Physics:List of theoretical physicists

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The following is a partial list of notable theoretical physicists. Arranged by century of birth, then century of death, then year of birth, then year of death, then alphabetically by surname. For explanation of symbols, see Notes at end of this article.

Ancient times

Middle Ages

  • Al Farabi (c. 872 – c. 950)
  • Ibn al-Haytham (c. 965 – c. 1040)
  • Al Beruni (c. 973 – c. 1048)
  • Omar Khayyám (c. 1048 – c. 1131)
  • Bhaskara II (c.1114 - c.1185)
  • Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201–1274)
  • Jean Buridan  (1301 – c. 1359/62)
  • Nicole Oresme (c. 1320 – 1325 –1382)
  • Sigismondo Polcastro (1384–1473)

15th–16th century

16th century and 16th–17th centuries

17th century

17th–18th centuries

18th century

18th–19th centuries

19th century

19th–20th centuries


20th century


20th–21st century


Fictional theoretical physicists

  • Gordon Freeman
  • Eli Vance
  • Isaac Kleiner
  • Rodney McKay
  • Samantha Carterª
  • Larry Fleinhardt
  • Leonardo Vetra
  • Quinn Mallory
  • Maximillian Arturo
  • Nicholas Rush
  • Daniel Faraday
  • Catherine Elizabeth Halsey
  • Milo Rambaldi
  • Reed Richards
  • Victor Von Doom
  • Radek Zelenka
  • Sheldon Cooper
  • Rosalind and Robert Lutece
  • Rick Sanchez

See also

Notes

* Experimentalist also
º Astronomer, astrophysicist or cosmologist also
^ Developed new mathematics
† Contributed to chemistry
‡ Contributed to biology
ª Women in theoretical physics