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About 8,000 fellows have been elected to the Royal Society of London since its inception in 1660.

Below is a list of people who are or were Fellow or Foreign Member of the Royal Society. The date of election to the fellowship follows the name. Dates in brackets relate to an award or event associated with the person. The Society maintains a complete online list.[1] This list is complete up to and including 2019.

List of fellows and foreign members of the Royal Society
A, B, C D, E, F G, H, I J, K, L M, N, O P, Q, R S, T, U, V W, X, Y, Z

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Names Election date Notes
Conrad Hal Waddington 1947-03-20 8 November 1905 – 26 September 1975
Kenneth Wade 1989-03-16 13 October 1932 – 16 March 2014 Chemist
Walter Wade 1811-03-14 c. 1740 – 12 July 1825
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia 1957-03-21 25 October 1883 – 15 June 1969
Harold William Taylor Wager 1904-05-05 11 March 1862 – 17 November 1929
Lawrence Rickard Wager 1946-03-21 5 February 1904 – 30 November 1965
William Wagstaffe 1718-03-13 1685 – 5 May 1725
Ralph Louis Wain 1960-03-24 29 May 1911 – 14 December 2000
Gabriel Waksman 2012-04-19
Richard Irving Walcott 1991-03-14 c. 1933
Nicholas John Wald 2004-05-27 31 May 1944
James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave 1749-12-14 14 March 1715 – 28 April 1763
Herman Waldmann 1990-03-15 27 February 1945
David J. Wales 2016-04-29 1963 Chemical physicist
William Wales 1776-11-07 c. 1734 – 29 December 1798
Alan Walker 1999-05-13 23 August 1938 – 20 November 2017
Arthur Geoffrey Walker 1955-03-17 17 July 1909 – 31 March 2001
Charles Vincent Walker 1855-06-07 1812 – 24 December 1882
David Alan Walker 1979-03-15 18 August 1928 – 12 February 2012
Donald Walker 1985-03-21 Professor
Edward Walker 1869-06-03 14 September 1820 – 2 March 1893 Schoolmaster
Fowler Walker 1791-03-31 c. 1732 – 20 August 1804
George Walker 1771-05-30 c. 1734 – 21 April 1807
George P. L. Walker 1975-03-20 2 March 1926 – 17 January 2005
George Walker Walker 1913-05-01 24 February 1874 – 6 September 1921
Gilbert Thomas Walker 1904-05-05 14 June 1868 – 4 November 1958
James Walker 1900-06-14 6 April 1863 – 6 May 1935
James Walker 1828-04-17 14 September 1781 – 8 October 1862
James Walker 1774-06-09 c. 1720 – 22 February 1789
James Thomas Walker 1865-06-01 1 December 1826 – 16 February 1896 Surveyor General of India
John Walker 1794-03-27 d 9 May 1824
John Ernest Walker 1995-03-09 7 January 1941
John James Walker 1883-06-07 2 October 1825 – 15 February 1900
Miles Walker 1931-05-07 13 August 1868 – 22 January 1941
Robert Walker 1831-03-03 c. 1801 – 28 September 1865 Wadham College
Thomas Walker 1791-05-05 died c. 1800 Accountant General
Thomas Walker 1730-01-22 ? September 1702 – 17 September 1764 Barrister
William Walker 1738-02-09 - 14 October 1742 Ship's captain
Charles Baring Wall 1830-04-01 c. 1795 – 14 October 1853
Charles Terence Clegg Wall 1969-03-20 14 December 1936
Martin Wall 1788-05-08 1747 – 21 June 1824
Patrick David Wall 1989-03-16 5 April 1925 – 8 August 2001
Richard Wall 1753-05-31 1694–1778 Diplomat
Alfred Russel Wallace 1893-06-01 8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913
David James Wallace 1986-03-20 7 October 1945 Physicist
Thomas Wallace 1953-03-19 5 September 1891 – 2 February 1965 Horticulturalist
Augustus Desiré Waller 1892-06-02 12 July 1856 – 11 March 1922
Augustus Volney Waller 1851-06-05 21 December 1816 – 18 September 1870
Edmund Waller 1663-05-20 3 March 1606 – 21 October 1687 Original Fellow
Richard Waller 1681-04-27 c. 1646 – ? January 1715 Botanist
William Waller 1679-02-20 c. 1639 – 18 July 1699 Soldier & MP
Nathaniel Wallich 1829-03-12 28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854
John Wallis 1663-05-20 23 November 1616 – 28 October 1703 Original Fellow
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis 1945-03-22 26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979
Daniel Frank Walls 1992-03-12 13 September 1942 – 12 May 1999
Charles Walmesley 1750-11-01 13 January 1722 – 25 November 1797
Ian Alexander Walmsley 2012-04-19
Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford 1824-03-04 14 June 1783 – 29 December 1858
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford 1747-02-19 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797
Spencer Horatio Walpole 1860-11-22 11 September 1806 – 22 March 1898
Mark Walport 2011-05-19 25 January 1953
Anthony Edward Walsby 1993-03-11 1941 – 14 April 2024 Biologist, Bristol Univ.
Alan Walsh 1969-03-20 19 December 1916 – 3 August 1998
Arthur Donald Walsh 1964-03-19 8 August 1916 – 23 April 1977
John Walsh 1770-11-08 1 July 1726 – 9 March 1795 Scientist
Francis Martin Rouse Walshe 1946-03-21 19 September 1885 – 21 February 1973
Robert Boyle-Walsingham 1778-03-05 1736 – October 1779
Henry Walter 1819-11-11 28 January 1785 – 25 January 1859 Clergyman
Johann Gottlieb Walter 1794-05-01 1 July 1734 – 4 January 1818 Anatomist, Frankfurt
Kenneth Walters 1991-03-14 14 September 1934 – 28 March 2022 Rheology, Univ. of Wales
William Walton 1837-05-25 d. 19 September 1863 Clergyman & meteorologist
Humfrey Wanley 1706-11-20 21 March 1672 – 6 July 1726
Olaus Warburg 1805-01-10 1805
Henry Warburton 1809-02-16 12 November 1784 – 16 September 1858
John Warburton 1834-04-10 c. 1793 – 2 June 1845 Physician
John Warburton 1720-03-10 28 February 1682 – 11 May 1759
Esay Ward 1668-02-20 c. 1629 – ? August 1674
Harry Marshall Ward 1888-06-07 21 March 1854 – 26 August 1906
Ian Macmillan Ward 1983-03-17 9 April 1928 – 5 November 2018 Physicist, Leeds Univ.
