SettingsForeign Members of the Royal Society
A. E. Becquerel
Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (24 March 1820 – 11 May 1891) was a French physicist who studied the solar spectrum, magnetism, electricity, and optics.
Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (24 March 1820 – 11 May 1891) was a French physicist who studied the solar spectrum, magnetism, electricity, and optics.
Abdus Suttar Khan
Dr. Abdus Suttar Khan was a Bangladeshi Oxford Scholar and distinguished aerospace researcher for four decades with NASA, Pratt & Whitney, and the power generation company Alstom.
Dr. Abdus Suttar Khan was a Bangladeshi Oxford Scholar and distinguished aerospace researcher for four decades with NASA, Pratt & Whitney, and the power generation company Alstom.
Adolf Butenandt
Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt (24 March 1903 – 18 January 1995) was a German biochemist and member of the Nazi party.
Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt (24 March 1903 – 18 January 1995) was a German biochemist and member of the Nazi party.
Adolf von Baeyer
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer was a German chemist who synthesized indigo, and was the 1905 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer was a German chemist who synthesized indigo, and was the 1905 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Adolph Theodor Kupffer
Adolph Theodor Kupffer ForMemRS was a Russian Latvian chemist, a physicist.
Adolph Theodor Kupffer ForMemRS was a Russian Latvian chemist, a physicist.
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (September 27, 1818 – November 25, 1884) was a German chemist.
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (September 27, 1818 – November 25, 1884) was a German chemist.
Adolphe Quetelet
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist.
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist.
Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Hassan Zewail (أحمد حسن زويل, ) (born February 26, 1946) is an Egyptian-American scientist who won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry.
Ahmed Hassan Zewail (أحمد حسن زويل, ) (born February 26, 1946) is an Egyptian-American scientist who won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry.
Alan Fowler
Alan B. Fowler FMRS is an American physicist.
Alan B. Fowler FMRS is an American physicist.
Albert Abraham Michelson
Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment.
Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment.
Albert Calmette
Léon Charles Albert Calmette ForMemRS (July 12, 1863 – October 29, 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute.
Léon Charles Albert Calmette ForMemRS (July 12, 1863 – October 29, 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Albert Frey-Wyssling
Albert Friedrich Frey-Wyssling was a Swiss botanist who pioneered submicroscopic morphology and helped initiate the study of molecular biology.
Albert Friedrich Frey-Wyssling was a Swiss botanist who pioneered submicroscopic morphology and helped initiate the study of molecular biology.
Albert Kluyver
Albert Jan Kluyver (June 3, 1888, Breda - May 14, 1956) was a Dutch microbiologist and biochemist.
Albert Jan Kluyver (June 3, 1888, Breda - May 14, 1956) was a Dutch microbiologist and biochemist.
Albert von Kölliker
Albert von Kölliker (born Rudolf Albert Kölliker; July 6, 1817–November 2, 1905) was a Swiss anatomist and physiologist.
Albert von Kölliker (born Rudolf Albert Kölliker; July 6, 1817–November 2, 1905) was a Swiss anatomist and physiologist.
Alexander Dallas Bache
Alexander Dallas Bache (July 19, 1806 – February 17, 1867) was an American physicist, scientist and surveyor who erected coastal fortifications and conducted a detailed survey mapping of the Uni...
Alexander Dallas Bache (July 19, 1806 – February 17, 1867) was an American physicist, scientist and surveyor who erected coastal fortifications and conducted a detailed survey mapping of the Uni...
Alexander Emanuel Agassiz
Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835 – March 27, 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer.
Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835 – March 27, 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer.
Alexander Kovalevsky
Alexander Onufrievich Kovalevsky (7 November 1840 Dvinsk (now Daugavpils, Latvia) – 1901) was a Russian embryologist who studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg and became professor at ...
Alexander Onufrievich Kovalevsky (7 November 1840 Dvinsk (now Daugavpils, Latvia) – 1901) was a Russian embryologist who studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg and became professor at ...
Alexander Nesmeyanov
Alexander Nikolayevich Nesmeyanov (Александр Николаевич Несмеянов) (September 9, 1899, Moscow - January 17, 1980, Moscow) was a prominent Soviet chemist and academician (1943) specializing in or...
Alexander Nikolayevich Nesmeyanov (Александр Николаевич Несмеянов) (September 9, 1899, Moscow - January 17, 1980, Moscow) was a prominent Soviet chemist and academician (1943) specializing in or...
Alexander Pines
Alexander Pines is the Glenn T. Seaborg Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, Senior Scientist in the Materials Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National La...
Alexander Pines is the Glenn T. Seaborg Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, Senior Scientist in the Materials Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National La...
Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt ( September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859) was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philo...
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt ( September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859) was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philo...
Alexandre Brongniart
Alexandre Brongniart (5 February 1770 – 7 October 1847) was a French chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist, who collaborated with Georges Cuvier on a study of the geology of the region around Paris.
Alexandre Brongniart (5 February 1770 – 7 October 1847) was a French chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist, who collaborated with Georges Cuvier on a study of the geology of the region around Paris.
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (Алексе́й Алексе́евич Абрико́сов) (born June 25, 1928) is a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter ph...
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (Алексе́й Алексе́евич Абрико́сов) (born June 25, 1928) is a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter ph...
Alfred Romer
Alfred Sherwood Romer was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist and a specialist in vertebrate evolution.
Alfred Sherwood Romer was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist and a specialist in vertebrate evolution.
Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle
Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de Candolle (Paris October 28, 1806 – Geneva April 4, 1893), was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist A. P. de Candolle.
Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de Candolle (Paris October 28, 1806 – Geneva April 4, 1893), was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist A. P. de Candolle.
Anatole Abragam
Anatole Abragam (December 15, 1914 – June 8, 2011) was a French physicist who wrote The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism and has made significant contributions to the field of nuclear m...
Anatole Abragam (December 15, 1914 – June 8, 2011) was a French physicist who wrote The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism and has made significant contributions to the field of nuclear m...
Anders Jonas Ångström
Anders Jonas Ångström (August 13, 1814 – June 21, 1874) was a Swedish physicist and one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy.
Anders Jonas Ångström (August 13, 1814 – June 21, 1874) was a Swedish physicist and one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy.
Andrey Kolmogorov
Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov was a Soviet mathematician, preeminent in the 20th century, who advanced various scientific fields, among them probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, ...
Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov was a Soviet mathematician, preeminent in the 20th century, who advanced various scientific fields, among them probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, ...
André Michel Lwoff
André Michel Lwoff (8 May 1902 – 30 September 1994) was a French microbiologist.
André Michel Lwoff (8 May 1902 – 30 September 1994) was a French microbiologist.
André Weil
André Weil (6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was an influential mathematician of the 20th century, renowned for the breadth and quality of his research output, its influence on future work, and the e...
André Weil (6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was an influential mathematician of the 20th century, renowned for the breadth and quality of his research output, its influence on future work, and the e...
André-Marie Ampère
André-Marie Ampère (20 January 1775 – 10 June 1836) was a French physicist and mathematician who is generally regarded as one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism.
André-Marie Ampère (20 January 1775 – 10 June 1836) was a French physicist and mathematician who is generally regarded as one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism.
Angelo Secchi
Father Pietro Angelo Secchi SJ (29 June 1818 – 26 February 1878) was an Italian astronomer.
Father Pietro Angelo Secchi SJ (29 June 1818 – 26 February 1878) was an Italian astronomer.
Antoine César Becquerel
Antoine César Becquerel (March 7, 1788 – January 18, 1878) was a French scientist and a pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena.
Antoine César Becquerel (March 7, 1788 – January 18, 1878) was a French scientist and a pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena.
Antoine Lacroix
Antoine François Alfred Lacroix (February 4, 1863 – March 12, 1948) was a French mineralogist and geologist.
Antoine François Alfred Lacroix (February 4, 1863 – March 12, 1948) was a French mineralogist and geologist.
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to propose a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in ...
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to propose a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in ...
Anton Dohrn
Felix Anton Dohrn was a prominent German Darwinist and the founder and first director of the Stazione Zoologica, Naples, Italy.
Felix Anton Dohrn was a prominent German Darwinist and the founder and first director of the Stazione Zoologica, Naples, Italy.
Antonio Garcia-Bellido
Antonio García-Bellido ForMemRS (born April 30, 1936 Madrid) is a Spanish Developmental biologist.
Antonio García-Bellido ForMemRS (born April 30, 1936 Madrid) is a Spanish Developmental biologist.
Arnold Sommerfeld
Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (5 December 1868 – 26 April 1951) was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and groo...
Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (5 December 1868 – 26 April 1951) was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and groo...
Arthur Auwers
Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur von Auwers (September 12, 1838 – January 24, 1915) was a German astronomer.
Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur von Auwers (September 12, 1838 – January 24, 1915) was a German astronomer.
Arthur Kornberg
Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid" toget...
Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid" toget...
Arthur Stoll
Arthur Stoll was a Swiss biochemist.
Arthur Stoll was a Swiss biochemist.
Asa Gray
Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century.
Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century.
August Krogh
Schack August Steenberg Krogh was a Danish professor of Romani background at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916-1945.
Schack August Steenberg Krogh was a Danish professor of Romani background at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916-1945.
August Weismann
Friedrich Leopold August Weismann (Frankfurt am Main, 17 January 1834 – Freiburg, 5 November 1914) was a German evolutionary biologist.
Friedrich Leopold August Weismann (Frankfurt am Main, 17 January 1834 – Freiburg, 5 November 1914) was a German evolutionary biologist.
Auguste Chauveau
Jean-Baptiste "Auguste" Chauveau FMRS (November 23, 1827 – January 4, 1917) was a French professor and veterinarian.
Jean-Baptiste "Auguste" Chauveau FMRS (November 23, 1827 – January 4, 1917) was a French professor and veterinarian.
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Augustin-Jean Fresnel, was a French engineer who contributed significantly to the establishment of the theory of wave optics.
Augustin-Jean Fresnel, was a French engineer who contributed significantly to the establishment of the theory of wave optics.
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Baron Augustin-Louis Cauchy (21 August 1789 – 23 May 1857; ) was a French mathematician who was an early pioneer of analysis.
Baron Augustin-Louis Cauchy (21 August 1789 – 23 May 1857; ) was a French mathematician who was an early pioneer of analysis.
Augusto Righi
Augusto Righi (27 August 1850 – 8 June 1920) was an Italian physicist and a pioneer in the study of electromagnetism.
Augusto Righi (27 August 1850 – 8 June 1920) was an Italian physicist and a pioneer in the study of electromagnetism.
Barbara Leonare Hohn
Barbara Leonare Hohn ForMemRS is an Austrian molecular biologist, and was a researcher at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research from 1976 to 2004.
Barbara Leonare Hohn ForMemRS is an Austrian molecular biologist, and was a researcher at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research from 1976 to 2004.
Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock, the 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, was an American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists.
Barbara McClintock, the 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, was an American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists.
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896) was a pioneering American astronomer.
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896) was a pioneering American astronomer.
Bernardo Houssay
Bernardo Alberto Houssay was an Argentine physiologist who, in 1947, received one half Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the role played by pituitary hormones in regula...
Bernardo Alberto Houssay was an Argentine physiologist who, in 1947, received one half Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the role played by pituitary hormones in regula...
Bernhard Riemann
Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was an influential German mathematician who made lasting contributions to analysis and differential geometry, some of them enabling the later development of gen...
Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was an influential German mathematician who made lasting contributions to analysis and differential geometry, some of them enabling the later development of gen...
Bernhard von Lindenau
Baron Bernhard August von Lindenau (June 11, 1780 – May 21, 1854) was a German lawyer, astronomer, politician, and art collector.
Baron Bernhard August von Lindenau (June 11, 1780 – May 21, 1854) was a German lawyer, astronomer, politician, and art collector.
Boris Borisovich Galitzine
Prince Boris Borisovich Galitzine (b.
Prince Boris Borisovich Galitzine (b.
Britton Chance
Britton Chance was the Eldridge Reeves Johnson University Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics, as well as Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry and Radiological Physics at the U...
Britton Chance was the Eldridge Reeves Johnson University Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics, as well as Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry and Radiological Physics at the U...
Bruce Alberts
Bruce Michael Alberts is an American biochemist known for his work in science public policy and as an original author of Molecular Biology of the Cell.
Bruce Michael Alberts is an American biochemist known for his work in science public policy and as an original author of Molecular Biology of the Cell.
Calvin Quate
Calvin F. Quate was born on December 7, 1923 in Baker, Nevada.
Calvin F. Quate was born on December 7, 1923 in Baker, Nevada.
Camille Jordan
Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan was a French mathematician, known both for his foundational work in group theory and for his influential Cours d'analyse.
Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan was a French mathematician, known both for his foundational work in group theory and for his influential Cours d'analyse.
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (April 17, 1794–December 13, 1868 Munich) was a German botanist and explorer.
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (April 17, 1794–December 13, 1868 Munich) was a German botanist and explorer.
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (December 10, 1804 – February 18, 1851) was a German mathematician, widely considered to be the most inspiring teacher of his time and is considered one of the greatest ...
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (December 10, 1804 – February 18, 1851) was a German mathematician, widely considered to be the most inspiring teacher of his time and is considered one of the greatest ...
Carl Ludwig
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (29 December 1816, Witzenhausen – 23 April 1895, Leipzig) was a German physician and physiologist.
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (29 December 1816, Witzenhausen – 23 April 1895, Leipzig) was a German physician and physiologist.
Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker
Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (28 May 1788 – 21 December 1862) was a German astronomer.
Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (28 May 1788 – 21 December 1862) was a German astronomer.
Carl Størmer
Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer (September 3, 1874 – August 13, 1957) was a Norwegian mathematician and physicist, known both for his work in number theory and for studying the movement of charged ...
Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer (September 3, 1874 – August 13, 1957) was a Norwegian mathematician and physicist, known both for his work in number theory and for studying the movement of charged ...
Carl Wunsch
Carl Wunsch (born May 5, 1941) is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Carl Wunsch (born May 5, 1941) is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Carlo Rubbia
Carlo Rubbia Knight Grand Cross (born on 31 March 1934) is an Italian particle physicist and inventor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to th...
Carlo Rubbia Knight Grand Cross (born on 31 March 1934) is an Italian particle physicist and inventor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to th...
Catherine Cesarsky
Catherine Jeanne Cesarsky is a French astronomer currently residing in Germany, known for her successful research activities in several central areas of modern astrophysics.
Catherine Jeanne Cesarsky is a French astronomer currently residing in Germany, known for her successful research activities in several central areas of modern astrophysics.
