The Most Famous

Physicists from India

This page contains a list of the greatest Indians Physicists. The pantheon dataset contains 851 Physicists, 16 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 12th most number of Physicists behind Poland and Sweden.

Top 10 Physicists

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

#1
C. V. Raman
1888 - 1970
HPI 74.29107 langs
Raman was most famous for his discovery of the Raman Effect, which is the scattering of monochromatic light due to molecular vibrations.
#2
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894 - 1974
HPI 69.8079 langs
Satyendra Nath Bose was most famous for his work in quantum mechanics, specifically the Bose-Einstein statistics.
#3
Abdul Qadeer Khan
1936 - 2021
HPI 67.9041 langs
#4
Anna Mani
1918 - 2001
HPI 67.5429 langs
#5
Tom Kibble
1932 - 2016
HPI 63.5122 langs
#6
Homi J. Bhabha
1909 - 1966
HPI 62.3643 langs
#7
Jayant Narlikar
1938 - 2025
HPI 60.5934 langs
#8
Vikram Sarabhai
1919 - 1971
HPI 59.2833 langs
#9
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
1893 - 1972
HPI 57.7327 langs
#10
Udupi Ramachandra Rao
1932 - 2017
HPI 57.1517 langs

People

Pantheon has 16 people classified as Indians physicists born between 1888 and 1956. Of these 16, 2 (12.50%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Indians physicists include Abhay Ashtekar, and Ashoke Sen. The most famous deceased Indians physicists include C. V. Raman, Satyendra Nath Bose, and Abdul Qadeer Khan.