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 langsRaman 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 langsSatyendra Nath Bose was most famous for his work in quantum mechanics, specifically the Bose-Einstein statistics.
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Indians Physicists grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Physicists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 14 most globally memorable Physicists since 1700.