Charles Barrois
Charles Barrois FRS was a French geologist and palaeontologist.
Charles Barrois FRS was a French geologist and palaeontologist.
Charles Hermite
Charles Hermite (December 24, 1822 – January 14, 1901) was a French mathematician who did research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions...
Charles Hermite (December 24, 1822 – January 14, 1901) was a French mathematician who did research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions...
Charles Weissmann
Charles Weissmann (born 14 October 1931, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian-born Swiss molecular biologist.
Charles Weissmann (born 14 October 1931, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian-born Swiss molecular biologist.
Charles Yanofsky
Charles Yanofsky (born April 17, 1925) is a leading American geneticist.
Charles Yanofsky (born April 17, 1925) is a leading American geneticist.
Charles-Eugène Delaunay
Charles-Eugène Delaunay (April 9, 1816 – August 5, 1872) was a French astronomer and mathematician.
Charles-Eugène Delaunay (April 9, 1816 – August 5, 1872) was a French astronomer and mathematician.
Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel
Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (27 March 1776 – 12 September 1854) was a French botanist and politician.
Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (27 March 1776 – 12 September 1854) was a French botanist and politician.
Chen Ning Yang
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (born October 1, 1922) is a Chinese-American physicist who works on statistical mechanics and particle physics.
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (born October 1, 1922) is a Chinese-American physicist who works on statistical mechanics and particle physics.
Christian de Duve
Christian René, viscount de Duve (born 2 October 1917) is a Nobel Prize-winning cytologist and biochemist.
Christian René, viscount de Duve (born 2 October 1917) is a Nobel Prize-winning cytologist and biochemist.
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist, was one of the most famous and productive scientists of his time.
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist, was one of the most famous and productive scientists of his time.
Christian Leopold von Buch
Christian Leopold Freiherr von Buch (April 26, 1774 – March 4, 1853) was a German geologist and paleontologist born in Stolpe an der Oder (now a part of Angermünde, Brandenburg) and is remembere...
Christian Leopold Freiherr von Buch (April 26, 1774 – March 4, 1853) was a German geologist and paleontologist born in Stolpe an der Oder (now a part of Angermünde, Brandenburg) and is remembere...
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, together with Eric Wie...
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, together with Eric Wie...
Christopher Hansteen
Christopher Hansteen (26 September 1784 – 11 April 1873) was a Norwegian geophysicist, astronomer and physicist.
Christopher Hansteen (26 September 1784 – 11 April 1873) was a Norwegian geophysicist, astronomer and physicist.
Clara Franzini-Armstrong
Clara Franzini-Armstrong FMRS is an American electron microscopist, and Emeritus Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at University of Pennsylvania.
Clara Franzini-Armstrong FMRS is an American electron microscopist, and Emeritus Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at University of Pennsylvania.
Claude Allègre
Claude (Jean) Allègre (born 31 March 1937, Paris) is a French politician and scientist.
Claude (Jean) Allègre (born 31 March 1937, Paris) is a French politician and scientist.
Claude Shannon
Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electronic engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory".
Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electronic engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory".
César-Mansuète Despretz
César-Mansuète Despretz was a chemist and physicist, b. at Lessines, Belgium, 11 May 1798; d. at Paris, 11 May 1863.
César-Mansuète Despretz was a chemist and physicist, b. at Lessines, Belgium, 11 May 1798; d. at Paris, 11 May 1863.
Daan Frenkel
Daan Frenkel (born 1948, Amsterdam) is a Dutch computational physicist.
Daan Frenkel (born 1948, Amsterdam) is a Dutch computational physicist.
Daniel Bovet
Daniel Bovet was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters.
Daniel Bovet was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters.
Daniel de Superville (1696–1773)
Daniel de Superville (Rotterdam, December 2, 1696 - Rotterdam, November 16, 1773) was a Dutch physician who in 1742 founded the University of Erlangen in Germany.
Daniel de Superville (Rotterdam, December 2, 1696 - Rotterdam, November 16, 1773) was a Dutch physician who in 1742 founded the University of Erlangen in Germany.
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia FRS (October 25, 1883 – June 15, 1969) was a geologist for the Geological Survey of India.
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia FRS (October 25, 1883 – June 15, 1969) was a geologist for the Geological Survey of India.
David Baltimore
David Baltimore (born March 7, 1938) is an American biologist, university administrator, and Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
David Baltimore (born March 7, 1938) is an American biologist, university administrator, and Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
David H. Hubel
David Hunter Hubel (born February 27, 1926) is the John Franklin Enders Professor of Neurobiology, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School.
David Hunter Hubel (born February 27, 1926) is the John Franklin Enders Professor of Neurobiology, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School.
David Mumford
David Bryant Mumford (born 11 June 1937) is an American mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry, and then for research into vision and pattern theory.
David Bryant Mumford (born 11 June 1937) is an American mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry, and then for research into vision and pattern theory.
Detlev Bronk
Detlev Wulf Bronk was President of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1949 to 1953 and President of the National Academy of Sciences from 1950 to 1962.
Detlev Wulf Bronk was President of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1949 to 1953 and President of the National Academy of Sciences from 1950 to 1962.
Dominique, comte de Cassini
Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini (June 30, 1748 – October 18, 1845) was a French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury.
Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini (June 30, 1748 – October 18, 1845) was a French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury.
Donald Knuth
Donald Ervin Knuth is a computer scientist and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University.
Donald Ervin Knuth is a computer scientist and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University.
E. O. Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist, researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), naturalist (conservationist) and author.
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist, researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), naturalist (conservationist) and author.
Edouard de Verneuil
Phillippe Edouard Poulletier de Verneuil (13 February 1805 - 29 May 1873) was a French paleontologist.
Phillippe Edouard Poulletier de Verneuil (13 February 1805 - 29 May 1873) was a French paleontologist.
Eduard Strasburger
Eduard Adolf Strasburger (1 February 1844, Warsaw, Congress Poland – 18 May 1912, Bonn, Imperial Germany) was a German professor who was one of the most famous botanists of the 19th century.
Eduard Adolf Strasburger (1 February 1844, Warsaw, Congress Poland – 18 May 1912, Bonn, Imperial Germany) was a German professor who was one of the most famous botanists of the 19th century.
Eduard Suess
Eduard Suess (August 20, 1831, London – April 26, 1914, Vienna) was a geologist who was an expert on the geography of the Alps.
Eduard Suess (August 20, 1831, London – April 26, 1914, Vienna) was a geologist who was an expert on the geography of the Alps.
Edward B. Lewis
Edward B. Lewis (May 20, 1918 – July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist, a corecipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Edward B. Lewis (May 20, 1918 – July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist, a corecipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Edward Norton Lorenz
Edward Norton Lorenz (May 23, 1917 – April 16, 2008) was an American mathematician and meteorologist, and a pioneer of chaos theory.
Edward Norton Lorenz (May 23, 1917 – April 16, 2008) was an American mathematician and meteorologist, and a pioneer of chaos theory.
Edward Witten
Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist with a focus on mathematical physics who is currently a professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced ...
Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist with a focus on mathematical physics who is currently a professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced ...
Edwin Ernest Salpeter
Edwin Ernest Salpeter (3 December 1924, Vienna – 26 November 2008, Ithaca, New York) was an Austrian-Australian-American astrophysicist.
Edwin Ernest Salpeter (3 December 1924, Vienna – 26 November 2008, Ithaca, New York) was an Austrian-Australian-American astrophysicist.
Edwin H. Land
Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation.
Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation.
Eilhard Mitscherlich
Eilhard Mitscherlich (7 January 1794 – 28 August 1863) was a German chemist, who is perhaps best remembered today for his law of isomorphism (1819), which states that compounds crystallizi...
Eilhard Mitscherlich (7 January 1794 – 28 August 1863) was a German chemist, who is perhaps best remembered today for his law of isomorphism (1819), which states that compounds crystallizi...
Elias Magnus Fries
Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist.
Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist.
Elliot Meyerowitz
Elliot Meyerowitz is an American biologist.
Elliot Meyerowitz is an American biologist.
Elmer McCollum
Elmer Verner McCollum (March 3, 1879 – November 15, 1967) was an American biochemist known for his work on the influence of diet on health.
Elmer Verner McCollum (March 3, 1879 – November 15, 1967) was an American biochemist known for his work on the influence of diet on health.
Emil du Bois-Reymond
Emil du Bois-Reymond (7 November 1818 – 26 December 1896) was a German physician and physiologist, the discoverer of nerve action potential, and the father of experimental electrophysiology.
Emil du Bois-Reymond (7 November 1818 – 26 December 1896) was a German physician and physiologist, the discoverer of nerve action potential, and the father of experimental electrophysiology.
Emile Amagat
Emile Hilaire Amagat (2 January 1841 – 15 February 1915) was a French physicist.
Emile Hilaire Amagat (2 January 1841 – 15 February 1915) was a French physicist.
Emmanuel de Margerie
Emmanuel de Margerie FRS was a French geographer after whom the Margerie Glacier was named, which he visited in 1913.
Emmanuel de Margerie FRS was a French geographer after whom the Margerie Glacier was named, which he visited in 1913.
Emmanuel Fauré-Fremiet
Emmanuel Fauré-Fremiet FMRS was a French biologist.
Emmanuel Fauré-Fremiet FMRS was a French biologist.
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi was an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and for his contributions to the...
Enrico Fermi was an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and for his contributions to the...
Ephraim Katzir
Ephraim Katzir (אפרים קציר) (May 16, 1916 – May 30, 2009) was an Israeli biophysicist and former Israeli Labor Party politician.
Ephraim Katzir (אפרים קציר) (May 16, 1916 – May 30, 2009) was an Israeli biophysicist and former Israeli Labor Party politician.
Erich Hückel
Erich Armand Arthur Joseph Hückel (August 9, 1896, Berlin - February 16, 1980, Marburg) was a German physicist and physical chemist.
Erich Armand Arthur Joseph Hückel (August 9, 1896, Berlin - February 16, 1980, Marburg) was a German physicist and physical chemist.
Erik Stensiö
Erik Helge Osvald Stensiö FRS was a Swedish paleozoologist.
Erik Helge Osvald Stensiö FRS was a Swedish paleozoologist.
Ernst Cohen
Ernst Julius Cohen FRS was a Dutch Jewish chemist known for his work on the allotropy of metals.
Ernst Julius Cohen FRS was a Dutch Jewish chemist known for his work on the allotropy of metals.
Ernst Heinrich Weber
Ernst Heinrich Weber (June 24, 1795 – January 26, 1878) was a German physician who is considered a founder of experimental psychology.
Ernst Heinrich Weber (June 24, 1795 – January 26, 1878) was a German physician who is considered a founder of experimental psychology.
Ernst Mayr
Ernst Walter Mayr (July 5, 1904 – February 3, 2005) was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists.
Ernst Walter Mayr (July 5, 1904 – February 3, 2005) was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists.
Erwin Hahn
Erwin L. Hahn is a U.S. physicist, best known for his work on nuclear magnetic resonance.
Erwin L. Hahn is a U.S. physicist, best known for his work on nuclear magnetic resonance.
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (; ; 12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961) was an Austrian theoretical physicist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a numb...
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (; ; 12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961) was an Austrian theoretical physicist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a numb...
Eugene Wigner
Eugene Paul "E. P." Wigner FRS was a Hungarian American theoretical physicist and mathematician.
Eugene Paul "E. P." Wigner FRS was a Hungarian American theoretical physicist and mathematician.
Evgeny Lifshitz
Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz (Евгений Михайлович Лифшиц; February 21, 1915 – October 29, 1985) was a leading Soviet physicist of Jewish origin and the brother of physicist Ilya Mikhailovic...
Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz (Евгений Михайлович Лифшиц; February 21, 1915 – October 29, 1985) was a leading Soviet physicist of Jewish origin and the brother of physicist Ilya Mikhailovic...
Ewald Hering
Karl Ewald Konstantin Hering (August 5, 1834 – January 26, 1918) was a German physiologist who did much research into color vision and spatial perception.
Karl Ewald Konstantin Hering (August 5, 1834 – January 26, 1918) was a German physiologist who did much research into color vision and spatial perception.
F. Albert Cotton
Frank Albert Cotton (April 9, 1930 – February 20, 2007) was the W.T. Doherty-Welch Foundation Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University.
Frank Albert Cotton (April 9, 1930 – February 20, 2007) was the W.T. Doherty-Welch Foundation Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University.
Felipe Bauza
Felipe Bauzá y Cañas FMRS was a Spanish Captain, politician, geographer, and astronomer.
Felipe Bauzá y Cañas FMRS was a Spanish Captain, politician, geographer, and astronomer.
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (The Hague July 30, 1887 - Amersfoort August 10, 1966) was a Dutch geophysicist and geodesist.
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (The Hague July 30, 1887 - Amersfoort August 10, 1966) was a Dutch geophysicist and geodesist.
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen (6 April 1911 6 August 1979) was a German biochemist.
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen (6 April 1911 6 August 1979) was a German biochemist.
Ferdinand von Richthofen
Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen (5 May 1833 – 6 October 1905) was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist.
Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen (5 May 1833 – 6 October 1905) was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist.
Ferdinand Zirkel
Ferdinand Zirkel (May 20, 1838 – June 11, 1912) was a German geologist and petrographer.
Ferdinand Zirkel (May 20, 1838 – June 11, 1912) was a German geologist and petrographer.
Fotis Kafatos
Fotis Constantine Kafatos is a Greek molecular entomologist.
Fotis Constantine Kafatos is a Greek molecular entomologist.
Francesco Carlini
Francesco Carlini (January 7, 1783 – August 29, 1862) was an Italian astronomer.
Francesco Carlini (January 7, 1783 – August 29, 1862) was an Italian astronomer.
Francis Peyton Rous
Peyton Rous FRS born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1879 and received his B.A. and M.D. from Johns Hopkins University.
Peyton Rous FRS born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1879 and received his B.A. and M.D. from Johns Hopkins University.
Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler
Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler, 1st Baron of Vila da Praia, was a lieutenant general and the eighth Captain General of the Azores, politician, and mathematician.
Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler, 1st Baron of Vila da Praia, was a lieutenant general and the eighth Captain General of the Azores, politician, and mathematician.
Franciscus Donders
Franciscus Cornelis Donders was a Dutch ophthalmologist and medical scientist who did pioneering work on animal and vegetable heat, among many other things.
