Physicists from Canada

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

1. #1

   

   Richard E. Taylor

   1929 - 2018

   HPI 72.4664 languages

   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. #2

   

   Bertram Brockhouse

   1918 - 2003

   HPI 71.8262 languages

   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. #3

   

   Willard Boyle

   1924 - 2011

   HPI 70.0965 languages

   Willard Boyle was most famous for his work with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain in the invention of the transistor.

4. #4

   

   Jim Peebles

   b. 1935

   HPI 69.7260 languages

   Jim Peebles is most famous for creating the Peebles Corporation.

5. #5

   

   Louis Slotin

   1910 - 1946

   HPI 64.7525 languages

   Canadian physicist and chemist

6. #6

   

   Donna Strickland

   b. 1959

   HPI 64.0979 languages

   Canadian physicist, engineer, and Nobel laureate

7. #7

   

   Arthur Jeffrey Dempster

   1886 - 1950

   HPI 59.1820 languages

   Canadian-American physicist (1886–1950)

8. #8

   

   Harriet Brooks

   1876 - 1933

   HPI 56.9321 languages

   Canadian nuclear physicist

9. #9

   

   Paul Corkum

   b. 1943

   HPI 52.5817 languages

   Canadian physicist

10. #10

    

    Sylvia Fedoruk

    1927 - 2012

    HPI 49.4116 languages

    Canadian medical physicist, curler and politician (1927–2012)