGerald — Ireland (1851–1901)
• Hippolyte Fizeau — France (1819–1896)
• Georgy Flyorov — Rostov-on-Don
• Vladimir Fock — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1898–1974)
• Adriaan Fokker — Netherlands (1887–1972)
• James David Forbes — UK (1809–1868)
• Léon Foucault — France (1819–1868)
• Joseph Fourier — France (1768–1830)
• Ralph H. Fowler — UK (1889–1944)
• William Alfred Fowler — United States (1911–1995) Nobel laureate
• James Franck — Germany, United States (1882–1964) Nobel laureate
• Ilya Frank — Soviet Union (1908–1990) Nobel laureate
• Benjamin Franklin — United States (1706–1790)
• Rosalind Franklin — UK (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 — St. Petersburg
• Augustin-Jean Fresnel — France (1788–1827)
• Peter Freund — United States (born 1936)
• Daniel Friedan — United States
• B. Roy Frieden — United States (born 1936)
• Alexander Friedman — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1888–1925)
• Jerome Isaac Friedman — United States (born 1930) Nobel laureate
• Otto Frisch — Austria, UK (1904–1979)
• Erwin Fues — Germany (1893–1970)
• Harald Fuchs — Germany (born 1951)

G

• Dennis Gabor — Hungary (1900–1979) Nobel laureate
• Mary K. Gaillard — France, United States (born 1939)
• Galileo Galilei — Italy (1564–1642)
• Luigi Galvani — Italy (1737–1798)
• George Gamow — Russia, United States (1904–1968)
• Sylvester James Gates — United States (born 1950)
• Carl Friedrich Gauss — Germany (1777–1855)
• Pamela L. Gay — United States
• Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac — France (1778–1850)
• Hans Geiger — Germany (1882–1945)
• Andre Geim — Russian/British (born 1958) Nobel laureate
• Murray Gell-Mann — United States (born 1929) 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)
• Andrea M. Ghez — United States (born 1955)
• Riccardo Giacconi — Italy, United States (born 1931) Nobel laureate
• Ivar Giaever
• Josiah Willard Gibbs — United States (1839–1903)
• William Gilbert — England (1544–1603)
• 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
• Donald Arthur Glaser — United States (born 1926) Nobel laureate
• Sheldon Lee Glashow — United States (born 1932) Nobel laureate
• G. N. Glasoe – United States (1902–1987)
• Roy Jay Glauber — United States (born 1925) Nobel laureate
• James Glimm — United States (born 1934)
• Karl Glitscher — Germany (1886–1945)
• Peter Goddard — UK (born 1945)
• Maria Goeppert-Mayer — Germany, United States (1906–1972) Nobel laureate
• Gerald Goertzel — United States (1920–2002)
• Marvin Leonard Goldberger — United States (born 1922)
• Maurice Goldhaber — Austria, United States (1911–2011)
• Jeffrey Goldstone — UK, United States (born 1933)
• Sixto González — Puerto Rico, United States (born 1965)
• Ravi Gomatam — India (born 1950)
• Lev Gor'kov — United States (born 1929)
• Samuel Goudsmit — Netherlands, United States (1902–1978)
• Leo Graetz — Germany (1856–1941)
• Willem 's Gravesande — Netherlands (1688–1742)
• Brian Greene — United States (born 1963)
• John Gribbin — UK (born 1946)
• Vladimir Gribov — 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 (born 1939) Nobel laureate
• Charles Édouard Guillaume — Switzerland (1861–1931) Nobel laureate
• Ayyub Guliyev — Azerbaijan (born 1954)
• Feza Gürsey — Turkey (1921–1992)
• Alan Guth — United States (born 1947)
• Martin Gutzwiller — Switzerland (born 1925)