Franciscus Cornelis Donders was a Dutch ophthalmologist and medical scientist who did pioneering work on animal and vegetable heat, among many other things.
Frank Sherwood Rowland
Frank Sherwood Rowland (born June 28, 1927) is an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine.
Frank Sherwood Rowland (born June 28, 1927) is an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine.
Frank Westheimer
Frank Henry Westheimer (January 15, 1912 – April 14, 2007) was an American chemist.
Frank Henry Westheimer (January 15, 1912 – April 14, 2007) was an American chemist.
Franz Ernst Neumann
Franz Ernst Neumann (September 11, 1798 – May 23, 1895) was a German mineralogist, physicist and mathematician.
Franz Ernst Neumann (September 11, 1798 – May 23, 1895) was a German mineralogist, physicist and mathematician.
Franz Leydig
Franz von Leydig (May 21, 1821 – April 13, 1908), also Franz Leydig, was a German zoologist and comparative anatomist.
Franz von Leydig (May 21, 1821 – April 13, 1908), also Franz Leydig, was a German zoologist and comparative anatomist.
François Arago
François Jean Dominique Arago, known simply as François Arago, was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician.
François Jean Dominique Arago, known simply as François Arago, was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician.
François Jacob
François Jacob (born June 17, 1920 in Nancy, France) is a French biologist who, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through feedbac...
François Jacob (born June 17, 1920 in Nancy, France) is a French biologist who, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through feedbac...
Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz
Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz (also August Kekulé; ) (7 September 1829–13 July 1896) was a German organic chemist.
Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz (also August Kekulé; ) (7 September 1829–13 July 1896) was a German organic chemist.
Friedrich Hirzebruch
Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch (born 17 October 1927) is a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation.
Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch (born 17 October 1927) is a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation.
Friedrich Kohlrausch
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (October 14, 1840 – January 17, 1910) was a German physicist who investigated the conductive properties of electrolytes and contributed to knowledge of their b...
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (October 14, 1840 – January 17, 1910) was a German physicist who investigated the conductive properties of electrolytes and contributed to knowledge of their b...
Friedrich Robert Helmert
Friedrich Robert Helmert (July 31, 1843 – June 15, 1917) was a German geodesist and an important writer on the theory of errors.
Friedrich Robert Helmert (July 31, 1843 – June 15, 1917) was a German geodesist and an important writer on the theory of errors.
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (March 22, 1799 – February 17, 1875) was a German astronomer.
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (March 22, 1799 – February 17, 1875) was a German astronomer.
Friedrich Wöhler
Friedrich Wöhler (31 July 1800 – 23 September 1882) was a German chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea, but also the first to isolate several chemical elements.
Friedrich Wöhler (31 July 1800 – 23 September 1882) was a German chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea, but also the first to isolate several chemical elements.
Frits Went
Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went (June 18, 1863, Amsterdam — July 24, 1935, Wassenaar) was a Dutch botanist, professor of botany and director of the Botanical Garden at the Univer...
Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went (June 18, 1863, Amsterdam — July 24, 1935, Wassenaar) was a Dutch botanist, professor of botany and director of the Botanical Garden at the Univer...
Frits Zernike
Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist and winner of the Nobel prize for physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase contrast microscope, an instrument that permits the study of internal cell s...
Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist and winner of the Nobel prize for physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase contrast microscope, an instrument that permits the study of internal cell s...
Fritz Albert Lipmann
Fritz Albert Lipmann was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded half the Nobel Prize in Phys...
Fritz Albert Lipmann was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded half the Nobel Prize in Phys...
Frédéric Cuvier
Frédéric Cuvier (June 28, 1773, Montbéliard, Doubs – July 24, 1838, Strasbourg) was a French zoologist.
Frédéric Cuvier (June 28, 1773, Montbéliard, Doubs – July 24, 1838, Strasbourg) was a French zoologist.
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie, born Jean Frédéric Joliot, was a French physicist and Nobel laureate.
Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie, born Jean Frédéric Joliot, was a French physicist and Nobel laureate.
Félix Savart
Félix Savart became a professor at Collège de France in 1836 and was the co-originator of the Biot-Savart Law, along with Jean-Baptiste Biot.
Félix Savart became a professor at Collège de France in 1836 and was the co-originator of the Biot-Savart Law, along with Jean-Baptiste Biot.
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
George Evelyn Hutchinson FRS (January 30, 1903 – May 17, 1991) was an Anglo-American zoologist known for his studies of freshwater lakes and considered the father of American limnology.
George Evelyn Hutchinson FRS (January 30, 1903 – May 17, 1991) was an Anglo-American zoologist known for his studies of freshwater lakes and considered the father of American limnology.
G. Ledyard Stebbins
George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. (January 6, 1906 – January 19, 2000) was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century.
George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. (January 6, 1906 – January 19, 2000) was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century.
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée (June 25, 1814 – May 29, 1896) was a French geologist.
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée (June 25, 1814 – May 29, 1896) was a French geologist.
Gabriel Lippmann
Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 13 July 1921) was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photograph...
Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 13 July 1921) was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photograph...
Georg Adolf Erman
Georg Adolf Erman (12 May 1806 – 12 July 1877) was a German physicist.
Georg Adolf Erman (12 May 1806 – 12 July 1877) was a German physicist.
Georg Hermann Quincke
Georg Hermann Quincke (November 19, 1834 – January 13, 1924) was a German physicist.
Georg Hermann Quincke (November 19, 1834 – January 13, 1924) was a German physicist.
Georg von Neumayer
Georg Balthazar von Neumayer (21 June 1826 – 24 May 1909), was a German polar explorer and scientist who conceived the idea of international cooperation for meteorology and scientific obse...
Georg Balthazar von Neumayer (21 June 1826 – 24 May 1909), was a German polar explorer and scientist who conceived the idea of international cooperation for meteorology and scientific obse...
George Andrew Olah
George Andrew Olah (born May 22, 1927 in Budapest, as Oláh György) is an American chemist.
George Andrew Olah (born May 22, 1927 in Budapest, as Oláh György) is an American chemist.
George de Hevesy
George Charles de Hevesy, Georg Karl von Hevesy, was a Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel laureate, recognized in 1943 for his key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study chemi...
George Charles de Hevesy, Georg Karl von Hevesy, was a Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel laureate, recognized in 1943 for his key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study chemi...
George Ellery Hale
George Ellery Hale (June 29, 1868 – February 21, 1938) was an American solar astronomer.
George Ellery Hale (June 29, 1868 – February 21, 1938) was an American solar astronomer.
George Emil Palade
George Emil Palade (November 19, 1912 – October 7, 2008) was a Romanian cell biologist.
George Emil Palade (November 19, 1912 – October 7, 2008) was a Romanian cell biologist.
George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson (16 June 1902 – 6 October 1984) was an American paleontologist.
George Gaylord Simpson (16 June 1902 – 6 October 1984) was an American paleontologist.
George H. Hitchings
George Herbert Hitchings (April 18, 1905 – February 27, 1998) was an American doctor who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion "for ...
George Herbert Hitchings (April 18, 1905 – February 27, 1998) was an American doctor who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion "for ...
George Kistiakowsky
George Bogdan Kistiakowsky (November 18, 1900 – December 7, 1982) (Георгій Богданович Кістяківський) was a Ukrainian-American chemistry professor at Harvard who participated in the Manhatt...
George Bogdan Kistiakowsky (November 18, 1900 – December 7, 1982) (Георгій Богданович Кістяківський) was a Ukrainian-American chemistry professor at Harvard who participated in the Manhatt...
George Rankine Irwin
Dr. George Rankin Irwin FRS (February 26, 1907 – October 9, 1998) was an American scientist in the field of fracture mechanics and strength of materials.
Dr. George Rankin Irwin FRS (February 26, 1907 – October 9, 1998) was an American scientist in the field of fracture mechanics and strength of materials.
George Wells Beadle
George Wells Beadle (October 22, 1903 – June 9, 1989) was an American scientist in the field of genetics, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel laureate who with Edward Lawrie Tatum di...
George Wells Beadle (October 22, 1903 – June 9, 1989) was an American scientist in the field of genetics, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel laureate who with Edward Lawrie Tatum di...
George William Hill
George William Hill (March 3, 1838 – April 16, 1914), was an American astronomer and mathematician.
George William Hill (March 3, 1838 – April 16, 1914), was an American astronomer and mathematician.
Georges Cuvier
Georges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist.
Georges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist.
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin (born 1950) is an American biologist, notable for pioneering the use of transposable P elements in genetics, and for leading the public project to sequence the Drosophila melan...
Gerald M. Rubin (born 1950) is an American biologist, notable for pioneering the use of transposable P elements in genetics, and for leading the public project to sequence the Drosophila melan...
Gerard De Geer
Baron Gerard Jacob De Geer FRS (1858-1943) was a Swedish geologist who made significant contributions to Quaternary geology, particularly geomorphology and geochronology.
Baron Gerard Jacob De Geer FRS (1858-1943) was a Swedish geologist who made significant contributions to Quaternary geology, particularly geomorphology and geochronology.
Gerhard Domagk
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk was a German pathologist and bacteriologist credited with the discovery of Sulfonamidochrysoidine – the first commercially available antibiotic – for whi...
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk was a German pathologist and bacteriologist credited with the discovery of Sulfonamidochrysoidine – the first commercially available antibiotic – for whi...
Gertrude B. Elion
Gertrude Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Gertrude Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Gilbert N. Lewis
Gilbert Newton Lewis (October 23, 1875 – March 23, 1946) was an American physical chemist known for the discovery of the covalent bond (see his Lewis dot structures and his 1916 paper "The Atom ...
Gilbert Newton Lewis (October 23, 1875 – March 23, 1946) was an American physical chemist known for the discovery of the covalent bond (see his Lewis dot structures and his 1916 paper "The Atom ...
Giovanni Schiaparelli
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (March 14, 1835, Savigliano – July 4, 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian.
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (March 14, 1835, Savigliano – July 4, 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian.
Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn Theodore Seaborg (Glenn Teodor Sjöberg; April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) was an American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistr...
Glenn Theodore Seaborg (Glenn Teodor Sjöberg; April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) was an American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistr...
Graham Lusk
Graham Lusk was an American physiologist, and nutritionist.
Graham Lusk was an American physiologist, and nutritionist.
Grigory Barenblatt
Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt (Григорий Исаaкович Баренблат; born July 10, 1927) is a Russian mathematician.
Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt (Григорий Исаaкович Баренблат; born July 10, 1927) is a Russian mathematician.
Grove Karl Gilbert
Grove Karl Gilbert (May 6, 1843 – May 1, 1918), known by the abbreviated name G. K. Gilbert in academic literature, was an American geologist.
Grove Karl Gilbert (May 6, 1843 – May 1, 1918), known by the abbreviated name G. K. Gilbert in academic literature, was an American geologist.
Gustaf Retzius
Magnus Gustaf Retzius (17 October 1842 – 21 July 1919) was a Swedish physician and anatomist who dedicated a large part of his life to researching the histology of the sense organs and nervous s...
Magnus Gustaf Retzius (17 October 1842 – 21 July 1919) was a Swedish physician and anatomist who dedicated a large part of his life to researching the histology of the sense organs and nervous s...
Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann
Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (October 2, 1826 - March 24, 1899) was a German physicist known mostly for his literary work.
Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (October 2, 1826 - March 24, 1899) was a German physicist known mostly for his literary work.
Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (12 March 1824 – 17 October 1887) was a German physicist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of b...
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (12 March 1824 – 17 October 1887) was a German physicist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of b...
Gustav Rose
Gustav Rose (March 18, 1798 – July 15, 1873) was a German mineralogist who was a native of Berlin.
Gustav Rose (March 18, 1798 – July 15, 1873) was a German mineralogist who was a native of Berlin.
Haldan Keffer Hartline
Haldan Keffer Hartline (December 22, 1903 – March 17, 1983) was an American physiologist who was a co-winner (with George Wald and Ragnar Granit) of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or M...
Haldan Keffer Hartline (December 22, 1903 – March 17, 1983) was an American physiologist who was a co-winner (with George Wald and Ragnar Granit) of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or M...
Hannes Alfvén
Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (born 30 May 1908 in Norrköping, Sweden; died 2 April 1995 in Djursholm, Sweden) was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize i...
Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (born 30 May 1908 in Norrköping, Sweden; died 2 April 1995 in Djursholm, Sweden) was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize i...
Hans Bethe
Hans Albrecht Bethe was a German-American nuclear physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.
Hans Albrecht Bethe was a German-American nuclear physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.
Hans Kuypers
Henricus Gerardus Jacobus Maria Kuypers (1925-1989), usually more simply known as Hans Kuypers, was a Dutch neuroscientist.
Henricus Gerardus Jacobus Maria Kuypers (1925-1989), usually more simply known as Hans Kuypers, was a Dutch neuroscientist.
Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen
Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen (February 16, 1826 – February 13, 1909) was a Danish chemist noted in thermochemistry for the Thomsen-Berthelot principle.
Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen (February 16, 1826 – February 13, 1909) was a Danish chemist noted in thermochemistry for the Thomsen-Berthelot principle.
Hans Ussing
Hans Henrikson Ussing (30 December 1911 – 22 December 2000) was a Danish scientist, best known for having invented the Ussing chamber.
Hans Henrikson Ussing (30 December 1911 – 22 December 2000) was a Danish scientist, best known for having invented the Ussing chamber.
Har Gobind Khorana
Har Gobind Khorana also known as Hargobind Khorana (ਹਰਿ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਖੁਰਾਨਾ, January 9, 1922 – November 9, 2011) was a British India-born American biochemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physi...
Har Gobind Khorana also known as Hargobind Khorana (ਹਰਿ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਖੁਰਾਨਾ, January 9, 1922 – November 9, 2011) was a British India-born American biochemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physi...
Harold E. Varmus
Harold Elliot Varmus is an American Nobel Prize-winning scientist and the 14th and current Director of the National Cancer Institute, a post he was appointed to by President Barack Obama.
Harold Elliot Varmus is an American Nobel Prize-winning scientist and the 14th and current Director of the National Cancer Institute, a post he was appointed to by President Barack Obama.
Harold Urey
Harold Clayton Urey (April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934.
Harold Clayton Urey (April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934.
Harry B. Gray
Harry Barkus Gray is the Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology.
Harry Barkus Gray is the Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology.
Hartmut Michel
Hartmut Michel is a German biochemist and Nobel Laureate.
Hartmut Michel is a German biochemist and Nobel Laureate.
