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Nuclear physicist Biographies
Every archived life recorded as nuclear physicist, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Henri Becquerel
December 15, 1852 – August 25, 1908
French physicist (1852–1908)
Modern era
Pierre Curie
May 15, 1859 – April 19, 1906
French physicist (1859–1906)
Modern era
Ernest Rutherford
August 30, 1871 – October 19, 1937
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
Modern era
Niels Bohr
October 7, 1885 – November 18, 1962
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
Modern era
Enrico Fermi
September 29, 1901 – November 28, 1954
Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)
Modern era
Lise Meitner
1878 – October 27, 1968
Austrian-Swedish physicist
Modern era
James Chadwick
October 20, 1891 – July 24, 1974
English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932
Modern era
Chien-Shiung Wu
May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997
Chinese-American physicist (1912–1997) (death at 85 years)
Modern era
J. Robert Oppenheimer
April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
Contemporary era
Pervez Hoodbhoy
b. July 11, 1950
Pakistani nuclear physicist
Modern era
Munir Ahmad Khan
May 20, 1926 – April 22, 1999
Pakistani physicist
Modern era
Samar Mubarakmand
b. September 17, 1942
Pakistani physicist
Modern era
Hans Bethe
July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005
German-American nuclear physicist
Modern era
Edward Teller
January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
Modern era
Leo Szilard
February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964
Hungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)
Modern era
Freeman Dyson
December 15, 1923 – February 28, 2020
Theoretical physicist and mathematician (1923–2020)
Modern era
John Archibald Wheeler
July 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008
American physicist (1911-2008)
Modern era
Otto Hahn
March 8, 1879 – July 28, 1968
German chemist and physicist (1879-1968)
Modern era
Glenn Seaborg
April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999
American chemist (1912–1999)
Modern era
Homi Bhabha
October 30, 1909 – January 24, 1966
Indian nuclear physicist (1909–1966)
Modern era
Hideki Yukawa
January 23, 1907 – September 8, 1981
Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981)
Modern era
Andrei Sakharov
May 21, 1921 – December 14, 1989
Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989)