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== T == Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm – Imperial Russia, Soviet Union (1895–1971) Nobel laureate Rachel Takserman-Krozer – Ukraine (1921–1987) Abraham H. Taub – United States (1911–1999) Geoffrey Ingram Taylor – U.K. (1886–1975) Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. – United States (born 1941) Nobel laureate Richard Edward Taylor – United States (1929–2018) Nobel laureate Max Tegmark – Sweden, United States (born 1967) Valentine Telegdi – Hungary, United States (1922–2006) Wolf laureate Edward Teller – Austria-Hungary, United States (1908–2003) Igor Ternov – Russia (1921–1996) George Paget Thomson – U.K. (1892–1975) Nobel laureate J. J. Thomson – U.K. (1856–1940) Nobel laureate William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) – Ireland, U.K. (1824–1907) Charles Thorn – United States (born 1946) Kip Stephen Thorne – United States (born 1940) Peter Adolf Thiessen – Germany (1899–1990) Samuel Chao Chung Ting – United States (born 1936) Nobel laureate Frank J. Tipler – United States (born 1947) Ernest William Titterton – U.K., Australia (1916–1990) Yoshinori Tokura – Japan (born 1954) Samuel Tolansky – U.K. (1907–1973) Orlando Toledo -- Chile (born 1964) Sin-Itiro Tomonaga – Japan (1906–1979) Nobel laureate Lewi Tonks – United States (1897–1971) Akira Tonomura – Japan (1942–2012) Evangelista Torricelli – Italy (1608–1647) Yoji Totsuka – Japan (1942–2008) Bruno Touschek – Italy (1921–1978) Charles Townes – United States (1915–2015) Nobel laureate John Townsend – U.K. (1868–1957) Johann Georg Tralles – Germany (1763–1822) Sam Treiman – United States (1925–1999) Daniel Chee Tsui – China, United States (born 1939) Nobel laureate Vipin Kumar Tripathi – India (born 1948) John J. Turin – United States (1913–1973) Neil Turok – South Africa (born 1958) Victor Twersky – United States (1923–1998) Sergei Tyablikov – Russia (1921–1968) John Tyndall – U.K. (1820–1893) Neil deGrasse Tyson – United States (born 1958)

== U == George Eugene Uhlenbeck – Netherlands, United States (1900–1988) Stanislaw Ulam – Poland, United States (1909–1984) Nikolay Umov – Russia (1846–1915) Juris Upatnieks – Latvia, United States (born 1936)

== V == Cumrun Vafa – Iran, United States (born 1960) Oriol Valls – (born 1947 in Barcelona, Spain) university physics professor Léon Van Hove – Belgium (1924–1990) Sergei Vavilov – Soviet Union (1891–1951) Vlatko Vedral – U.K., Serbia (born 1971) Evgeny Velikhov – Russia (born 1935) Martinus J. G. Veltman – Netherlands, United States (1931–2021) Nobel laureate Gabriele Veneziano – Italy (born 1942) Giovanni Battista Venturi – Italy (1746–1822) Émile Verdet – France (1824–1866) Erik Verlinde – Netherlands (1962) Herman Verlinde – Netherlands (1962) Leonardo da Vinci – Italy (1452–1519) Jean-Pierre Vigier – France (1920–2004) Gaetano Vignola – Italy Anatoly Vlasov – Russia (1908–1975) John Hasbrouck van Vleck – United States (1899–1980) Nobel laureate Woldemar Voigt – Germany (1850–1919) Burchard de Volder – Netherlands (1643–1709) Max Volmer – Germany (1885–1965) Alessandro Volta – Italy (1745–1827) Wernher von Braun – Germany (1912–1977) aerospace engineer