Harvey Williams Cushing
Harvey Williams Cushing, M.D. (April 8, 1869 - October 7, 1939), was an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery, and the first to describe Cushing's syndrome.
Harvey Williams Cushing, M.D. (April 8, 1869 - October 7, 1939), was an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery, and the first to describe Cushing's syndrome.
Heinrich Anton de Bary
Heinrich Anton de Bary (26 January 1831 – 19 January 1888) was a German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist (fungal systematics and physiology).
Heinrich Anton de Bary (26 January 1831 – 19 January 1888) was a German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist (fungal systematics and physiology).
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
Heinrich Christian Schumacher (September 3, 1780 – December 28, 1850) was a German astronomer.
Heinrich Christian Schumacher (September 3, 1780 – December 28, 1850) was a German astronomer.
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
Heinrich Gustav Magnus (2 May 1802 – 4 April 1870) was a notable experimental scientist.
Heinrich Gustav Magnus (2 May 1802 – 4 April 1870) was a notable experimental scientist.
Heinrich Kayser
Heinrich Gustav Johannes Kayser (16 March 1853 – 14 October 1940) was a German physicist.
Heinrich Gustav Johannes Kayser (16 March 1853 – 14 October 1940) was a German physicist.
Heinrich Rose
Heinrich Rose (6 August 1795 – 27 January 1864) was a German mineralogist and analytical chemist.
Heinrich Rose (6 August 1795 – 27 January 1864) was a German mineralogist and analytical chemist.
Heinrich Schwabe
Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (October 25, 1789 – April 11, 1875) a German astronomer remembered for his work on sunspots.
Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (October 25, 1789 – April 11, 1875) a German astronomer remembered for his work on sunspots.
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (October 6, 1803 – April 4, 1879) was a Prussian physicist and meteorologist.
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (October 6, 1803 – April 4, 1879) was a Prussian physicist and meteorologist.
Hendrik C. van de Hulst
Hendrik Christoffel "Henk" van de Hulst FRS was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
Hendrik Christoffel "Henk" van de Hulst FRS was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
Hendrik Casimir
Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir (July 15, 1909 in The Hague, Netherlands – May 4, 2000 in Heeze) was a Dutch physicist best known for his research on the two-fluid model of superconductors (...
Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir (July 15, 1909 in The Hague, Netherlands – May 4, 2000 in Heeze) was a Dutch physicist best known for his research on the two-fluid model of superconductors (...
Hendrik Lorentz
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.
Henri Becquerel
Antoine Henri Becquerel was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and the discoverer of radioactivity along with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, for which all three won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Antoine Henri Becquerel was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and the discoverer of radioactivity along with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, for which all three won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Henri Cartan
Henri Paul Cartan (July 8, 1904 – August 13, 2008) was a French mathematician with substantial contributions in algebraic topology.
Henri Paul Cartan (July 8, 1904 – August 13, 2008) was a French mathematician with substantial contributions in algebraic topology.
Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers
Félix Joseph Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers (15 May 1821 - 21 July 1901) was a French biologist, anatomist and zoologist who was born in Montpezat in the department of Lot-et-Garonne.
Félix Joseph Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers (15 May 1821 - 21 July 1901) was a French biologist, anatomist and zoologist who was born in Montpezat in the department of Lot-et-Garonne.
Henri Lebesgue
Henri Léon Lebesgue FRS was a French mathematician most famous for his theory of integration, which was a generalization of the seventeenth century concept of integration—summing the area betwee...
Henri Léon Lebesgue FRS was a French mathematician most famous for his theory of integration, which was a generalization of the seventeenth century concept of integration—summing the area betwee...
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (12 September 1777 – 1 May 1850) was a French zoologist and anatomist.
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (12 September 1777 – 1 May 1850) was a French zoologist and anatomist.
Henri Milne-Edwards
Henri Milne-Edwards (23 October 1800 – 29 July 1885) was an eminent French zoologist.
Henri Milne-Edwards (23 October 1800 – 29 July 1885) was an eminent French zoologist.
Henri Moissan
Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan was a French chemist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds.
Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan was a French chemist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds.
Henri Victor Regnault
Henri Victor Regnault (July 21, 1810 – January 19, 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases.
Henri Victor Regnault (July 21, 1810 – January 19, 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases.
Henri-Alexandre Deslandres
Henri Alexandre Deslandres (July 24, 1853 – January 15, 1948) was a French astronomer, director of the Meudon and Paris Observatories.
Henri Alexandre Deslandres (July 24, 1853 – January 15, 1948) was a French astronomer, director of the Meudon and Paris Observatories.
Henry Gilman
Henry Gilman (May 9, 1893, - November 7, 1986) was an American organic chemist known as the father of organometallic chemistry, the field within which his most notable work was done.
Henry Gilman (May 9, 1893, - November 7, 1986) was an American organic chemist known as the father of organometallic chemistry, the field within which his most notable work was done.
Henry Louis Le Chatelier
Henri Louis Le Châtelier (8 October 1850 - 17 September 1936) was an influential French chemist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Henri Louis Le Châtelier (8 October 1850 - 17 September 1936) was an influential French chemist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell (October 25, 1877 – February 18, 1957) was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910).
Henry Norris Russell (October 25, 1877 – February 18, 1957) was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910).
Henry Stommel
Henry Melson Stommel (September 27, 1920 - January 17, 1992) was a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography.
Henry Melson Stommel (September 27, 1920 - January 17, 1992) was a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography.
Henry Taube
Henry Taube, Ph.D, M.Sc, B.Sc, FRSC (November 30, 1915 – November 16, 2005) was a Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his wo...
Henry Taube, Ph.D, M.Sc, B.Sc, FRSC (November 30, 1915 – November 16, 2005) was a Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his wo...
Herbert Freundlich
Herbert Max Finlay Freundlich FRS was a German chemist.
Herbert Max Finlay Freundlich FRS was a German chemist.
Herbert McLean Evans
Herbert McLean Evans (September 23, 1882–March 6, 1971) was a U.S. anatomist and embryologist.
Herbert McLean Evans (September 23, 1882–March 6, 1971) was a U.S. anatomist and embryologist.
Herbert Spencer Gasser
Herbert Spencer Gasser (July 5, 1888 – May 11, 1963) was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials i...
Herbert Spencer Gasser (July 5, 1888 – May 11, 1963) was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials i...
Hermann Emil Fischer
Hermann Emil Fischer, Emil Fischer was a German chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1902.
Hermann Emil Fischer, Emil Fischer was a German chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1902.
Hermann Joseph Muller
Hermann Joseph Muller (or H. J. Muller) (December 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) was an American geneticist, educator, and Nobel laureate best known for his work on the physiological and ...
Hermann Joseph Muller (or H. J. Muller) (December 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) was an American geneticist, educator, and Nobel laureate best known for his work on the physiological and ...
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (August 31, 1821 – September 8, 1894) was a German physician and physicist who made significant contributions to several widely varied areas of modern science.
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (August 31, 1821 – September 8, 1894) was a German physician and physicist who made significant contributions to several widely varied areas of modern science.
Hermann Weyl
Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl FRS (9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician and theoretical physicist.
Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl FRS (9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician and theoretical physicist.
Hermann zu Solms-Laubach
Hermann zu Solms-Laubach, more precisely Hermann Maximilian Carl Ludwig Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Laubach (23.
Hermann zu Solms-Laubach, more precisely Hermann Maximilian Carl Ludwig Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Laubach (23.
Hirohito
Hirohito, posthumously in Japan officially called Emperor Shōwa or, was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989.
Hirohito, posthumously in Japan officially called Emperor Shōwa or, was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989.
Ho-Kwang Mao
Ho-Kwang (Dave) Mao (born June 18, 1941) is an eminent American geologist and Staff Scientist at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science.
Ho-Kwang (Dave) Mao (born June 18, 1941) is an eminent American geologist and Staff Scientist at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science.
Howard Martin Temin
Howard Martin Temin (December 10, 1934 – February 9, 1994) was a U.S. geneticist.
Howard Martin Temin (December 10, 1934 – February 9, 1994) was a U.S. geneticist.
Hubert Anson Newton
Hubert Anson Newton (19 March 1830 – 12 August 1896) was an American astronomer and mathematician, noted for his research on meteors.
Hubert Anson Newton (19 March 1830 – 12 August 1896) was an American astronomer and mathematician, noted for his research on meteors.
Hubert Markl
Hubert S. Markl (born August 17, 1938) is a German biologist who also served as President of the Max Planck Society from 1996 to 2002.
Hubert S. Markl (born August 17, 1938) is a German biologist who also served as President of the Max Planck Society from 1996 to 2002.
Hugh McDevitt
Hugh O'Neill McDevitt ForMemRS is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University, School of Medicine.
Hugh O'Neill McDevitt ForMemRS is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University, School of Medicine.
Hugo Kronecker
Karl Hugo Kronecker (27 January 1839 – 6 June 1914) was a German physiologist from Liegnitz, Prussian Silesia.
Karl Hugo Kronecker (27 January 1839 – 6 June 1914) was a German physiologist from Liegnitz, Prussian Silesia.
Hugo Theorell
Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell (6 July 1903 – 15 August 1982) was a Swedish scientist and Nobel Prize laureate in medicine.
Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell (6 July 1903 – 15 August 1982) was a Swedish scientist and Nobel Prize laureate in medicine.
Igor Shafarevich
Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich (И́горь Ростисла́вович Шафаре́вич, born June 3, 1923) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician, founder of a school of algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry...
Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich (И́горь Ростисла́вович Шафаре́вич, born June 3, 1923) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician, founder of a school of algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry...
Ilkka Hanski
Ilkka A. Hanski is a Finnish scientist, working in the field of ecology, at Helsinki University, Finland.
Ilkka A. Hanski is a Finnish scientist, working in the field of ecology, at Helsinki University, Finland.
Inge Lehmann
Inge Lehmann FRS (May 13, 1888 – February 21, 1993), was a Danish seismologist who, in 1936, argued that the Earth's core is not one single molten sphere, but that an inner core exists whi...
Inge Lehmann FRS (May 13, 1888 – February 21, 1993), was a Danish seismologist who, in 1936, argued that the Earth's core is not one single molten sphere, but that an inner core exists whi...
Irving Langmuir
Irving Langmuir (31 January 1881 – 16 August 1957) was an American chemist and physicist.
Irving Langmuir (31 January 1881 – 16 August 1957) was an American chemist and physicist.
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov (Исаак Маркович Халатников; born 17 October 1919) is a leading Soviet physicist, well known for his role in developing the BKL conjecture in general relativity.
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov (Исаак Маркович Халатников; born 17 October 1919) is a leading Soviet physicist, well known for his role in developing the BKL conjecture in general relativity.
Israel Gelfand
Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand was a Soviet mathematician who made major contributions to many branches of mathematics, inc...
Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand was a Soviet mathematician who made major contributions to many branches of mathematics, inc...
Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov
Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov (Иван Матвеевич Виноградов: 14 September 1891–20 March 1983) (not to be confused with Askold Ivanovich Vinogradov of the Bombieri-Vinogradov theorem) was a Sovie...
Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov (Иван Матвеевич Виноградов: 14 September 1891–20 March 1983) (not to be confused with Askold Ivanovich Vinogradov of the Bombieri-Vinogradov theorem) was a Sovie...
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов; February 27, 1936) was a famous Russian psychologist and physiologist.
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов; February 27, 1936) was a famous Russian psychologist and physiologist.
Ivan Shuvalov
Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov was called the Maecenas of the Russian Enlightenment and the first Russian Minister of Education.
Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov was called the Maecenas of the Russian Enlightenment and the first Russian Minister of Education.
J. Michael Bishop
John Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and was co-winner of 1984 Alfred P. Sloan Prize.
John Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and was co-winner of 1984 Alfred P. Sloan Prize.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jacob Rodrigues Pereira
Jacob Rodrigues Pereira or Jacob Rodrigue Péreire was an academic and the first teacher of deaf-mutes in France.
Jacob Rodrigues Pereira or Jacob Rodrigue Péreire was an academic and the first teacher of deaf-mutes in France.
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Jr. (30 August 1852 – 1 March 1911) was a Dutch physical and organic chemist and the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Jr. (30 August 1852 – 1 March 1911) was a Dutch physical and organic chemist and the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Jacobus Kapteyn
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn, (January 19, 1851, Barneveld, Gelderland – June 18, 1922) was a Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discover...
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn, (January 19, 1851, Barneveld, Gelderland – June 18, 1922) was a Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discover...
Jacques Friedel
Jacques Friedel FMRS is a French physicist and material scientist.
Jacques Friedel FMRS is a French physicist and material scientist.
Jacques Hadamard
Jacques Salomon Hadamard (December 8, 1865 – October 17, 1963) was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partia...
Jacques Salomon Hadamard (December 8, 1865 – October 17, 1963) was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partia...
Jacques Monod
Jacques Lucien Monod (February 9, 1910 – May 31, 1976) was a French biologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, sharing it with François Jacob and Andre Lwoff "for...
Jacques Lucien Monod (February 9, 1910 – May 31, 1976) was a French biologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, sharing it with François Jacob and Andre Lwoff "for...
James Bryant Conant
James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 – February 11, 1978) was a chemist, educational administrator, and government official.
James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 – February 11, 1978) was a chemist, educational administrator, and government official.
James D. Watson
James Dewey Watson (born April 6, 1928) is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick.
James Dewey Watson (born April 6, 1928) is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick.
James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana (1813–1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist.
James Dwight Dana (1813–1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist.
James E. Darnell
James Edwin Darnell Jr. (born September 9, 1930 - Columbus, Mississippi) is an American biologist who made significant contributions to RNA processing and cytokine signaling and is author of the...
James Edwin Darnell Jr. (born September 9, 1930 - Columbus, Mississippi) is an American biologist who made significant contributions to RNA processing and cytokine signaling and is author of the...
James F. Crow
James Franklin Crow was Professor Emeritus of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
James Franklin Crow was Professor Emeritus of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
James R. Rice
James Robert Rice (born December 3, 1940) is a mechanician who has made fundamental contributions to various aspects of solid mechanics.
James Robert Rice (born December 3, 1940) is a mechanician who has made fundamental contributions to various aspects of solid mechanics.
Jan Oort
Jan Hendrik Oort FRS (Franeker, 28 April 1900 – Leiden, 5 November 1992) was a Dutch astronomer.
Jan Hendrik Oort FRS (Franeker, 28 April 1900 – Leiden, 5 November 1992) was a Dutch astronomer.
