# List of physicists

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

## Contents

* 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

## A

* Aryabhatta – India (Bharat) (476–550 CE)
* Jules Aarons – United States (1921–2016)
* Ernst Karl Abbe – Germany (1840–1905)
* Derek Abbott – Australia (born 1960)
* Hasan Abdullayev – Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Soviet Union, Azerbaijan (1918–1993)
* Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov – Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2017) Nobel laureate
* Robert Adler – United States (1913–2007)
* Stephen L. Adler – United States (born 1939)
* Franz Aepinus – Rostock (1724–1802)
* Mina Aganagic – Albania, United States
* David Z Albert – United States (born 1954)
* Felicie Albert – France, United States
* Miguel Alcubierre – Mexico (born 1964)
* Zhores Ivanovich Alferov – Russia (1930–2019) Nobel laureate
* Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén – Sweden (1908–1995) Nobel laureate
* Alhazen – Basra, Iraq (965–1040)
* Artem Alikhanian – Armenia (1908–1978)
* Abram Alikhanov – Russia (1904–1970)
* John E. Allen – United Kingdom (born 1928)
* 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 (1911–1983)
* 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 (1937–2012)
* Philip Warren Anderson – United States (1923–2020) Nobel laureate
* Carl David Anderson – United States (1905–1991) Nobel laureate
* Herbert L. Anderson – United States (1914–1988)
* Elephter Andronikashvili – Georgia (1910–1989)
* Anders Jonas Ångström – Sweden (1814–1874)
* Alexander Animalu, Nigeria (born 1938)
* Edward Victor Appleton – United Kingdom (1892–1965) Nobel laureate
* François 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 (1909–1973)
* Aryabhata – Pataliputra, India (476–550)
* Neil Ashby – United States (born 1934)
* Maha Ashour-Abdalla – Egypt, United States (1943–2016)
* Gurgen Askaryan – Soviet Union (1928–1997)
* Alain Aspect – France (born 1947)
* Marcel Audiffren – France
* Pierre Victor Auger – France (1899–1993)
* Avicenna – Persia (980–1037)
* Amedeo Avogadro – Italy (1776–1856)
* David Awschalom – United States (born 1956)
* APJ Abdul Kalam – India

## B

* Abu sahl Al-Quhi – İran (born 940)
* Xiaoyi Bao – Canada
* Mani Lal Bhaumik – United States (born 1931)
* Tom Baehr-Jones – United States (born 1980)
* John Norris Bahcall – United States (1934–2005)
* Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge – U.K. (1925–2003)
* Cornelis Bakker – Netherlands (1904–1960)
* Aiyalam Parameswaran Balachandran – India (born 1938)
* V Balakrishnan – India (born 1943)
* Milla Baldo-Ceolin – Italy (1924–2011)
* Johann Jakob Balmer – Switzerland (1825–1898)
* Tom Banks – United States (born 1949)
* Riccardo Barbieri – Italy (born 1944)
* Marcia Barbosa – Brazil (born 1960)
* John Bardeen – United States (1908–1991) double Nobel laureate
* William A. Bardeen – United States (born 1941)
* Ronald Hugh Barker – Ireland (1915–2015)
* Charles Glover Barkla – U.K. (1877–1944) Nobel laureate
* Amanda Barnard – Australia (born 1971)
* Boyd Bartlett – United States (1897–1965)
* Asım Orhan Barut – Malatya, Turkey (1926–1994)
* 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 – Scotland, Canada, U.S.A. (1847–1922)
* John Stewart Bell – U.K. (1928–1990)
* Jocelyn Bell Burnell – Northern Ireland, U.K. (born 1943)
* Carl M. Bender – United States (born 1943)
* 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)
* Lars Bildsten – United States (1964)
* 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 (1934–2024)
* Patrick Blackett – U.K. (1897–1974) Nobel laureate
* Felix Bloch – Switzerland (1905–1983) Nobel laureate
* Nicolaas Bloembergen – Netherlands, United States (1920–2017) Nobel laureate
* Walter Boas – Germany, Australia (1904–1982)
* Céline Bœhm – France (born 1974)
* 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
* Martin Bojowald – Germany (born 1973)
* Ludwig Boltzmann – Austria (1844–1906)
* Eugene T. Booth – United States (1912–2004)
* Max Born – Germany, U.K. (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)
* Mustapha Ishak Boushaki – Algeria (1967–)
* Mark Bowick – United States (born 1957)
* Robert Boyle – Ireland, England (1627–1691)
* Willard S. Boyle – Canada, United States (1924–2011) Nobel laureate
* William Henry Bragg – U.K. (1862–1942) Nobel laureate
* William Lawrence Bragg – U.K., Australia (1890–1971) Nobel laureate
* Tycho Brahe – Denmark (1546–1601)
* Howard Brandt – United States (1939–2014)
* Walter Houser Brattain – United States (1902–1987) Nobel laureate
* Karl Ferdinand Braun – Germany (1850–1918) Nobel laureate
* David Brewster – U.K. (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
* William Fuller Brown, Jr. – United States (1904–1983)
* 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)
* Silke Bühler-Paschen – Austria (born 1967)
* Johannes Martinus Burgers – Netherlands (1895–1981)
* Friedrich Burmeister – Germany (1890–1969)
* Bimla Buti – India (1933-2024)
* Christophorus Buys Ballot – Netherlands (1817–1890)