John Ward 1723-11-30 c. 1679 – 17 October 1758 Gresham Prof of Rhetoric
John Clive Ward 1965-03-18 1 August 1924 – 6 May 2000
John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley 1815-11-16 9 August 1781 – 6 March 1833
Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward 1852-06-03 1791 – 4 June 1868
Richard Samuel Ward 2005-05-26 6 September 1951 Mathematician, Durham Univ.
Seth Ward 1663-05-20 ? April 1617 – 6 January 1689 Bishop Original Fellow
Patience Ward 1681-04-06 7 December 1629 – 10 July 1696
James Ware 1802-03-11 11 February 1756 – 13 April 1815 Ophthalmic Surgeon
Philip Frank Wareing 1969-03-20 27 April 1914 – ? 29 March 1996
Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin 1764-07-12 11 September 1717 – 13 December 1783
Edward Waring 1763-06-02 1734 – 15 August 1798
Richard Hill Waring 1769-02-16 c. 1721 – 11 October 1794 High Sheriff, Flintshire
Robert Warington 1864-06-02 7 September 1807 – ? 17 November 1867 Chemist, Soc. of Apothecaries
Robert Warington 1886-06-04 22 August 1838 – 20 March 1907 Agricultural Chemist, Rothamsted
David Lee Wark 2007-05-17
Anne Elizabeth Warner 1985-03-21 25 August 1940 - 16 May 2012
Joseph Warner 1750-12-06 1717 – 24 July 1801
Frederick Edward Warner 1976-03-18 31 March 1910 – 3 July 2010
Mark Warner 2012-04-19 26 January 1952 – 24 December 2021
John Ashley Warre 1817-05-01 5 October 1787 – 18 November 1860
Charles Warren 1790-04-29 19 March 1764 – 12 August 1829 Barrister, MP for Dorchester
Charles Warren 1884-06-12 7 February 1840 – 21 January 1927
Graham Barry Warren 1999-05-13
John Warren 1830-12-09 4 October 1796 – 16 August 1852 Clergyman and Mathematician
Pelham Warren 1813-04-08 7 October 1778 – 2 December 1835
Richard Warren 1764-03-08 ? 4 December 1731 – 22 June 1797 Physician
Samuel Warren 1835-04-02 23 May 1807 – 29 July 1877
George Warrender 1815-06-08 5 December 1782 – 21 February 1849
Elizabeth Kerr Warrington 1986-03-20
John Washington 1845-02-13 ? 1800 – 16 September 1863
Michael Derek Waterfield 1991-03-14 Biochemist, UCL
Douglas Frew Waterhouse 1967-03-16 3 June 1916 – ? December 2000
Edward Waterhouse 1663-07-29 1619 – 30 May 1670 Clergyman
John Waterhouse 1834-02-06 3 August 1806 – 13 February 1879
John Conrad Waterlow 1982-03-18 13 June 1916 – 19 October 2010 Nutrition scientist, London Univ.
William Alexander Waters 1954-03-18 8 May 1903 – 28 January 1985 Chemist
Hugh Christian Watkins 2017-05-05
Jeffrey Clifton Watkins 1988-03-17 Biochemist, Oxford Univ.
Thomas Watkins 1794-01-23 c. 1761 – 15 October 1829 Clergyman
Thomas Watkins 1714-11-30 fl 1714–1729 Mathematician
Winifred May Watkins 1969-03-20 6 August 1924 – 3 October 2003
Alan Andrew Watson 2000-05-11 Astrophysicist, Leeds
Andrew James Watson 2003-05-15
David Meredith Seares Watson 1922-05-11 18 June 1886 – 23 July 1973
Frederick Beilby Watson 1818-11-12 1773 – 11 July 1852
George Neville Watson 1919-05-15 31 January 1886 – 2 February 1965
Henry Watson 1767-04-02 - 1793 Surgeon
Henry William Watson 1881-06-02 25 February 1827 – 11 January 1903
James Watson 1778-03-12 c. 1748 – 2 May 1796 Lawyer
James Kay Graham Watson 1987-03-19 20 April 1936 – 18 December 2020
Janet Vida Watson 1979-03-15 1 September 1923 – 29 March 1985
Jonathan Watson 1763-06-09 c. 1718 – November 1803
Morrison Watson 1884-06-12 ? 1846 – 25 March 1885 Physician
Ralph Watson 1830-05-27 fl 1830–1835
Richard Watson 1769-02-02 August 1737 – 4 July 1816
Robert Watson 1751-02-07 c. 1720 – 2 March 1756
Robert Watson 2011-05-19 21 March 1948
Thomas Watson 1859-06-09 7 March 1792 – 11 December 1882 Physician
William Watson 1741-04-09 3 April 1715 – 10 May 1787 Chemist
William Watson 1767-12-10 ? 28 August 1744 – c. 1825 Physician & Astronomer
William Watson 1808-04-07 c. 1759 – 1 June 1818 Sergeant-at-arms
William Watson 1901-06-06 4 August 1868 – 3 March 1919 Asst Prof of Physics, RCS, London
Robert Alexander Watson-Watt 1941-03-20 13 April 1892 – 5 December 1973
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham 1751-11-07 13 May 1730 – 1 July 1782
Alexander Stuart Watt 1957-03-21 21 June 1892 – 2 March 1985
Fiona Mary Watt 2003-05-15 28 March 1956
James Watt 1785-11-24 19 January 1736 – 25 August 1819
James Watt 1820-12-07 5 February 1769 – 2 June 1848 Son of James Watt the engineer
William Watt 1976-03-18 14 April 1912 – 11 August 1985 Physical Chemist
Anthony Watts 2014-04-30 Geologist, Oxford University
Colin Watts 2005-05-26 Immunologist
Henry Watts 1866-06-07 20 January 1815 – 30 June 1884 Chemistry journalist
Philip Watts 1900-06-14 30 May 1846 – 15 March 1926
William Whitehead Watts 1904-05-05 7 June 1860 – 30 July 1947
Andrew Scott Waugh 1858-06-03 3 February 1810 – 21 February 1878
Arthur Goodall Wavell 1827-05-24 29 March 1785 – 10 July 1860
William Wavell 1824-02-05 d. 15 May 1829 Physician
Benjamin Way 1771-12-05 September 1740 – 22 August 1808 MP for Bridport
Lewis Way 1738-02-23 1698–1771
Dennis Lawrence Weaire 1999-05-13 17 October 1942
David John Weatherall 1977-03-17 9 March 1933 – 8 December 2018
Paul Egerton Weatherley 1973-03-15 6 May 1917 – 8 August 2001 Botanist, Aberdeen Univ.