Jane Lubchenco
Dr. Jane Lubchenco (Ukrainian Cyrillic: Джейн (Яна) Любченко; born December 4, 1947) is a Ukrainian-American environmental scientist and marine ecologist.
Dr. Jane Lubchenco (Ukrainian Cyrillic: Джейн (Яна) Любченко; born December 4, 1947) is a Ukrainian-American environmental scientist and marine ecologist.
Jaroslav Heyrovský
Jaroslav Heyrovský (December 20, 1890 – March 27, 1967) was a Czech chemist and inventor.
Jaroslav Heyrovský (December 20, 1890 – March 27, 1967) was a Czech chemist and inventor.
Jean Albert Gaudry
Jean Albert Gaudry (September 16, 1827 - November 27, 1908), French geologist and palaeontologist, was born at St Germain-en-Laye, and was educated at the college Stanislas.
Jean Albert Gaudry (September 16, 1827 - November 27, 1908), French geologist and palaeontologist, was born at St Germain-en-Laye, and was educated at the college Stanislas.
Jean Brachet
Jean Louis Auguste Brachet (19 March 1909 – 10 August 1988) was a Belgian biochemist who made a key contribution in understanding the role of RNA.
Jean Louis Auguste Brachet (19 March 1909 – 10 August 1988) was a Belgian biochemist who made a key contribution in understanding the role of RNA.
Jean Gaston Darboux
Jean-Gaston Darboux (August 14, 1842, Nîmes – February 23, 1917, Paris) was a French mathematician.
Jean-Gaston Darboux (August 14, 1842, Nîmes – February 23, 1917, Paris) was a French mathematician.
Jean Leray
Jean Leray (7 November 1906 – 10 November 1998) was a French mathematician, who worked on both partial differential equations and algebraic topology.
Jean Leray (7 November 1906 – 10 November 1998) was a French mathematician, who worked on both partial differential equations and algebraic topology.
Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau
Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau was a French naturalist.
Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau was a French naturalist.
Jean Pierre Flourens
Marie Jean Pierre Flourens (13 April 1794 – 6 December 1867), father of Gustave Flourens, was a French physiologist, the founder of experimental brain science and a pioneer in anesthesia.
Marie Jean Pierre Flourens (13 April 1794 – 6 December 1867), father of Gustave Flourens, was a French physiologist, the founder of experimental brain science and a pioneer in anesthesia.
Jean-Antoine Chaptal
Jean-Antoine Claude, comte Chaptal de Chanteloup was a French chemist and statesman.
Jean-Antoine Claude, comte Chaptal de Chanteloup was a French chemist and statesman.
Jean-Baptiste Biot
Jean-Baptiste Biot (21 April 1774 – 3 February 1862) was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied th...
Jean-Baptiste Biot (21 April 1774 – 3 February 1862) was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied th...
Jean-Baptiste Dumas
Jean Baptiste André Dumas (14 July 1800 – 10 April 1884) was a French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights (relativ...
Jean Baptiste André Dumas (14 July 1800 – 10 April 1884) was a French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights (relativ...
Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet
Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet (September 2, 1828 Guérigny – December 18, 1911 Paris} was a French botanist.
Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet (September 2, 1828 Guérigny – December 18, 1911 Paris} was a French botanist.
Jerzy Neyman
Jerzy Neyman, born Jerzy Spława-Neyman, was a Polish American mathematician and statistician who spent most of his professional career at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jerzy Neyman, born Jerzy Spława-Neyman, was a Polish American mathematician and statistician who spent most of his professional career at the University of California, Berkeley.
Joachim Hämmerling
Dr. Joachim Hämmerling (March 9, 1901 - August 5, 1980) was a pioneering Danish-German biologist funded by Nazi Germany who determined the nucleus of a cell controls the development of organisms...
Dr. Joachim Hämmerling (March 9, 1901 - August 5, 1980) was a pioneering Danish-German biologist funded by Nazi Germany who determined the nucleus of a cell controls the development of organisms...
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach was a German physician, physiologist and anthropologist, one of the first to explore the study of mankind as an aspect of natural history, whose teachings in comparat...
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach was a German physician, physiologist and anthropologist, one of the first to explore the study of mankind as an aspect of natural history, whose teachings in comparat...
Johann Friedrich Meckel
Johann Friedrich Meckel (October 17, 1781 – October 31, 1833), often referred to as Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Younger, was a German anatomist born in Halle.
Johann Friedrich Meckel (October 17, 1781 – October 31, 1833), often referred to as Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Younger, was a German anatomist born in Halle.
Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (; 13 February 1805 – 5 May 1859) was a German mathematician with deep contributions to number theory (including creating the field of analytic number...
Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (; 13 February 1805 – 5 May 1859) was a German mathematician with deep contributions to number theory (including creating the field of analytic number...
Johannes Martin Bijvoet
Johannes Martin Bijvoet (23 January 1892, Amsterdam – 4 March 1980, Winterswijk) was a Dutch chemist and crystallographer at the van 't Hoff Laboratory at the University of Utrecht.
Johannes Martin Bijvoet (23 January 1892, Amsterdam – 4 March 1980, Winterswijk) was a Dutch chemist and crystallographer at the van 't Hoff Laboratory at the University of Utrecht.
Johannes Peter Müller
Johannes Peter Müller, was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, and ichthyologist not only known for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge.
Johannes Peter Müller, was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, and ichthyologist not only known for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge.
Johannes Wislicenus
Johannes Wislicenus was a German chemist, most famous for his work in early stereochemistry.
Johannes Wislicenus was a German chemist, most famous for his work in early stereochemistry.
John Archibald Wheeler
John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008) was an American theoretical physicist who was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States aft...
John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008) was an American theoretical physicist who was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States aft...
John Bardeen
John Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer, the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the inve...
John Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer, the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the inve...
John E. Casida
John Edward Casida (born December 22, 1929) is an American entomologist, toxicologist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
John Edward Casida (born December 22, 1929) is an American entomologist, toxicologist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
John Franklin Enders
John Franklin Enders (February 10, 1897 – September 8, 1985) was an American medical scientist and Nobel laureate.
John Franklin Enders (February 10, 1897 – September 8, 1985) was an American medical scientist and Nobel laureate.
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (March 13, 1899 – October 27, 1980) was an American physicist and mathematician, co-awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics, for his contributions to the understan...
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (March 13, 1899 – October 27, 1980) was an American physicist and mathematician, co-awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics, for his contributions to the understan...
John Holdren
John Paul Holdren (born March 1, 1944) is advisor to President Barack Obama for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the P...
John Paul Holdren (born March 1, 1944) is advisor to President Barack Obama for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the P...
John Jacob Abel
John Jacob Abel (19 May 1857 26 May 1938) was a significant American biochemist and pharmacologist.
John Jacob Abel (19 May 1857 26 May 1938) was a significant American biochemist and pharmacologist.
John Tukey
John Wilder Tukey ForMemRS (June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American statistician best known for development of the FFT algorithm and box plot.
John Wilder Tukey ForMemRS (June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American statistician best known for development of the FFT algorithm and box plot.
Joseph Fourier
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (21 March 1768 – 16 May 1830) was a French mathematician and physicist best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to ...
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (21 March 1768 – 16 May 1830) was a French mathematician and physicist best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to ...
Joseph Keller
Joseph B. Keller (born July 31, 1923, Paterson, New Jersey) is an American mathematician who specializes in applied mathematics.
Joseph B. Keller (born July 31, 1923, Paterson, New Jersey) is an American mathematician who specializes in applied mathematics.
Joseph L. Goldstein
Joseph L. Goldstein (born April 18, 1940) from Kingstree, South Carolina is a Nobel Prize winning biochemist and geneticist, and a pioneer in the study of cholesterol metabolism.
Joseph L. Goldstein (born April 18, 1940) from Kingstree, South Carolina is a Nobel Prize winning biochemist and geneticist, and a pioneer in the study of cholesterol metabolism.
Joseph Louis François Bertrand
Joseph Louis François Bertrand (March 11, 1822 – April 5, 1900, born and died in Paris) was a French mathematician who worked in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability t...
Joseph Louis François Bertrand (March 11, 1822 – April 5, 1900, born and died in Paris) was a French mathematician who worked in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability t...
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (also Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac, 6 December 1778 – 9 May 1850) was a French chemist and physicist.
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (also Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac, 6 December 1778 – 9 May 1850) was a French chemist and physicist.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Eugene Stiglitz, ForMemRS, FBA, is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University.
Joseph Eugene Stiglitz, ForMemRS, FBA, is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University.
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg ForMemRS (May 23, 1925 – February 2, 2008) was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States spa...
Joshua Lederberg ForMemRS (May 23, 1925 – February 2, 2008) was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States spa...
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Josiah Willard Gibbs (February 11, 1839 – April 28, 1903) was an American scientist who made seminal theoretical contributions to physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
Josiah Willard Gibbs (February 11, 1839 – April 28, 1903) was an American scientist who made seminal theoretical contributions to physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
Julius von Sachs
Julius von Sachs (October 2, 1832 - May 29, 1897) was a German botanist from Breslau, Prussian Silesia.
Julius von Sachs (October 2, 1832 - May 29, 1897) was a German botanist from Breslau, Prussian Silesia.
Justus von Liebig
Justus von Liebig (12 May 1803 – 18 April 1873) was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and worked on the organization of organic chemistry.
Justus von Liebig (12 May 1803 – 18 April 1873) was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and worked on the organization of organic chemistry.
Kaj Ulrik Linderstrøm-Lang
Kaj Ulrik Linderstrøm-Lang (November 29, 1896 - May 25, 1959) was a Danish protein scientist, who was the director of the Carlsberg Laboratory from 1939 until his death.
Kaj Ulrik Linderstrøm-Lang (November 29, 1896 - May 25, 1959) was a Danish protein scientist, who was the director of the Carlsberg Laboratory from 1939 until his death.
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn (Карл Эрнст фон Бэр) also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer (Карл Макси́мович Бэр, – ) was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, ge...
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn (Карл Эрнст фон Бэр) also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer (Карл Макси́мович Бэр, – ) was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, ge...
Karl Gegenbaur
Karl Gegenbaur (21 August 1826 - 14 June 1903) was a German anatomist and professor who demonstrated that the field of comparative anatomy offers important evidence supporting of the theory of e...
Karl Gegenbaur (21 August 1826 - 14 June 1903) was a German anatomist and professor who demonstrated that the field of comparative anatomy offers important evidence supporting of the theory of e...
Karl Johann Freudenberg
Karl Johann Freudenberg FMRS was a German chemist.
Karl Johann Freudenberg FMRS was a German chemist.
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner FRS (June 14, 1868 – June 26, 1943), was an Austrian-born American biologist and physician of Jewish origin.
Karl Landsteiner FRS (June 14, 1868 – June 26, 1943), was an Austrian-born American biologist and physician of Jewish origin.
Karl Lashley
Karl Spencer Lashley, born in Davis, West Virginia, was an American psychologist and behaviorist well-remembered for his influential contributions to the study of learning and memory.
Karl Spencer Lashley, born in Davis, West Virginia, was an American psychologist and behaviorist well-remembered for his influential contributions to the study of learning and memory.
Karl Ritter von Goebel
Karl Immanuel Eberhard Ritter von Goebel ForMemRS (March 8, 1855, Billigheim, Baden - October 9, 1932, Munich) was a German botanist.
Karl Immanuel Eberhard Ritter von Goebel ForMemRS (March 8, 1855, Billigheim, Baden - October 9, 1932, Munich) was a German botanist.
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold was a German physiologist and zoologist.
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold was a German physiologist and zoologist.
Karl von Frisch
Karl Ritter von Frisch (20 November 1886 12 June 1982) was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz.
Karl Ritter von Frisch (20 November 1886 12 June 1982) was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz.
Karl Weierstrass
Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (Weierstraß; October 31, 1815 – February 19, 1897) was a German mathematician who is often cited as the "father of modern analysis".
Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (Weierstraß; October 31, 1815 – February 19, 1897) was a German mathematician who is often cited as the "father of modern analysis".
Karl Ziegler
Karl Waldemar Ziegler (November 26, 1898 – August 12, 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers.
Karl Waldemar Ziegler (November 26, 1898 – August 12, 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers.
Kenneth Arrow
Kenneth Joseph Arrow (born August 23, 1921) is an American economist and joint winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with John Hicks in 1972.
Kenneth Joseph Arrow (born August 23, 1921) is an American economist and joint winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with John Hicks in 1972.
Kenneth Stewart Cole
Kenneth Stewart Cole (July 10, 1900 – April 18, 1984) was an American biophysicist described by his peers as "a pioneer in the application of physical science to biology".
Kenneth Stewart Cole (July 10, 1900 – April 18, 1984) was an American biophysicist described by his peers as "a pioneer in the application of physical science to biology".
Kenneth V. Thimann
Kenneth Vivian Thimann (August 5, 1904 - January 15, 1997) was an English-American plant physiologist and microbiologist known for his studies of plant hormones, which were widely influential in...
Kenneth Vivian Thimann (August 5, 1904 - January 15, 1997) was an English-American plant physiologist and microbiologist known for his studies of plant hormones, which were widely influential in...
Klaus von Klitzing
Klaus von Klitzing (28 June 1943 in Schroda) is a German physicist known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall Effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Klaus von Klitzing (28 June 1943 in Schroda) is a German physicist known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall Effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Kliment Timiryazev
Kliment Timiryazev (Климент Тимирязев) (1843-1920) was a Russian botanist, physiologist.
Kliment Timiryazev (Климент Тимирязев) (1843-1920) was a Russian botanist, physiologist.
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was a prominent figure in the field of comparative physiology and Professor of Physiology Emeritus at Duke University.
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was a prominent figure in the field of comparative physiology and Professor of Physiology Emeritus at Duke University.
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz FRS (November 7, 1903 in Vienna – February 27, 1989 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist.
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz FRS (November 7, 1903 in Vienna – February 27, 1989 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist.
Kurt Gödel
Kurt Friedrich Gödel (; April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was an Austrian logician, mathematician and philosopher.
Kurt Friedrich Gödel (; April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was an Austrian logician, mathematician and philosopher.
Lennart Carleson
Lennart Axel Edvard Carleson (born 18 March 1928) is a Swedish mathematician, known as a leader in the field of harmonic analysis.
Lennart Axel Edvard Carleson (born 18 March 1928) is a Swedish mathematician, known as a leader in the field of harmonic analysis.
Leopold Kronecker
Leopold Kronecker (December 7, 1823 – December 29, 1891) was a German mathematician and logician who argued that arithmetic and analysis must be founded on "whole numbers", and was quoted by Hei...
