Category: Physicists
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A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.
Person Profiles (357)
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Irvine Gardner
19 Sep 1889 Idaville, Lincoln Township, White, Indiana, United States - 29 Dec 1972
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß
30 Apr 1777 Braunschweig, Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 23 Feb 1855
Joseph Louis (Gay) Gay-Lussac
06 Dec 1778 Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Limousin, France - 09 May 1850
Johannes Wilhelm Geiger
30 Sep 1882 Neustadt an der Haardt, Pfalz, Bayern, Deutsches Reich - 24 Sep 1945
Murray Gell-Mann
15 Sep 1929 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 24 May 2019
Otto (Gericke) von Guericke
20 Nov 1602 Magdeburg, Erzstift Magdeburg, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 11 May 1686
Walther Gerlach
01 Aug 1889 Biebrich, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany - 10 Aug 1979
Ivan Getting
18 Jan 1912 New York City, New York, United States - 11 Oct 2003
Josiah Gibbs
11 Feb 1839 New Haven, Connecticut, United States - 28 Apr 1903
Donald Glaser
abt 21 Sep 1926 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - 28 Feb 2013
Richard Glazebrook
18 Sep 1854 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 15 Dec 1935
Robert Goddard
05 Oct 1882 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - 10 Aug 1945
Robert Goldschmidt
04 May 1877 Brussels, Brabant, Belgium - 28 May 1935
Gordon Gould
17 Jul 1920 New York City, USA - 16 Sep 2005
Hermann Günther Grassmann
abt 15 Apr 1809 Stettin, Pommern, Preußen - 26 Sep 1877
Peter Grünberg
18 May 1939 Plzeň, Plzeň, Čechy, Československo - 07 Apr 2018
Charles-Édouard Guillaume
15 Feb 1861 Fleurier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland - 13 Jun 1938
Denes (Günszberg) Gábor
05 Jun 1900 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary - 09 Feb 1979
Charles Guye
15 Oct 1866 Saint Christophe, Champvent, Vaud, Switzerland - 15 Jul 1942
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Douglas Hartree
27 Mar 1897 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Feb 1958
Friedrich Hasenöhrl
30 Nov 1874 Vienna, Austria - 07 Oct 1915
Stephen Hawking
08 Jan 1942 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 14 Mar 2018
Oliver Heaviside
18 May 1850 Camden Town, London, England - 03 Feb 1925
Werner Heisenberg
05 Dec 1901 Würzburg, Germany - 01 Feb 1976
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand (Helmholtz) von Helmholtz
31 Aug 1821 Potsdam, Königreich Preußen, Deutscher Bund - 08 Sep 1894
Warren Henry
18 Feb 1909 China, Conecuh, Alabama, USA - 31 Oct 2001
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
22 Jul 1887 Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Deutsches Reich - 30 Oct 1975
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
22 Feb 1857 Hamburg, Deutscher Bund - 01 Jan 1894
Victor Hess
24 Jun 1883 Peggau, Graz Umgebung, Styria, Austria - 17 Dec 1964
Robert Hitchcock
11 Dec 1923 Los Angeles, California - 31 Jan 2009
Robert Hofstadter
05 Feb 1915 New York City, New York, United States - 17 Nov 1990
Norman Holmes
20 May 1903 Korumburra, Victoria, Australia - 06 Apr 1965
Norman Holter
01 Feb 1914 Helena, Montana - 21 Jul 1983
Theodore (Holtzberg) Hall
20 Oct 1925 Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, United States - 01 Nov 1999
John Hopkinson
27 Jul 1849 Manchester, Lancashire, England - 27 Aug 1898
George Hurst
13 Oct 1927 Ponza, Bell, Kentucky, United States - 04 Jul 2010
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Elmer Samuel Imes