Thomas Weaver 1826-03-09 1772 – 2 July 1855
Colin Edward Webb 1991-03-14 9 December 1937
Frederick Webb 1822-03-21 - 1853
Philip Barker Webb 1824-03-25 10 July 1793 – 31 August 1854
Philip Carteret Webb 1749-11-09 1700 – 22 June 1770
Robert Webb 1762-11-11 d. 9 September 1765
John Webb 1764-06-28 d. April 1797
Bryan Ronald Webber 2001-05-10 25 July 1943
William Webber 1766-06-05 d. 30 November 1796
John Webster 1844-03-07 1795 – 21 July 1876 Physician
Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone 1902-06-19 22 December 1842 – 15 December 1915
Robert Gordon Webster 1989-03-16 1932
Godfrey Webster 1786-05-18 c. 1749 – 3 June 1800
Thomas Webster 1847-03-18 16 October 1810 – 3 June 1875
Richard Weck 1975-03-20 5 March 1913 – 9 January 1986
Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn 1787-12-06 13 February 1733 – 2 January 1805
Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn 1933-05-11 26 February 1882 – 9 October 1948
Josiah Wedgwood 1783-01-16 ? July 1730 – 3 January 1795
Basil Charles Leicester Weedon 1971-03-18 18 July 1923 – 10 October 2003
George Wegg 1758-02-09 - 25 August 1777
George Samuel Wegg 1777-11-13 c. 1750 – 4 January 1817 Barrister
Samuel Wegg 1753-05-31 17 November 1723 – 19 December 1802 Barriste, Governor of HBC
Christian Frederick Weichman 1728-06-27 24 August 1698 – 4 August 1770
Johann Friedrich Weidler 1732-11-09 ? 23 April 1691 – 30 November 1755
Felix Jiri Weinberg 1983-03-17
Lawrence Weiskrantz 1980-03-20
Frederick Ernest Weiss 1917-05-03 2 November 1865 – 7 January 1953 Botanist
Nigel Oscar Weiss 1992-03-12
Robin Anthony Weiss 1997-05-15 Virologist, UCL
Walter Weldon 1882-06-08 31 October 1832 – 20 September 1885
Walter Frank Raphael Weldon 1890-06-05 15 March 1860 – 13 April 1906
Walter Thompson Welford 1980-03-20 31 August 1916 – 18 September 1990
John Welin 1741-05-28 ? 1705 – 31 January 1744 Finnish
Mark Edward Welland 2002-05-09
Henry Solomon Wellcome 1932-05-26 21 August 1853 – 25 July 1936
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1847-11-25 29 April 1769 – 14 September 1852
Alan Arthur Wells 1977-03-17 Engineer, Inventor of Wells Turbine
George Philip Wells 1955-03-17 17 July 1901 – 27 September 1985
Peter Neil Temple Wells 2003-05-15
William Charles Wells 1793-11-07 24 May 1757 – 18 September 1817
James Raymond Wellsted 1837-04-06 1805 – 25 October 1842
Harry Lambert Welsh 1962-03-15 23 March 1910 – 23 July 1984
James Welsh 1770-03-15 c. 1723 – June 1778 Physician
John Welsh 1857-06-11 27 September 1824 – 11 May 1859 Supt. of Kew Observatory
Robert Welsted 1718-03-13 1671 – 1 February 1735 Physician
Thomas Francis Wenman 1779-01-21 18 November 1745 – 8 April 1796
Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam 1811-01-17 4 May 1786 – 4 October 1857
William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford 1668-02-06 8 June 1626 – 16 October 1695
Charles Morley Wenyon 1927-05-12 24 March 1878 – 24 October 1948
Paul Gottlieb Werlhof 1736-02-26 24 March 1699 – 26 July 1767
Johann Georg Heinrich Graf von Werthern 1765-02-14 1735–1790
James West 1727-03-09 2 May 1703 – 2 July 1772
John West, 1st Earl De La Warr 1728-12-19 4 April 1693 – 16 March 1766
Peter Christopher West 2006-05-18 Theoretical Physics, King's College, London
Richard Gilbert West 1968-03-21
Stephen Craig West 1995-03-09 Biochemist, Cancer Research
Thomas Summers West 1989-03-16 18 November 1927 – 9 January 2010 Chemist, Birmingham & Aberdeen Universities
William West 1846-02-19 1793 – 10 September 1851 Chemist
John Hugh Westcott 1983-03-17
William Western 1721-11-30 ? 1694 – 22 September 1729
Gerald Westheimer 1985-03-21
Richard Westmacott 1837-05-25 1799 – 19 April 1872
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster 1841-06-10 22 March 1767 – 17 February 1845
Thomas Stanley Westoll 1952-03-20 3 July 1912 – 19 September 1995
Robert Weston 1767-05-28 1767–1797 FSA
Stephen Weston 1792-03-01 1747 – 8 January 1830 Clergyman
Edward Wetenhall 1683-07-04 7 October 1636 – 12 November 1713
Alan Marmaduke Wetherell 1971-03-18 31 December 1932 – 13 September 1998
Charles Wetherell 1824-12-16 1770 – 17 August 1846
Caspar Wetstein 1754-07-04 - August 1760
Johann Jakob Wetstein 1753-04-05 5 March 1693 – 23 March 1754
Anthony de Wevelinchoven 1781-04-05 - 1789
John Weyland 1814-06-09 4 December 1774 – 8 May 1854
Thomas Whalley 1708-04-07 fl 1708
Richard Wharton 1810-07-12 c. 1765 – 13 October 1828 Barrister and MP
William James Lloyd Wharton 1886-06-04 2 March 1843 – 29 September 1905
Frederick Robert Whatley 1975-03-20
James Whatman 1840-01-09 3 July 1813 – ? 12 March 1887
William Robert Whatton 1834-06-05 17 February 1790 – 5 December 1835
Charles Wheatstone 1836-01-21 February 1802 – 19 October 1875
David John Wheeler 1981-03-19 9 February 1927 – 13 December 2004
Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler 1968-05-30 10 September 1890 – 22 July 1976 (Statute 12)
Michael John Whelan 1976-03-18
William Joseph Whelan 1992-03-12 Biochemist, Miami
Granville Wheler 1728-06-27 August 1701 – 12 May 1770 Revd. Proved electric current.
