Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

male, deceased (1879) (ULM, Germany)
This German born physicist is considered one of the world's greatest thinkers in history. Not only did he shape the way people think of time,...
Edward Witten

Edward Witten

male, 58 years old (United States)
Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American mathematical physicist, Fields Medalist, and professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. He...
Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

male, 67 years old
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA, (born 8 January1942) is a British theoretical physicist. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of...
Lev Landau

Lev Landau

male, deceased (1968)
Lev Davidovich Landau (January 22, 1908 - April 1, 1968) was a prominent Soviet physicist of Jewish origin who made fundamental contributions to...
Robert L. Forward

Robert L. Forward

male, deceased (2002)
Robert Lull Forward, commonly known as Robert L. Forward, (August 15, 1932 - September 21, 2002) was an American physicist and science fiction writer.
David Hilbert

David Hilbert

male, deceased (1943)
David Hilbert was a German mathematician, recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th...
Roger Penrose

Roger Penrose

male, 78 years old
Sir Roger Penrose, OM, FRS (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the...
Kip Thorne

Kip Thorne

male, 69 years old (Pasadena, California, United States)
Kip Stephen Thorne is an American theoretical physicist, known for his prolific contributions in gravitation physics and astrophysics and for...
Hermann Bondi

Hermann Bondi

male, deceased (2005) (United States)
Professor Sir Hermann Bondi, KCB, FRS (1 November 1919-10 September 2005) was an Anglo-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist. He is best known for...
John Archibald Wheeler

John Archibald Wheeler

male, 98 years old
John Archibald Wheeler (born July 9, 1911) is an eminent American theoretical physicist. One of the later collaborators of Albert Einstein, he...