Famous physicists

scientist who does research in physics

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Hideki Yukawa

Hideki Yukawa

1907 – 1981 · Age 74
Deceased
William Lawrence Bragg

William Lawrence Bragg

1890 – 1971 · Age 81
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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

1853 – 1926 · Age 72
Deceased
Murray Gell-Mann

Murray Gell-Mann

1929 – 2019 · Age 89
Deceased
Ernst Mach

Ernst Mach

1838 – 1916 · Age 78
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Sofia Kovalevskaya

Sofia Kovalevskaya

1850 – 1891 · Age 41
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Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley

1733 – 1804 · Age 70
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Henry Cavendish

Henry Cavendish

1731 – 1810 · Age 78
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

1910 – 1995 · Age 84
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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

1869 – 1959 · Age 90
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Pyotr Kapitsa

Pyotr Kapitsa

1894 – 1984 · Age 89
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Ludwig Boltzmann

Ludwig Boltzmann

1844 – 1906 · Age 62
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Otto Stern

Otto Stern

1888 – 1969 · Age 81
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

1707 – 1788 · Age 80
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Wilhelm Ostwald

Wilhelm Ostwald

1853 – 1932 · Age 78
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Thomas Young

Thomas Young

1773 – 1829 · Age 55
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John Frederick William Herschel

John Frederick William Herschel

1792 – 1871 · Age 79
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Alfred Wegener

Alfred Wegener

1880 – 1930 · Age 50
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Arthur Holly Compton

Arthur Holly Compton

1892 – 1962 · Age 69
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Daniel Bernoulli

Daniel Bernoulli

1700 – 1782 · Age 82
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Vitaly Ginzburg

Vitaly Ginzburg

1916 – 2009 · Age 93
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Jean Perrin

Jean Perrin

1870 – 1942 · Age 71
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James Franck

James Franck

1882 – 1964 · Age 81
Deceased
Gustav Ludwig Hertz

Gustav Ludwig Hertz

1887 – 1975 · Age 88
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Dennis Gabor

Dennis Gabor

1900 – 1979 · Age 78
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q169470