== W == Johannes Diderik van der Waals – Netherlands (1837–1923) Nobel laureate James Wait – Canada (1924–1998) Ludwig Waldmann – Germany (1913–1980) Alan Walsh – U.K., Australia (1916–1988) Ernest Walton – Ireland (1903–1995) Nobel laureate Dezhao Wang – China (1905–1998) Enge Wang – China (born 1957) Huanyu Wang – China (1954–2018) Kan-Chang Wang – China (1907–1998) Pu (Paul) Wang – China (1902–1969) Zhuxi Wang – China (1911–1983) Aaldert Wapstra – Netherlands (1923–2006) John Clive Ward – England, Australia (1924–2000) Gleb Wataghin – Ukraine, Italy, Brazil (1896–1986) John James Waterston – U.K. (1811–1883) Alan Andrew Watson – U.K. (born 1938) James Watt – U.K. (1736–1819) Denis Weaire – Ireland (born 1942) Colin Webb – U.K. (born 1937) Wilhelm Weber – Germany (1804–1891) Katherine Weimer – United States (1919–2000) Alvin Weinberg – United States (1915–2006) Steven Weinberg – United States (1933–2021) Nobel laureate Silke Weinfurtner – Germany Rainer Weiss – United States (1932–2025) Nobel laureate Victor Frederick Weisskopf – Austria, United States (1908–2002) Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker – Germany (1912–2007) Heinrich Welker – Germany (1912–1981) Gregor Wentzel – Germany (1898–1978) Paul Werbos – United States (born 1947) Siebren van der Werf – Netherlands (born 1942) Peter Westervelt – United States (1919–2015) Hermann Weyl – Germany (1885–1955) Christof Wetterich – Germany (born 1952) John Archibald Wheeler – United States (1911–2008) Gian-Carlo Wick – Italy (1909–1992) Emil Wiechert – Prussia (1861–1928) Carl Wieman – United States (born 1951) Nobel laureate Wilhelm Wien – Germany (1864–1928) Nobel laureate Arthur Wightman – United States (1922–2013) Eugene Wigner – Austria-Hungary, United States (1902–1993) Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek – United States (born 1951) Nobel laureate Charles Thomson Rees Wilson – U.K. (1869–1959) Nobel laureate Christine Wilson (scientist) – Canadian-American physicist and astronomer Kenneth Geddes Wilson – United States (1936–2013) Nobel laureate Robert R. Wilson – United States (1914–2000) Nobel laureate Robert Woodrow Wilson – United States (born 1936) John R. Winckler – United States (1918–2001) David J. Wineland – United States (born 1944) Nobel laureate Karl Wirtz – Germany (1910–1994) Mark B. Wise – Canada, United States (born 1953) Edward Witten – United States (born 1951) Emil Wolf – Czechoslovakia, United States (1922–2018) Fred Alan Wolf – United States (born 1934) Lincoln Wolfenstein – United States (1923–2015) Stephen Wolfram – U.K. (born 1959) Ewald Wollny – Germany (1846–1901) Michael Woolfson – U.K. (1927–2019) Chien-Shiung Wu – United States (1912–1997) Sau Lan Wu – United States (born early 1940s) Tai Tsun Wu – United States (1933–2024)

== X == Basilis C. Xanthopoulos – Greece (1951–1990)

== Y == Rosalyn Yalow – United States (1921–2011) Chen Ning Yang – China (1922–2025) Nobel laureate Félix Ynduráin – Spain (born 1946) Francisco José Ynduráin – Spain (1940–2008) Kenneth Young – United States, China (born 1947) Thomas Young – U.K. (1773–1829) Hideki Yukawa – Japan (1907–1981) Nobel laureate

== Z == Jan Zaanen – Netherlands (born 1957) Daniel Zajfman – Israel (born 1959) Anthony Zee – United States (born 1945) Pieter Zeeman – Netherlands (1865–1943) Nobel laureate Ludwig Zehnder – Switzerland (1854–1949) Anton Zeilinger – Austria (born 1945) Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich – Russia (1914–1987) John Zeleny – United States (1872–1951) Frits Zernike – Netherlands (1888–1960) Nobel laureate Antonino Zichichi – Italy (1929–2026) Hans Ziegler – Switzerland, United States (1910–1985) Karl Zimmer – Germany (1911–1988) Georges Zissis – Greece (born 1964) Peter Zoller – Austria (born 1952) Zongfu Yu – United States (living) Dmitry Zubarev – Russia (1917–1992) Bruno Zumino – Italy (1923–2014) Wojciech H. Zurek – Poland, United States (born 1951) Robert Zwanzig – United States (1928–2014) George Zweig – United States (born 1937) Fritz Zwicky - Bulgaria, United States (1898–1974) Barton Zwiebach – United States (born 1954)

== External links == Pictures of some physicists (mostly 20th-century American) are collected in the Emilio Segrè Visual Archives and A Picture Gallery of Famous Physicists 20th-century women in physics in the Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics archive

== References ==