List of science communicators

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

A

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

B

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

C

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

D

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

E

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

F

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

G

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

H

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

I

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

J

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

K

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

L

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

M

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

N

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

O

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

P

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

R

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

S

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

T

 * Lewis Thomas, physician, poet, etymologist, and essayist
 * Chriet Titulaer, Dutch astronomer, author, and broadcaster
 * Colin Tudge, biologist and author
 * Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and author

W

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

Z

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