Famous physicists

scientist who does research in physics

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Alfred Fowler

Alfred Fowler

1868 – 1940 · Age 72
Deceased
Michał Heller

Michał Heller

1936 · Age 89
Alive
Robert Brout

Robert Brout

1928 – 2011 · Age 82
Deceased
Helen Quinn

Helen Quinn

1943 · Age 82
Alive
Clyde Cowan

Clyde Cowan

1919 – 1974 · Age 54
Deceased
Frederick Seitz

Frederick Seitz

1911 – 2008 · Age 96
Deceased
Theodore Lyman

Theodore Lyman

1874 – 1954 · Age 79
Deceased
Johann Heinrich Schulze

Johann Heinrich Schulze

1687 – 1744 · Age 57
Deceased
Joan Feynman

Joan Feynman

1927 – 2020 · Age 93
Deceased
Jean-Antoine Nollet

Jean-Antoine Nollet

1700 – 1770 · Age 69
Deceased
Franz Xaver von Wulfen

Franz Xaver von Wulfen

1728 – 1805 · Age 76
Deceased
William Robertson Smith

William Robertson Smith

1846 – 1894 · Age 47
Deceased
John Canton

John Canton

1718 – 1772 · Age 53
Deceased
Ferdinand Reich

Ferdinand Reich

1799 – 1882 · Age 83
Deceased
Heinrich Rubens

Heinrich Rubens

1865 – 1922 · Age 57
Deceased
William Edward Ayrton

William Edward Ayrton

1847 – 1908 · Age 61
Deceased
Georg Wilhelm Richmann

Georg Wilhelm Richmann

1711 – 1753 · Age 42
Deceased
Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille

Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille

1797 – 1869 · Age 72
Deceased
Ira S. Bowen

Ira S. Bowen

1898 – 1973 · Age 74
Deceased
Aleksandr Aleksandrov

Aleksandr Aleksandrov

1912 – 1999 · Age 87
Deceased
Théophile de Donder

Théophile de Donder

1872 – 1957 · Age 84
Deceased
Yakov Frenkel

Yakov Frenkel

1894 – 1952 · Age 57
Deceased
Fereydoon Abbasi

Fereydoon Abbasi

1958 – 2025 · Age 66
Deceased
Vagn Walfrid Ekman

Vagn Walfrid Ekman

1874 – 1954 · Age 79
Deceased
Joseph Polchinski

Joseph Polchinski

1954 – 2018 · Age 63
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q169470