List of scientists

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This is a list of the 600 best-known scientists, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.

#	Name	Age
1	Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)	1879–1955
2	Leonardo da VinciItalian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)	1452–1519
3	Galileo GalileiItalian polymath (1564–1642)	1564–1642
4	John LockeEnglish philosopher and physician (1632-1704)	1632–1704
5	Alfred NobelSwedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)	1833–1896
6	Leonhard EulerSwiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)	1707–1783
7	Francis BaconEnglish philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)	1561–1626
8	James Clerk MaxwellScottish physicist (1831–1879)	1831–1879
9	Alexander Graham BellCanadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)	1847–1922
10	Martin HeideggerGerman philosopher (1889–1976)	1889–1976
11	Guglielmo MarconiItalian inventor and radio pioneer (1874–1937)	1874–1937
12	J. Robert OppenheimerAmerican theoretical physicist (1904–1967)	1904–1967
13	Paul DiracBritish theoretical physicist (1902–1984)	1902–1984
14	Max BornGerman-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882–1970)	1882–1970
15	Thomas CarlyleScottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)	1795–1881
16	James WatsonAmerican molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)	1928–2025
17	Mikhail LomonosovRussian polymath (1711-1765)	1711–1765
18	Rita Levi-MontalciniItalian neurologist (1909–2012)	1909–2012
19	Konstantin TsiolkovskyRussian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)	1857–1935
20	Maria Göppert MayerGerman-born American theoretical physicist (1906-1972)	1906–1972
21	John Amos ComeniusCzech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)	1592–1670
22	Wilhelm von HumboldtPrussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)	1767–1835
23	Konrad LorenzAustrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 (1903–1989)	1903–1989
24	Hans BetheGerman-American nuclear physicist	1906–2005
25	Heike Kamerlingh OnnesDutch physicist, Nobel prize winner (1853-1926)	1853–1926
26	Ada YonathIsraeli structural biologist and Nobel laureate (1939–2026)	1939–2026
27	Leon Battista AlbertiItalian architect and writer (1404-1472)	1404–1472
28	Buckminster FullerAmerican architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)	1895–1983
29	Emil von BehringGerman physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin	1854–1917
30	Emmanuel SwedenborgSwedish 18th century scientist and theologian (1688-1772)	1688–1772
31	Vitaly GinzburgRussian physicist (1916–2009)	1916–2009
32	Hermann von HelmholtzGerman physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)	1821–1894
33	Al-KindiMuslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)	796–870
34	Benoit MandelbrotPolish-born, French and American mathematician (1924–2010)	1924–2010
35	Sergei KorolevSoviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966)	1907–1966
36	Camillo GolgiItalian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate (1843-1926)	1843–1926
37	Emmanuelle CharpentierFrench microbiologist and biochemist (born 1968)	born 1968
38	Frédéric Joliot-CurieFrench scientist (1900-1958)	1900–1958
39	Abdelkader El DjezairiAlgerian religious and military leader (1808–1883)	1808–1883
40	Peter DebyeDutch-American physicist and physical chemist (1884–1966)	1884–1966
41	Aziz SancarTurkish geneticist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015	80
42	Zbigniew BrzezinskiPolish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017)	1928–2017
43	John Kenneth GalbraithCanadian-American economist and diplomat (1908–2006)	1908–2006