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
• Viktor Hambardzumyan — Armenia, Russia (1908–1996)
• 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 — UK (1897–1958)
• Friedrich Hasenöhrl — Austria, Hungary (1874–1915)
• Lene Vestergaard Hau Vejle, Denmark (born 1959)
• Stephen Hawking — UK (born 1942) Wolf laureate
• Ibn al-Haytham — Iraq (965–1039)
• Evans Hayward — United States
• Oliver Heaviside — UK (1850–1925)
• Werner Karl Heisenberg — Germany (1901–1976) Nobel laureate
• Walter Heitler — Germany, Ireland (1904–1981)
• Hermann von Helmholtz — Germany (1821–1894)
• Charles H. Henry — United States (born 1937)
• Joseph Henry — United States (1797–1878)
• John Herapath — UK (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 — UK (born 1924) Nobel laureate
• Paul G. Hewitt — US (born 1931)
• Peter Higgs — UK (born 1929) Nobel laureate
• George William Hill — United States (1838–1914)
• Gustave-Adolphe Hirn — France (1815–1890)
• 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 — UK (born 1934)
• Sir Fred Hoyle — UK (1915–2001)
• John Hubbard — UK (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 — United Kingdom (born 1966)
• Christiaan Huygens — Netherlands (1629–1695)
• Chad Hunter — United States (born 1992)

I

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

J

• Roman Jackiw — Poland, United States (born 1939)
• Shirley Ann Jackson — United States (born 1946)
• Boris Jacobi — Potsdam
• Gregory Jaczko — United States (born 1970)
• Jainendra Jain — India
• Ratko Janev — Republic of Macedonia
• Andreas Jaszlinszky — Hungary (1715–1783)
• Ali Javan — Iran (born 1928)
• Edwin Jaynes — United States (1922–1998)
• Sir James Jeans — UK (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)
• Brian David Josephson — UK (born 1940) Nobel laureate
• James Prescott Joule — UK (1818–1889)
• Adolfas Jucys — Lithuania (1904–1974)

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, United Kingdom, United States (born 1933) Nobel laureate
• Pyotr Kapitsa — Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1894-1984) Nobel laureate
• Theodore von Kármán — Hungary, United States (1881–1963)
• Alfred Kastler — France (1902–1984) Nobel laureate
• Amrom Harry Katz — United States (1915–1997)
• Predhiman K. Kaw — India (born 1948)
• 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 — UK (1824–1907)
• Wolfgang Ketterle — Germany (born 1957) Nobel laureate
• Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov — Soviet Union (born 1919)
• Jim Al-Khalili — UK (born 1962)
• Abdul Qadeer Khan — Pakistan (born 1936)
• Yulii Borisovich Khariton — Soviet Union, Russia (1904–1996)
• Erhard Kietz — Germany and United States (1909–1982)
• Jack St. Clair Kilby — United States (1923–2005) Nobel laureate
• Toichiro Kinoshita — Japan, United States (born 1925)
• Gustav Robert 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 (born 1926) 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)
• Adolf Kratzer — Germany (1893–1983)
• Lawrence Krauss — United States (born 1954)
• Herbert Kroemer — Germany (born 1928) 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)
• Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov — Soviet Union (1903–1960)
• Behram Kurşunoğlu — Turkey (1922–2003)
• Polykarp Kusch — Germany (1911–1993) Nobel laureate