12 Oct 1883 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States - 11 Sep 1941
Shinya Inoué
05 Jan 1921 London, England, United Kingdom - 30 Sep 2019
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Jules Jamin
31 May 1818 Termes, Ardennes, France - 12 Feb 1886
Karl Jansky
22 Oct 1905 Norman, Oklahoma, USA - 14 Feb 1950
Ali Javan
26 Dec 1926 Tabriz, Iran - 12 Sep 2016
James Jeans
11 Sep 1877 Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 16 Sep 1946
Johannes Jensen
25 Jun 1907 Hamburg, Germany - 11 Feb 1973
John Johnson
02 Oct 1887 Karl Johans, Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sweden - 27 Nov 1970
Jean Frédéric (Joliot) Joliot-Curie
19 Mar 1900 Paris XVI, Paris, Seine, France - 14 Aug 1958
Robert Jones
30 Jun 1916 Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States - 26 Apr 2004
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Alfred Kastler
03 May 1902 Gebweiler, Bezirk Oberelsaß, Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen, Deutsches Reich - 07 Jan 1984
Marcia Keith
10 Sep 1859 Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - abt 1950
Living Keller
Frank Kerr
08 Jan 1918 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 15 Sep 2000
Bryan Kibble
10 Aug 1938 Letcombe Regis, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 28 Apr 2016
Erhard Kietz
22 Aug 1909 Leipzig, Germany - 06 Apr 1982
Jack Kilby
08 Nov 1923 Jefferson City, Missouri, United States - 20 Jun 2005
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
12 Mar 1824 Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Deutscher Bund - 17 Oct 1887
Robert Klapisch
1930s - 2020s
Rudolf Kompfner
16 May 1909 Vienna, Austria - 03 Dec 1977
Polykarp Kusch
26 Jan 1911 Blankenburg, Herzogtum Braunschweig, Deutsches Reich - 20 Mar 1993
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Willis Lamb
12 Jul 1913 Los Angeles, California, United States - 15 May 2008
Johann Lambert
abt 26 Aug 1728 Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France - 25 Sep 1777
Lev Landau
22 Jan 1908 Baku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union - 01 Apr 1968
Alfred Landé
13 Dec 1888 Elberfeld, Mettman, Rhineland, Prussia - 30 Oct 1976
Paul Langevin
23 Jan 1872 Paris XVIII, Paris, Seine, France - 19 Dec 1946
Samuel Langley
22 Aug 1834 Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 27 Feb 1906
Irving Langmuir
31 Jan 1881 Brooklyn, New York, USA - 16 Aug 1957
Max Theodor Felix (Laue) von Laue
09 Oct 1879 Pfaffendorf, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, Deutsches Reich - 23 Apr 1960
Leon Lederman
15 Jul 1922 New York City, New York, United States - 03 Oct 2018
L cont.
Frederick Lindemann
05 Apr 1886 Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - 03 Jul 1957
Jonas Lippmann
16 Aug 1845 Hollerich, Luxembourg - 13 Jul 1921
Oliver Lodge
12 Jun 1851 Penkhull, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Aug 1940
Geertruida Luberta Lorentz
20 Nov 1885 Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
18 Jul 1853 Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland - 04 Feb 1928
Archibald Low
17 Oct 1888 Purley, Surrey, England - 13 Sep 1956
Francis Low
27 Oct 1921 New York City, New York, United States - 16 Feb 2007
Aleksandr Lyapunov
06 Jun 1857 Yaroslavl Guberniya, Russian Empire - 03 Nov 1918
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Ernst Mach
18 Feb 1838 Chirlitz, Brünn, Moravia, Austria - 19 Feb 1916
Theodore Maiman
11 Jul 1927 Los Angeles, California, USA - 05 May 2007
Giovanni Alessandro Majocchi
1795 Lodi, Milano, Lombardy, Italy - 27 Nov 1854
Guglielmo Marconi
25 Apr 1874 Bologna, Italy - 20 Jul 1937