Leopold Kronecker (December 7, 1823 – December 29, 1891) was a German mathematician and logician who argued that arithmetic and analysis must be founded on "whole numbers", and was quoted by Hei...
Leopold Ružička
Lavoslav Ružička born as Lavoslav Ružička was a Croatian scientist and winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry who worked most of his life in Switzerland.
Lavoslav Ružička born as Lavoslav Ružička was a Croatian scientist and winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry who worked most of his life in Switzerland.
Lev Landau
Lev Davidovich Landau (Russian language: Ле́в Дави́дович Ланда́у; April 1, 1968) was a prominent Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics.
Lev Davidovich Landau (Russian language: Ле́в Дави́дович Ланда́у; April 1, 1968) was a prominent Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics.
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner FRS (7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian, later Swedish, physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics.
Lise Meitner FRS (7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian, later Swedish, physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics.
Louis Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history.
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history.
Louis de Broglie
Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond, 7th duc de Broglie, FRS was a French physicist and a Nobel laureate in 1929.
Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond, 7th duc de Broglie, FRS was a French physicist and a Nobel laureate in 1929.
Louis Jacques Thénard
Louis Jacques Thénard (4 May 1777 in the village of La Louptière, Aube - 21 June 1857 in Paris), was a French chemist.
Louis Jacques Thénard (4 May 1777 in the village of La Louptière, Aube - 21 June 1857 in Paris), was a French chemist.
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
Nicolas Louis Vauquelin (16 May 1763 - 14 November 1829), was a French pharmacist and chemist.
Nicolas Louis Vauquelin (16 May 1763 - 14 November 1829), was a French pharmacist and chemist.
Louis Néel
Louis Eugène Félix Néel ForMemRS was a French physicist born in Lyon.
Louis Eugène Félix Néel ForMemRS was a French physicist born in Lyon.
Ludimar Hermann
Ludimar Hermann (October 31, 1838, Berlin – June 5, 1914, Königsberg) was a German physiologist and speech scientist who used the Edison phonograph to test theories of vowel production, pa...
Ludimar Hermann (October 31, 1838, Berlin – June 5, 1914, Königsberg) was a German physiologist and speech scientist who used the Edison phonograph to test theories of vowel production, pa...
Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics.
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics.
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza is an Italian population geneticist born in Genoa, who has been a professor at Stanford University since 1970.
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza is an Italian population geneticist born in Genoa, who has been a professor at Stanford University since 1970.
Luigi Luciani
Luigi Luciani ForMemRS {23 November 1842 - 23 June 1919} was an Italian neuroscientist.
Luigi Luciani ForMemRS {23 November 1842 - 23 June 1919} was an Italian neuroscientist.
Luis Federico Leloir
Luis Federico Leloir FRS was an Argentine doctor and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Luis Federico Leloir FRS was an Argentine doctor and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (February 27, 1881 – December 2, 1966), usually cited as L. E. J. Brouwer but known to his friends as Bertus, was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher,...
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (February 27, 1881 – December 2, 1966), usually cited as L. E. J. Brouwer but known to his friends as Bertus, was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher,...
Lyman Spitzer
Lyman Strong Spitzer, Jr. (June 26, 1914 – March 31, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist and astronomer best known for his research in star formation, plasma physics, and in 1946, for co...
Lyman Strong Spitzer, Jr. (June 26, 1914 – March 31, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist and astronomer best known for his research in star formation, plasma physics, and in 1946, for co...
Léon Foucault
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's r...
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's r...
Macedonio Melloni
Macedonio Melloni (11 April 1798 – 11 August 1854) was an Italian physicist, notable for demonstrating that radiant heat has similar physical properties to those of light.
Macedonio Melloni (11 April 1798 – 11 August 1854) was an Italian physicist, notable for demonstrating that radiant heat has similar physical properties to those of light.
Manfred Eigen
Manfred Eigen (born May 9, 1927) is a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions.
Manfred Eigen (born May 9, 1927) is a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions.
Manne Siegbahn
Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn (3 December 1886 - 26 September 1978) was a Swedish physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray...
Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn (3 December 1886 - 26 September 1978) was a Swedish physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray...
Marcin Odlanicki Poczobutt
Marcin Odlanicki Poczobutt (Martynas Počobutas; 30 October 1728 near Hrodna – 7 February 1810 in Daugavpils) was a Polish–Lithuanian Jesuit astronomer and mathematician.
Marcin Odlanicki Poczobutt (Martynas Počobutas; 30 October 1728 near Hrodna – 7 February 1810 in Daugavpils) was a Polish–Lithuanian Jesuit astronomer and mathematician.
Marie Jules Constant Robert Courrier
Marie Jules Constant Robert Courrier FMRS was a French biologist, and doctor.
Marie Jules Constant Robert Courrier FMRS was a French biologist, and doctor.
Martin David Kruskal
Martin David Kruskal (September 28, 1925 – December 26, 2006) was an American mathematician and physicist.
Martin David Kruskal (September 28, 1925 – December 26, 2006) was an American mathematician and physicist.
Martin Karplus
Martin Karplus (born March 15, 1930, Vienna) is an Austrian-born American theoretical chemist.
Martin Karplus (born March 15, 1930, Vienna) is an Austrian-born American theoretical chemist.
Martin Rathke
Martin Heinrich Rathke (August 25, 1793 – September 3, 1860) was a German embryologist and anatomist.
Martin Heinrich Rathke (August 25, 1793 – September 3, 1860) was a German embryologist and anatomist.
Martin Schwarzschild
Martin Schwarzschild (May 31, 1912 – April 10, 1997) was a German American astronomer.
Martin Schwarzschild (May 31, 1912 – April 10, 1997) was a German American astronomer.
Martinus Beijerinck
Martinus Willem Beijerinck (March 16, 1851 – January 1, 1931) was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist.
Martinus Willem Beijerinck (March 16, 1851 – January 1, 1931) was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist.
Masao Ito
Masao Ito ForMemRS is a Japanese neuroscientist, and director of the Riken Brain Science Institute.
Masao Ito ForMemRS is a Japanese neuroscientist, and director of the Riken Brain Science Institute.
Matthew Meselson
Matthew Stanley Meselson (born May 24, 1930) is an American geneticist and molecular biologist whose research was important in showing how DNA replicates, recombines and is repaired in cells.
Matthew Stanley Meselson (born May 24, 1930) is an American geneticist and molecular biologist whose research was important in showing how DNA replicates, recombines and is repaired in cells.
Maurice Caullery
Maurice Jules Gaston Corneille Caullery (5 September 1868, Bergues - 13 July 1958), Paris) was a French biologist.
Maurice Jules Gaston Corneille Caullery (5 September 1868, Bergues - 13 July 1958), Paris) was a French biologist.
Maurice Ewing
William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer.
William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer.
Maurice Lugeon
Maurice Lugeon (July 10, 1870 - October 23, 1953) was a Swiss geologist, and the pioneer of nappe tectonics.
Maurice Lugeon (July 10, 1870 - October 23, 1953) was a Swiss geologist, and the pioneer of nappe tectonics.
Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie
Louis-César-Victor-Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, was a French physicist.
Louis-César-Victor-Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, was a French physicist.
Max Carl Wilhelm Weber
Max Carl Wilhelm Weber or Max Wilhelm Carl Weber (5 December 1852, Bonn – 7 February 1937 Eerbeek) was a German-Dutch zoologist and biogeographer.
Max Carl Wilhelm Weber or Max Wilhelm Carl Weber (5 December 1852, Bonn – 7 February 1937 Eerbeek) was a German-Dutch zoologist and biogeographer.
Max Delbrück
Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück (September 4, 1906 – March 9, 1981) was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel laureate.
Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück (September 4, 1906 – March 9, 1981) was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel laureate.
Max von Laue
Max Theodor Felix von Laue was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals.
Max Theodor Felix von Laue was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals.
Melvin Calvin
Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997) was an American chemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the...
Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997) was an American chemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the...
Michael Heidelberger
Michael Heidelberger was an American immunologist who is regarded as the father of modern immunology.
Michael Heidelberger was an American immunologist who is regarded as the father of modern immunology.
Michael Rossmann
Michael G. Rossmann (born 1930) is a German-American physicist, microbiologist, and Hanley Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue University who led a team of researchers to be...
Michael G. Rossmann (born 1930) is a German-American physicist, microbiologist, and Hanley Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue University who led a team of researchers to be...
Michael Stuart Brown
Michael Stuart Brown (born April 13, 1941) is an American geneticist and Nobel Laureate.
Michael Stuart Brown (born April 13, 1941) is an American geneticist and Nobel Laureate.
Michel Chasles
Michel Floréal Chasles (15 November 1793 – 18 December 1880) was a French mathematician.
Michel Floréal Chasles (15 November 1793 – 18 December 1880) was a French mathematician.
Michel Eugène Chevreul
Michel Eugène Chevreul (31 August 1786 – 9 April 1889) was a French chemist whose work with fatty acids led to early applications in the fields of art and science.
Michel Eugène Chevreul (31 August 1786 – 9 April 1889) was a French chemist whose work with fatty acids led to early applications in the fields of art and science.
Mitsuhiro Yanagida
Mitsuhiro Yanagida is a Japanese biologist, professor, and Dean of the Graduate School of Biostudies, at Kyoto University.
Mitsuhiro Yanagida is a Japanese biologist, professor, and Dean of the Graduate School of Biostudies, at Kyoto University.
Motoo Kimura
Motoo Kimura was a Japanese biologist best known for introducing the neutral theory of molecular evolution in 1968.
Motoo Kimura was a Japanese biologist best known for introducing the neutral theory of molecular evolution in 1968.
Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann (; born September 15, 1929) is an American physicist and linguist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles.
Murray Gell-Mann (; born September 15, 1929) is an American physicist and linguist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles.
Mårten Triewald
Mårten Triewald (18 November 1691 – 8 August 1747), sometimes referred to as Mårten Triewald the Younger, was a Swedish merchant, engineer and amateur physicist.
Mårten Triewald (18 November 1691 – 8 August 1747), sometimes referred to as Mårten Triewald the Younger, was a Swedish merchant, engineer and amateur physicist.
Nathaniel Bowditch
Nathaniel Bowditch (; March 26, 1773 – March 16, 1838) was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation.
Nathaniel Bowditch (; March 26, 1773 – March 16, 1838) was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation.
Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure
Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure (14 October 1767 - 18 April 1845) was a Swiss chemist and student of plant physiology who made seminal advances in phytochemistry.
Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure (14 October 1767 - 18 April 1845) was a Swiss chemist and student of plant physiology who made seminal advances in phytochemistry.
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (born 20 August 1930, Lorient, France) is a developmental biologist, famed for her studies of chimeras, which have led to critical insights regarding higher animal nervo...
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (born 20 August 1930, Lorient, France) is a developmental biologist, famed for her studies of chimeras, which have led to critical insights regarding higher animal nervo...
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.
Nikolai Vavilov
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (Никола́й Ива́нович Вави́лов) ( – January 26, 1943) was a prominent Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centres of ori...
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (Никола́й Ива́нович Вави́лов) ( – January 26, 1943) was a prominent Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centres of ori...
Nikolay Semyonov
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov FRS Никола́й Никола́евич Семёнов) (April 15 (April 3, Old Style), 1896 – September 25, 1986) was a Russian/Soviet physicist and chemist.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov FRS Никола́й Никола́евич Семёнов) (April 15 (April 3, Old Style), 1896 – September 25, 1986) was a Russian/Soviet physicist and chemist.
Norman Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution".
Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution".
Norman L. Bowen
Norman Levi Bowen was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada June 21, 1887 and died on September 11, 1956.
Norman Levi Bowen was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada June 21, 1887 and died on September 11, 1956.
Olaf Holtedahl
Olaf Holtedahl, (24 June 1885 – 26 August 1975), was a geologist who was a winner of the Wollaston Medal.
Olaf Holtedahl, (24 June 1885 – 26 August 1975), was a geologist who was a winner of the Wollaston Medal.
Oliver Smithies
Oliver Smithies (born June 23, 1925) is a British-born American geneticist and Nobel laureate, credited with the invention of gel electrophoresis in 1955, and the simultaneous discovery, with Ma...
Oliver Smithies (born June 23, 1925) is a British-born American geneticist and Nobel laureate, credited with the invention of gel electrophoresis in 1955, and the simultaneous discovery, with Ma...
Oswald Avery
Oswald Theodore Avery ForMemRS (October 21, 1877 – February 2, 1955) was a Canadian-born American physician and medical researcher.
Oswald Theodore Avery ForMemRS (October 21, 1877 – February 2, 1955) was a Canadian-born American physician and medical researcher.
Otto August Rosenberger
Otto August Rosenberger (August 10, 1800 – January 23, 1890) was a Baltic German astronomer from Tukums in Courland.
Otto August Rosenberger (August 10, 1800 – January 23, 1890) was a Baltic German astronomer from Tukums in Courland.
Otto Fritz Meyerhof
Otto Fritz Meyerhof (April 12, 1884 – October 6, 1951) was a German-born physician and biochemist.
Otto Fritz Meyerhof (April 12, 1884 – October 6, 1951) was a German-born physician and biochemist.
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn was a German chemist and Nobel laureate, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry.
Otto Hahn was a German chemist and Nobel laureate, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry.
Otto Heinrich Warburg
Otto Heinrich Warburg (October 8, 1883, Freiburg im Breisgau – August 1, 1970, Berlin), son of physicist Emil Warburg, was a German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate.
Otto Heinrich Warburg (October 8, 1883, Freiburg im Breisgau – August 1, 1970, Berlin), son of physicist Emil Warburg, was a German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate.
Otto Loewi
Otto Loewi (3 June 1873 – 25 December 1961) was a German born pharmacologist whose discovery of acetylcholine helped enhance medical therapy.
Otto Loewi (3 June 1873 – 25 December 1961) was a German born pharmacologist whose discovery of acetylcholine helped enhance medical therapy.
Otto Renner
Otto Renner was a German plant geneticist.
Otto Renner was a German plant geneticist.
Otto Wilhelm von Struve
Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7, 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25) – April 14, 1905) was a Russian astronomer.
Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7, 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25) – April 14, 1905) was a Russian astronomer.
Pafnuty Chebyshev
Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (Пафну́тий Льво́вич Чебышёв, ) was a Russian mathematician.
Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (Пафну́тий Льво́вич Чебышёв, ) was a Russian mathematician.
