# List of science communicators

This is a list of notable science communicators or popularizers of science, in alphabetical order by last name.

## A

* John Acorn, naturalist and broadcaster known as the "Nature Nut"
* Amir Aczel, Jewish author and mathematician
* Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist and broadcaster
* Hashem Al-Ghaili, molecular biotechnologist and video producer
* Jim Al-Khalili, theoretical physicist, author, and science communicator
* Alan Alda, actor, who inspired The Center for Communicating Science
* Michael Allaby, writes on science, ecology, and weather
* Elise Andrew, British blogger, founder and maintainer of the Facebook page "I Fucking Love Science"
* Alberto Angela (born 1962), television presenter, paleontologist, writer, popularizer of science and history.
* Piero Angela (1928–2022), journalist, television presenter, writer, popularizer of science, founder of CICAP.
* Natalie Angier, science journalist and writer
* Isaac Asimov, biochemist, science fiction writer, and author
* Peter Atkins, a physical chemist and author
* Sir David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster
* Amy Atwater, paleontologist, podcaster and author

## B

* Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, & author
* J. Michael Bailey, a psychologist is best known for his research on the etiology of sexual orientation
* Johnny Ball, broadcaster and math popularizer
* John D. Barrow, mathematician, theoretical physicist, and cosmologist; author of numerous journal articles, and books for general readers
* Marcia Bartusiak, science journalist and author
* David Bellamy, broadcaster, author, and botanist
* Bob Berman, astronomer
* Adrian Berry, science author and columnist
* Tim Blais, physicist and YouTuber
* Howard Bloom, author
* David Bodanis, author
* Liz Bonnin, biochemist and TV presenter
* Daniel J. Boorstin, author and Librarian of Congress
* Sir David Brewster, Scottish scientist
* John Brockman, specializing authorship in the scientific literature
* Jacob Bronowski, mathematician, biologist, historian of science, author, and pioneering science broadcaster
* Michael Brooks, noted for explaining complex scientific research
* Bill Bryson, author
* Rob Buckman, doctor of medicine, broadcaster, columnist, author
* James Burke, broadcaster, television producer, and author; best known for the science historian BBC TV series Connections

## C

* Nigel Calder, broadcaster and journalist
* Dallas Campbell, Presented Bang Goes the Theory
* Fritjof Capra, physicist and author
* Eugene Thacker, philosopher and author
* Sean Carroll, cosmologist, blogger, and author
* Rachel Carson, marine biologist, conservationist, author
* Manuel Castells, sociologist and writer
* Juliana Chan, Singaporean biologist and science communicator
* Marcus Chown, author and science journalist
* Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction author, inventor, and futurist
* Brian Clegg, author
* Jack Cohen, reproductive biologist
* Lee Constable, television presenter, author, and biologist
* Heather Couper, astronomer, broadcaster, and author
* Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Oceanographer, underwater explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, and broadcaster
* Brian Cox, broadcaster, musician, and physicist
* Michael Crichton, medical doctor, author, filmmaker
* Francis Crick, molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist; joint discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule
* Jon Culshaw, impressionist, also occasionally appears as a presenter on The Sky at Night

## D

* Antonio Damasio, neuroscientist and writer
* Tobias Dantzig, mathematician and author
* Paul Davies, physicist, author, and broadcaster
* Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and author
* Michael DeBakey, world-renowned cardiac surgeon, innovator, and author
* Daniel Dennett, philosopher, cognitive scientist and author
* Keith Devlin, mathematician and author
* Alexander Dewdney, mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher
* Jared Diamond, evolutionary biologist, physiologist and geographer
* Ann Druyan, science writer, co-author with (and widow of) Carl Sagan
* Robin Dunbar, anthropology; evolutionary psychology, culture and language; and specialist in primate behavior
* Marcus Du Sautoy, author, broadcaster, Professor of Mathematics

## E

* David Eagleman, neuroscientist and author
* Sir Arthur Eddington, astrophysicist
* Gerald Edelman, from the immune system, analogously, to brain & mind
* Loren Eiseley, Professor of Anthropology and History of Science
* Jordan Ellenberg, mathematician and author

## F

* Peter Fairley, journalist and broadcaster
* Michael Faraday, scientist and lecturer
* Kenneth Feder, archaeologist, skeptic, lecturer, and author
* Timothy Ferris, science writer and best-selling author of twelve books
* Richard Feynman, physicist and author
* Brian J. Ford, biologist, lecturer, and author
* Anna Frebel, astrophysicist and author
* Morgan Freeman, actor and host for TV's Through the Wormhole