L

• James W. LaBelle — United States
• Joseph-Louis Lagrange — France (1736–1813)
• Willis Lamb — United States (1913–2008) Nobel laureate
• Lev Davidovich Landau — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1908–1968) Nobel laureate
• Rolf Landauer — United States (1927–1999)
• Grigory Landsberg — Vologda
• Kenneth Lane — United States
• Paul Langevin — France (1872–1946)
• Irving Langmuir — United States (1881–1957)
• Pierre-Simon Laplace - France (1749-1827)
• Joseph Larmor — United Kingdom (1857–1942)
• Cesar Lattes — Brazil (1924–2005)
• Max von Laue — Germany (1879–1960) Nobel laureate
• Robert Betts Laughlin — United States (born 1950) Nobel laureate
• Mikhail Lavrentyev — Kazan
• Ernest Lawrence — United States (1901–1958) Nobel laureate
• Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev — Imperial Russia (1866–1912)
• Leon Max Lederman — United States (born 1922) Nobel laureate
• Benjamin Lee — Korea, United States (1935–1977)
• David Lee — United States (born 1931) Nobel laureate
• Tsung-Dao Lee — China, United States (born 1926) Nobel laureate
• Anthony James Leggett — UK, 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 — UK (1894–1954)
• John Leslie — UK (1766–1832)
• Walter Lewin — Netherlands, United States
• Martin Lewis Perl — United States (born 1927)
• Robert von Lieben — Austria-Hungary (1878–1913)
• Alfred-Marie Liénard — France (1869–1958)
• Evgeny Lifshitz — Soviet Union (1915–1985)
• David Lindley — United States (born 1956)
• John Linsley — United States (1925–2002)
• Chris Lintott — UK (born 1980)
• Gabriel Jonas Lippmann — France, Luxemburg (1845–1921) Nobel laureate
• Antony Garrett Lisi — United States (born 1968)
• Karl L. Littrow — Austria (1811–1877)
• Oliver Lodge — UK (1851–1940)
• Maurice Loewy — Austria, France (1833–1907)
• Robert K. Logan — United States (born 1939)
• Mikhail Lomonosov — Denisovka
• 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 Loschmidt — Germany (1821–1895)
• Oleg Losev — Tver
• Archibald Low — UK (1888–1956)
• Per-Olov Löwdin — Sweden (1916–2000)
• Lucretius — Rome (98?–55 BC)
• Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov — Imperial Russia (1857–1918)
• Joseph Lykken — United States (born 1957)

M

• Arthur B. McDonald — Canada (born 1943) Nobel laureate
• Carolina Henriette Mac Gillavry — Netherlands (1904–1993)
• Ernst Mach — Austria-Hungary (1838–1916)
• Luciano Maiani — Italy, San Marino (born 1941)
• Theodore Maiman — United States (1927–2007)
• 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 — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1879–1944)
• Peter Mansfield — UK (born 1933)
• Carlo Marangoni — Italy (1840–1925)
• Guglielmo Marconi — Italy (1874–1937) Nobel laureate
• Henry Margenau — Germany, United States (1901–1977)
• William Markowitz — United States (1907–1998)
• Robert Marshak — United States (1916–1992)
• Walter Marshall — UK (1932–1996)
• Toshihide Maskawa — Japan (born 1940) Nobel laureate
• Harrie Massey — Australia (1908–1983)
• John Cromwell Mather — United States (born 1946) Nobel laureate
• James Clerk Maxwell — UK (1831–1879)
• Brian May — UK (born 1947)
• Maria Goeppert Mayer — Germany, United States (1906–1972)
• Ronald E. McNair — United States (1950–1986)
• 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 (born 1928)
• David Merritt — United States
• Albert Abraham Michelson — United States (1852–1931) Nobel laureate
• Stanislav Mikheyev — Russia (1940–2011)
• Robert Andrews Millikan — United States (1868–1953) Nobel laureate
• Arthur Milne — UK (1896–1950)
• Shiraz Minwalla — India
• Abhas Mitra — India (born 1955)
• Kathryn Moler — United States
• John J. Montgomery — United States (1858–1911)
• Jagadeesh Moodera — India, United States (born 1950)
• Henry Moseley — UK (1887–1915)
• Rudolf Mössbauer — Germany (1929–2011) Nobel laureate
• Nevill Mott — UK (1905–1996) Nobel laureate
• Ben Roy Mottelson — Denmark, United States (born 1926) Nobel laureate
• Amédée Mouchez — Spain, France (1821–1892)
• Ali Moustafa — Egypt (1898–1950)
• José Enrique Moyal — Palestine, France, UK, United States, Australia (1910–1998)
• Karl Alexander Müller — Switzerland (born 1927) 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
• Jayant Narlikar — India (born 1938)
• Seth Neddermeyer — United States (1907–1988)
• Louis Néel — France (1904–2000) Nobel laureate
• Yuval Ne'eman — Israel (1925–2006)
• Ann Nelson — United States (born 1958)
• 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
• Holger Bech Nielsen — Denmark (born 1941)
• Leopoldo Nobili — Italy (1784–1835)
• Emmy Noether — Germany (1882–1935)
• Lothar Nordheim — Germany (1899–1985)
• Gunnar Nordström — Finland (1881–1923)
• Johann Gottlieb Nörremberg — Germany (1787–1862)
• Konstantin Novoselov — Soviet Union, United Kingdom (born 1974) Nobel laureate
• H. Pierre Noyes — United States (born 1923)
• John Nye — UK

