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* Xiaoyi Bao – Canada *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 (born 1921) *Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot – France (1796–1832) *David Carroll (physicist), 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 *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 Paul Émile Clapeyron, Benoît Clapeyron – France (1799–1864) *George W. Clark – United States *John Clauser – United States (born 1942) Nobel laureate *Rudolf Clausius – Germany (1822–1888) *Gerald B. Cleaver – United States *Richard Clegg – United Kingdom *Gari Clifford - British-American physicist, biomedical engineer, academic, researcher *John Cockcroft – United Kingdom (1897–1967) Nobel laureate *Claude Cohen-Tannoudji – France (born 1933) Nobel laureate *Arthur Compton – United States (1892–1962) Nobel laureate *Karl Compton – United States (1887–1954) *Edward Condon – United States (1902–1974) *Leon Cooper – United States (born 1930) Nobel laureate *Alejandro Corichi – Mexico (born 1967) *Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis – France (1792–1843) *Allan McLeod Cormack – South Africa, United States (1924–1998) *Eric Allin Cornell – United States (born 1961) Nobel laureate *Marie Alfred Cornu – France (1841–1902) *Charles-Augustin de Coulomb – France (1736–1806) *Ernest Courant – United States (1920–2020) *Brian Cox (physicist), 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 Debye, 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) *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) *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 (physicist), 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 (physicist, born 1946), 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) *Ernst equation, 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 – Royal Prussia, 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) *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 (astronomer), William Gilbert – England (1544–1603) *Piara Singh Gill – India (1911–2002) *Naomi Ginsberg – United States (born 1979) *Vitaly Ginzburg, Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg – Soviet Union, Russia (1916–2009) Nobel laureate *Marvin D. Girardeau – United States (1930–2015) *Marissa Giustina - United States (born 19??) *Donald A. Glaser, 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 J. Glauber, Roy Jay Glauber – United States (1925–2018) Nobel laureate *James Glimm – United States (born 1934) *Karl Glitscher – Germany (1886–1945) *Peter Goddard (physicist), 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 Edouard Guillaume, 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 L. Hall, John Lewis Hall – United States (born 1934) Nobel laureate *Alexander_R._Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton – UK, Australia (born 1967) *William Rowan Hamilton – Ireland (1805–1865) *Theodor W. Hänsch, 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 Hartnett (physicist), 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. (born 1929) 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 Riefenstahl, 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 (physicist), 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 (physicist), 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
*Roman Jackiw – Poland, United States (born 1939) *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 Thompson Jaynes, Edwin Jaynes – United States (1922–1998) *Antal Jákli, Antal István Jákli – Hungary (born 1958) *James Hopwood Jeans, Sir James Jeans – UK (1877–1946) *J. Hans D. Jensen, 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 – UK (born 1940) Nobel laureate *James Prescott Joule – UK (1818–1889) *Adolfas Jucys – Lithuania (1904–1974) *Chang Kee Jung – South Korea, United StatesK
*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 (physicist), John Kerr – Scotland (1824–1907) *Wolfgang Ketterle – Germany (born 1957) Nobel laureate *Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov – Soviet Union (1919–2021) *Jim Al-Khalili – UK (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 (born 1925) *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 (physicist), 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 (born 1928) Nobel laureate *August Krönig – Germany (1822–1879) *Ralph Kronig – Germany, United States (1904–1995) *Nikolay Sergeevich Krylov – Soviet Union (1917–1947) *Ryogo Kubo – Japan (1920–1995) *Daya Shankar Kulshreshtha – India (born 1951) *Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov – Soviet Union (1903–1960) *Behram Kursunoglu – Turkey (1922–2003) *Polykarp Kusch – Germany (1911–1993) Nobel laureateL
*James W. LaBelle – United States *Joseph Louis Lagrange, 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 (physicist), 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) *Cesar Lattes – Brazil (1924–2005) *Max von Laue – Germany (1879–1960) Nobel laureate *Robert B. Laughlin, 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 *T._H._Laby, TH Laby – Australia (1880–1946) *Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev – Imperial Russia (1866–1912) *Leon M. Lederman, Leon Max Lederman – United States (1922–2018) Nobel laureate *Benjamin Lee (physicist), Benjamin Lee – Korea, United States (1935–1977) *David Lee (physicist), David Lee – United States (born 1931) Nobel laureate *Tsung-Dao Lee – China, United States (born 1926) 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 (physicist), 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 (physicist), 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?–55BC) *Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov – Imperial Russia (1857–1918) *Joseph Lykken – United States (born 1957)M