George Wheler 1677-12-13 1650 – 15 January 1723 Clergyman and Scholar
William Whewell 1820-04-13 24 May 1794 – 6 March 1866
Paul Whichcote 1675-01-14 5 March 1643 – December 1721
Joseph Whidbey 1805-11-21 1755–1833
Richard Whiddington 1925-05-07 25 November 1885 – 7 June 1970
David Hardy Whiffen 1966-03-17 15 January 1922 – 2 December 2002
John Whishaw 1815-02-23 c. 1765 – 21 December 1840
Daniel Whistler 1663-05-20 1619 – 11 May 1684 Original Fellow
Thomas Dunham Whitaker 1818-06-11 8 June 1759 – 18 December 1821
William Whitaker 1887-06-09 4 May 1836 – 15 January 1925
Samuel Charles Whitbread 1854-06-01 16 February 1796 – 27 May 1879
Charles White 1762-02-18 4 October 1728 – 20 February 1813
Errol Ivor White 1956-03-15 30 June 1901 – 11 January 1985
Frederick William George White 1966-03-17 26 May 1905 – 17 August 1994
John White 1723-01-17 2 December 1699 – 7 September 1769
John Graham White 2005-05-26 Clinical psychologist, Liverpool
John William White 1993-03-11
Michael James Denham White 1961-03-16 20 August 1910 – 16 December 1983
Nicholas John White 2006-05-18 Prof. of Tropical Medicine
Philip Bruce White 1941-03-20 29 December 1891 – 19 March 1949 Microbiologist
Richard White 1661-06-26 1661 Mathematician
Robert Stephen White 1994-03-10
Simon David Manton White 1997-05-15
Taylor White 1725-04-29 - 26 March 1772
Thomas White 1726-11-17 - 14 November 1754 Clerk of the Errors
Thomas White 1777-06-19 15 October 1724 – 28 February 1797 Ironmonger
William Archibald Armstrong White 1837-04-13 26 May 1776 – 7 December 1847 Barrister and Antiquarian
William Henry White 1808-11-10 fl 1808–1827
William Henry White 1888-06-07 2 February 1845 – 27 February 1913
Caleb Whitefoord 1784-06-24 1734 – February 1810
Alfred North Whitehead 1903-06-11 15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947
John Henry Constantine Whitehead 1944-03-16 11 November 1904 – 8 May 1960
John Whitehurst 1779-05-13 10 April 1713 – 18 February 1788
James Hunter Whitelaw 1996-03-14 28 January 1936 – 16 August 2006 Prof of Mechanical Eng., Imperial College
John Whiteside 1718-07-03 ? October 1679 – ? 22 October 1729 Clergyman
Henry Whitfeld 1786-03-09 c. 1741–1813
Gerald Beresford Whitham 1965-03-18 Mathematician, Caltech
George Whitmore 1797-11-23 - 25 November 1805
John Macnaghten Whittaker 1949-03-17 7 March 1905 – 29 January 1984
Edmund Taylor Whittaker 1905-05-11 24 October 1873 – 24 March 1956
Ronald Whittam 1973-03-15
Walter Frederick Whittard 1957-03-21 26 October 1902 – 2 March 1966
David Whitteridge 1953-03-19 22 June 1912 – 15 June 1994
Harry Blackmore Whittington 1971-03-18 24 March 1916 – 20 June 2010 Professor of Geology,Cambridge
Peter Whittle 1978-03-16
Frank Whittle 1947-03-20 1 June 1907 – 9 August 1996
Joseph Whitworth 1857-06-11 21 December 1803 – 22 January 1887
Robert Whytlaw-Gray 1928-05-10 14 June 1877 – 21 January 1958
Robert Whytt 1752-04-16 6 September 1714 – 15 April 1766
Francois Wicardel, Chevalier de Fleury 1715-11-30 1715–1754
Kumar Wickramasinghe 2019-04-16
John Churchill Wickstead 1716-04-05 - May 1774
Elsie May Widdowson 1976-03-18 21 October 1906 – 14 June 2000
Samuel Edward Widdrington 1842-12-22 1787 – 11 January 1856 (Born Samuel Edward Cook)
Karel Frantisek Wiesner 1969-06-20 25 November 1919 – 28 November 1986
Vincent Brian Wigglesworth 1939-03-16 17 April 1899 – 11 February 1994
Robert Wight 1855-06-07 6 July 1796 – 26 May 1872
Dale Brian Wigley 2004-05-27 Scientist, Cancer Research
James Wigram 1835-04-02 5 November 1793 – 29 July 1866
Robert Wigram 1806-02-27 25 September 1773 – 1843
Samuel Wilberforce 1845-12-18 7 September 1805 – 19 July 1873
George Wilbraham 1821-03-08 8 March 1779 – 24 January 1852 MP for Stockbridge, Cheshire and Cheshire North
Roger Wilbraham 1782-02-28 c. 1744 – ? March 1829 MP for Bodmin
Thomas Wilbraham 1742-03-18 c. 1702 – 29 March 1782
Johann Karl Wilcke 1789-04-30 6 September 1732 – 18 April 1796
John Paul Wild 1970-03-19
Henry Wilde 1886-06-04 ? February 1833 – 29 March 1919
Andrew John Wiles 1989-03-16
Wilhelmus Wilhelmius 1743-01-27 1720 – 27 December 1771
Israel Wilkes 1760-03-06 c. 1722 – 25 November 1805
John Wilkes 1749-04-13 17 October 1725 – 26 December 1797
Maurice Vincent Wilkes 1956-03-15
Alex James Wilkie 2001-05-10
Andrew Wilkie 2013-05-02
Douglas Robert Wilkie 1971-03-18 2 October 1922 – 21 May 1998 Medical Research, UCL
John Wilkins 1663-04-22 1614 – 19 November 1672 Founder
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins 1959-03-19 15 December 1916 – 5 October 2004
Charles Wilkins 1788-06-12 1749 – 13 May 1836
William Wilkins 1831-06-02 31 August 1778 – 31 August 1839
Guy Wilkinson 2018-05-09
Geordie Williamson 2018-05-09 1981 –
James Hardy Wilkinson 1969-03-20 27 September 1919 – 5 October 1986