Phoebe (Marks) Ayrton
28 Apr 1854 Portsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Aug 1923
Erzsébet (Matolcsy) Matolcsy de Szathmár
17 Apr 1945 Altötting, Altötting, Oberbayern, Bavaria, Németország - 15 Apr 1970
Sebastian Mauchly
09 Jul 1878 Swanton, Fulton County, Ohio, USA - 24 Dec 1928
Boyce McDaniel
11 Jun 1917 Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States - 08 May 2002
Dorothy Estheryne (McFadden) Hoover
01 Jul 1918 Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States - 07 Feb 2000
Ronald McNair
21 Oct 1950 Lake City, Florence, South Carolina, United States - 28 Jan 1986
Fritz Meissner
16 Dec 1882 Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, German Empire - 16 Nov 1974
Albert Michelson
19 Dec 1852 Strelno (now Strzelno), Prussia (now Poland) - 09 May 1931
Julius Miller
17 May 1909 Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States - 14 Apr 1987
Clark Millikan
23 Aug 1903 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 02 Jan 1966
Robert Millikan
22 Mar 1868 Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA - 19 Dec 1953
Leonore Misch
03 Jan 1911 Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany - 25 Nov 1996
John Montgomery
15 Feb 1858 Yuba City, Sutter, California, United States - 31 Oct 1911
Henry Moseley
23 Nov 1887 Weymouth, Dorset, England - 10 Aug 1915
Rudolf Mößbauer
31 Jan 1929 München, Bayern, Weimar Republic - 14 Sep 2011
Nevill Mott
30 Sep 1905 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 08 Aug 1996
Hans Mueller
27 Oct 1900 Amriswil, Thurgau, Switzerland - 10 Jun 1965
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John Napier
abt 1550 Merchiston, Midlothian, Scotland - abt 04 Apr 1617
Walther Nernst
25 Jun 1864 Briesen, Schroda, Posen, Preußen, Deutscher Bund - 18 Nov 1941
Isaac Newton
25 Dec 1642 Woolsthorpe by Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England - 20 Mar 1727
Walter Nielsen
18 Dec 1900 Tyler, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States - 07 Jan 1981
Ursula (Nobbe) Retz-Schmidt
15 Apr 1925 Hamburg, Germany - 25 Dec 1994
Jean-Antoine Nollet
19 Dec 1700 Pimprez, Île-de-France, France - abt 24 Apr 1770
Harry (Nyqvist) Nyquist
07 Feb 1889 Tomthult, Stora Kil, Värmland, Sweden - 04 Apr 1976
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Wubbo Johannes Ockels
28 Mar 1946 Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland - 18 May 2014
Gerard O'Neill
06 Feb 1927 Brooklyn, New York, USA - 27 Apr 1992
Heike (Onnes) Kamerlingh Onnes
21 Sep 1853 Groningen, Groningen, Nederland - 21 Feb 1926
Alexander Outerbridge
31 Jul 1850 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 16 Jan 1928
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Antonio Pacinotti
17 Jun 1841 Pisa, Italy - 24 Mar 1912
Luigi Palmieri
22 Apr 1807 Faicchio, Benevento, Italy - 09 Sep 1896
Blaise Pascal
19 Jun 1623 Clermont-Ferrand, France - 19 Aug 1662
Wolfgang Pauli
25 Apr 1900 Wien, Österreich unter der Enns, Österreich-Ungarn - 15 Dec 1958
Arno Penzias
26 Apr 1933 Munich, Bavaria, Germany - 22 Jan 2024
Jean-Baptiste Perot
03 Nov 1863 Metz, Moselle, France - 28 Nov 1925
Jean Perrin
30 Sep 1870 Lille, Nord, France - 17 Apr 1942
Melba Phillips
01 Feb 1907 Hazleton, White River Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States - 08 Nov 2004
Auguste Piccard
28 Jan 1884 Basel, Switzerland - 24 Mar 1962
Felix Pirani
02 Feb 1928 London, England, United Kingdom - 31 Dec 2015
Gaston Planté
22 Apr 1834 Orthez, Basses-Pyrénées, France - 21 May 1889
Joseph Plateau
14 Oct 1801 Brussel, Dijledepartement, Franse Republiek - 15 Sep 1883
Richard Post
14 Nov 1918 Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States - 07 Apr 2015