## G

* George Gamow, physicist, cosmologist, and author
* Martin Gardner, mathematician, author, skeptic & polymath
* Atul Gawande, surgeon and author
* Malcolm Gladwell, journalist and author
* James Gleick, author and journalist
* Marcelo Gleiser, physicist and astronomer
* Ben Goldacre, medical doctor, psychiatrist, and author
* Stephen Jay Gould, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science historian; author of numerous essays, articles, and books
* Steve Grand, computer scientist and roboticist
* Hank Green, entrepreneur, musician, and vlogger
* Brian Greene, physicist
* Susan Greenfield, brain physiologist, writer and broadcaster
* Richard Gregory, neuropsychologist, author and editor of several books
* John Gribbin, astronomer and author

## H

* Heinz Haber, physicist and author
* Margherita Hack, astrophysicist, writer and activist
* Gunther von Hagens, german anatomist and pathologist, inventor of plastination and creator of Body Worlds
* Thomas Hager, author and science journalist
* J. B. S. Haldane, biologist and author
* Jack Hanna, zoologist, broadcaster, author
* Brady Haran, filmmaker
* Yuval Noah Harari, historian, professor, and writer
* Bas Haring, philosopher and author
* Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author
* Lucy Hawking, journalist and daughter of Stephen Hawking
* Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and author
* Ed Hawkins, British climatologist who developed warming stripes and other graphics
* Katharine Hayhoe, Canadian climate scientist and author
* Hetty Helsmoortel, Belgian scientist, author, founder of the Nerdland Festival
* Don Herbert, a.k.a. Mr. Wizard, broadcaster
* Roald Hoffmann, chemist
* Douglas Hofstadter, computer scientist, cognitive scientist, and author
* Lancelot Hogben, experimental zoologist and medical statistician, with many popularising books on science, mathematics, and language
* Sabine Hossenfelder, a theoretical physicist who researches quantum gravity
* Fred Hoyle, British astronomer
* Julian Huxley, eminent scientist, author, and first Director of UNESCO
* Jamie Hyneman, special effects artist and TV personality (MythBusters)

## I

* Jay Ingram, broadcaster and author (Daily Planet)
* Steve Irwin, wildlife expert and conservationist; TV personality of the worldwide-fame wildlife documentary TV series (The Crocodile Hunter)

## J

* Hope Jahren, geochemist and author
* Ray Jayawardhana, astrophysicist and author
* Donald Carl Johanson, paleoanthropologist and author
* Steven Johnson, author
* Steve Jones, evolutionary biologist and author
* Horace Freeland Judson, historian of molecular biology and author
* Olivia Judson, evolutionary biologist, broadcaster and author

## K

* Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist and author
* Sam Kean, author
* David Kipping, Associate professor, astronomer and YouTuber
* Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
* Lawrence Krauss, physicist and author
* Robert Krulwich, broadcaster
* Karl Kruszelnicki, a.k.a. Dr Karl, broadcaster

## L

* Lynne Lamberg, American freelance science journalist
* Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist
* John Lennox, mathematician and author
* Edward M. Lerner, computer engineer and author
* Daniel Levitin, a cognitive neuroscientist and author
* Roger Lewin, British anthropologist
* Richard Lewontin, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and author
* Willy Ley, space travel enthusiast and science writer ("Prophet of the Space Age")
* Don Lincoln, particle physicist and author
* Chris Lintott, astrophysicist
* Avi Loeb, astronomer and author
* Professor Lyrical, Rapper, Associate Professor of Mathematics

## M

* Bob McDonald, CBC journalist and host of Quirks and Quarks
* Alister McGrath, molecular biologist and author
* Katie Mack, astrophysics professor who focuses on studying dark matter
* Lynn Margulis, evolutionary biologist and author
* Robert Matthews, physicist, mathematician, computer scientist, and distinguished science journalist
* Danica McKellar, actress, author, mathematician
* Terrence McKenna, ethnobotanist, lecturer, and author
* Peter Medawar, biologist, called by Richard Dawkins "the wittiest of all scientific writers" and by New Scientist "perhaps the best science writer of his generation".
* Fulvio Melia, physicist, astrophysicist, and author
* Ben Miller, English comedian and hosted shows such as It's Not Rocket Science (TV series)
* Julius Sumner Miller, physicist and broadcaster
* Mark Miodownik, materials scientist, engineer, broadcaster, and writer
* Ashley Montagu, anthropologist and humanist, authored by over 60 books
* Sir Patrick Moore, amateur astronomer and broadcaster
* Desmond Morris, zoologist, ethologist and author
* Hamilton Morris, pharmacologist, broadcaster, and author
* Philip Morrison, physicist, known for his numerous books & TV programs
* Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist, biologist, author
* Derek Muller, science-based youtube content creator
* Randall Munroe, writer of What if blog
* PZ Myers, professor and author of the science blog Pharyngula