John Wilkinson 1764-06-28 - c. 1819
Denys Haigh Wilkinson 1956-03-15
Geoffrey Wilkinson 1965-03-18 14 July 1921 – 26 September 1996
John Gardner Wilkinson 1834-12-18 5 October 1797 – 29 October 1875
William Lionel Wilkinson 1990-03-15 Chemical Engineer (Nuclear Energy)
Mark Wilks 1826-02-23 c. 1760 – 19 September 1831
Samuel Wilks 1870-06-02 2 June 1824 – 8 November 1911
Robert Willan 1809-02-23 12 November 1757 – 12 April 1812
John Willett Willett 1774-12-08 - 26 September 1815
Ralph Willett 1764-06-21 1719 – 13 January 1795
David Willetts (Baron Willetts of Havant) 2018-05-09 9 March 1956 Honorary Fellow
Arthur Willey 1902-06-05 9 October 1867 – 26 December 1942
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland 1760-12-04 15 April 1721 – 31 October 1765 Royal
William Charles Henry Friso, Prince of Orange 1734-03-07 1711 – 22 October 1751 Royal
William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester 1797-01-14 15 January 1776 – 30 November 1834 Royal
William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester 1780-01-10 14 November 1743 – 25 August 1805 Royal
William IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland 1831-03-10 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837 Patron
Charles Williams-Wynn 1827-05-24 9 October 1775 – 2 September 1850
Watkin Williams-Wynn 1773-06-17 8 April 1749 – 29 July 1789
Alan Frederick Williams 1990-03-15 25 May 1945 – 9 April 1992
Alwyn Williams 1967-03-16 8 June 1921 – 4 April 2004
Carrington Bonsor Williams 1954-03-18 7 October 1889 – 12 July 1981
Charles Greville Hanson Williams 1862-06-05 22 September 1829 – 15 June 1910
Charles James Blasius Williams 1835-04-02 3 February 1805 – 24 March 1889
David Williams 1984-03-15
Dionysius Williams 1766-05-08 ? January 1733 – ? June 1775
Dudley Howard Williams 1983-03-17
Evan James Williams 1939-03-16 8 June 1903 – 29 September 1945 Atomic Physics, Aberystwyth
Frederic Calland Williams 1950-03-16 26 June 1911 – 11 August 1977
James Gordon Williams 1994-03-10
John Williams 1828-03-06 12 April 1778 – 11 August 1849
John Williams 1671-03-23 ? September 1642 – ? November 1680 Baronet
John Lloyd Williams 1801-05-21 1801 Physician, Bengal
John Wesley Williams 1839-01-31 1788 – January 1841
Moses Williams 1719-11-05 2 March 1686 – 9 April 1742
Peter Michael Williams 1999-05-13
Reeve Williams 1699-01-11 1682–1703
Richard Tecwyn Williams 1967-03-16 20 February 1909 – 29 December 1979
Robert Hughes Williams 1990-03-15
Robert Joseph Paton Williams 1972-03-16
Roger Williams 1664-02-03 - ? 1665
Roger L. Williams 2017-05-05
Stephen Williams 1734-06-13 c. 1701–1741
Thomas Williams 1858-06-03 4 January 1819 – 23 April 1865 Physician
Timothy John Williams 2012-04-19
Alexander William Williamson 1855-06-07 1 May 1824 – 6 May 1904
Benjamin Williamson 1879-06-12 9 January 1827 – 3 January 1916 Irish mathematician
David Theodore Nelson Williamson 1968-03-21 15 February 1923 – 10 May 1992 Electronic Engineer
John Williamson 1749-06-15 1713 – 25 February 1763 Chaplain in Lisbon
Joseph Williamson 1663-05-20 25 July 1633 – 3 October 1701 Original Fellow
Robert Williamson 1999-05-13 Biochemist, London & Melbourne
William Crawford Williamson 1854-06-01 24 November 1816 – 23 June 1895
Henry Norton Willis 1791-12-15 - 13 August 1819
John Christopher Willis 1919-05-15 20 February 1868 – 21 March 1958
John Raymond Willis 1992-03-12
Robert Willis 1830-04-22 27 February 1800 – 28 February 1875
Thomas Willis 1663-11-18 27 January 1621 – 11 November 1675
Edward Nevill Willmer 1960-03-24 15 August 1902 – 8 April 2001
Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton 1787-01-25 19 December 1726 – 30 June 1800
Hugh Willoughby, 15th Baron Willoughby of Parham 1745-02-14 - 21 January 1765
Thomas Willoughby, 1st Baron Middleton 1693-11-30 c. 1670 – 17 April 1729
Charles Willughby 1683-07-25 - ? September 1694
Francis Willughby 1663-05-20 1635 – 3 July 1672 Original Fellow
Edward Wilmot 1730-01-15 29 October 1693 – 21 November 1786
Robert John Wilmot 1821-05-24 21 December 1784 – 31 May 1841
Ian Wilmut 2002-05-09
Alan Geoffrey Wilson 2006-05-18
Alan Herries Wilson 1942-03-19 2 July 1906 – 30 September 1995
Alexander Wilson 1838-03-01 c. 1781 – 28 November 1863 Civil servant
Allan Charles Wilson 1986-03-20 18 October 1934 – 21 July 1991
Arthur James Cochran Wilson 1963-03-21 28 November 1914 – 1 July 1995
Benjamin Wilson 1751-12-05 1721 – 6 June 1788
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 1900-06-14 14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959
Charles William Wilson 1874-06-04 14 March 1836 – 25 October 1905
Colin James Ness Wilson 2015-05-01 1956 - Geologist
George Fergusson Wilson 1855-06-07 25 March 1822 – 28 March 1902 Founder of Wisley Gardens.
