The Most Famous
Physicists from Canada
This page contains a list of the greatest Canadians Physicists. The pantheon dataset contains 851 Physicists, 10 of which were born in Canada. This makes Canada the birth place of the 16th most number of Physicists behind Ukraine and Hungary.
Top 10 Physicists
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Canadians Physicists of all time. This list of famous Canadians Physicists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Canadians Physicists.
- #1
Richard E. Taylor
1929 - 2018
HPI 72.4664 langsRichard E. Taylor is most famous for his work in the field of nuclear physics. He is credited with the discovery of the particle known as...Read moreShow less
Richard E. Taylor is most famous for his work in the field of nuclear physics. He is credited with the discovery of the particle known as the tau lepton in 1976.
- #2
Bertram Brockhouse
1918 - 2003
HPI 71.8262 langsBertram Brockhouse is most famous for his work in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993...Read moreShow less
Bertram Brockhouse is most famous for his work in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993 for his work with electron spin resonance.
- #3
Willard Boyle
1924 - 2011
HPI 70.0965 langsWillard Boyle was most famous for his work with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain in the invention of the transistor.
- #4
Jim Peebles
b. 1935
HPI 69.7260 langsJim Peebles is most famous for creating the Peebles Corporation.
Overlapping Lives
Which Physicists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 7 most globally memorable Physicists since 1700.
