With 721 biographies, Physicists are the 21st most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Biologists, Noblemen, and Mathematicians.
Pantheon has 721 people classified as physicists born between 965 and 2000. Of these 721, 148 (20.53%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living physicists include Peter Higgs, Barry Barish, and Arno Allan Penzias. The most famous deceased physicists include Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Marie Curie. As of October 2020, 66 new physicists have been added to Pantheon including Ratko Janev, Paul-Jacques Curie, and Ami Argand.
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.38
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.18
1933 - Present
HPI: 74.62
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.49
1938 - Present
HPI: 73.72
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.47
1931 - Present
HPI: 73.40
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.78
1926 - Present
HPI: 72.54
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.39
1922 - Present
HPI: 72.26
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.09
1643 - 1726
HPI: 96.84
1879 - 1955
HPI: 94.79
1867 - 1934
HPI: 90.85
1942 - 2018
HPI: 89.32
1791 - 1867
HPI: 88.23
1845 - 1923
HPI: 87.99
1858 - 1947
HPI: 86.63
1745 - 1827
HPI: 86.22
1885 - 1962
HPI: 85.96
1818 - 1889
HPI: 85.04
1775 - 1836
HPI: 84.98
1871 - 1937
HPI: 84.88
1939 - 2019
HPI: 72.77
1855 - 1941
HPI: 67.55
1750 - 1803
HPI: 65.57
1906 - 1994
HPI: 64.02
1845 - 1918
HPI: 63.65
1700 - 1782
HPI: 63.36
1894 - 1970
HPI: 62.36
1715 - 1794
HPI: 62.16
1866 - 1938
HPI: 61.77
1836 - 1912
HPI: 61.35
1804 - 1883
HPI: 60.82
1929 - 2008
HPI: 60.74
Most physicists were born in United States (167), Germany (90), and United Kingdom (85). By city, the most common birth places were New York City (26), Paris (17), and Moscow (12).The most common death places of physicists were United States (162), Germany (81), and United Kingdom (80). By city, these were Paris (39), Moscow (28), and London (16).
The earliest biographies classified as physicists in Pantheon are Christoph Scheiner, William Gilbert, and Ibn al-Haytham. The concentration of physicists was largest during the Radio & Film Era, which lasted from 1900 to 1949. Some birth or death locations for earlier physicists are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Which Physicists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Physicists since 1700.
Physicists are found within the Science & Technology domain which also includes Biologists, Mathematicians, Astronomers, Chemists, and Physicians.