O

• Georg Ohm — Germany (1789–1854)
• Hideo Ohno — Japan (born 1954)
• Susumu Okubo — Japan, United States
• Sir Mark Oliphant — Australia (1901–2000)
• David Olive — UK (1937-2012)
• 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 (born 1924)
• 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
• Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky — Russia (1801–1862)

P

• Thanu Padmanabhan — India (born 1957)
• 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)
• Jogesh Pati — United States (born 1937)
• Stephen Paul — United States (1953-2012)
• Wolfgang Paul — Germany (1913–1993) Nobel laureate
• Wolfgang Pauli — Austria-Hungary (1900–1958) Nobel laureate
• George B. Pegram — United States (1876–1958)
• Rudolf Peierls — Germany, UK (1907–1995)
• Jean Peltier — France (1785–1845)
• Roger Penrose — UK (born 1931) Wolf laureate
• Arno Allan Penzias — United States (born 1933) Nobel laureate
• Martin Lewis Perl — United States (born 1927) Nobel laureate
• Saul Perlmutter — United States (born 1959) Nobel laureate
• Jean Baptiste Perrin — France (1870–1942) Nobel laureate
• Konstantin Petrzhak — 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 (born 1940)
• Boris Podolsky — Taganrog (1896-1966)
• Henri Poincaré — France (1854–1912)
• Eric Poisson — Canada
• Siméon Denis Poisson — France (1781–1840)
• Balthasar van der Pol — Netherlands (1889–1959)
• Joseph Polchinski — UK (born 1954)
• Hugh David Politzer — United States (born 1949) Nobel laureate
• John Polkinghorne — UK (born 1930)
• Alexander M. Polyakov — Russia, United States (born 1945)
• Bruno Pontecorvo — Italy, Soviet Union (1913–1993)
• Heraclides Ponticus — Greece (387–312 BC)
• Heinz Pose — Germany (1905–1975)
• Cecil Frank Powell — UK (1903–1969) Nobel laureate
• John Henry Poynting — UK (1852–1914)
• Ludwig Prandtl — Germany (1875–1953)
• Ilya Prigogine — Belgium (1917–2003)
• Aleksandr M. Prokhorov — Soviet, Russian (1916–2002) Nobel laureate
• William Prout — UK (1785–1850)
• Luigi Puccianti — Italy (1875–1952)
• Ivan Pulyuy — Ukraine (1845–1918)
• Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin — Serbia, United States (1858–1935)
• Edward Mills Purcell — United States (1912–1997) Nobel laureate

Q

• Helen Quinn — Australia, United States (born 1943)

R

• Gabriele Rabel — Austria, United Kingdom (1880–1963)
• Isidor Isaac Rabi — Austria, United States (1898–1988) Nobel laureate
• James Rainwater — United States (1917–1986) Nobel laureate
• Mark G. Raizen — New York City United States (born 1955)
• Alladi Ramakrishnan — India (1923–2008)
• Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman — 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 — UK (1842–1919) Nobel laureate
• René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur — France (1683–1757)
• Sidney Redner — Canada, United States (born 1951)
• Martin John Rees — UK (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 — UK (1842–1912)
• Owen Willans Richardson — UK (1879–1959) Nobel laureate
• Robert Coleman Richardson — United States (born 1937) Nobel laureate
• Burton Richter — United States (born 1931) Nobel laureate
• Floyd K. Richtmyer — United States (1881–1939)
• Robert D. Richtmyer (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 (born 1933) Nobel laureate
• Joseph Romm — United States (born 1960)
• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen — Germany (1845–1923) Nobel laureate
• Clemens C. J. Roothaan — Netherlands (born 1918)
• Nathan Rosen — United States, Israel (1909—1995)
• Marshall Rosenbluth — United States (1927–2003)
• Carl-Gustav Arvid Rossby — Sweden, United States (1898–1957)
• Bruno Rossi — Italy, United States (1905–1993)
• Joseph Rotblat — Poland, UK (1908–2005)
• Carlo Rovelli — Italy (born 1956)
• Carlo Rubbia — Italy (born 1934) Nobel laureate
• Vera Rubin — United States (born 1928)
• 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, UK (1871–1937)
• Janne Rydberg — Sweden (1854–1919)
• Martin Ryle — UK (1918–1984) Nobel laureate