## C

* Nicola Cabibbo – Italy (1935–2010)
* Nicolás Cabrera – Spain (1913–1989)
* Orion Ciftja – United States
* Curtis Callan – United States (born 1942)
* Annie Jump Cannon – United States (1863–1941)
* Fritjof Capra – Austria, United States (born 1939)
* Marcela Carena – Argentina (born 1962)
* Ricardo Carezani – Argentina, United States (1921–2016)
* 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 – U.K. (1731–1810)
* James Chadwick – U.K. (1891–1974) Nobel laureate
* Owen Chamberlain – United States (1920–2006) Nobel laureate
* Moses H. W. Chan – Hong Kong (born 1946)
* Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – India, United States (1910–1995) Nobel laureate
* Tsao Chang - Chinese (born 1942)
* Georges Charpak – France (1924–2010) Nobel laureate
* Émilie du Châtelet – France (1706–1749)
* 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 (1924–2019)
* Boris Chirikov – Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2008)
* Juansher Chkareuli – Georgia (born 1940)
* Ernst Chladni – Germany (1756–1827)
* Nicholas Christofilos – Greece (1916–1972)
* Steven Chu – United States (born 1948) Nobel laureate
* Giovanni Ciccotti – Italy (born 1943)
* Benoît Clapeyron – France (1799–1864)
* George W. Clark – United States
* John Clauser – United States (born 1942) Nobel laureate
* Rudolf Clausius – Germany (1822–1888)
* Richard Clegg – U.K.
* Gari Clifford – British-American physicist, biomedical engineer, academic, researcher
* John Cockcroft – U.K. (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 (1930–2024) Nobel laureate
* Nicolaus Copernicus – Poland (1473 – 1543)
* 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 (1920–2020)
* Brian Cox – U.K. (born 1968)
* Charles Critchfield – United States (1910–1994)
* James Cronin – United States (1931–2016) Nobel laureate
* Sir William Crookes – U.K. (1832–1919)
* Paul Crowell – United States
* Marie Curie – Poland, France (1867–1934) twice 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 – U.K., United States (1925–2006)
* John Dalton – U.K. (1766–1844)
* Sanja Damjanović – Montenegro (born 1972)
* Ranjan Roy Daniel – India (1923–2005)
* Charles Galton Darwin – U.K. (1887–1962)
* Ashok Das – India, United States (born 1953)
* James C. Davenport – United States (born 1938)
* Paul Davies – Australia (born 1946)
* Raymond Davis, Jr. – United States (1914–2006) Nobel laureate
* Clinton Davisson – United States (1881–1958) Nobel laureate
* Peter Debije – Netherlands (1884–1966)
* Hans Georg Dehmelt – Germany, United States (1922–2017) Nobel laureate
* Max Delbrück – Germany, United States (1906–1981)
* Democritus – Abdera (ca. 460–360 BC)
* David M. Dennison – United States (1900–1976)
* Beryl May Dent – U.K. (1900–1977)
* David Deutsch – Israel, U.K. (born 1953)
* René Descartes – France (1596–1650)
* James Dewar – U.K. (1842–1923)
* Scott Diddams – United States
* Ulrike Diebold – Austria (born 1961)
* Robbert Dijkgraaf – Netherlands (born 1960)
* Viktor Dilman – Russia (born 1926)
* Savas Dimopoulos – United States (born 1952)
* Paul Dirac – Switzerland, U.K. (1902–1984) Nobel laureate
* Revaz Dogonadze – Soviet Union, Georgia (1931–1985)
* Louise Dolan – United States (born 1950)
* Amos Dolbear – United States (1837–1910)
* Robert Döpel – Germany (1895–1982)
* Christian Doppler – Austria (1803–1853)
* Henk Dorgelo – Netherlands (1894–1961)
* Friedrich Ernst Dorn – Germany (1848–1916)
* Geneva Smith Douglas – United States (1932–1993)
* Michael R. Douglas – United States (born 1961)
* Jonathan Dowling – United States (1955–2020)
* Claudia Draxl – Germany (born 1959)
* Sidney Drell – United States (1926–2016)
* Mildred Dresselhaus – United States (1930–2017)
* Paul Drude – Germany (1863–1906)
* F. J. Duarte – United States (born 1954)
* Émilie du Châtelet – France (1706–1749)
* Pierre Louis Dulong – France (1785–1838)
* Janette Dunlop – Scotland (1891–1971)
* Samuel T. Durrance – United States (born 1943)
* Freeman Dyson – U.K., United States (1923–2020) Wolf laureate
* Arthur Jeffrey Dempster – Canada (1886–1950)

