Category: Physicists

Categories: Scientists | Occupations by Name

Landing category for profiles of persons associated with this occupation.

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.

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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

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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

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

Harald Soleng 1960s 2939

Wilhelm Arnold Johannes Sommerfeld 05 Dec 1868 Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Norddeutscher Bund - 26 Apr 1951

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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

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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

David Thomson 1960s 19502

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

Robert Wilson 1930s

Charles Wynn-Williams 05 Mar 1903 Uplands, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 30 Aug 1979

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Giuseppe Zamboni 01 Jun 1776 Italy - 25 Jul 1846

Pieter Zeeman 25 May 1865 Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Nederland - 09 Oct 1943

Frits Zernike 16 Jul 1888 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland - 10 Mar 1966

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