20th-century English physicists

Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.

British chemist

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher

English radio astronomer (1918–1984)

British chemist and physicist (1832-1919)

English physiologist and biophysicist (1917–2012)

English biochemist and crystallographer (1917–1997)

English physicist

English engineer, mathematician and inventor (1854-1923)

British physicist (1946-)

British physicist (1905-1965)

British biochemist (1898-1961)

English mathematician and physicist (1909-1991)

English physicist who invented the caesium atomic clock and determined the speed of light (1908-1997)

British physicist (1875–1966)

British physicist (1888–1956)

British astronomer and historian of science (1890–1978)

English physicist and radio astronomer (1909–2000)

American physicist (1884–1962)

English physicist (1917-1983)

British physicist (1920–1984)

English physicist

British physicist (1890–1958)

English nuclear research assistant

English mathematical physicist (1900–1977)

British physicist

British physicist (1895-1980)