44	Charles K. KaoHong Kong-British-American physicist	1933–2018
45	Johann BernoulliSwiss mathematician (1667-1748)	1667–1748
46	Nasir al-Din al-TusiPersian astronomer (1201–1274)	1201–1274
47	Norbert WienerAmerican mathematician, scientist in cybernetics and artificial intelligence (1894–1964)	1894–1964
48	Andrea M. GhezAmerican astronomer	61
49	Vera RubinAmerican astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)	1928–2016
50	Andre GeimRussian-born Dutch-British physicist	68
51	Isamu AkasakiJapanese engineer (1929-2021)	1929–2021
52	Robert FultonAmerican engineer and inventor (1765–1815)	1756–1815
53	Ivar GiæverNorwegian-American physicist	1929–2025
54	John Howard NorthropAmerican biochemist (1891-1987)	1891–1987
55	Sheldon GlashowAmerican theoretical physicist	93
56	Ayaan Hirsi AliDutch-American political activist and author	56
57	Benjamin ConstantFrench-Swiss politician, writer on politics and religion (1767-2011)	1767–1830
58	Gerhard DomagkGerman bacteriologist (1895-1964)	1895–1964
59	Niels Ryberg FinsenFaroese physician and scientist and Nobel laureate (1860–1904)	1860–1904
60	Tadeusz ReichsteinPolish-Swiss chemist (1897-1996)	1897–1996
61	Willard BoyleCanadian physicist and inventor (1924–2011)	1924–2011
62	Serge HarocheFrench physicist, Nobel laureate	82
63	Christiaan EijkmanDutch physician (1858–1930)	1858–1930
64	Leó SzilárdHungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)	1898–1964
65	George E. SmithNobel prize winning American physicist	1930–2025
66	Roman JakobsonRussian linguist (1896–1982)	1896–1982
67	Yury LuzhkovRussian politician (1936–2019)	1936–2019
68	Victor AmbartsumianSoviet Armenian astrophysicist (1908–1996)	1908–1996
69	Jaroslav HeyrovskýCzech chemist (1890-1967)	1890–1967
70	Otto von GuerickeGerman scientist, inventor, and politician (1602-1686)	1602–1686
71	Chien-Shiung WuChinese-American physicist (1912–1997) (death at 85 years)	1912–1997
72	Harry KrotoBritish chemist (1939-2016)	1939–2016
73	Karl von FrischGerman-Austrian ethologist (1886-1982)	1886–1982
74	Moses MendelssohnGerman-Jewish philosopher and theologian (1729–1786)	1729–1786
75	Abd ar-Rahman IEmir of Córdoba from 756 to 788	731–788
76	Bamir TopiAlbanian diplomat and politician	69
77	Stanisław UlamPolish-American mathematician (1909–1984)	1909–1984
78	Lazare CarnotFrench political, engineering and mathematical figure (1753–1823)	1753–1823
79	Nikolaas TinbergenDutch Zoologist, ethologist (1907-1988)	1907–1988
80	Richard SmalleyAmerican chemist (1943–2005)	1943–2005
81	Severo OchoaSpanish physician	1905–1993
82	Susumu TonegawaJapanese biologist, neuroscientist (1939–2026)	1939–2026
83	Gherman TitovSoviet cosmonaut (1935-2000)	1935–2000
84	Rashid-al-Din HamadaniPersian physician and historian (1247-1318)	1247–1318
85	Reinhard GenzelGerman astronomer	74
86	James LovelockEnglish scientist (1919–2022)	1919–2022
87	Zack SnyderAmerican filmmaker (born 1966)	60
88	Alain BadiouFrench writer and philosopher	89
89	Alexander FriedmannRussian mathematician (1888-1925)	1888–1925
90	Hans GeigerGerman physicist (1882–1945)	1882–1945
91	Alberto Santos-DumontBrazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)	1873–1932
92	AvempaceArab Andalusian polymath (c. 1085 – 1138)	1095–1139
93	Bruce BeutlerAmerican immunologist and geneticist	68
94	Hans EysenckBritish psychologist (1916–1997)	1916–1997
95	Ibn HazmAndalusian Muslim polymath, historian, jurist, philosopher and theologian (994–1064)	994–1064
96	Julius AxelrodAmerican biochemist (1912–2004)	1912–2004
97	Mary SomervilleScottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)	1780–1872
98	Emil Boc61st Prime Minister of Romania (2008-2012)	60
99	Giorgio ParisiItalian physicist (1948-)	78
100	Hary GunartoJapanese scientist	born 1954