Cecil Powell
05 Dec 1903 Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 09 Aug 1969
John Poynting
09 Sep 1852 Monton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Mar 1914
Eleanor Pressly
20 Aug 1918 Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States - 10 May 2003
Илья Романович Prigogine
12 Jan 1917 Москва́, Российская империя - 28 May 2003
Ștefan Procopiu
19 Jan 1890 Bârlad, Vaslui, Romania - 22 Aug 1972
Aleksandr Prokhorov
11 Jul 1916 Peeramon, Queensland, Australia - 02 Jan 2002
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Israel Rabi
29 Jul 1898 Rymanów, Sanok, Galicia, Austria-Hungary - 11 Jan 1988
Chandrasekhara Raman
07 Nov 1888 Thiruvanaikoil, Madras Presidency, British India - 21 Nov 1970
Norman Ramsey
27 Aug 1915 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 04 Nov 2011
James Renwick
abt 30 May 1792 Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 12 Jan 1863
Osborne Reynolds
23 Aug 1842 Belfast, Ireland - 21 Feb 1912
Lorenzo Richards
24 Apr 1904 Fielding, Box Elder, Utah, United States - 12 Mar 1993
Lewis Richardson
11 Oct 1881 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 30 Sep 1953
Owen Richardson
26 Apr 1879 Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 15 Feb 1959
R cont.
Charles Richter
26 Apr 1901 Overpeck, Butler, Ohio, United States - 20 Sep 1985
Sally Ride
26 May 1951 Encino, Los Angeles County, California, United States - 23 Jul 2012
Heinrich Rohrer
06 Jun 1933 Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland - 16 May 2013
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
27 Mar 1845 Lennep, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, German Confederation - 10 Feb 1923
Peter Rose
09 Jan 1927 Germany - 18 Jul 2010
Mary Ross
1920s - 2020s
Heinrich Rubens
30 May 1865 Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau, German Empire - 17 Jul 1922
Carl Runge
30 Aug 1856 Bremen - 03 Jan 1927
Ernst Ruska
25 Dec 1906 Heidelberg, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire - 27 May 1988
Martin Ryle
27 Sep 1918 Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 14 Oct 1984
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Meghnad Saha
06 Oct 1893 Shaoratoli, Dhaka, West Bengal, India - 16 Feb 1956
Andrei Sakharov
21 May 1921 Moscow, Moscow Uyezd, Moscow, Russian Empire - 14 Dec 1989
Benjamin Scherr
30 Mar 1924 District of Columbia, United States - 21 Aug 2018
Alfred Schild
07 Sep 1921 Istanbul, Turkey - 24 May 1977
Jens Schjelderup
abt 1510 Skjellerup, Fyn, Danmark - 1582
Theodor Wilhelm (Schmidt) Retz-Schmidt
13 Oct 1923 Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway - 03 Apr 2020
Erwin Schrödinger
12 Aug 1887 Wien, Österreich - 04 Jan 1961
Karl Siegmund Schwarzschild
09 Oct 1873 Oberrad, Stadtkreis Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Deutsches Reich - 11 May 1916
Julian Schwinger
12 Feb 1918 New York, New York, New York, USA - 16 Jul 1994
Dennis Sciama
18 Nov 1926 Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 18 Dec 1999
Thomas Johann Seebeck
09 Apr 1770 Reval, Russland - 10 Dec 1831
Emilio Segrè
01 Feb 1905 Tivoli, Roma, Lazio, Italy - 22 Apr 1989
Gordon Shrum
14 Jan 1896 Gainsborough, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada - 20 Jun 1985
Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn
20 Apr 1918 Lund, Skåne, Sverige - 20 Jul 2007
Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn
03 Dec 1886 Örebro, Örebro län, Sverige - 26 Sep 1978
Maria (Skłodowska) Curie
07 Nov 1867 Warszawa, Warszawskie, Polska - 04 Jul 1934
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Wilhelm Arnold Johannes Sommerfeld