Paul Berg
Paul Berg (born June 30, 1926) is an American biochemist and professor emeritus at Stanford University.
Paul Berg (born June 30, 1926) is an American biochemist and professor emeritus at Stanford University.
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich (14 March 1854 – 20 August 1915) was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate.
Paul Ehrlich (14 March 1854 – 20 August 1915) was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate.
Paul Erman
Paul Erman (February 29, 1764 – October 11, 1851) was a German physicist from Berlin, Brandenburg.
Paul Erman (February 29, 1764 – October 11, 1851) was a German physicist from Berlin, Brandenburg.
Paul Heinrich von Groth
Paul Heinrich von Groth (June 23, 1843 – December 2, 1927) was a German mineralogist.
Paul Heinrich von Groth (June 23, 1843 – December 2, 1927) was a German mineralogist.
Paul J. Crutzen
Paul Jozef Crutzen (born December 3, 1933, Amsterdam) is a Dutch Nobel prize winning atmospheric chemist.
Paul Jozef Crutzen (born December 3, 1933, Amsterdam) is a Dutch Nobel prize winning atmospheric chemist.
Paul Karrer
Paul Karrer (21 April 1889 – 18 June 1971) was a Swiss organic chemist best known for his research on vitamins.
Paul Karrer (21 April 1889 – 18 June 1971) was a Swiss organic chemist best known for his research on vitamins.
Paul Langevin
Paul Langevin (23 January 1872 – 19 December 1946) was a prominent French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation.
Paul Langevin (23 January 1872 – 19 December 1946) was a prominent French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation.
Paul Sabatier
Paul Sabatier (August 3, 1858 – March 4, 1928), was a French clergyman and historian who produced the first modern biography of St. Francis of Assisi.
Paul Sabatier (August 3, 1858 – March 4, 1928), was a French clergyman and historian who produced the first modern biography of St. Francis of Assisi.
Per Andersen
Per Oskar Andersen (born 12 January 1930) is a Norwegian brain researcher at the University of Oslo.
Per Oskar Andersen (born 12 January 1930) is a Norwegian brain researcher at the University of Oslo.
Percy Williams Bridgman
Percy Williams Bridgman (21 April 1882 – 20 August 1961) was an American physicist who won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures.
Percy Williams Bridgman (21 April 1882 – 20 August 1961) was an American physicist who won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures.
Peter Andreas Hansen
Peter Andreas Hansen (December 8, 1795 – March 28, 1874) was a Danish astronomer, was born at Tønder, Schleswig.
Peter Andreas Hansen (December 8, 1795 – March 28, 1874) was a Danish astronomer, was born at Tønder, Schleswig.
Peter Debye
Peter Joseph William Debye was a Dutch physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
Peter Joseph William Debye was a Dutch physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
Peter Goldreich
Peter Goldreich is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars.
Peter Goldreich is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars.
Peter Guy Wolynes
Peter Guy Wolynes is an American chemist, and the Francis H.C. Crick Chair of Physical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego.
Peter Guy Wolynes is an American chemist, and the Francis H.C. Crick Chair of Physical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego.
Peter H. Raven
Peter Hamilton Raven (born June 13, 1936) is a botanist and environmentalist, notable as the longtime director, now President Emeritus, of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Peter Hamilton Raven (born June 13, 1936) is a botanist and environmentalist, notable as the longtime director, now President Emeritus, of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Peter Robert Marler
Robert Peter Marler ForMemRS is a British - American neurobiologist, and ethologist.
Robert Peter Marler ForMemRS is a British - American neurobiologist, and ethologist.
Philip Warren Anderson
Philip Warren Anderson (born December 13, 1923) is an American physicist and Nobel laureate.
Philip Warren Anderson (born December 13, 1923) is an American physicist and Nobel laureate.
Pierre Janssen
Pierre Jules César Janssen (22 February 1824 – 23 December 1907), usually known in French as Jules Janssen, was a French astronomer who, along with the English scientist Joseph Norm...
Pierre Jules César Janssen (22 February 1824 – 23 December 1907), usually known in French as Jules Janssen, was a French astronomer who, along with the English scientist Joseph Norm...
Pierre Louis Dulong
Pierre Louis Dulong (12 February 1785 – 19 July 1838) was a French physicist and chemist, remembered today largely for the law of Dulong and Petit.
Pierre Louis Dulong (12 February 1785 – 19 July 1838) was a French physicist and chemist, remembered today largely for the law of Dulong and Petit.
Pierre Paul Émile Roux
Pierre Paul Émile Roux FRS(December 17, 1853, Confolens, Charente – November 3, 1933, Paris) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist who was one of the closest collaborators of L...
Pierre Paul Émile Roux FRS(December 17, 1853, Confolens, Charente – November 3, 1933, Paris) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist who was one of the closest collaborators of L...
Pierre Prévost
Pierre Prévost was a Swiss philosopher and physicist.
Pierre Prévost was a Swiss philosopher and physicist.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (October 24, 1932 in Paris – May 18, 2007 in Orsay) was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (October 24, 1932 in Paris – May 18, 2007 in Orsay) was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.
Pierre-Joseph van Beneden
Pierre-Joseph van Beneden (19 December 1809 – 8 January 1894) was a Belgian zoologist and paleontologist.
Pierre-Joseph van Beneden (19 December 1809 – 8 January 1894) was a Belgian zoologist and paleontologist.
Pieter Zeeman
Pieter Zeeman FRS was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect.
Pieter Zeeman FRS was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect.
Ragnar Granit
Ragnar Arthur Granit (October 30, 1900, Riihimäki, Finland – March 12, 1991, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Finnish/Swedish scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967 ...
Ragnar Arthur Granit (October 30, 1900, Riihimäki, Finland – March 12, 1991, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Finnish/Swedish scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967 ...
Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff
Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff, Sr. (born August 9, 1897 in Geneva, New York; died November 3, 1994 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American scientist and pioneer of X-ray crystallography.
Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff, Sr. (born August 9, 1897 in Geneva, New York; died November 3, 1994 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American scientist and pioneer of X-ray crystallography.
Raoul Bott
Raoul Bott, FRS (September 24, 1923 – December 20, 2005) was a Hungarian mathematician known for numerous basic contributions to geometry in its broad sense.
Raoul Bott, FRS (September 24, 1923 – December 20, 2005) was a Hungarian mathematician known for numerous basic contributions to geometry in its broad sense.
Rashid Sunyaev
Rashid Alievich Sunyaev (Cyrillic: Раши́д Али́евич Сюня́ев, which might be more phonetically transliterated "Syunyayev") was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, on March 1, 1943 to a Tatar family, and ...
Rashid Alievich Sunyaev (Cyrillic: Раши́д Али́евич Сюня́ев, which might be more phonetically transliterated "Syunyayev") was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, on March 1, 1943 to a Tatar family, and ...
Renato Dulbecco
Renato Dulbecco (born February 22, 1914) is an Italian virologist who won a 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on reverse transcriptase.
Renato Dulbecco (born February 22, 1914) is an Italian virologist who won a 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on reverse transcriptase.
René Just Haüy
René Just Haüy (; 28 February 1743 in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée (Oise) – 3 June 1822 in Paris) was a French mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbé Haüy after he was made an honorary can...
René Just Haüy (; 28 February 1743 in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée (Oise) – 3 June 1822 in Paris) was a French mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbé Haüy after he was made an honorary can...
René Louiche Desfontaines
René Louiche Desfontaines (14 February 1750 – 16 November 1833) was a French botanist.
René Louiche Desfontaines (14 February 1750 – 16 November 1833) was a French botanist.
Richard Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynman (; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum elect...
Richard Phillips Feynman (; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum elect...
Richard R. Ernst
Richard Robert Ernst (born August 14, 1933) is a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.
Richard Robert Ernst (born August 14, 1933) is a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.
Richard R. Schrock
Richard Royce Schrock (born 4 January 1945) is an American chemist and Nobel laureate recognized for his contributions to the metathesis reaction used in organic chemistry.
Richard Royce Schrock (born 4 January 1945) is an American chemist and Nobel laureate recognized for his contributions to the metathesis reaction used in organic chemistry.
Richard Willstätter
Richard Martin Willstätter (13 August 1872 – 3 August 1942) was a German organic chemist whose study of the structure of plant pigments, chlorophyll included, won him the 1915 Nobel Prize for Ch...
Richard Martin Willstätter (13 August 1872 – 3 August 1942) was a German organic chemist whose study of the structure of plant pigments, chlorophyll included, won him the 1915 Nobel Prize for Ch...
Richard Zare
Richard Neil Zare is an American physical chemist.
Richard Neil Zare is an American physical chemist.
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini (born 22 April 1909), Knight Grand Cross is an Italian neurologist who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for th...
Rita Levi-Montalcini (born 22 April 1909), Knight Grand Cross is an Italian neurologist who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for th...
Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann (born July 18, 1937) is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Roald Hoffmann (born July 18, 1937) is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Robert Bunsen
Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (30 March 1811N1 – 16 August 1899) was a German chemist.
Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (30 March 1811N1 – 16 August 1899) was a German chemist.
Robert Burns Woodward
Robert Burns Woodward (April 10, 1917 – July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist, considered by many to be the preeminent organic chemist of the twentieth century.
Robert Burns Woodward (April 10, 1917 – July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist, considered by many to be the preeminent organic chemist of the twentieth century.
Robert S. Mulliken
Robert Sanderson Mulliken (June 7, 1896 – October 31, 1986) was an American physicist and chemist, primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital theory, i.e. the ela...
Robert Sanderson Mulliken (June 7, 1896 – October 31, 1986) was an American physicist and chemist, primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital theory, i.e. the ela...
Roger D. Kornberg
Roger David Kornberg (born ) is an American biochemist and professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Roger David Kornberg (born ) is an American biochemist and professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Roger Stanier
Roger Yate Stanier (22 October 1916 – 29 January 1982) was a Canadian microbiologist who was influential in the development of modern microbiology.
Roger Yate Stanier (22 October 1916 – 29 January 1982) was a Canadian microbiologist who was influential in the development of modern microbiology.
Roger Wolcott Sperry
Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 – April 17, 1994) was a neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nob...
Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 – April 17, 1994) was a neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nob...
Roger Y. Tsien
Roger Yonchien Tsien is a Chinese American biochemist and a professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego.
Roger Yonchien Tsien is a Chinese American biochemist and a professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego.
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Rolf Martin Zinkernagel AC (born January 6, 1944 in Riehen, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland) is Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich.
Rolf Martin Zinkernagel AC (born January 6, 1944 in Riehen, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland) is Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich.
Ross Granville Harrison
Ross Granville Harrison (January 13, 1870-September 30, 1959) was an American biologist and anatomist credited as the first to work successfully with artificial tissue culture.
Ross Granville Harrison (January 13, 1870-September 30, 1959) was an American biologist and anatomist credited as the first to work successfully with artificial tissue culture.
Rudolf Clausius
Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (Born Rudolf Gottlieb, 2 January 1822 – 24 August 1888), was a German physicist and mathematician and is considered one of the central founders of the scienc...
Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (Born Rudolf Gottlieb, 2 January 1822 – 24 August 1888), was a German physicist and mathematician and is considered one of the central founders of the scienc...
Rudolf Heidenhain
Rudolf Peter Heinrich Heidenhain (29 January 1834 - 13 October 1897) was a German physiologist who was born in Marienwerder, East Prussia (now Kwidzyn, Poland).
Rudolf Peter Heinrich Heidenhain (29 January 1834 - 13 October 1897) was a German physiologist who was born in Marienwerder, East Prussia (now Kwidzyn, Poland).
Rudolf Leuckart
Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (October 7, 1822 - February 6, 1898) was a German zoologist who was born in Helmstedt.
Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (October 7, 1822 - February 6, 1898) was a German zoologist who was born in Helmstedt.
Rudolph A. Marcus
Rudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is a Canadian-born chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of electron transfer.
Rudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is a Canadian-born chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of electron transfer.
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch (October 6, 1907, Gdańsk – November 7, 2007, New York) was a German-born U.S. geneticist and co-founder of developmental genetics.
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch (October 6, 1907, Gdańsk – November 7, 2007, New York) was a German-born U.S. geneticist and co-founder of developmental genetics.
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation.
Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Santiago Ramón y Cajal ForMemRS (1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) was a Spanish pathologist, histologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal ForMemRS (1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) was a Spanish pathologist, histologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate.
Setsuro Ebashi
Setsuro Ebashi FMRS was a Japanese biophysicist.
Setsuro Ebashi FMRS was a Japanese biophysicist.
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa de Albornoz was a Spanish-American doctor and biochemist, and joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Arthur Kornberg.
Severo Ochoa de Albornoz was a Spanish-American doctor and biochemist, and joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Arthur Kornberg.
Sewall Wright
Sewall Green Wright (December 21, 1889 March 3, 1988) was an American geneticist known for his influential work on evolutionary theory and also for his work on path analysis.
Sewall Green Wright (December 21, 1889 March 3, 1988) was an American geneticist known for his influential work on evolutionary theory and also for his work on path analysis.
Seymour Benzer
Seymour Benzer was an American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist.
Seymour Benzer was an American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist.
Shiing-Shen Chern
Shiing-Shen Chern (, October 26, 1911 – December 3, 2004) was a Chinese American mathematician, one of the leaders in differential geometry of the twentieth century.
Shiing-Shen Chern (, October 26, 1911 – December 3, 2004) was a Chinese American mathematician, one of the leaders in differential geometry of the twentieth century.
Shosaku Numa
Shosaku NumaForMemRS was a Japanese neurobiologist.
Shosaku NumaForMemRS was a Japanese neurobiologist.
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939), was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis.
Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939), was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis.
Silas Weir Mitchell
Silas Weir Mitchell (February 15, 1829 – January 4, 1914) was an American physician and writer.
Silas Weir Mitchell (February 15, 1829 – January 4, 1914) was an American physician and writer.
Simon Flexner
Simon Flexner, M.D. (March 25, 1863 in Louisville, Kentucky – May 2, 1946) was a physician, scientist, administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylva...
Simon Flexner, M.D. (March 25, 1863 in Louisville, Kentucky – May 2, 1946) was a physician, scientist, administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylva...
Simon Schwendener
Simon Schwendener was a Swiss botanist who was a native of Buchs in the Canton of St. Gallen.
Simon Schwendener was a Swiss botanist who was a native of Buchs in the Canton of St. Gallen.
