Physicists from Austria

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Austrians Physicists of all time. This list of famous Austrians 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 Austrians Physicists.

1. #1

   

   Erwin Schrödinger

   1887 - 1961

   HPI 84.23137 langs

   Erwin Schrödinger was a physicist who formulated the Schrödinger equation, which is used to describe the behavior of quantum particles.

2. #2

   

   Lise Meitner

   1878 - 1968

   HPI 80.9284 langs

   Lise Meitner is most famous for her work in nuclear physics. She was the first person to realize that Otto Hahn's experiments with uranium...Read moreShow less

   Lise Meitner is most famous for her work in nuclear physics. She was the first person to realize that Otto Hahn's experiments with uranium were producing nuclear fission.

3. #3

   

   Wolfgang Pauli

   1900 - 1958

   HPI 78.1293 langs

   Wolfgang Pauli is most famous for his exclusion principle, which states that no two electrons in an atom can occupy the same quantum state.

4. #4

   

   Ludwig Boltzmann

   1844 - 1906

   HPI 77.5777 langs

   Ludwig Boltzmann is most famous for his kinetic theory of gases, which states that the kinetic energy of a gas is proportional to the number...Read moreShow less

   Ludwig Boltzmann is most famous for his kinetic theory of gases, which states that the kinetic energy of a gas is proportional to the number of molecules in the gas.

5. #5

   

   Christian Doppler

   1803 - 1853

   HPI 77.2775 langs

   Christian Doppler is most famous for his discovery of the Doppler effect. The Doppler effect is the change in frequency and wavelength of a...Read moreShow less

   Christian Doppler is most famous for his discovery of the Doppler effect. The Doppler effect is the change in frequency and wavelength of a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave.

6. #6

   

   Victor Francis Hess

   1883 - 1964

   HPI 76.9780 langs

   Victor Francis Hess is most famous for his discovery of cosmic rays.

7. #7

   

   Victor Weisskopf

   1908 - 2002

   HPI 70.5833 langs
8. #8

   

   Anton Zeilinger

   b. 1945

   HPI 69.7652 langs
9. #9

   

   Walter Kohn

   1923 - 2016

   HPI 67.7156 langs
10. #10

    

    Otto Robert Frisch

    1904 - 1979

    HPI 67.2543 langs