05 Dec 1868 Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Norddeutscher Bund - 26 Apr 1951
Johannes Stark
15 Apr 1874 Schickenhof, German Empire - 21 Jun 1957
Josef Stefan
24 Mar 1835 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria - 07 Jan 1893
Aurel Stodola
10 May 1859 Liptovský Mikuláš, Kingdom of Hungary - 25 Dec 1942
Edith Stoney
06 Jan 1869 Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, County Dublin, Ireland - 25 Jun 1938
John Strutt
12 Nov 1842 Maldon, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 30 Jun 1919
William Sturgeon
23 May 1783 Whittington, Lancashire, England - 04 Dec 1850
Living Suskin
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Julius Tabin
08 Nov 1919 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 25 Aug 2012
Peter Tait
28 Apr 1831 Dalkeith, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 04 Jul 1901
Geoffrey Taylor
07 Mar 1886 St. John's Wood, London, England - 27 Jun 1975
Ede Teller
15 Jan 1908 Budapest, Austria-Hungary - 09 Sep 2003
Helen (Thom) Edwards
27 May 1936 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 21 Jun 2016
Benjamin Thompson
26 Mar 1753 Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 21 Aug 1814
Silvanus Phillips Thompson
19 Jun 1851 York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jun 1916
George Thomson
03 May 1892 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England - 10 Sep 1975
Joseph Thomson
18 Dec 1856 Manchester, Lancashire, England - 30 Aug 1940
Allen Richard Tobin
29 Feb 1944 Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States - 09 Feb 2018
August Toepler
07 Sep 1836 Brühl, Schweich, Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - 06 Mar 1912
Evangelista Torricelli
15 Oct 1608 Roma, Lazio, Italy - 25 Oct 1647
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George Uhlenbeck
06 Dec 1900 Batavia, Dutch East Indies - 31 Oct 1988
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Antonius van den Broek
04 May 1870 Zoetermeer, South Holland, Netherlands - 25 Oct 1926
Balthasar van der Pol
27 Jan 1889 Utrecht, Netherlands - 06 Oct 1959
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
23 Nov 1837 Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland - 08 Mar 1923
Ewoud van Everdingen
26 Feb 1873 Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland - 17 Jul 1955
John Van Vleck
13 Mar 1899 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States - 27 Oct 1980
Jules Verschaffelt
27 Jan 1870 Belgium - 22 Dec 1955
Otto von Baeyer
12 Sep 1877 Reichenhall, Berchtesgadener Land, Bayern, Deutsches Reich - 15 Aug 1946
Philipp von Jolly
26 Sep 1809 Mannheim, Germany - 24 Dec 1884
Philipp Eduard Anton (von Lenard) Lenard
07 Jun 1862 Pressburg (now Bratislava), Hungary (now Slovakia) - 20 May 1947
János von Neumann
28 Dec 1903 Budapest, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Hungary - 08 Feb 1957
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Wilhelm Weber
24 Oct 1804 Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Saxony, Germany - 23 Jun 1891
Steven Weinberg
03 May 1933 New York City, New York, United States - 23 Jul 2021
John Wheeler
09 Jul 1911 Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA - 13 Apr 2008
Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien
13 Jan 1864 Gaffken, Fischhausen, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Deutscher Bund - 30 Aug 1928
Eugene Wigner
17 Nov 1902 Budapest, Austria-Hungary - 01 Jan 1995
Charles Wilson
14 Feb 1869 Glencorse, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 15 Nov 1959
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