Solomon Lefschetz
Solomon Lefschetz (3 September 1884 – 5 October 1972) was an American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-...
Solomon Lefschetz (3 September 1884 – 5 October 1972) was an American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-...
Sophus Lie
Marius Sophus Lie ( "Lee") (17 December 1842 – 18 February 1899) was a Norwegian mathematician.
Marius Sophus Lie ( "Lee") (17 December 1842 – 18 February 1899) was a Norwegian mathematician.
Stanislao Cannizzaro
Stanislao Cannizzaro, FRS (July 13, 1826 – May 10, 1910) was an Italian chemist.
Stanislao Cannizzaro, FRS (July 13, 1826 – May 10, 1910) was an Italian chemist.
Stanley Falkow
Stanley Falkow, PhD, (born 1934 in Albany, NY) is microbiologist and a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Stanley Falkow, PhD, (born 1934 in Albany, NY) is microbiologist and a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Stephen Kuffler
Stephen William Kuffler (August 24 Tap, Hungary, 1913 – October 11, 1980) was a pre-eminent Hungarian-American neurophysiologist.
Stephen William Kuffler (August 24 Tap, Hungary, 1913 – October 11, 1980) was a pre-eminent Hungarian-American neurophysiologist.
Steven D. Tanksley
Steven Dale Tanksley is the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant breeding and Biometry and chair of the Genomics Initiative Task Force at Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sci...
Steven Dale Tanksley is the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant breeding and Biometry and chair of the Genomics Initiative Task Force at Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sci...
Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak force and electromagn...
Steven Weinberg is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak force and electromagn...
Susan Solomon
Susan Solomon is an atmospheric chemist working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Susan Solomon is an atmospheric chemist working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Svante Arrhenius
Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist, originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry.
Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist, originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry.
Sven Hörstadius
Sven Hörstadius (1898–1996) was a Swedish embryologist known for his work on sea urchin embryos.
Sven Hörstadius (1898–1996) was a Swedish embryologist known for his work on sea urchin embryos.
Tadeus Reichstein
Tadeusz Reichstein (July 20, 1897 – August 1, 1996) was a Polish-born Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate.
Tadeusz Reichstein (July 20, 1897 – August 1, 1996) was a Polish-born Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate.
Theobald Smith
Theobald Smith (July 31, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was a pioneering epidemiologist and pathologist and is widely-considered to be America's first internationally-significant medical research sci...
Theobald Smith (July 31, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was a pioneering epidemiologist and pathologist and is widely-considered to be America's first internationally-significant medical research sci...
Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff
Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (October 28, 1807 in Hannover – December 5, 1882 in Munich) was a German physician and biologist who lectured on pathological anatomy at Heidelberg (1835-184...
Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (October 28, 1807 in Hannover – December 5, 1882 in Munich) was a German physician and biologist who lectured on pathological anatomy at Heidelberg (1835-184...
Theodor Schwann
Theodor Schwann (7 December 1810, Neuss – 11 January 1882) was a German physiologist.
Theodor Schwann (7 December 1810, Neuss – 11 January 1882) was a German physiologist.
Theodor Svedberg
Theodor H. E. ("The") Svedberg (30 August 1884 – 25 February 1971) was a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate, active at Uppsala University.
Theodor H. E. ("The") Svedberg (30 August 1884 – 25 February 1971) was a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate, active at Uppsala University.
Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American aerospace engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics.
Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American aerospace engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics.
Theodore William Richards
Theodore William Richards was the first American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, earning the award "in recognition of his exact determinations of the atomic weights of a large...
Theodore William Richards was the first American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, earning the award "in recognition of his exact determinations of the atomic weights of a large...
Theodosius Dobzhansky
Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky ForMemRS (Теодосій Григорович Добжанський; January 24, 1900 - December 18, 1975) was a prominent geneticist and evolutionary biologist, and a central figure in ...
Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky ForMemRS (Теодосій Григорович Добжанський; January 24, 1900 - December 18, 1975) was a prominent geneticist and evolutionary biologist, and a central figure in ...
Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner was known as the "father of chemical ecology.
Thomas Eisner was known as the "father of chemical ecology.
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist and embryologist and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries relating the...
Thomas Hunt Morgan was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist and embryologist and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries relating the...
Thomas Kailath
Thomas Kailath (born June 7, 1935 in Pune, India) is an Indian electrical engineer, information theorist, control engineer, entrepreneur and the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritu...
Thomas Kailath (born June 7, 1935 in Pune, India) is an Indian electrical engineer, information theorist, control engineer, entrepreneur and the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritu...
Tom Fenchel
Tom Michael Fenchel (born March 19, 1940 in Copenhagen) is a Danish marine ecologist and professor first at the University of Aarhus, later at the University of Copenhagen.
Tom Michael Fenchel (born March 19, 1940 in Copenhagen) is a Danish marine ecologist and professor first at the University of Aarhus, later at the University of Copenhagen.
Torbjörn Caspersson
Professor Torbjörn Oskar Caspersson (15 October 1910 – 7 December 1997) was a Swedish cytologist and geneticist.
Professor Torbjörn Oskar Caspersson (15 October 1910 – 7 December 1997) was a Swedish cytologist and geneticist.
Torsten Wiesel
Torsten Nils Wiesel (born June 3, 1924) was a Swedish co-recipient with David H. Hubel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing ...
Torsten Nils Wiesel (born June 3, 1924) was a Swedish co-recipient with David H. Hubel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing ...
Tracy Sonneborn
Tracy Morton Sonneborn (October 19, 1905–January 26, 1981) was an American biologist.
Tracy Morton Sonneborn (October 19, 1905–January 26, 1981) was an American biologist.
Tullio Levi-Civita
Tullio Levi-Civita, FRS (29 March 1873 — 29 December 1941; ) was an Italian mathematician, most famous for his work on absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) and its applications to th...
Tullio Levi-Civita, FRS (29 March 1873 — 29 December 1941; ) was an Italian mathematician, most famous for his work on absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) and its applications to th...
Ugo Fano
Ugo Fano (July 28, 1912 – February 13, 2001) was an Italian American physicist, a leader in theoretical physics in the 20th century.
Ugo Fano (July 28, 1912 – February 13, 2001) was an Italian American physicist, a leader in theoretical physics in the 20th century.
Ulf von Euler
Ulf Svante von Euler (7 February 1905 – 9 March 1983) was a Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist.
Ulf Svante von Euler (7 February 1905 – 9 March 1983) was a Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist.
Valentine Telegdi
Valentine Louis Telegdi FRS (Hungarian: Telegdi Bálint, 11 January 1922 – April 8, 2006) was a Hungarian-born U.S. physicist.
Valentine Louis Telegdi FRS (Hungarian: Telegdi Bálint, 11 January 1922 – April 8, 2006) was a Hungarian-born U.S. physicist.
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle is a former neuroscientist from the Johns Hopkins University.
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle is a former neuroscientist from the Johns Hopkins University.
Victor Goldschmidt
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (Zürich, January 27, 1888 – March 20, 1947 in Oslo) was a mineralogist considered (together with Vladimir Vernadsky) to be the founder of modern geochemistry and...
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (Zürich, January 27, 1888 – March 20, 1947 in Oslo) was a mineralogist considered (together with Vladimir Vernadsky) to be the founder of modern geochemistry and...
Viktor Hambardzumyan
Viktor Hambardzumyan (Վիկտոր Համբարձումյան,, Tbilisi – August 12, 1996, Byurakan, russified as Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian) was a Soviet Armenian scientist, and one of the founders of...
Viktor Hambardzumyan (Վիկտոր Համբարձումյան,, Tbilisi – August 12, 1996, Byurakan, russified as Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian) was a Soviet Armenian scientist, and one of the founders of...
Vilhelm Bjerknes
Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes (14 March 1862 – 9 April 1951) was a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who did much to found the modern practice of weather forecasting.
Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes (14 March 1862 – 9 April 1951) was a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who did much to found the modern practice of weather forecasting.
Vitaly Ginzburg
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg ForMemRS (Вита́лий Ла́заревич Ги́нзбург; October 4, 1916 – November 8, 2009) was a Soviet theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, Nobel laureate, a member of the Russia...
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg ForMemRS (Вита́лий Ла́заревич Ги́нзбург; October 4, 1916 – November 8, 2009) was a Soviet theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, Nobel laureate, a member of the Russia...
Vito Volterra
Vito Volterra (3 May 1860 – 11 October 1940) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, known for his contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.
Vito Volterra (3 May 1860 – 11 October 1940) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, known for his contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.
Vladimir Arnold
Vladimir Igorevich Arnold (alternative spelling Arnol'd, Влади́мир И́горевич Арно́льд, 12 June 1937 – 3 June 2010) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician.
Vladimir Igorevich Arnold (alternative spelling Arnol'd, Влади́мир И́горевич Арно́льд, 12 June 1937 – 3 June 2010) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician.
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his...
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his...
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (geologist)
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (10 November 1851 – 17 February 1940) was a Norwegian geologist and mineralogist.
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (10 November 1851 – 17 February 1940) was a Norwegian geologist and mineralogist.
Walter Bradford Cannon
Walter Bradford Cannon, M.D. was an American physiologist, professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School.
Walter Bradford Cannon, M.D. was an American physiologist, professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School.
Walter Gilbert
Walter Gilbert (born March 21, 1932) is an American physicist, biochemist, molecular biology pioneer, and Nobel laureate.
Walter Gilbert (born March 21, 1932) is an American physicist, biochemist, molecular biology pioneer, and Nobel laureate.
Walter Jakob Gehring
Walter Jakob Gehring (born 20 March 1939 in Zurich) is Professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland.
Walter Jakob Gehring (born 20 March 1939 in Zurich) is Professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland.
Walter Kohn
Walter Kohn (born March 9, 1923, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.
Walter Kohn (born March 9, 1923, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.
Walter Sydney Adams
Walter Sydney Adams (December 20, 1876 – May 11, 1956) was an American astronomer.
Walter Sydney Adams (December 20, 1876 – May 11, 1956) was an American astronomer.
Walther Nernst
Walther Hermann Nernst was a German physical chemist and physicist who is known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical affinity as embodied in the third law of thermodynamics, for w...
Walther Hermann Nernst was a German physical chemist and physicist who is known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical affinity as embodied in the third law of thermodynamics, for w...
Warner T. Koiter
Warner Tjardus Koiter (Amsterdam, June 16, 1914–Delft, September 2, 1997) was an influential mechanical engineer and the Professor of Applied Mechanics at Delft University of Technology in...
Warner Tjardus Koiter (Amsterdam, June 16, 1914–Delft, September 2, 1997) was an influential mechanical engineer and the Professor of Applied Mechanics at Delft University of Technology in...
Werner Heisenberg
Werner Karl Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and is best known for asserting the uncertainty principle of quantum theory.
Werner Karl Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and is best known for asserting the uncertainty principle of quantum theory.
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
Wilhelm Eduard Weber (24 October 1804 – 23 June 1891) was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph.
Wilhelm Eduard Weber (24 October 1804 – 23 June 1891) was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph.
Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger
Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (or Wilhelm von Haidinger) (5 February 1795 – 19 March 1871) was an Austrian mineralogist, geologist and physicist.
Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (or Wilhelm von Haidinger) (5 February 1795 – 19 March 1871) was an Austrian mineralogist, geologist and physicist.
Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven (Semarang, May 21, 1860 – Leiden, September 29, 1927) was a Dutch doctor and physiologist.
Willem Einthoven (Semarang, May 21, 1860 – Leiden, September 29, 1927) was a Dutch doctor and physiologist.
William Jencks
William Platt Jencks (August 15, 1927 – January 3, 2007) was an American biochemist.
William Platt Jencks (August 15, 1927 – January 3, 2007) was an American biochemist.
William Wallace Campbell
William Wallace Campbell was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1900 to 1930.
William Wallace Campbell was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1900 to 1930.
Woldemar Voigt
Woldemar Voigt (2 September 1850 – 13 December 1919) was a German physicist, who taught at the Georg August University of Göttingen.
Woldemar Voigt (2 September 1850 – 13 December 1919) was a German physicist, who taught at the Georg August University of Göttingen.
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich FRS (Якаў Барысавіч Зэльдавіч, Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич) (8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987) was a prolific Soviet physicist born in Belarus.
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich FRS (Якаў Барысавіч Зэльдавіч, Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич) (8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987) was a prolific Soviet physicist born in Belarus.
Yakov G. Sinai
Yakov Grigorevich Sinai (Я́ков Григо́рьевич Сина́й; born September 21, 1935) is an influential mathematician working in the theory of dynamical systems, in mathematical physics and in probabilit...
Yakov Grigorevich Sinai (Я́ков Григо́рьевич Сина́й; born September 21, 1935) is an influential mathematician working in the theory of dynamical systems, in mathematical physics and in probabilit...
Yasutomi Nishizuka
Yasutomi Nishizuka was a Japanese biochemist who discovered protein kinase C and made important contribution to the understanding of molecular mechanism of signal transduction across the cell me...
Yasutomi Nishizuka was a Japanese biochemist who discovered protein kinase C and made important contribution to the understanding of molecular mechanism of signal transduction across the cell me...
Yoshio Masui
Yoshio Masui is a Japanese cell biologist.
Yoshio Masui is a Japanese cell biologist.
Édouard Brézin
Édouard Brézin (b. December 1, 1938 Paris) is a French theoretical physicist.
Édouard Brézin (b. December 1, 1938 Paris) is a French theoretical physicist.
Éleuthère Mascart
Éleuthère Élie Nicolas Mascart (February 20, 1837 – August 24, 1908) was a noted French physicist, a researcher in optics and electricity.
Éleuthère Élie Nicolas Mascart (February 20, 1837 – August 24, 1908) was a noted French physicist, a researcher in optics and electricity.
Élie Cartan
Élie Joseph Cartan (9 April 1869 – 6 May 1951) was an influential French mathematician, who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups and their geometric applications.
Élie Joseph Cartan (9 April 1869 – 6 May 1951) was an influential French mathematician, who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups and their geometric applications.
Élie Metchnikoff
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov was a Ukrainian biologist, zoologist and protozoologist, best remembered for his pioneering research into the immune system.
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov was a Ukrainian biologist, zoologist and protozoologist, best remembered for his pioneering research into the immune system.
Øjvind Winge
Øjvind Winge was a Danish biologist and a pioneer in yeast genetics.
Øjvind Winge was a Danish biologist and a pioneer in yeast genetics.