Famous physicists
scientist who does research in physics
2,363 people
Robert Hofstadter
1915
– 1990
· Age 75
Deceased
Vera Rubin
1928
– 2016
· Age 88
Deceased
Joseph von Fraunhofer
1787
– 1826
· Age 39
Deceased
Lars Onsager
1903
– 1976
· Age 72
Deceased
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
1804
– 1851
· Age 46
Deceased
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
1865
– 1929
· Age 64
Deceased
Jean-Baptiste Biot
1774
– 1862
· Age 87
Deceased
Fred Hoyle
1915
– 2001
· Age 86
Deceased
Polykarp Kusch
1911
– 1993
· Age 82
Deceased
Kenneth G. Wilson
1936
– 2013
· Age 77
Deceased
Ben Roy Mottelson
1926
– 2022
· Age 95
Deceased
Karl Alexander Müller
1927
– 2023
· Age 95
Deceased
Burton Richter
1931
– 2018
· Age 87
Deceased
Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
1758
– 1840
· Age 81
Deceased
David J. Thouless
1934
– 2019
· Age 84
Deceased
Maurice Allais
1911
– 2010
· Age 99
Deceased
Sophie Germain
1776
– 1831
· Age 55
Deceased
Willard Boyle
1924
– 2011
· Age 86
Deceased
Frederick Reines
1918
– 1998
· Age 80
Deceased
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
1899
– 1980
· Age 81
Deceased
Leó Szilárd
1898
– 1964
· Age 66
Deceased
William Crookes
1832
– 1919
· Age 86
Deceased
Richard E. Taylor
1929
– 2018
· Age 88
Deceased
William John Macquorn Rankine
1820
– 1872
· Age 52
Deceased
Manfred Eigen
1927
– 2019
· Age 91
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q169470