Physicists from Netherlands

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

1. #1

   

   Christiaan Huygens

   1629 - 1695

   HPI 82.04100 langs

   Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch mathematician and astronomer who is most famous for inventing the pendulum clock in 1656.

2. #2

   

   Hendrik Lorentz

   1853 - 1928

   HPI 81.81104 langs

   Hendrik Lorentz is most famous for his work in the field of electromagnetism. He is credited with the discovery of the relationship between...Read moreShow less

   Hendrik Lorentz is most famous for his work in the field of electromagnetism. He is credited with the discovery of the relationship between electricity and magnetism.

3. #3

   

   Daniel Bernoulli

   1700 - 1782

   HPI 80.9781 langs

   Daniel Bernoulli is most famous for his work in fluid mechanics. He is also famous for his contributions to the kinetic theory of gases.

4. #4

   

   Pieter Zeeman

   1865 - 1943

   HPI 80.5398 langs

   Pieter Zeeman is most famous for his discovery of the Zeeman effect, which is the splitting of a spectral line into several components in...Read moreShow less

   Pieter Zeeman is most famous for his discovery of the Zeeman effect, which is the splitting of a spectral line into several components in the presence of a magnetic field.

5. #5

   

   Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

   1853 - 1926

   HPI 78.0789 langs

   Heike Kamerlingh Onnes is most famous for his discovery of superconductivity. He was the first to liquefy helium, and he discovered that...Read moreShow less

   Heike Kamerlingh Onnes is most famous for his discovery of superconductivity. He was the first to liquefy helium, and he discovered that mercury has a critical temperature of 4.2 degrees Kelvin.

6. #6

   

   Johannes Diderik van der Waals

   1837 - 1923

   HPI 77.5195 langs

   Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch physicist who is most famous for his work in the field of thermodynamics.

7. #7

   

   Peter Debye

   1884 - 1966

   HPI 75.7175 langs

   Peter Debye is most famous for his work in the field of chemistry. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1936 for his work in the...Read moreShow less

   Peter Debye is most famous for his work in the field of chemistry. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1936 for his work in the field of electrolytic dissociation.

8. #8

   

   Simon van der Meer

   1925 - 2011

   HPI 74.7472 langs

   Simon van der Meer is most famous for being a Dutch physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 for his contributions to the...Read moreShow less

   Simon van der Meer is most famous for being a Dutch physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 for his contributions to the discovery of the subatomic J/psi particle.

9. #9

   

   Nicolaas Bloembergen

   1920 - 2017

   HPI 73.9374 langs

   Nicolaas Bloembergen is most famous for his work in the field of optics, specifically the development of the laser.

10. #10

    

    Frits Zernike

    1888 - 1966

    HPI 73.5773 langs

    Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist who invented the Zernike polynomials. These polynomials are used to describe the shape of a wavefront.