Famous physicists

scientist who does research in physics

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Christopher Wren

Christopher Wren

1632 – 1723 · Age 90
Deceased
William Rowan Hamilton

William Rowan Hamilton

1805 – 1865 · Age 60
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Clinton Davisson

Clinton Davisson

1881 – 1958 · Age 76
Deceased
Satyendra Nath Bose

Satyendra Nath Bose

1894 – 1974 · Age 80
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Edward Teller

Edward Teller

1908 – 2003 · Age 95
Deceased
Luis Walter Alvarez

Luis Walter Alvarez

1911 – 1988 · Age 77
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Augustin-Louis Cauchy

Augustin-Louis Cauchy

1789 – 1857 · Age 67
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Walther Nernst

Walther Nernst

1864 – 1941 · Age 77
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Victor Francis Hess

Victor Francis Hess

1883 – 1964 · Age 81
Deceased
Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson

1936 · Age 90
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Arno Allan Penzias

Arno Allan Penzias

1933 – 2024 · Age 90
Deceased
Felix Bloch

Felix Bloch

1905 – 1983 · Age 77
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Alexei Abrikosov

Alexei Abrikosov

1928 – 2017 · Age 88
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

1686 – 1736 · Age 50
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Zhores Alferov

Zhores Alferov

1930 – 2019 · Age 88
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Charles Hard Townes

Charles Hard Townes

1915 – 2015 · Age 99
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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

1742 – 1799 · Age 56
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Aage Bohr

Aage Bohr

1922 – 2009 · Age 87
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Christian Doppler

Christian Doppler

1803 – 1853 · Age 49
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Robert Bunsen

Robert Bunsen

1811 – 1899 · Age 88
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Ernest Walton

Ernest Walton

1903 – 1995 · Age 91
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Robert H. Goddard

Robert H. Goddard

1882 – 1945 · Age 62
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George Paget Thomson

George Paget Thomson

1892 – 1975 · Age 83
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John Cockcroft

John Cockcroft

1897 – 1967 · Age 70
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Sergei Korolev

Sergei Korolev

1906 – 1966 · Age 59
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q169470