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Physicist Biographies
Every archived life recorded as physicist, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Murray Gell-Mann
September 15, 1929 – May 24, 2019
American physicist (1929–2019)
Modern era
Steven Weinberg
May 3, 1933 – July 23, 2021
American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)
Modern era
John Archibald Wheeler
July 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008
American physicist (1911-2008)
Modern era
John Bardeen
May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991
American physicist and engineer (1908–1991)
Modern era
Kip Thorne
b. June 1, 1940
American physicist (born 1940)
Modern era
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
b. July 15, 1943
British astrophysicist (born 1943)
Modern era
Fred Hoyle
June 24, 1915 – August 20, 2001
British astronomer (1915–2001)
Medieval era
Shen Kuo
1031 – 1095
Chinese scientist and statesman (1031-1095)
Modern era
Svante Arrhenius
February 19, 1859 – October 2, 1927
Swedish astronomer, chemist and physicist (1859–1927)
Modern era
Robert Bunsen
March 30, 1811 – August 16, 1899
German chemist (1811-1899)
Modern era
Irene Joliot-Curie
September 12, 1897 – March 17, 1956
French chemist and physicist (1897–1956)
Modern era
Jagadish Chandra Bose
November 30, 1858 – November 23, 1937
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)
Modern era
Homi Bhabha
October 30, 1909 – January 24, 1966
Indian nuclear physicist (1909–1966)
Modern era
Vikram Sarabhai
August 12, 1919 – December 30, 1971
Father of Indian space programme (1919–1971)
Modern era
Hideki Yukawa
January 23, 1907 – September 8, 1981
Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981)
Contemporary era
Shinya Yamanaka
b. September 4, 1962
Japanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)
Modern era
Andrei Sakharov
May 21, 1921 – December 14, 1989
Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989)