Famous physicists
scientist who does research in physics
1,281 people
Ernesto Sabato
1911
– 2011
· Age 99
Deceased
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
1933
· Age 92
Alive
Ivar Giæver
1929
– 2025
· Age 96
Deceased
Vera Rubin
1928
– 2016
· Age 88
Deceased
Joseph von Fraunhofer
1787
– 1826
· Age 39
Deceased
Klaus von Klitzing
1943
· Age 82
Alive
Lars Onsager
1903
– 1976
· Age 72
Deceased
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
1804
– 1851
· Age 46
Deceased
Maurice Wilkins
1916
– 2004
· Age 87
Deceased
Takaaki Kajita
1959
· Age 66
Alive
David J. Wineland
1944
· Age 82
Alive
Robert Hofstadter
1915
– 1990
· Age 75
Deceased
John C. Mather
1946
· Age 79
Alive
Jean-Baptiste Biot
1774
– 1862
· Age 87
Deceased
Polykarp Kusch
1911
– 1993
· Age 82
Deceased
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
1865
– 1929
· Age 64
Deceased
Jerome Isaac Friedman
1930
· Age 95
Alive
Fred Hoyle
1915
– 2001
· Age 86
Deceased
Kenneth G. Wilson
1936
– 2013
· Age 77
Deceased
Michel Mayor
1942
· Age 84
Alive
Ben Roy Mottelson
1926
– 2022
· Age 95
Deceased
Burton Richter
1931
– 2018
· Age 87
Deceased
Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
1758
– 1840
· Age 81
Deceased
William Daniel Phillips
1948
· Age 77
Alive
Hiroshi Amano
1960
· Age 65
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q169470