## E

* Joseph H. Eberly – United States (born 1935)
* William Eccles – U.K. (1875–1966)
* Carl Eckart – United States (1902–1973)
* Arthur Stanley Eddington – U.K. (1882–1944)
* Thomas Edison – U.S. Invented the lightbulb.
* Paul Ehrenfest – Austria-Hungary, Netherlands (1880–1933)
* Felix Ehrenhaft – Austria-Hungary, United States (1879–1952)
* Manfred Eigen – Germany (1927–2019)
* Albert Einstein – Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United States (1879–1955) Nobel laureate
* Laura Eisenstein – (1942–1985) professor of physics at University of Illinois
* Terence James Elkins – Australia, United States (born 1936)
* John Ellis – U.K. (born 1946)
* Paul John Ellis – U.K., United States (1941–2005)
* Richard Keith Ellis – U.K., 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 1933)
* Leo Esaki – Japan (born 1925) Nobel laureate
* Ernest Esclangon – France (1876–1954)
* Louis Essen – U.K. (1908–1997)
* Leonhard Euler – Switzerland (1707–1783)
* Denis Evans – Australia (born 1951)
* Paul Peter Ewald – Germany, United States (1888–1985)
* James Alfred Ewing – U.K. (1855–1935)
* Franz S. Exner – Austria (1849–1926)

## F

* Ludvig Faddeev – Russia (1934–2017)
* Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit – Prussia (1686–1736)
* Kazimierz Fajans – Poland, United States (1887–1975)
* James E. Faller – United States
* Michael Faraday – U.K. (1791–1867)
* Eugene Feenberg – United States (1906–1977)
* Mitchell Feigenbaum – United States (1944–2019)
* 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 (1929–2016)
* Johannes Fischer – Germany (born 1887)
* Willy Fischler – Belgium (born 1949)
* Val Logsdon Fitch – United States (1923–2015) Nobel laureate
* George Francis FitzGerald – Ireland (1851–1901)
* Hippolyte Fizeau – France (1819–1896)
* Georgy Flyorov – Rostov-on-Don (1913–1990)
* Vladimir Fock – Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1898–1974)
* Adriaan Fokker – Netherlands (1887–1972)
* Arthur Foley – America (1867–1945)
* James David Forbes – U.K. (1809–1868)
* Jeff Forshaw – U.K. (born 1968)
* Léon Foucault – France (1819–1868)
* Joseph Fourier – France (1768–1830)
* Ralph H. Fowler – U.K. (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 – British America, United States (1706–1790)
* Rosalind Franklin – U.K. (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 – Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1894–1952)
* Augustin-Jean Fresnel – France (1788–1827)
* Peter Freund – United States (1936–2018)
* Daniel Friedan – United States (born 1948)
* 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, U.K. (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)
* Domenica Garzón – Ecuador (living)
* Sylvester James Gates – United States (born 1950)
* Carl Friedrich Gauss – Germany (1777–1855)
* Pamela L. Gay – United States (born 1973)
* 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 (1929–2019) 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)
* Ezra Getzler – Australia (born 1962)
* Andrea M. Ghez – United States (born 1955) Nobel laureate
* Riccardo Giacconi – Italy, United States (1931–2018) Nobel laureate
* Ivar Giaever – Norway, United States (born 1929) Nobel laureate
* Josiah Willard Gibbs – United States (1839–1903)
* Valerie Gibson – U.K. (born 19??)
* William Gilbert – England (1544–1603)
* Mar Gómez – Spain (1985)
* 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 (1930–2015)
* Marissa Giustina – United States (born 19??)
* Donald Arthur Glaser – United States (1926–2013) Nobel laureate
* Sheldon Glashow – United States (born 1932) Nobel laureate
* G. N. Glasoe – United States (1902–1987)
* Roy Jay Glauber – United States (1925–2018) Nobel laureate
* James Glimm – United States (born 1934)
* Karl Glitscher – Germany (1886–1945)
* Peter Goddard – U.K. (born 1945)
* Maria Goeppert-Mayer – Germany, United States (1906–1972) Nobel laureate
* Gerald Goertzel – United States (1920–2002)
* Marvin Leonard Goldberger – United States (1922–2014)
* Maurice Goldhaber – Austria, United States (1911–2011)
* Jeffrey Goldstone – U.K., United States (born 1933)
* Sixto González – Puerto Rico, United States (born 1965)
* Ravi Gomatam – India (born 1950)
* Lev Gor'kov – United States (1929–2016)
* Samuel Goudsmit – Netherlands, United States (1902–1978)
* Leo Graetz – Germany (1856–1941)
* Willem 's Gravesande – Netherlands (1688–1742)
* Michael Green (physicist) – Britain (born 1946)
* Daniel Greenberger – United States (born 1932)
* Brian Greene – United States (born 1963)
* John Gribbin – U.K. (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 (1939–2018) 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 (1925–2014)

