List of physicists

• 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 – Soviet Union, Russia (1930–2019) Nobel laureate • Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén – Sweden (1908–1995) Nobel laureate • Alhazen – Basra, Iraq (965–1040) • Artem Alikhanian – Soviet Union, Armenia (1908–1978) • Abram Alikhanov – Soviet Union, 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 – Soviet Union, Russia, United States (1911–2010) • Ralph Asher Alpher – United States (1921–2007) • Semen Altshuler – Soviet Union (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 – Soviet Union, 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 – Soviet Union (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 – Soviet Union, 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) • Jacob Bekenstein – Israel (1947–2015) • 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 – Soviet Union, Russia, France (born 1973) • Geoffrey Chew – United States (1924–2019) • Boris Chirikov – Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2008) • Juansher Chkareuli – Soviet Union, 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) • Thomas E. Cravens - United States, cometary x-rays • 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 – Russian Empire, 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 – Yugoslavia, 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 – Soviet Union, 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 (1935–2025) • 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 (1936–2023) • 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 – Soviet Union, Russia (1934–2017) • Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit – Prussia (1686–1736) • Kazimierz Fajans – Russian Empire, 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 – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1913–1990) • Vladimir Fock – Russian Empire, 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 – Russian Empire, 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 – Russian Empire, 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 – Russian Empire, 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 (1939–2025) • Galileo Galilei – Italy (1564–1642) • Luigi Galvani – Italy (1737–1798) • George Gamow – Russian Empire, Soviet Union, 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 – Soviet Union, Russia, Netherlands, U.K. (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 (1929–2025) 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) • Deryck Goodwin – U.K. (1927–1997) • 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 – Soviet Union, 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 – Soviet Union, Azerbaijan (born 1954) • Feza Gürsey – Turkey (1921–1992) • Hanoch Gutfreund – Israel (born 1935) • 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 – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1880–1960) • Nathan Isgur – United States, Canada (1947–2001) • Ernst Ising – Germany (1900–1998) • Jamal Nazrul Islam – Bangladesh (1939–2013) • Werner Israel – Canada (1931–2022) == J ==

• 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 – Russian Empire, Lithuania, Soviet Union (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, Russia (1919–2021) • Jim Al-Khalili – U.K. (born 1962) • Abdul Qadeer Khan – Pakistan (1936–2021) • Yulii Borisovich Khariton – Russian Empire, 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) • Sabine Kraml – Austria (born 1971) • Serguei Krasnikov – Soviet Union, 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 – Russian Empire, 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 – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1908–1968) Nobel laureate • Rolf Landauer – United States (1927–1999) • Grigory Landsberg – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (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 – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1900–1980) • Melvin Lax – United States (1922–2002) • Ernest Lawrence – United States (1901–1958) Nobel laureate • TH Laby – Australia (1880–1946) • Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev – Russian Empire (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 – Russian Empire, 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 – Tsardom of Russia, Russian Empire (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 – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (1903–1942) • Archibald Low – U.K. (1888–1956) • Per-Olov Löwdin – Sweden (1916–2000) • Lucretius – Rome (98?–55 BC) • Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov – Russian Empire (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 – Russian Empire, 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 – Yugoslavia, 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 – Soviet Union, 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 – Ottoman Empire, Mandatory 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 (1938–2025) • 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 – Mandatory Palestine, 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 – Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1784–1835) • Emmy Noether – Germany (1882–1935) • Lothar Nordheim – Germany (1899–1985) • Gunnar Nordström – Russian Empire, Finland (1881–1923) • Johann Gottlieb Nörremberg – Germany (1787–1862) • Konstantin Novoselov – Soviet Union, Russia, U.K. (born 1974) Nobel laureate • H. Pierre Noyes – United States (1923–2016) • John Nye – U.K. (1923–2019) == O ==

• Yuri Oganessian – Soviet Union, 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) • Heike Kamerlingh Onnes - Netherlands (1853–1926) • 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 – Russian Empire (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) • Giorgio Parisi - Italy (born 1948) Nobel laureate • Blaise Pascal – France (1623–1662) • John Pasta – United States (1918–1984) • Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski – United States (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 – Russian Empire, 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 – Russian Empire, Soviet Union (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 – Soviet Union, United States (born 1945) • Bruno Pontecorvo – Italy, Soviet Union, Russia (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 – Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russia (1916–2002) Nobel laureate • William Prout – U.K. (1785–1850) • Luigi Puccianti – Italy (1875–1952) • Ivan Pulyuy – Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary (1845–1918) • Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin – Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary, 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 – United States (born 1955) • Alladi Ramakrishnan – British Empire, India (1923–2008) • Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman – British Empire, 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 – United States (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 – Russian Empire, 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 ==

• 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) • Meghnad 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, Austria, Ireland (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 (1930–2025) Nobel laureate • Lee Smolin – United States (born 1955) • Marian Smoluchowski – Poland (1872–1917) • George Smoot – United States (1945–2025) Nobel laureate • Willebrord Snell – Netherlands (1580–1626) • Arsenij Sokolov – Russia (1910–1986) • Arnold Sommerfeld – Germany (1868–1951) • Haim Sompolinsky – Israel (born 1949) • 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) • 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) • Orlando Toledo -- Chile (born 1964) • 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 ==