S

• Mendel Sachs — United States (born 1927)
• 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, UK (1926–1996) Nobel laureate
• Edwin Ernest Salpeter — Austria, Australia, United States (1924–2008)
• Anthony Ichiro Sanda — Japan, United States (born 1944)
• Matthew Sanders — UK (born 1996)
• Vikram Sarabhai — India (1919–1971)
• Isidor Sauers — Austria (born 1948)
• Félix Savart — France (1791–1841)
• Brendan Scaife — Ireland (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
• Walter H. Schottky — Germany (1886–1976)
• Kees A. Schouhamer Immink — Netherlands (born 1946)
• John Robert Schrieffer — United States (born 1931) Nobel laureate
• Erwin Schrödinger — Austria-Hungary (1887–1961) Nobel laureate
• John Henry Schwarz — United States (born 1941)
• Melvin Schwartz — United States (1932–2006) Nobel laureate
• Karl Schwarzschild — Germany (1876–1916)
• Julian Schwinger — United States (1918–1994) Nobel laureate
• Dennis William Sciama — UK (1926–1999)
• Bice Sechi-Zorn — Italy, United States (1928–1984)
• Thomas Johann Seebeck — Estonia (1770–1831)
• Raymond Seeger — United States (1906–1992)
• Emilio G. Segrè — United States, Italy (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 (born 1934)
• 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 (born 1928)
• William Bradford Shockley — United States (1910–1989) Nobel laureate
• 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)
• 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 (born 1930) Nobel laureate
• Lee Smolin — United States (born 1955)
• Marian Smoluchowski — Poland (1872–1917)
• George Smoot — United States (born 1945) Nobel laureate
• Willebrord Snel van Royen (Snellius) — Netherlands (1580–1626)
• Arsenij Sokolov — Russia (1910–1986)
• Arnold Sommerfeld — Germany (1868–1951)
• Bent Sørensen — Denmark (born 1941)
• Rafael Sorkin — United States (born 1945)
• Maria Spiropulu — West Macedonia, Greece (born 1970)
• Henry Stapp — United States (1928–)
• Johannes Stark — Germany (1874–1957) Nobel laureate
• Max Steenbeck — (1901–1981)
• Jožef Stefan — Austria-Hungary, Slovenia (1835–1893)
• Jack Steinberger — Germany, United States (born 1921) Nobel laureate
• Paul J. Steinhardt — United States (born 1952)
• Karl August von Steinheil — Germany (1801–1870)
• George Sterman — United States (born 1946)
• Otto Stern — Germany (1888–1969) Nobel laureate
• Simon Stevin — Belgium, Netherlands (1548–1620)
• George Gabriel Stokes — Ireland, UK (1819–1903)
• Aleksandr Stoletov — Russia (1839–1896)
• Horst Ludwig Störmer — Germany (born 1949) Nobel laureate
• Andrew Strominger — United States (born 1955)
• Ernst Stueckelberg — Switzerland (1905–1984)
• George Sudarshan — India, United States (born 1931)
• Rashid Sunyaev — Uzbek SSR (born 1943)
• Oleg Sushkov — Australia-Russia (born 1950)
• Leonard Susskind — United States (born 1940)
• Joseph Wilson Swan — UK (1828–1914)
• Jean Henri van Swinden — Netherlands (1746–1823)
• Bertha Swirles — UK (1903–1999)
• Leó Szilárd — Austria-Hungary, United States (1898–1964)