## 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
* Alexander Hamilton – U.K., Australia (born 1967)
* 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 – U.K. (1897–1958)
* Friedrich Hasenöhrl – Austria, Hungary (1874–1915)
* Lene Vestergaard Hau – Vejle, Denmark (born 1959)
* Stephen Hawking – U.K. (1942–2018) Wolf laureate
* Ibn al-Haytham – Iraq (965–1039)
* Evans Hayward – United States (1922–2020)
* Oliver Heaviside – U.K. (1850–1925)
* Werner Heisenberg – Germany (1901–1976) Nobel laureate
* Walter Heitler – Germany, Ireland (1904–1981)
* Hermann von Helmholtz – Germany (1821–1894)
* Charles H. Henry – United States (1937–2016)
* Joseph Henry – United States (1797–1878)
* John Herapath – U.K. (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 – U.K. (1924–2021) Nobel laureate
* Paul G. Hewitt – United States (born 1931)
* Peter Higgs – U.K. (1929–2024) Nobel laureate
* George William Hill – United States (1838–1914)
* Gustave-Adolphe Hirn – France (1815–1890)
* Carol Hirschmugl – United States, professor of physics, laboratory director
* 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 – U.K. (born 1934)
* Fred Hoyle – U.K. (1915–2001)
* Veronika Hubeny – United States
* John Hubbard – U.K. (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 – U.K. (born 1966)
* Christiaan Huygens – Netherlands (1629–1695)

## I

* Arthur Iberall – United States (1918–2002)
* Sumio Iijima – Japan (born 1939)
* John Iliopoulos – Greece (born 1940)
* Ataç İmamoğlu – Turkey, United States (born 1962)
* Elmer Imes – United States (1883–1941)
* Abram Ioffe – Russia (1880–1960)
* Nathan Isgur – United States, Canada (1947–2001)
* Ernst Ising – Germany (1900–1998)
* Jamal Nazrul Islam – Bangladesh (1939–2013)
* Werner Israel – Canada (born 1931)

## J

* Lyssy Jack - TX San Antonio, United States (born 2012)
* Roman Jackiw – Poland, United States (1939–2023)
* Shirley Ann Jackson – United States (born 1946)
* Boris Jacobi – Germany, Russia (1801–1874)
* Gregory Jaczko – United States (born 1970)
* Chennupati Jagadish – India, Australia (born 1957)
* Jainendra Jain – India (born 1960)
* Ratko Janev – North Macedonia (1939–2019)
* Andreas Jaszlinszky – Hungary (1715–1783)
* Ali Javan – Iran (1928–2016)
* Edwin Jaynes – United States (1922–1998)
* Antal István Jákli – Hungary (born 1958)
* Sir James Jeans – U.K. (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)
* Vania Jordanova – United States, physicist, space weather and geomagnetic storms
* Brian David Josephson – U.K. (born 1940) Nobel laureate
* James Prescott Joule – U.K. (1818–1889)
* Adolfas Jucys – Lithuania (1904–1974)
* Chang Kee Jung – South Korea, United States

## 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, U.K., United States (1933–2018) Nobel laureate
* Pyotr Kapitsa – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1894–1984) Nobel laureate
* Theodore von Kármán – Hungary, United States (1881–1963) aeronautical engineer
* Alfred Kastler – France (1902–1984) Nobel laureate
* Amrom Harry Katz – United States (1915–1997)
* Moshe Kaveh – Israel (born 1943) President of Bar-Ilan University
* Predhiman Krishan Kaw – India (1948–2017)
* 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 – Scotland (1824–1907)
* Wolfgang Ketterle – Germany (born 1957) Nobel laureate
* Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov – Soviet Union (1919–2021)
* Jim Al-Khalili – U.K. (born 1962)
* Abdul Qadeer Khan – Pakistan (1936–2021)
* Yulii Borisovich Khariton – Soviet Union, Russia (1904–1996)
* Erhard Kietz – Germany, United States (1909–1982)
* Jack Kilby – United States (1923–2005) electronics engineer, Nobel laureate
* Toichiro Kinoshita – Japan, United States (1925–2023)
* Gustav 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 (1926–2020) 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)
* Serguei Krasnikov – Russia (born 1961)
* Adolf Kratzer – Germany (1893–1983)
* Lawrence M. Krauss – United States (born 1954)
* Herbert Kroemer – Germany (1928–2024) 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)
* Daya Shankar Kulshreshtha – India (born 1951)
* Shaiwatna Kupratakul – Thailand (born 1940)
* Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov – Soviet Union (1903–1960)
* Behram Kursunoglu – Turkey (1922–2003)
* Polykarp Kusch – Germany (1911–1993) Nobel laureate

