List of physicists

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

A

 * Aryabhatta – India (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
 * 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)
 * 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 (born 1934)
 * 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 (born 1933)
 * 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 (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 – 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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

 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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 (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 – 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)
 * Jonathan P. Morris – United States (born 2010)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Blaise Pascal – France (1623–1662)
 * John Pasta – United States (1918–1984)
 * 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

 * 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)
 * 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 (Raya) 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 (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 – 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)
 * 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)