List of famous modern physicists

Following is a list of physicists who are notable for their achievements.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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• Aryabhatta – India (Bharat) (476–550 CE)
• Jules Aarons – United States (1921–2016)
• Ernst Karl Abbe – Germany (1840–1905)
• Derek Abbott – Australia (born 1960)
• Hasan Abdullayev – Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Soviet Union, Azerbaijan (1918–1993)
• Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov – Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2017) Nobel laureate
• Robert Adler – United States (1913–2007)
• Stephen L. Adler – United States (born 1939)
• Franz Aepinus – Rostock (1724–1802)
• Mina Aganagic – Albania, United States
• David Z Albert – United States (born 1954)
• Felicie Albert – France, United States
• Miguel Alcubierre – Mexico (born 1964)
• Zhores Ivanovich Alferov – Russia (1930–2019) Nobel laureate
• Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén – Sweden (1908–19