## L

* Anne L'Huillier – France, Sweden (born 1958) Nobel laureate
* 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 (1890–1957)
* Kenneth Lane – United States
* Paul Langevin – France (1872–1946)
* Irving Langmuir – United States (1881–1957)
* Pierre-Simon Laplace – France (1749–1827)
* Joseph Larmor – U.K. (1857–1942)
* John Latham - U.K. (1937–2021)
* 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 (1900–1980)
* Melvin Lax – United States (1922–2002)
* Ernest Lawrence – United States (1901–1958) Nobel laureate
* TH Laby – Australia (1880–1946)
* Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev – Imperial Russia (1866–1912)
* Lindsay LeBlanc – Canada (living)
* Leon Max Lederman – United States (1922–2018) Nobel laureate
* Benjamin Lee – Korea, United States (1935–1977)
* David Lee – United States (born 1931) Nobel laureate
* Tsung-Dao Lee – China, United States (1926–2024) Nobel laureate
* Anthony James Leggett – U.K., 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 – U.K. (1894–1954)
* John Leslie – U.K. (1766–1832)
* Walter Lewin – Netherlands, United States (born 1936)
* Martin Lewis Perl – United States (1927–2014)
* 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 – U.K. (born 1980)
* Gabriel Jonas Lippmann – France, Luxemburg (1845–1921) Nobel laureate
* Antony Garrett Lisi – United States (born 1968)
* Karl L. Littrow – Austria (1811–1877)
* Seth Lloyd – United States (born 1960)
* Oliver Lodge – U.K. (1851–1940)
* Maurice Loewy – Austria, France (1833–1907)
* Robert K. Logan – United States (born 1939)
* Mikhail Lomonosov – Denisovka (1711–1765)
* 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 Josef Loschmidt – Austria (1821–1895)
* Oleg Losev – Tver (1903–1942)
* Archibald Low – U.K. (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 MacGillavry – Netherlands (1904–1993)
* Ernst Mach – Austria-Hungary (1838–1916)
* Katie Mack (astrophysicist) – United States (born 1981)
* Gladys Mackenzie – Scotland (1903–1972)
* Ray Mackintosh – U.K.
* Luciano Maiani – Italy, San Marino (born 1941)
* Theodore Maiman – United States (1927–2007)
* Arthur Maitland – U.K. (1925–1994)
* 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)
* Franz Mandl – U.K. (1923–2009)
* Charles Lambert Manneback – Belgium (1894–1975)
* Peter Mansfield – U.K. (1933–2017)
* Carlo Marangoni – Italy (1840–1925)
* M. Cristina Marchetti – Italy, United States (born 1955)
* Guglielmo Marconi – Italy (1874–1937) Nobel laureate
* Henry Margenau – Germany, United States (1901–1977)
* Nina Marković – Croatia, United States
* William Markowitz – United States (1907–1998)
* Laurence D. Marks – United States (born 1954)
* Robert Marshak – United States (1916–1992)
* Walter Marshall – U.K. (1932–1996)
* Toshihide Maskawa – Japan (1940–2021) Nobel laureate
* Harrie Massey – Australia (1908–1983)
* John Cromwell Mather – United States (born 1946) Nobel laureate
* James Clerk Maxwell – U.K. (1831–1879)
* Brian May – U.K. (born 1947)
* Maria Goeppert Mayer – Germany, United States (1906–1972)
* Ronald E. McNair – United States (1950–1986)
* Anna McPherson – Canadian (1901–1979)
* 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 (1928–2016)
* David Merritt – United States
* Albert Abraham Michelson – United States (1852–1931) Nobel laureate
* Arthur Alan Middleton – United States
* Stanislav Mikheyev – Russia (1940–2011)
* Robert Andrews Millikan – United States (1868–1953) Nobel laureate
* Robert Mills – United States (1927–1999)
* Arthur Milne – U.K. (1896–1950)
* Shiraz Minwalla – India (born 1972)
* Bedangadas Mohanty – India (born 1973)
* Rabindra Nath Mohapatra – India, United States (born 1944)
* Kathryn Moler – United States
* Merritt Moore – United States (born 1988)
* Tanya Monro – Australia (born 1973)
* John J. Montgomery – United States (1858–1911)
* Jagadeesh Moodera – India, United States (born 1950)
* Henry Moseley – U.K. (1887–1915)
* Rudolf Mössbauer – Germany (1929–2011) Nobel laureate
* Nevill Mott – U.K. (1905–1996) Nobel laureate
* Ben Roy Mottelson – Denmark, United States (1926–2022) Nobel laureate
* Amédée Mouchez – Spain, France (1821–1892)
* Ali Moustafa – Egypt (1898–1950)
* José Enrique Moyal – Palestine, France, U.K., United States, Australia (1910–1998)
* Christine Muschik – Germany
* Karl Alexander Müller – Switzerland (1927–2023) 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
* Meenakshi Narain – United States (1964–2022)
* Jayant Narlikar – India (born 1938)
* Quirino Navarro – Filipino nuclear physicist and chemist (1936–2002)
* Seth Neddermeyer – United States (1907–1988)
* Louis Néel – France (1904–2000) Nobel laureate
* Yuval Ne'eman – Israel (1925–2006)
* Ann Nelson – United States (1958–2019)
* 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 (born 1949)
* 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, U.K. (born 1974) Nobel laureate
* H. Pierre Noyes – United States (1923–2016)
* John Nye – U.K. (1923–2019)