Giffin Wilson 1801-04-16 1766 - 1848
Glocester Wilson 1796-04-28 - ? 1852
Graham Selby Wilson 1978-03-16 10 September 1895 – 5 April 1987
Harold Albert Wilson 1906-05-03 1 December 1874 – 13 October 1964
Horace Hayman Wilson 1834-04-10 26 September 1786 – 8 May 1860
Ian Andrew Wilson 2000-05-11 Microbiologist, USA
Isaac Wilson 1831-02-24 c. 1756 – 2 December 1844 Physician to Navy
James Wilson 1803-05-19 1765 – 17 November 1821 Prof of Anatomy to RCS
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx 1969-06-12 11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995 Statute
James Thomas Wilson 1909-05-06 14 April 1861 – 2 September 1945 Prof. of Anatomy, Cambridge
John Wilson 1845-02-06 11 December 1804 – 1 December 1875 Philanthropist & Scholar (Bombay)
John Wilson 1846-02-19 c. 1788 – 10 August 1870 Physician
John Wilson 1783-03-13 6 August 1741 – 18 October 1793
John Tuzo Wilson 1968-03-21 24 October 1908 – 15 April 1993
Robert Wilson 1975-03-20 16 April 1927 – 2 September 2002
Sophie Wilson 2013-05-02
William James Erasmus Wilson 1845-02-20 25 November 1809 – 7 August 1884
William Wilson 1923-05-03 1 March 1875 – 14 October 1965 Physicist, St Andrews Univ.
William Edward Wilson 1896-06-04 19 July 1851 – 6 March 1908 Irish astronomer
James Wimshurst 1898-06-09 13 April 1832 – 3 January 1903
Joseph Windham 1781-11-08 21 August 1739 – 21 September 1810
William Windham 1744-01-26 1717 – 30 October 1761
Alan Hardwick Windle 1997-05-15
Bertram Coghill Alan Windle 1899-06-01 8 May 1858 – 14 February 1929
Colin George Windsor 1995-06-09 28 June 1938 -
Other Hickman Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth 1773-04-22 ? 30 May 1751 – 12 June 1799
Johann Heinrich Winkler 1747-01-08 12 March 1703 – 18 May 1770
Rowland Winn 1673-11-27 1609–1676 Merchant
Edward Winnington 1805-01-10 14 November 1749 – 9 January 1805 (died before election)
Gregory Paul Winter 1990-03-15 April 1951 -
John Winthrop 1734-04-04 25 August 1681 – 1 August 1747
John Winthrop 1663-05-20 12 February 1606 – 5 April 1676 Original Fellow
John Winthrop 1766-02-20 19 December 1714 – 3 May 1779
Sir Clifton Wintringham 1742-12-23 1710 – 10 January 1794
Frederick Charles William Wirtemberg, Prince of Wirtemberg 1797-05-11 6 November 1754 – 30 October 1816 honorary
Daniel Wise 2018-05-09 24 January 1971 –
Robert Wissett 1801-12-24 - 3 December 1820
George Witchell 1767-07-09 - 29 January 1785
William Withering 1785-11-24 March 1741 – 6 October 1799
Philip J. Withers 2016-04-29 Materials physicist
Stephen Withers 2012-04-19
Nicolaes Witsen 1689-11-30 8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717
George Witt 1834-06-05 25 March 1804 – 20 February 1869 Surgeon, Bedford Infirmary
William Henry Wittrick 1980-03-20 29 October 1922 – 2 July 1986
Samuel Wix 1813-02-25 9 February 1771 – 4 September 1861
William Wix 1810-07-12 - c. 1847
Charles Godfrey Woide 1785-04-21 4 July 1725 – 9 May 1790
Nathaniel Matthew Wolf 1777-04-10 24 January 1724 – 15 December 1784
Kenneth H. Wolfe 2017-05-05
John Wolfe Wolfe-Barry 1895-06-13 7 December 1836 – 22 January 1918 Tower Bridge builder
Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale 1977-03-17
Christian, Freiherr von Wolff 1710-11-08 24 January 1679 – 9 April 1754
Eric Wolff 2010-05-20
Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson 2005-05-26 11 November 1927 – 20 May 2010 honorary
Isaac Wolfson 1963-06-20 17 September 1897 – 20 June 1991 (Statute 12)
Alexander Luard Wollaston 1829-02-26 14 June 1804 – ? 10 June 1874
Charlton Wollaston 1756-03-25 23 May 1733 – 26 July 1764
Francis Wollaston 1723-06-27 6 June 1694 – 27 December 1774
Francis Wollaston 1769-04-13 23 November 1731 – 31 October 1815
Francis John Hyde Wollaston 1786-11-23 13 April 1762 – 12 October 1823
George Wollaston 1763-02-17 26 October 1738 – 14
William Hyde Wollaston 1793-05-09 6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828
Daniel Mark Wolpert 2012-04-19
Lewis Wolpert 1980-03-20 embryologist
Alan Marshall Muir Wood 1980-03-20
Bernard John Wood 1998-05-14 Geologist
Graham Charles Wood 1997-05-15 Prof. of Corrosion Science, UMIST
John Wood 1680-04-01 - 25 September 1682 Naval surveyor
John Wood 1871-06-08 12 October 1825 – 29 December 1891
John Nicholas Wood 2009-05-15 Biomedicine, UCL
Martin Francis Wood 1987-03-19
Nicholas Wood 1864-06-02 24 April 1795 – 19 December 1865
Richard Dean Wood 1997-05-15 molecular biologist
Robert Wood 1789-11-19 1789 MP
Robert Wood 1681-04-13 ? 1621 – 9 April 1685
Ronald Karslake Starr Wood 1976-03-18 Plant Biologist, Imperial College, London
Thomas Wood 1761-11-19 c. 1708 – 26 June 1799
Thomas Wood 1841-05-20 31 March 1804 – 23 October 1872
Thomas Barlow Wood 1919-05-15 21 January 1869 – 6 November 1929 Prof. of Agriculture, Cambridge Univ.
William Wood 1812-12-24 1774 – ? 26 May 1857
William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley 1836-12-22 29 November 1801 – 10 July 1881
Bennet Woodcroft 1859-06-09 29 December 1803 – 07
Samuel Woodford 1664-11-02 15 April 1636 – 11 January 1700 Clergyman
Thomas Woodford 1708-04-07 - 26 March 1759
John Henry Woodhouse 2000-05-11 Prof. of Geophysics, Oxford Univ.
