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1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Papin, Denis

1647
1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Regnault, Henri Victor

1810 - 1878
1917-1983, physicist, British; English

Boot, Henry

1917 - 1983
1889-1976, physicist; meteorologist, British

Dobson, Gordon Miller Bourne

1889 - 1976
1831-1879, physicist, British

Maxwell, James Clerk

1831 - 1879
1814-1874, physicist; spectroscopist, Swedish

Ångström, Anders Jonas

1814 - 1874
1859-1906, physicist, French

Curie, Pierre

1859 - 1906
1879-1955, physicist, German; American

Einstein, Albert

1879 - 1955
1892-1975, physicist, English; British

Thomson, Sir George Paget

1892 - 1975
1871-1937, physicist, New Zealand-born, British

Rutherford, Ernest

1871 - 1937
1778-1850, chemist; physicist, French

Gay-Lussac, Joseph-Louis

1778 - 1850
1906-1988, physicist, electron microscope pioneer, German

Ruska, Ernst August Friedrich

1906 - 1988
1861-1938, physicist; metrologist, Swiss/French

Guillaume, Charles Edouard

1861 - 1938
1897-1974, physicist; government and military adviser, English; British

Blackett, Baron Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stewart

1897 - 1974
1867-1943, civil engineer; physicist, British

Appleyard, Rollo

1867 - 1943
1916-2004, physicist; molecular biologist; neuroscientist, British

Crick, Francis

1916 - 2004
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Huygens, Christiaan

1629 - 1695
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Curie, Marie

1867 - 1934
1788-1827, engineer; optical researcher; physicist, French

Fresnel, Augustin Jean

1788 - 1827
1882-1968, astronomer; physicist, American

Babcock, Harold Delos

1882 - 1968
1870-1942, physicist, French

Perrin, Jean Baptiste

1870 - 1942
1826-1911, physicist; university administrator, Irish

Stoney, George Johnstone

1826 - 1911
1789-1854, natural philosopher and mathematician, German

Ohm, Georg Simon

1789 - 1854
1887-1961, physicist, Austrian

Schrödinger, Erwin

1887 - 1961
1791-1841, physicist, French

Savart, Félix

1791 - 1841
1756-1827, physicist; inventor, German

Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich

1756 - 1827
1777-1851, physicist; chemist, Danish

Ørsted, Hans Christian

1777 - 1851
1819-1868, physicist, French

Foucault, Leon

1819 - 1868
1845-1923, physicist; discoverer of X-rays, German

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad

1845 - 1923
first baronet 1819-1903, physicist; professor of mathematics; lecturer, Irish

Stokes, Sir George Gabriel

1819 - 1903
1850-1925, physicist; electrical engineer, British

Heaviside, Oliver

1850 - 1925
1820-1893, physicist, Irish

Tyndall, John

1820 - 1893
1900-1958, physicist, Austrian

Pauli, Wolfgang

1900 - 1958
1908-1990, physicist; electron microscopist, British

Cosslett, Vernon Ellis

1908 - 1990
1915-2007, physicist and climatologist, Montreal, Canada, Canadian, British

Brewer, Alan West

1915 - 2007
1862-1947, physicist, Hungarian; German

Lenard, Philipp

1862 - 1947
1905-1991, physicist, American

Anderson, Carl David

1905 - 1991
1879-1959, physicist, English; British

Richardson, Sir Owen Willans

1879 - 1959
1814-1878, physician; physicist, German

Mayer, Julius Robert von

1814 - 1878
1916-2004; physicist; worked with Crick, Watson, & Franklin on structure of DNA

Wilkins, Maurice

1916 - 2004
1745-1827, physicist, Italian

Volta, Alessandro

1745 - 1827
1851-1934, mathematician; physicist, German-born; British

Schuster, Sir Arthur

1851 - 1934
1841-1913, physicist, German

Schumann, Victor

1841 - 1913
1892-1987, physicist, French

Broglie, Louis de

1892 - 1987
1877-1945, physicist, British

Aston, Francis William

1877 - 1945
1716-1781, physicist, Italian

Beccaria, Giambatista

1716 - 1781
1908-2001, physicist; crystallographer, British

Beevers, C. Arnold

1908 - 2001
1851-1916, physicist; university professor, British

Thompson, Silvanus Phillips

1851 - 1916
1887-1915, physicist, Oxford University, British

Moseley, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys

1887 - 1915
1750-1831, physicist; instrument maker, French

Fortin, Jean Nicolas

1750 - 1831