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

Marie Curie

1867 - 1934
1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Edouard Branly

1844 - 1940
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

James Prescott Joule

1818 - 1889
1942-2018, physicist, British

Stephen Hawking

1942 - 2018
1833-1886, physicist, British, United Kingdom

Frederick Guthrie

1833 - 1886
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Ami Argand

1750 - 1803
1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Leonhard Euler

1707 - 1783
1879-1955, physicist, German; American

Albert Einstein

1879 - 1955
1789-1854, natural philosopher and mathematician, German

Georg Simon Ohm

1789 - 1854
1855-1944, physicist; inventor, English; British

Charles Vernon Boys

1855 - 1944
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1871-1937, physicist, New Zealand-born, British

Ernest Rutherford

1871 - 1937
1907-1997, physicist; researcher; inventor, German

Manfred von Ardenne

1907 - 1997
1766-1828, chemist; physicist; physiologist, English; British

William Hyde Wollaston

1766 - 1828
1890-1971, physicist; crystallographer, Australian-born; British

Lawrence Bragg

1890 - 1971
1856-1940, physicist, British

Joseph John Thomson

1856 - 1940
1916-2004, physicist; molecular biologist; neuroscientist, British

Francis Crick

1916 - 2004
1824-1907, mathematician; physicist, Irish

William Baron Kelvin Thomson

1824 - 1907
1861-1938, physicist; metrologist, Swiss/French

Charles Edouard Guillaume

1861 - 1938
1850-1925, physicist; electrical engineer, British

Oliver Heaviside

1850 - 1925
1756-1827, physicist; inventor, German

Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni

1756 - 1827
1859-1906, physicist, French

Pierre Curie

1859 - 1906
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
1918-2009, electrical engineer; physicist; computer engineer, British

Andrew Donald Booth

1918 - 2009
1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 - 1647
1878-1968, physicist, Jewish-born; Austrian; Swedish

Lise Meitner

1878 - 1968
1796-1877, physicist, German

Johann Christian Poggendorff

1796 - 1877
1848-1901, physicist, American

Henry Augustus Rowland

1848 - 1901
1867-1943, civil engineer; physicist, British

Rollo Appleyard

1867 - 1943
first baronet 1819-1903, physicist; professor of mathematics; lecturer, Irish

George Gabriel Stokes

1819 - 1903
1901-1983, physicist; engineer, English; British

Cecil Reginald Burch

1901 - 1983
1858-1937, polymath; physicist; biologist; botanist; archaeologist, Bengali

Jagadish Chandra Bose

1858 - 1937
1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Henri Victor Regnault

1810 - 1878
1820-1893, physicist, Irish

John Tyndall

1820 - 1893
1892-1987, physicist, French

Louis de Broglie

1892 - 1987
1906-1988, physicist, electron microscope pioneer, German

Ernst August Friedrich Ruska

1906 - 1988
1737-1798, physician; physicist, Italian

Luigi Galvani

1737 - 1798
1862-1916, physicist, Russian

Boris Galitzin

1862 - 1916
1840-1905, physicist; optical researcher; optical designer, German

Ernst Karl Abbe

1840 - 1905
1841-1913, physicist, German

Victor Schumann

1841 - 1913
1862-1942, physicist and Nobel Prize winner, British

William Henry Bragg

1862 - 1942
1900-1979, physicist; inventor of holography; humanist; electronics engineer, Hungarian; British

Dennis Gabor

1900 - 1979
1863-1930, physicist, British

Hugh Longbourne Callendar

1863 - 1930
1798-1854, physicist; astronomer, Italian

Macedonio Melloni

1798 - 1854
1916-2004; physicist; worked with Crick, Watson, & Franklin on structure of DNA

Maurice Wilkins

1916 - 2004
1851-1940, physicist, English; British

Oliver Joseph Lodge

1851 - 1940
1854-1935, physicist, English, British

Richard Tetley Glazebrook

1854 - 1935
1834-1874, physicist; educator; inventor, German

Philipp Reis

1834 - 1874
1717-1783, mathematician; mechanician; physicist; philosopher; music theorist, French

Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

1717 - 1783
1856-1941, physicist, French

Jacques Curie

1856 - 1941