*Arthur B. McDonald – Canada (born 1943) Nobel laureate *Carolina Henriette Mac Gillavry – Netherlands (1904–1993) *Ernst Mach – Austria-Hungary (1838–1916) *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 (physicist), 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) *Robert Marshak – United States (1916–1992) *Walter Marshall, Baron Marshall of Goring, Walter Marshall – U.K. (1932–1996) *Toshihide Maskawa – Japan (1940–2021) Nobel laureate *Harrie Massey – Australia (1908–1983) *John C. Mather, 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) *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) *Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, 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 Millikan, Robert Andrews Millikan – United States (1868–1953) Nobel laureate *Robert Mills (physicist), Robert Mills- United States (1927-1999) *Arthur Milne – U.K. (1896–1950) *Shiraz Minwalla – India (born 1972) *Rabindra Mohapatra, 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) *Moustafa Mosharafa, Ali Moustafa – Egypt (1898–1950) *José Enrique Moyal – Palestine, France, U.K., United States, Australia (1910–1998) *Karl Alexander Müller – Switzerland (born 1927) Nobel laureate *Richard A. Muller – United States (born 1944) *Robert S. Mulliken – United States (1896–1986) *Pieter van Musschenbroek – Netherlands (1692–1762)N
*Yoichiro Nambu – Japan, United States (1921–2015) Nobel laureate *Meenakshi Narain - experimental physicist, Professor of Physics at Brown University *Jayant Narlikar – India (born 1938) *Seth Neddermeyer – United States (1907–1988) *Louis Néel – France (1904–2000) Nobel laureate *Yuval Ne'eman – Israel (1925–2006) *Ann Nelson – United States (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 (scientist), 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 Feodorovich Orlov, 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 D. Osheroff, 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) *Blaise Pascal – France (1623–1662) *John Pasta – United States (1918–1984) *Jogesh Pati – United States (born 1937) *Petr Paucek – United States *Stephen Paul (physicist), 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 Charles Athanase Peltier, Jean Peltier – France (1785–1845) *Roger Penrose, mathematician – U.K. (born 1931) Wolf laureate *Arno Allan Penzias, electrical engineer – U.S.A. (born 1933) Nobel laureate *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 *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, mathematician – France (1854–1912) *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 laureateQ
*Qian Xuesen, 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 Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, 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 Röntgen, 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) *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 Ruska, Ernst August Friedrich Ruska – Germany (1906–1988) Nobel laureate *Ernest Rutherford – New Zealand, U.K. (1871–1937) *Johannes Rydberg, Janne Rydberg – Sweden (1854–1919) *Martin Ryle – U.K. (1918–1984) Nobel laureateS
*Mendel Sachs – United States (1927–2012) *Rainer K. Sachs – Germany and United States (1932- ) *Robert G. Sachs – United States (1916–1999) *Carl Sagan – United States (1934–1996) *Georges-Louis Le Sage, 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 Sakharov, 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) *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 (born 1924) *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 - 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 (physicist), Bent Sørensen – Denmark (born 1941) *Rafael Sorkin – United States (born 1945) *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 *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 E. Taylor, 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, 1st Baron Kelvin, 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 C. C. Ting, 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 Sealy Townsend, John Townsend – U.K. (1868–1957) *Johann Georg Tralles – Germany (1763–1822) *Sam Treiman – United States (1925–1999) *Daniel C. Tsui, 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) *Twersky#Twersky, 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 – United Kingdom, 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) *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, aerospace engineer – Germany (1912–1977)W
*Johannes Diderik van der Waals – Netherlands (1837–1923) Nobel laureate *James Wait – Canada (1924–1998) *Ludwig Waldmann – Germany (1913–1980) *Alan_Walsh_(physicist), Alan Walsh – U.K., Australia (1916–1988) *Ernest Walton – Ireland (1903–1995) Nobel laureate *Wang Dezhao, Dezhao Wang – China (1905–1998) *Wang Enge, Enge Wang – China (born 1957) *Wang Huanyu, Huanyu Wang – China (1954—2018) *Kan-Chang Wang – China (1907–1998) *Wang Pu (physicist), Pu (Paul) Wang – China (1902–1969) *Wang Zhuxi, 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 Eduard Weber, 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 G. Wilson, 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 (born 1933)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 (physicist), Kenneth Young – United States, China (born 1947) *Thomas Young (scientist), Thomas Young – UK (1773–1829) *Hideki Yukawa – Japan (1907–1981) Nobel laureateZ
*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 (physicist), Hans Ziegler – Switzerland, United States (1910–1985) *Karl Zimmer – Germany (1911–1988) *Peter Zoller – Austria (born 1952) *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)External links
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