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

Curie, Marie

1867 - 1934

1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Euler, Leonhard

1707 - 1783

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

Bragg, Sir Lawrence

1890 - 1971

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

Fresnel, Augustin Jean

1788 - 1827

1861-1938, physicist; metrologist, Swiss/French

Guillaume, Charles Edouard

1861 - 1938

1855-1944, physicist; inventor, English; British

Boys, Sir Charles Vernon

1855 - 1944

1906-1968, physicist; inventor; patent attorney, American

Carlson, Chester Floyd

1906 - 1968

1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Argand, Ami

1750 - 1803

1756-1827, physicist; inventor, German

Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich

1756 - 1827

1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Huygens, Christiaan

1629 - 1695

1737-1798, physician; physicist, Italian

Galvani, Luigi

1737 - 1798

1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Regnault, Henri Victor

1810 - 1878

1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Torricelli, Evangelista

1608 - 1647

1814-1878, physician; physicist, German

Mayer, Julius Robert von

1814 - 1878

1856-1943, inventor; physicist; mechanical engineer; electrical engineer, Serbian/American

Tesla, Nikola

1856 - 1943

1867-1943, civil engineer; physicist, British

Appleyard, Rollo

1867 - 1943

active 1855-1865, physicist; watchmaker; scientific instrument maker, French

Bréguet, Louis Clement François

1804 - 1883

1868-1933, scientist; physicist; astrophysicist; chemist, Irish

D'Albe, Edmund Edward Fournier

1868 - 1933

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

Bose, Sir Jagadish Chandra

1858 - 1937

1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Branly, Edouard

1844 - 1940

1824-1907, mathematician; physicist, Irish

Thomson, William Baron Kelvin

1824 - 1907

1814-1874, physicist; spectroscopist, Swedish

Ångström, Anders Jonas

1814 - 1874

1746-1823, physicist; aeronaut; balloonist , French

Charles, Jacques

1746 - 1823

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

Stokes, Sir George Gabriel

1819 - 1903

1775-1836, physicist; mathematician, French

Ampere, Andre-Marie

1775 - 1836

1921-2007, physicist; molecular biologist; behavioural geneticist, American

Benzer, Seymour

1921 - 2007

1794-1853, physicist; engineer; inventor, Belgian

Nollet, Floris

1794 - 1853

1711-1756, physician, anatomist, and physicist, German

Lieberkühn, Johann Nathanael

1711 - 1756

1908-2001, physicist; crystallographer, British

Beevers, C. Arnold

1908 - 2001

1798-1854, physicist; astronomer, Italian

Melloni, Macedonio

1798 - 1854

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

Crick, Francis

1916 - 2004

1847-1908, electrical engineer; physicist, British

Ayrton, William Edward

1847 - 1908

1907-1997, physicist; researcher; inventor, German

Ardenne, Manfred von

1907 - 1997

1832-1901, physicist; designer and maker of acoustical apparatus, German

König, Rudolph

1832 - 1901

1854-1912, physicist; mathematician, French

Poincaré, Jules Henri

1854 - 1912

1882-1968, astronomer; physicist, American

Babcock, Harold Delos

1882 - 1968

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

Brewer, Alan West

1915 - 2007

1908-1990, physicist; electron microscopist, British

Cosslett, Vernon Ellis

1908 - 1990

1864-1954, physicist; demonstrator; lecturer, British

Searle, George Frederick Charles

1864 - 1954

1889-1976, physicist; meteorologist, British

Dobson, Gordon Miller Bourne

1889 - 1976

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

Schuster, Sir Arthur

1851 - 1934

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

Booth, Andrew Donald

1918 - 2009

1858-1935, physicist; inventor, Serbian; American

Pupin, Michael Idvorsky

1858 - 1935

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

Abbe, Ernst Karl

1840 - 1905

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

Blackett, Baron Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stewart

1897 - 1974

1834-1874, physicist; educator; inventor, German

Reis, Philipp

1834 - 1874

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

Gabor, Dennis

1900 - 1979

1674-1727, physicist; scientist; mathematician, German

Leupold, Jacob

1674 - 1727

1901-1983, physicist; engineer, English; British

Burch, Cecil Reginald

1901 - 1983

1777-1851, physicist; chemist, Danish

Ørsted, Hans Christian

1777 - 1851