T

• Fumihiko Takasaki — Japan (born 1943)
• Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm — Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1895–1971) Nobel laureate
• Abraham H. Taub — United States (1911–1999)
• Geoffrey Ingram Taylor — UK (1886–1975)
• Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. — United States (born 1941) Nobel laureate
• Richard Edward Taylor — United States (born 1929) 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)
• Nikola Tesla — Serbia (1856–1943)
• George Paget Thomson — UK (1892–1975) Nobel laureate
• J. J. Thomson — UK (1856–1940) Nobel laureate
• William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) — UK (1824–1907)
• Charles Thorn — United States
• 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 — UK, Australia (1916–1990)
• Yoshinori Tokura — Japan (born 1954)
• Samuel Tolansky — UK (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 (born 1915) Nobel laureate
• John Townsend — UK (1868–1957)
• Johann Georg Tralles — Germany (1763–1822)
• Sam Treiman — United States (1925–1999)
• Daniel Chee Tsui — China, United States (born 1939) Nobel laureate
• John J. Turin — United States (1913–1973)
• Neil Turok — South Africa (born 1958)
• Victor Twersky (USA, 1923–1998)
• Sergei Tyablikov — Russia (1921–1968)
• John Tyndall — UK (1820–1893)
• Neil deGrasse Tyson — United States (born 1958)

U

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

V

• Cumrun Vafa — Iran, United States
• Léon Van Hove — Belgium (1924–1990)
• Sergei Vavilov — Soviet Union (1891–1951)
• Evgeny Velikhov — Russia (born 1935)
• Martinus J. G. Veltman — Netherlands, United States (born 1931) Nobel laureate
• Gabriele Veneziano — Italy (born 1942)
• Giovanni Battista Venturi — Italy (1746–1822)
• Émile Verdet — France (1824–1866)
• Jean-Pierre Vigier — France (1920–2004)
• 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)

W

• Johannes Diderik van der Waals — Netherlands (1837–1923) Nobel laureate
• James Wait — Canada (1924–1998)
• Ludwig Waldmann — Germany (1913–1980)
• Ernest Walton — Ireland (1903–1995) Nobel laureate
• Kan-Chang Wang — China (1907–1998)
• Aaldert Wapstra — Netherlands (1923–2006)
• John Clive Ward — England, Australia (1924–2000)
• Gleb Wataghin — Ukraine, Italy, Brazil (1896–1986)
• John James Waterston — UK (1811–1883)
• Alan Andrew Watson — UK (born 1938)
• James Watt — UK (1736–1819)
• Denis Weaire — Ireland (194?–)
• Colin Webb — UK (born 1937)
• Wilhelm Weber — Germany (1804–1891)
• Alvin Weinberg — United States (1915–2006)
• Steven Weinberg — United States (born 1933) 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)
• James Paul Wesley — USA (1921–2007)
• Peter Westervelt — United States (1919-2015)
• 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 — UK (1869–1959) Nobel laureate
• Kenneth Geddes Wilson — United States (born 1936) 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 (born 1922)
• Fred Alan Wolf — United States (born 1934)
• Lincoln Wolfenstein — United States (1923-2015)
• Stephen Wolfram — UK (born 1959)
• Robert W. Wood — United States (1868–1955)
• Michael Woolfson — UK (born 1927)
• Chien-Shiung Wu — United States (1912–1997)

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 Jose Yndurain — Spain (1940–2008)
• Thomas Young — UK (1773–1829)
• Hideki Yukawa — Japan (1907–1981) Nobel laureate

Z

• Jan Zaanen — Netherlands (born 1957)
• Anthony Zee — United States
• Pieter Zeeman — Netherlands (1865–1943) Nobel laureate
• 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)
• Karl Zimmer — Germany (1911–1988)
• Peter Zoller — Austria (born 1952)
• Dmitry Zubarev — Russia (1917–1992)
• Barton Zwiebach — United States (born 1954)

External links

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