21st-century British 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 physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)

English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher

theoretical physicist and mathematician (1923–2020)

Russian-born Dutch-British physicist

British physicist (1946-)

British physicist and mathematician (1952-2020)

British physicist, Wikimedian, and campaigner for gender inclusion in science

British science writer

British physicist

Mexican-British-German cosmologist

British physicist (born 1946)

British physicist

British astrophysicist who studies the big bang

British astrophysicist (1979-)

British physicist and Royal Society Research Fellow

British astrophysicist

New Zealand scientist

Colombian theoretical physicist

English physicist

British physicist (1925–2022)

Scottish electrical engineer

British physicist

British cosmologist

British engineer and physicist (1923–2008)

British professor of physics

physicist

British astronomer

Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester

British physicist

British physicist

Physicist and sociologist

Israeli-British astronomer

Welsh physicist and Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University

physicist