Robert Woodhouse 1802-12-16 28 April 1773 – ? 23 December 1827
Benjamin Woodroffe 1668-04-30 April 1638 – 14 August 1711
D. P. Woodruff 2006-05-18
Michael Woodruff 1968-03-21 3 April 1911 – 10 March 2001
Andrew W. Woods 2017-05-05
Donald Devereux Woods 1952-03-20 16 February 1912 – 6 November 1964
Henry Woods 1916-05-11 18 December 1868 – 4 April 1952
Stephen Esslemont Woods 1974-03-21 12 January 1912 – 18 June 1994
Arthur Smith Woodward 1901-06-06 23 May 1864 – 2 September 1944
Charles Woodward 1841-04-29 ? 1789 – 16 April 1877 Agent
Henry Woodward 1873-06-12 24 November 1832 – 6 September 1921
Horace Bolingbroke Woodward 1896-06-04 20 August 1848 – 06
John Woodward 1693-11-30 1 May 1665 – 25 April 1728
Sidney William Wooldridge 1959-03-19 16 November 1900 – 25 April 1963
Trevor Dion Wooley 2007-05-17
Michael Mark Woolfson 1984-03-15 crystallographer, computer simulation
John Thomas Woolhouse 1721-11-02 c. 1650 – 15 January 1734 Oculist
Herbert Henry Woollard 1938-03-17 1889 – 18 January 1939
Richard van der Riet Woolley 1953-03-19 24 April 1906 – 24 December 1986
John Woolmore 1830-05-27 c. 1756 – 2 December 1838
Paul Workman 2016-04-29 1952 –
Arthur Wormall 1956-03-15 17 January 1900 – 9 May 1964
Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright 1889-04-04 20 October 1840 – 9 January 1903
Henry Worsley 1705-11-30 c. 1675 – 15 March 1740 ambassasdor, MP for Newtown, IoW
Richard Worsley 1778-06-18 17 March 1751 – 8 August 1805
Edward Worth 1699-01-11 c. 1678–1733
Arthur Mason Worthington 1893-06-01 11 June 1852 – 5 December 1916
Brian Stewart Worthington 1998-05-14 9 June 1938 – 9 December 2007 consultant neuroradiologist
William Wotton 1687-12-14 13 August 1666 – 13
Peter Woulfe 1767-02-05 c. 1727–1803
Francis Wrangham 1804-11-15 11 June 1769 – 27 December 1842
Daniel Wray 1729-03-06 28 November 1701 – 29 December 1783
Gordon Richard Wray 1986-03-20 30 January 1928 – 17 August 2005
Christopher Wren 1663-05-20 20 October 1632 – 25 Feb 1723 Founder and President of Royal Society
Christopher Wren the Younger 1693-11-30 18 February 1675 – 24 August 1747 Numismatist and MP
Matthew Wren 1663-04-22 20 August 1629 – 14 June 1672 Original Fellow
Thomas Wren 1663-05-20 1633–1679 Clergyman Original Fellow
Almroth Edward Wright 1906-05-03 10 August 1861 – 30 April 1947
Charles Romley Alder Wright 1881-06-02 1844 – 25 July 1894
Edward Wright 1759-04-05 c. 1666 – 20 August 1761 Scottish Physician
Ernest Marshall Wright 2005-05-26
John Wright 1843-06-01 21 March 1793 – 13 February 1893 Clergyman
Richard Wright 1767-03-19 c. 1739 – 14 October 1786
Thomas Wright 1879-06-12 9 November 1809 – 17 November 1884
William Wright 1778-03-12 March 1735 – 19 September 1819
John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley 1841-04-29 4 October 1798 – 27 October 1867
Adrian Frederick George Wyatt 2000-05-11
John Wyatt 1778-02-12 - 2 November 1797 Surgeon
Terry Wyatt 2013-05-02
William Wyatt 1769-06-08 c. 1742 – 1 February 1813 Physician
Jeffrey Wyatville 1830-05-27 3 August 1766 – 10 February 1840
Cyril Wyche 1663-05-20 c. 1632 – 29 December 1707 Original Fellow
Peter Wyche 1745-05-02 25 December 1709 – 1 November 1763
Peter Wyche 1663-05-20 1628–1699 Original Fellow
Edmund Wylde 1663-05-20 c. 1618 – c. 1695 Original Fellow
Andrew Hamilton Wyllie 1995-03-09 pathologist
Peter John Wyllie 1984-03-15 geologist
William Wynde 1663-05-20 c. 1647 – ? April 1722 Original Fellow
Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl 1834-04-10 19 May 1812 – 6 October 1871
Edmund Wyndham 1677-12-06 c. 1659 -
George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont 1797-12-07 18 December 1751 – 11 November 1837
Henry Penruddocke Wyndham 1783-01-09 4 June 1736 – 3 May 1819
V. C. Wynne-Edwards 1970-03-19 4 July 1906 – 5 January 1997
Charles Gorrie Wynne 1970-03-19 18 May 1911 – 1 October 1999
William Wynne 1794-03-06 - 1815 Knight
William Palmer Wynne 1896-06-04 13 February 1861 – 16 February 1950
Marmaduke Wyvill 1711-11-30 - 2 November 1722 MP for Richmond.