## O

* Yuri Oganessian – Russia (born 1933)
* Georg Ohm – Germany (1789–1854)
* Hideo Ohno – Japan (born 1954)
* Susumu Okubo – Japan, United States (1930–2015)
* Sir Mark Oliphant – Australia (1901–2000)
* David Olive – U.K. (1937–2012)
* Zaira Ollano – Italy (1904–1997)
* 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 (1924–2020)
* 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
* Silke Ospelkaus – Germany
* Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky – Russia (1801–1862)

## P

* Thanu Padmanabhan – India (1957–2021)
* Heinz Pagels – United States (1939–1988)
* Abraham Pais – Netherlands, United States (1918–2000)
* Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky – Germany, United States (1919–2007)
* Eugen N. Parker – United States (1927–2022)
* Blaise Pascal – France (1623–1662)
* John Pasta – United States (1918–1984)
* Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski (born 1993)
* Jogesh Pati – United States (born 1937)
* Petr Paucek – United States
* Stephen Paul – United States (1953–2012)
* Wolfgang Paul – Germany (1913–1993) Nobel laureate
* Wolfgang Pauli – Austria-Hungary (1900–1958) Nobel laureate
* Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin – United States (1900–1979) astronomer and astrophysicist
* Ruby Payne-Scott – Australia (1912–1981)
* George B. Pegram – United States (1876–1958)
* Rudolf Peierls – Germany, U.K. (1907–1995)
* Jean Peltier – France (1785–1845)
* Roger Penrose – U.K. (born 1931) Wolf laureate, mathematician
* Arno Allan Penzias – United States (1933–2024) Nobel laureate, electrical engineer
* Martin Lewis Perl – United States (1927–2014) Nobel laureate
* Saul Perlmutter – United States (born 1959) Nobel laureate
* Jean Baptiste Perrin – France (1870–1942) Nobel laureate
* Mario Petrucci - U.K. (born 1958)
* 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 (1940–2020)
* Boris Podolsky – Taganrog (1896–1966)
* Henri Poincaré – France (1854–1912) mathematician
* Eric Poisson – Canada (born 1965)
* Siméon Denis Poisson – France (1781–1840) mathematician
* Balthasar van der Pol – Netherlands (1889–1959) electrical engineer
* Joseph Polchinski – United States (1954–2018)
* Hugh David Politzer – United States (born 1949) Nobel laureate
* John Polkinghorne – U.K. (1930–2021)
* Julianne Pollard-Larkin – United States
* 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 – U.K. (1903–1969) Nobel laureate
* John Henry Poynting – U.K. (1852–1914)
* Ludwig Prandtl – Germany (1875–1953)
* Willibald Peter Prasthofer – Austria (1917–1993)
* Ilya Prigogine – Belgium (1917–2003)
* Alexander Prokhorov – Soviet, Russian (1916–2002) Nobel laureate
* William Prout – U.K. (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

* Xuesen Qian – China (1911–2009)
* Helen Quinn – Australia, United States (born 1943)

## R

* Raúl Rabadán – United States
* Gabriele Rabel – Austria, United Kingdom (1880–1963)
* Isidor Isaac Rabi – Austria, United States (1898–1988) Nobel laureate
* Giulio Racah – Italian-Israeli (1909–1965)
* 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 – U.K. (1842–1919) Nobel laureate
* René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur – France (1683–1757)
* Sidney Redner – Canada, United States (born 1951)
* Martin John Rees – U.K. (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 – U.K. (1842–1912)
* Owen Willans Richardson – U.K. (1879–1959) Nobel laureate
* Robert Coleman Richardson – United States (1937–2013) Nobel laureate
* Burton Richter – United States (1931–2018) 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 (1933–2013) Nobel laureate
* Joseph Romm – United States (born 1960)
* Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen – Germany (1845–1923) Nobel laureate
* Clemens C. J. Roothaan – Netherlands (1918–2019)
* Nathan Rosen – United States, Israel (1909–1995)
* Marshall Rosenbluth – United States (1927–2003)
* Yasha Rosenfeld – Israel (1948–2002)
* Carl-Gustav Arvid Rossby – Sweden, United States (1898–1957)
* Bruno Rossi – Italy, United States (1905–1993)
* Joseph Rotblat – Poland, U.K. (1908–2005)
* Carlo Rovelli – Italy (born 1956)
* Mary Laura Chalk Rowles – United States (1904–1996)
* Subrata Roy (scientist) – India, United States
* Carlo Rubbia – Italy (born 1934) Nobel laureate
* Vera Rubin – United States (1928–2016)
* 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, U.K. (1871–1937)
* Janne Rydberg – Sweden (1854–1919)
* Martin Ryle – U.K. (1918–1984) Nobel laureate

