Famous Physicists

This list currently contains 78 personalities which there are for example, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Marie Curie, Galilée, Pierre Curie, Isaac Newton, René Descartes, André-Marie Ampère, Werner Heisenberg, Heinrich Hertz, Paul Langevin, Anders Celsius, Gabriel Fahrenheit, Max Planck, Andreï Sakharov, ...

André-Marie Ampère

Born 250 years ago in 2025

† at 61 years

André-Marie Ampère

1775 • 1836

† at 67 years

François Arago

1786 • 1853

† at ~75 years

~-287 • ~-212

John B. Goodenough

† at 100 years

John B. Goodenough

1922 • 2023

Henri Becquerel

† at 55 years

Henri Becquerel

1852 • 1908

Died 25 years ago in 2024

† at 89 years

1910 • 1999

† at 77 years

1885 • 1962

† at 64 years

1627 • 1691

† at 95 years

Édouard Branly

1844 • 1940

† at 42 years

1701 • 1744

James Clerk Maxwell

† at 48 years

James Clerk Maxwell

1831 • 1879

† at 66 years

1867 • 1934

† at 46 years

1859 • 1906

† at 77 years

1766 • 1844

Pierre-Simon de Laplace

† at 77 years

Pierre-Simon de Laplace

1749 • 1827

† at 53 years

René Descartes

1596 • 1650

Died 40 years ago in 2024

† at 82 years

1902 • 1984

Christian Doppler

† at 49 years

Christian Doppler

1803 • 1853

James E. Hansen

James E. Hansen

Gordon Earle Moore

† at 94 years

Gordon Earle Moore

1929 • 2023

Albert Einstein

† at 76 years

Albert Einstein

1879 • 1955

† at 89 years

1903 • 1992

† at 76 years

1707 • 1783

Gabriel Fahrenheit

† at 50 years

Gabriel Fahrenheit

1686 • 1736

Michael Faraday

† at 75 years

Michael Faraday

1791 • 1867

† at 53 years

1901 • 1954

Richard Feynman

† at 69 years

Richard Feynman

1918 • 1988

† at 48 years

1819 • 1868

† at 62 years

1768 • 1830

Rosalind Franklin

† at 37 years

Rosalind Franklin

1920 • 1958

Carl Friedrich Gauss

† at 77 years

Carl Friedrich Gauss

1777 • 1855

† at 78 years

1900 • 1979

† at 77 years

1564 • 1642

† at 55 years

1776 • 1831

Stephen Hawking

† at 76 years

Stephen Hawking

1942 • 2018

Werner Heisenberg

† at 74 years

Werner Heisenberg

1901 • 1976

† at 36 years

1857 • 1894

† at 94 years

1929 • 2024

Christian Huygens

† at 66 years

Christian Huygens

1629 • 1695

Joseph John Thomson

† at 83 years

Joseph John Thomson

1856 • 1940

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

† at 58 years

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

1900 • 1958

Irène Joliot-Curie

† at 58 years

Irène Joliot-Curie

1897 • 1956

† at 81 years

1923 • 2005

Gustav Kirchhoff

† at 63 years

Gustav Kirchhoff

1824 • 1887

† at 74 years

1872 • 1946

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

† at 65 years

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

1717 • 1783

Georges Lemaître

† at 71 years

Georges Lemaître

1894 • 1966

John Logie Baird

† at 57 years

John Logie Baird

1888 • 1946

† at 101 years

1922 • 2024

Guglielmo Marconi

Born 150 years ago in 2024

† at 63 years

Guglielmo Marconi

1874 • 1937

Died 25 years ago in 2024

† at 78 years

1921 • 1999

High-tech entrepreneurs

† at 84 years

1643 • 1727

† at 65 years

1789 • 1854

Robert Oppenheimer

† at 62 years

Robert Oppenheimer

1904 • 1967

† at 66 years

1647 • 1713

Died 30 years ago in 2024

† at 93 years

1901 • 1994

† at 71 years

1870 • 1942

Auguste Piccard

† at 78 years

Auguste Piccard

1884 • 1962

† at 89 years

1858 • 1947

James Prescott Joule

† at 70 years

James Prescott Joule

1818 • 1889

Wilhelm Röntgen

† at 77 years

Wilhelm Röntgen

1845 • 1923

Ernest Rutherford

† at 66 years

Ernest Rutherford

1871 • 1937

Andreï Sakharov

† at 68 years

Andreï Sakharov

1921 • 1989

Erwin Schrödinger

† at 73 years

Erwin Schrödinger

1887 • 1961

William Shockley

† at 79 years

William Shockley

1910 • 1989

† at 85 years

1828 • 1914

† at 66 years

1898 • 1964

† at 95 years

1908 • 2003

† at 97 years

Léon Thérémine

1896 • 1993

William Thomson

Born 200 years ago in 2024

† at 83 years

William Thomson

1824 • 1907

Evangelista Torricelli

† at 39 years

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 • 1647

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

† at 90 years

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

1632 • 1723

Alessandro Volta

† at 82 years

Alessandro Volta

1745 • 1827

John von Neumann

† at 53 years

John von Neumann

1903 • 1957

Robert Watson-Watt

† at 81 years

Robert Watson-Watt

1892 • 1973