Marmaduke Wyvill 1735-02-06 1692 – 27 December 1753

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Name Election date Notes
Magdi Habib Yacoub 1999-05-13 heart surgeon
Elihu Yale 1717-11-30 5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721
Ziheng Yang 2006-05-18
Alfred Fernandez Yarrow 1922-05-11 13 January 1842 – 24 January 1932
Frank Yates 1948-03-18 12 May 1902 – 17 June 1994
James Yates 1839-01-31 30 April 1789 – 7 May 1871
Grant David Yeats 1819-07-01 1773 – 14 November 1836
Thomas Pattinson Yeats 1781-03-08 c. 1782
John Yelloly 1814-05-05 30 April 1774 – 31 January 1842
Talbot Yelverton, Earl of Sussex 1722-02-01 2 May 1690 – 27 October 1731
Gerald Francis Yeo 1889-06-06 19 January 1845 – 1 May 1909
Thomas Yeoman 1764-01-12 1708 – 24 January 1781
Julia Yeomans 2013-05-02
William Yolland 1859-06-09 17 March 1810 – 5 September 1885
Charles Maurice Yonge 1946-03-21 9 December 1899 – 17 March 1986
James Yonge 1702-11-30 27 February 1647 – 25 July 1721 Naval surgeon & Physician
Sir George Yonge 1784-05-13 1731 – 25 September 1812
Sir William Yonge 1748-06-23 10 August 1755
Charles Yorke 1750-12-13 30 December 1722 – 20 January 1770
Charles Philip Yorke 1801-11-12 12 March 1764 – 13 March 1834
Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke 1847-02-25 2 April 1799 – 17 September 1873
John Yorke 1773-02-18 27 August 1728 – 3 September 1801
Philip James Yorke 1849-06-07 13 October 1799 – 14 December 1874
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke 1753-12-06 1 December 1690 – 6 March 1764
Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke 1741-01-29 19 March 1720 – 16 May 1790
Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke 1790-11-25 31 May 1757 – 18 November 1834
Warrington Yorke 1932-05-05 11 April 1883 – 24 April 1943 Prof. of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool
Alec David Young 1973-03-15 15 August 1913 – 27 January 2005 aero-engineer
Alfred Young 1934-05-03 16 April 1873 – 15 December 1940
Arthur Young 1774-04-28 11 September 1741 – 20 April 1820
Christopher Alwyne Jack Young 1972-03-16 7 March 1912 – 20 January 1978
Ian Robert Young 1989-03-16
James Young 1873-06-12 13 July 1811 – 13 May 1883
John Zachary Young 1945-03-22 18 March 1907 – 4 July 1997
Pierre Henry John Young 1974-03-21 12 June 1926 – 4 August 1985
Frank George Young 1949-03-17 25 March 1908 – 20 September 1988
George Young 1781-02-15 17 June 1732 – 28 June 1810 Admiral
Robert Young 2013-05-02
Samuel Young 1795-03-26 23 February 1766 – 14 December 1826 Civil servant
Sydney Young 1893-06-01 29 December 1857 – 8 April 1937 Professor of Chemistry, Bristol
Thomas Young 1794-06-19 13 June 1773 – 10 May 1829
William Young 1748-03-10 1725 – 8 April 1788
William Young 1786-06-15 1 December 1749 – 10 January 1815
William Henry Young 1907-05-02 20 October 1863 – 7 July 1942
Charles Wright Younghusband 1852-06-03 20 June 1821 – 28 October 1899
George Udny Yule 1921-05-12 18 February 1871 – 26 June 1951

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Name Date Elected Notes
Franz Xaver Zach 1804-04-12 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832
Oliver Louis Zangwill 1977-03-17 29 October 1913 – 12 October 1987 psychologist
Francesco Maria Zannotti 1741-02-26 6 January 1692 – 25 December 1777
Eustachio Zanotti 1740-11-06 27 November 1709 – 15 May 1782
Erik Christopher Zeeman 1975-03-20
Semir Zeki 1990-03-15
Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz 1979-03-15 18 May 1921 – 2 January 2009
John Michael Ziman 1967-03-16 16 May 1925 – 2 January 2005
Andrew Peter Zisserman 2007-05-17
Philip Henry Zollman 1727-06-22 c. 1748
Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman 1943-03-18 30 May 1904 – 31 March 1993 anatomist, evolutionist

Foreign members

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Name Election date Notes
Otto Heinrich Warburg 1934-05-03 8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970; German chemist, Nobel Prize for Medicine (1931)
James Dewey Watson 1981-04-09
Ernst Heinrich Weber 1862-06-19 24 June 1795 – 26 January 1878
Max Wilhelm Carl Weber 1935-06-27 6 December 1852 – 7 February 1937
Wilhelm Eduard Weber 1850-11-21 24 October 1804 – ? 23 June 1890
Carl Wilhelm Weierstrass 1881-05-12 31 October 1815 – 19 February 1897
Detlef Weigel 2010-05-20
André Weil 1966-04-21 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998; French U.S. mathematician group theory, algebraic geometry
Steven Weinberg 1981-04-09 U.S. physicist, electroweak force, Nobel Prize (1979)
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann 1910-06-30 17 January 1834 – 5 November 1914
Charles Weissmann 1983-06-30 Hungarian-born Switzerland British molecular biologist
Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went 1933-05-25 18 June 1863 – 24 July 1935
Susan R. Wessler 2017-05-05
Frank Henry Westheimer 1983-06-30 U.S. chemist
Hermann Weyl 1936-06-25 9 November 1885 – 9 December 1955
John Archibald Wheeler 1995-03-09
Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann 1884-01-31 2 October 1826 – 23 March 1899
Heinrich Otto Wieland 1931-06-25 4 June 1877 – 5 August 1957
Torsten Nils Wiesel 1982-06-24
Eugene Paul Wigner 1970-04-23 17 November 1902 – 1 January 1995
Ellen D. Williams 2016-04-29 5 December 1953 –
Richard Willstätter 1928-06-21 13 August 1872 – 3 August 1942
Edmund Beecher Wilson 1921-05-05 19 October 1856 – 3 March 1939
Edward Osborne Wilson 1990-06-28
Øjvind Winge 1947-05-01 19 May 1886 – 5 April 1964 Danish geneticist
Sergius Winogradsky 1919-06-26 14 September 1856 – 24 February 1953
Johannes Wislicenus 1897-04-01 24 June 1835 – 5 December 1902
Edward Witten 1999-05-13 U.S. mathematician and physicist, Fields Medal (1990)
Carl Richard Woese 2006-05-18
Friedrich Wöhler 1854-06-15 31 July 1800 – 23 September 1882
Peter Guy Wolynes 2007-05-17
Robert Williams Wood 1919-06-26 2 May 1868 – 11 August 1955
Robert Burns Woodward 1956-04-26 10 April 1917 – 8 July 1979
Sewall Wright 1963-04-25 21 December 1889 – 3 March 1988
Carl Isaac Wunsch 2002-05-09
Karl Adolph Wurtz 1864-06-09 26 November 1817 – 10 May 1884
Kurt Wuthrich 2010-05-20
Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff 1951-04-19 9 August 1897 – 2 November 1994

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Name Election date Notes
Eli Yablonovitch 2013-05-02
Mitsuhiro Yanagida 2000-05-11
Chen Ning Yang 1992-06-18
Charles Yanofsky 1985-06-27 U.S. scientist, medicine
Hideki Yukawa 1963-04-25 23 January 1907 – 8 September 1981

Z

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Name Year Notes
Richard Neil Zare 1999-05-13 U.S. physicist
Pieter Zeeman 1921-05-05 25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich 1979-04-26 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987
Nikolay Zheludev 2018-05-09 23 April 1955 –
Frits Zernike 1956-04-26 16 July 1888 – 10 March 1966
Ahmed Hassan Zewail 2001-05-10
Guangzhao Zhou 2012-04-19
Karl Ziegler 1971-04-22 26 November 1898 – 11 August 1973
Rolf Martin Zinkernagel 1998-05-14
Ferdinand Zirkel 1897-11-25 20 May 1838 – 11 June 1912

References

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  1. ^ Royal society list Archived 30 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, This list is complete up to and including part of 2014.
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