## S

* Suayb Yildiz – Türkiye (born 2003)
* Subir Sachdev – United States (born 1961)
* Mendel Sachs – United States (1927–2012)
* Rainer K. Sachs – Germany and United States (born 1932)
* 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 (1926–1996) Nobel laureate
* Edwin Ernest Salpeter – Austria, Australia, United States (1924–2008)
* Anthony Ichiro Sanda – Japan, United States (born 1944)
* Leonard Sander – United states (living)
* Antonella De Santo – Italy, U.K.
* Vikram Sarabhai – India (1919–1971)
* Isidor Sauers – Austria (born 1948)
* Félix Savart – France (1791–1841)
* Brendan Scaife – Ireland (born 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
* Alan Schoen – United States (1924–2023)
* Walter H. Schottky – Germany (1886–1976)
* Kees A. Schouhamer Immink – Netherlands (born 1946)
* John Robert Schrieffer – United States (1931–2019) 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 – German Empire (1876–1916)
* Julian Schwinger – United States (1918–1994) Nobel laureate
* Marlan Scully – United States (born 1939)
* Dennis William Sciama – U.K. (1926–1999)
* Bice Sechi-Zorn – Italy, United States (1928–1984)
* Thomas Johann Seebeck – Estonia (1770–1831)
* Raymond Seeger – United States (1906–1992)
* Emilio G. Segre – Italy, United States (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 (1934–2022)
* 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 (1928–2016)
* William Shockley – United States (1910–1989) Nobel laureate
* Boris Shraiman – United States (1956)
* 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)
* Uri Sivan – Israel (born 1955)
* Tamitha Skov – United States space weather physicist, researcher and public speaker
* G. V. Skrotskii – Russia (1915–1992)
* 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 Snell – Netherlands (1580–1626)
* Arsenij Sokolov – Russia (1910–1986)
* Arnold Sommerfeld – Germany (1868–1951)
* Bent Sørensen – Denmark (born 1941)
* Rafael Sorkin – United States (born 1945)
* Zeinabou Mindaoudou Souley (1964–) Nuclear physicist from Niger
* Nicola Spaldin – United Kingdom (born 1969)
* Maria Spiropulu – Greece (born 1970)
* Henry Stapp – United States (born 1928)
* Johannes Stark – Germany (1874–1957) Nobel laureate
* Max Steenbeck – (1901–1981)
* Joseph Stefan – Austria-Hungary, Slovenia (1835–1893)
* Jack Steinberger – Germany, United States (1921–2020) Nobel laureate
* Paul J. Steinhardt – United States (born 1952)
* Carl August Steinheil – Germany (1801–1870)
* George Sterman – United States (born 1946)
* Otto Stern – Germany (1888–1969) Nobel laureate
* Simon Stevin – Belgium, Netherlands (1548–1620)
* Thomas H. Stix – United States (1924–2001)
* George Gabriel Stokes – Ireland, U.K. (1819–1903)
* Aleksandr Stoletov – Russia (1839–1896)
* Donna Strickland – Canada (born 1959) Nobel laureate
* Horst Ludwig Störmer – Germany (born 1949) Nobel laureate
* Leonard Strachan – United States, astrophysicist
* Julius Adams Stratton – United States
* Andrew Strominger – United States (born 1955)
* Audrey Stuckes – U.K. (1923–2006)
* Ernst Stueckelberg – Switzerland (1905–1984)
* George Sudarshan – India, United States (1931–2018)
* Rashid Sunyaev – USSR (born 1943)
* Oleg Sushkov – USSR, Australia (born 1950)
* Leonard Susskind – United States (born 1940)
* Joseph Swan – U.K. (1828–1914)
* Jean Henri van Swinden – Netherlands (1746–1823)
* Bertha Swirles – U.K. (1903–1999)
* Leo Szilard – Austria-Hungary, United States (1898–1964)

## T

* Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm – Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1895–1971) Nobel laureate
* Rachel Takserman-Krozer – Ukraine (1921–1987)
* Abraham H. Taub – United States (1911–1999)
* Martin Tajmar – Austria (born 1974)
* Geoffrey Ingram Taylor – U.K. (1886–1975)
* Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. – United States (born 1941) Nobel laureate
* Richard Edward Taylor – United States (1929–2018) 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)
* George Paget Thomson – U.K. (1892–1975) Nobel laureate
* J. J. Thomson – U.K. (1856–1940) Nobel laureate
* William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) – Ireland, U.K. (1824–1907)
* Charles Thorn – United States (born 1946)
* 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 – U.K., Australia (1916–1990)
* Yoshinori Tokura – Japan (born 1954)
* Samuel Tolansky – U.K. (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 (1915–2015) Nobel laureate
* John Townsend – U.K. (1868–1957)
* Johann Georg Tralles – Germany (1763–1822)
* Sam Treiman – United States (1925–1999)
* Daniel Chee Tsui – China, United States (born 1939) Nobel laureate
* Vipin Kumar Tripathi – India (born 1948)
* John J. Turin – United States (1913–1973)
* Neil Turok – South Africa (born 1958)
* Victor Twersky – United States (1923–1998)
* Sergei Tyablikov – Russia (1921–1968)
* John Tyndall – U.K. (1820–1893)
* Neil deGrasse Tyson – United States (born 1958)