## N

* Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor
* Jayant Narlikar, cosmologist and author
* Steven Novella, skeptic and advocate of science-based medicine
* Eugene P. Northrop, research mathematician and math popularizer
* Bill Nye, actor, mechanical engineer, branded as "The Science Guy"
* Tor Nørretranders, author

## O

* Sten Odenwald, astronomer, author, lecturer
* Robert Olby, author and historian of science
* Chad Orzel, physicist and author

## P

* Kasha Patel, comedian and science writer
* Linus Pauling, biochemist, author, and educator
* John Allen Paulos, mathematician and author
* Fred Pearce, journalist at New Scientist
* Yakov I. Perelman, author
* Wendell Phillips, archaeologist
* Steven Pinker, experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist, and author
* Phil Plait, astronomer and skeptic who runs the Bad Astronomy website
* Martyn Poliakoff, British chemist, featured in the YouTube The Periodic Table of Videos series
* John Polkinghorne, physicist and author
* Robert Pollack, biologist and author
* Michael Pollan, journalist and author, professor
* Carolyn Porco, leader of Cassini Imaging Team
* Roy Porter, prolific work on the history of medicine
* Christopher Potter, publisher, philosopher and author
* Eduard Punset, politician, lawyer, economist, and science popularizer
* Magnus Pyke, food scientist, broadcaster, and author

## R

* V. S. Ramachandran, neuroscientist, cognitive scientist, and author
* James Randi, stage magician, skeptic, and author
* Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and author
* Mark Ridley, zoologist, evolutionary scientist and author
* Matt Ridley, zoologist, journalist and author
* Alice Roberts, anatomist, anthropologist, television presenter, and author
* Steven Rose, biologist, neurobiologist, broadcaster and author
* Carlo Rovelli, theoretical physicist and author

## S

* Oliver Sacks, neurologist and author
* Carl Sagan, astrobiologist, astronomer, broadcaster, and author
* Kirsten Sanford, neurophysiologist and broadcaster
* Laurie Santos, cognitive scientist, professor of psychology, and host of The Happiness Lab
* Adam Savage, special effects artist and TV personality (MythBusters)
* Walter Warwick Sawyer (or W. W. Sawyer), mathematician, mathematics educator, and author
* Eric Scerri, chemist, historian and philosopher of science, and author
* Lieven Scheire, Belgian comedian, science communicator, founder of the Nerdland Podcast
* Joseph A. Schwarcz, chemist, author, TV and radio host
* Garrett P. Serviss, American astronomer and science fiction writer
* Tali Sharot, cognitive neuroscientist and writer
* Seth Shostak, astronomer, broadcaster, and author
* Neil Shubin, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist
* George Gaylord Simpson, paleontologist, zoologist and author
* Simon Singh, physicist, mathematician, and author
* Edwin Emery Slosson, chemist, journalist, and editor
* Laura J. Snyder, historian, philosopher, and author
* Mary Somerville, polymath, mathematician, and author
* Paul Stamets, mycologist and author
* Michael Stevens, science-based YouTube content creator
* Iain Stewart, geologist and broadcaster
* Ian Stewart, mathematician and author
* David Suzuki, broadcaster, geneticist, and environmental activist
* Daniel Swain, meteorologist

## T

* Michelle Thaller, astronomer, research scientist, and science communicator
* Lewis Thomas, physician, poet, etymologist, and essayist
* Chriet Titulaer, Dutch astronomer, author, and broadcaster
* Colin Tudge, biologist and author
* Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and author

## W

* Kenneth Walker (author), surgeon and author
* Alie Ward, television and podcast host
* Fred Watson, astrophysicist, musician, and author
* James D. Watson, molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist
* Kevin Warwick, biomedical scientist, roboticist, and author
* Victor Weisskopf, physicist, science administrator and author
* Michael White, musician and science writer
* Norbert Wiener, mathematician, author; the father of cybernetics
* Simon Winchester, geologist and author
* Robert Winston, medical doctor, scientist, TV presenter, and author
* Richard Wiseman, psychologist and author
* Stephen Wolfram, mathematics, theoretical physics, scientific computing
* Lewis Wolpert, developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster
* Peter Wothers, chemist and author
* Andrea Wulf, author

## Z

* Paul Zaloom, the actor who portrayed an eccentric scientist on the children's TV show Beakman's World 1992–1998
* Carl Zimmer, science writer and author of the science blog The Loom
* Marlene Zuk, evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist