Nobel laureates in Physics

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)

Danish physicist (1885–1962)

German theoretical physicist (1858–1947)

Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

German physicist (1845–1923)

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner (1901–1976)

French physicist (1859–1906)

Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)

British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)

German-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882-1970)

British physicist (1856-1940)

Dutch physicist (1853–1928)

Indian physicist (1888–1970)

French physicist (1852–1908)

American physicist (1852–1931)

American physicist (1868–1953)

physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)

Dutch physicist (1865–1943)

British scientist (1862–1942)

German-born American theoretical physicist (1906-1972)

Dutch physicist (1837–1923)

German physicist (1862-1947)

English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932

Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter (1892–1987)

Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968)

Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician (1902–1995)

German physicist (1864-1928)

German inventor and physicist (1909 Nobel Prize)

American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)

American physicist and engineer (1908–1991)

English physicist (1842–1919)

British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)

Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)

German-American nuclear physicist

Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981)

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879–1960)

American nuclear physicist (1901–1958)

American physicist and inventor (1910–1989)

American physicist (1929–2019)

Soviet physicist

Indian-American astrophysicist

English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

Dutch physicist, Nobel prize winner (1853-1926)

Scottish physicist and meteorologist (1869-1959)

German-American physicist (1888–1969)

American physicist (1892–1962)

German physicist (1882–1964)

German physicist (1887–1975)

Canadian physicist, Nobel laurate

theoretical physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics recipient

French physicist (1870–1942)

Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography

Russian physicist (1916–2009)

German physicist (1874-1957)

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

Chinese physicist (1922–2025)