Famous Scientists - List of Famous Scientists - page 44

A typical view of a scientist is that of a person in a white coat, conducting experiments. The truth is that a scientists can be defined as a person who is involved in the systematic and documented study of the phenomena that occur in nature but are not limited to just physics, chemistry or biology. They even indulge in studies related to the makeup of the earth and social scenarios where they study and try to understand the behavior of a group of individual of a particular species, sub-species or any other such classification. They can be classified into various categories based on the branch of science that they are involved in. Some such categories are social scientists, astronomers, physicist, biologists, chemical engineers or chemists, agriculturists and earth scientists. There are many more branches of science which a person can become a specialist of. Some of the notable people from this field are people like Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. Scientists have always led the way in understand the environment we live in and this is a collection of the biographies of these studious people, along with information about their professional and personal lives, including their life stories, timelines and trivia.

The Most Famous Scientists

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Juliane KoepckeOctober 10, 1954German, PeruvianJuliane Koepcke is a German-Peruvian biologist, who was the lone survivor among the 92 passengers and crew of the ill-fated LANSA Flight 508 that crashed in the Peruvian rainforest on 24 December 1971
Konstantin TsiolkovskySeptember 17, 1857RussianKonstantin Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist and a pioneer of astronautics
Henry CavendishOctober 10, 1731BritishHenry Cavendish was a theoretical chemist and physicist, renowned for discovery of hydrogen and calculation of the mass of earth
Gabe NewellNovember 3, 1962AmericanGabe Newell is an American computer programmer and businessman, best known as the co-founder of ‘Valve Corporation.’ This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, family, personal life, career, etc.
Walter KohnMarch 9, 1923AustrianNobel Laureate Walter Kohn was an Austrian-born American theoretical chemist and physicist
Max PolyakovJune 30, 1977UkrainianMax Polyakov is an international businessman, scientist and philanthropist
Grigori PerelmanJune 13, 1966RussianGrigori Perelman is a Russian mathematician who is best known for his contributions to Riemannian geometry and geometric topology
Eduardo SaverinMarch 19, 1982BrazilianEduardo Luiz Saverin is a Brazilian internet entrepreneur and investor
Alfred WegenerNovember 1, 1880GermanAlfred Wegener was a renowned German geophysicist and meteorologists who is known for pioneering the ‘Continental Drift’ theory
Kitaw EjiguFebruary 25, 1948EthiopianKitaw Ejigu was an Ethiopian American engineer and political leader
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein is popularly known as the Father of Modern Physics

GermanMarch 14, 1879189 views

James Watt

James Watt was a Scottish engineer and instrument maker, who is known for his invention of the first modern steam engine

ScottishJanuary 19, 1736210 views

Cyril Domb

Cyril Domb was a Jewish physicist known for his works on reconciling science and religion

IsraeliDecember 9, 1920143 views

Andre Marie Ampere

A great French physicist and mathematician, Andre Marie Ampere is remembered for his contribution towards of classical electromagnetism

FrenchJanuary 20, 1775139 views

Peter C. Doherty

Peter C Doherty is a renowned Australian scientist circle, who was received the Nobel Prize in Physiology for the discovery of how immune system recognizes virus-infected cells

Australian237 views

Judea Pearl

Judea Pearl is a noted computer scientist and philosopher, who gained international reputation for his work in the field of artificial intelligence

Ada Yonath

Ada Yonath is an Israeli scientist, who is known for her pioneering work on the structure and function of ribosome

IsraeliJune 22, 1939222 views

William Gilbert

William Gilbert was a distinguished astronomer and physician

BritishMay 24, 1544132 views

Carl David Anderson

Carl David Anderson was an American physicist known for the discovery of positron

Frank Fenner

Frank Fenner was an Australian scientist who made remarkable contribution in the field of virology