## U

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

## V

* Cumrun Vafa – Iran, United States (born 1960)
* Oriol Valls – (born 1947 in Barcelona, Spain) university physics professor
* Léon Van Hove – Belgium (1924–1990)
* Sergei Vavilov – Soviet Union (1891–1951)
* Vlatko Vedral – U.K., Serbia (born 1971)
* Evgeny Velikhov – Russia (born 1935)
* Martinus J. G. Veltman – Netherlands, United States (1931–2021) Nobel laureate
* Gabriele Veneziano – Italy (born 1942)
* Giovanni Battista Venturi – Italy (1746–1822)
* Émile Verdet – France (1824–1866)
* Erik Verlinde – Netherlands (1962)
* Herman Verlinde – Netherlands (1962)
* Leonardo da Vinci – Italy (1452–1519)
* Jean-Pierre Vigier – France (1920–2004)
* Gaetano Vignola – Italy
* 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) aerospace engineer

## W

* Johannes Diderik van der Waals – Netherlands (1837–1923) Nobel laureate
* James Wait – Canada (1924–1998)
* Ludwig Waldmann – Germany (1913–1980)
* Alan Walsh – U.K., Australia (1916–1988)
* Ernest Walton – Ireland (1903–1995) Nobel laureate
* Dezhao Wang – China (1905–1998)
* Enge Wang – China (born 1957)
* Huanyu Wang – China (1954—2018)
* Kan-Chang Wang – China (1907–1998)
* Pu (Paul) Wang – China (1902–1969)
* Zhuxi Wang – China (1911–1983)
* Aaldert Wapstra – Netherlands (1923–2006)
* John Clive Ward – England, Australia (1924–2000)
* Gleb Wataghin – Ukraine, Italy, Brazil (1896–1986)
* John James Waterston – U.K. (1811–1883)
* Alan Andrew Watson – U.K. (born 1938)
* James Watt – U.K. (1736–1819)
* Denis Weaire – Ireland (born 1942)
* Colin Webb – U.K. (born 1937)
* Wilhelm Weber – Germany (1804–1891)
* Katherine Weimer – United States (1919–2000)
* Alvin Weinberg – United States (1915–2006)
* Steven Weinberg – United States (1933–2021) Nobel laureate
* Rainer Weiss – United States (born 1932) 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)
* Paul Werbos – United States (born 1947)
* Siebren van der Werf – Netherlands (born 1942)
* Peter Westervelt – United States (1919–2015)
* Hermann Weyl – Germany (1885–1955)
* Christof Wetterich – Germany (born 1952)
* 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 – U.K. (1869–1959) Nobel laureate
* Christine Wilson (scientist) – Canadian-American physicist and astronomer
* Kenneth Geddes Wilson – United States (1936–2013) 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 (1922–2018)
* Fred Alan Wolf – United States (born 1934)
* Lincoln Wolfenstein – United States (1923–2015)
* Stephen Wolfram – U.K. (born 1959)
* Ewald Wollny – Germany (1846–1901)
* Michael Woolfson – U.K. (1927–2019)
* Chien-Shiung Wu – United States (1912–1997)
* Sau Lan Wu – United States (born early 1940s)
* Tai Tsun Wu – United States (1933-2024)

## 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 José Ynduráin – Spain (1940–2008)
* Kenneth Young – United States, China (born 1947)
* Thomas Young – U.K. (1773–1829)
* Hideki Yukawa – Japan (1907–1981) Nobel laureate

## Z

* Jan Zaanen – Netherlands (born 1957)
* Daniel Zajfman – Israel (born 1959)
* Anthony Zee – United States (born 1945)
* Pieter Zeeman – Netherlands (1865–1943) Nobel laureate
* Ludwig Zehnder – Switzerland (1854–1949)
* 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)
* Hans Ziegler – Switzerland, United States (1910–1985)
* Karl Zimmer – Germany (1911–1988)
* Georges Zissis – Greece (born 1964)
* Peter Zoller – Austria (born 1952)
* Zongfu Yu – United States (living)
* Dmitry Zubarev – Russia (1917–1992)
* Bruno Zumino – Italy (1923–2014)
* Wojciech H. Zurek – Poland, United States (born 1951)
* Robert Zwanzig – United States (1928–2014)
* George Zweig – United States (born 1937)
* Barton Zwiebach – United States (born 1954)