| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Maurice Allais |
Economist |
31-May-1911 |
9-Oct-2010 |
Monopoly pricing and the Allais effect |
| Jean-Sylvain Bailly |
Astronomer |
15-Sep-1736 |
12-Nov-1793 |
Histoire de l'Astronomie |
| Henri Becquerel |
Physicist |
15-Dec-1852 |
25-Aug-1908 |
Discoverer of radioactivity |
| Paul Berg |
Chemist |
30-Jun-1926 |
|
Pioneer in recombinant DNA |
| Daniel Bernoulli |
Mathematician |
8-Feb-1700 |
27-Mar-1782 |
Fluid dynamics |
| Marcellin Berthelot |
Chemist |
27-Oct-1827 |
18-Mar-1907 |
Chimie organique fondée sur la synthèse |
| Claude-Louis Berthollet |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1748 |
6-Nov-1822 |
Essai de statique chimique |
| Jean-Baptiste Biot |
Physicist |
21-Apr-1774 |
3-Feb-1862 |
Biot-Savart Law |
| Brebis Bleaney |
Physicist |
6-Jun-1915 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Electron paramagnetic resonance |
| Nicolaas Bloembergen |
Physicist |
11-Mar-1920 |
|
Nonlinear optics |
| Louis de Broglie |
Physicist |
15-Aug-1892 |
19-Mar-1987 |
Discovered the wave nature of electrons |
| Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon |
Naturalist |
7-Sep-1707 |
16-Apr-1788 |
Histoire Naturelle |
| Élie Cartan |
Mathematician |
9-Apr-1869 |
6-May-1951 |
Spinor groups |
| Henri Cartan |
Mathematician |
8-Jul-1904 |
13-Aug-2008 |
Leader of the math Bourbakistes |
| Augustin-Louis Cauchy |
Mathematician |
21-Aug-1789 |
23-May-1857 |
Infinitesimals, theory of substitution groups |
| Jean-Martin Charcot |
Doctor |
29-Nov-1825 |
16-Aug-1893 |
Father of neurology |
| Georges Charpak |
Physicist |
1-Aug-1924 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Subatomic particle detectors |
| Yves Chauvin |
Chemist |
10-Oct-1930 |
27-Jan-2015 |
Metathesis |
| Michel-Eugène Chevreul |
Chemist |
31-Aug-1786 |
9-Apr-1889 |
Chemistry of fats, dyes |
| Albert Claude |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1899 |
22-May-1983 |
Microstructure of the cell |
| Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis |
Mathematician |
21-May-1792 |
19-Sep-1843 |
Coriolis force |
| John Dalton |
Chemist |
6-Sep-1766 |
27-Jul-1844 |
Early proponent of Atomic Theory |
| Jean Dausset |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1916 |
6-Jun-2009 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Peter B. Dervan |
Chemist |
28-Jun-1945 |
|
DNA Researcher |
| Henri Alexandre Deslandres |
Astronomer |
24-Jul-1853 |
15-Jan-1948 |
Spectroheliograph |
| Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas |
Chemist |
14-Jul-1800 |
10-Apr-1884 |
Pioneer of organic chemistry |
| Leonhard Euler |
Mathematician |
15-Apr-1707 |
18-Sep-1783 |
The Elements of Euclid |
| Hans von Euler-Chelpin |
Chemist |
15-Feb-1873 |
7-Nov-1964 |
Enzymes of sugar fermentation |
| Albert Fert |
Physicist |
7-Mar-1938 |
|
Giant magnetoresistance |
| Léon Foucault |
Physicist |
19-Sep-1819 |
11-Feb-1868 |
Measured the speed of light |
| Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier |
Mathematician |
21-Mar-1768 |
16-May-1830 |
Fourier series |
| Alfred Fowler |
Astronomer |
22-Mar-1868 |
24-Jun-1940 |
Celestial spectroscopy |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Diplomat |
17-Jan-1706 |
17-Apr-1790 |
American founding father |
| Maurice Fréchet |
Mathematician |
2-Sep-1878 |
4-Jun-1973 |
Fréchet differential |
| Augustin-Jean Fresnel |
Physicist |
10-May-1788 |
14-Jul-1827 |
Optician, invented Fresnel lens |
| Israel Gelfand |
Mathematician |
2-Sep-1913 |
5-Oct-2009 |
Banach algebras, Lie groups |
| Pierre-Gilles de Gennes |
Physicist |
24-Oct-1932 |
18-May-2007 |
Molecular structure of polymers |
| Kurt Gödel |
Mathematician |
28-Apr-1906 |
14-Jan-1978 |
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems |
| Victor Grignard |
Chemist |
6-May-1871 |
13-Dec-1935 |
Grignard Reaction |
| Roger Guillemin |
Scientist |
11-Jan-1924 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
| George W. Hill |
Astronomer |
3-Mar-1838 |
16-Apr-1914 |
A New Theorie of Jupiter and Saturn |
| Jacobus H. van 't Hoff |
Chemist |
30-Aug-1852 |
1-Mar-1911 |
Three-dimensional molecular properties |
| Nicholas J. Hoff |
Engineer |
3-Jan-1906 |
4-Aug-1997 |
Aluminum in aircraft design |
| Jules A. Hoffmann |
Biologist |
2-Aug-1941 |
|
Innate immunity |
| Kiyoshi Ito |
Mathematician |
7-Sep-1915 |
10-Nov-2008 |
Ito Calculus |
| Frédéric Joliot |
Physicist |
19-Mar-1900 |
14-Aug-1958 |
Artificial radioactivity |
| Heike Kamerlingh Onnes |
Physicist |
21-Sep-1853 |
21-Feb-1926 |
Liquefied helium and discovered superconductivity |
| Jacobus C. Kapteyn |
Astronomer |
19-Jan-1851 |
18-Jun-1922 |
Star streaming |
| Paul Karrer |
Chemist |
21-Apr-1889 |
18-Jun-1971 |
Synthesized vitamins A, B2, E, and K |
| Alfred Kastler |
Physicist |
3-May-1902 |
7-Jan-1984 |
Optical pumping |
| Aaron Klug |
Chemist |
11-Aug-1926 |
|
Structural analysis of viruses |
| Donald E. Knuth |
Computer Programmer |
10-Jan-1938 |
|
The Art of Computer Programming |
| Robert Koch |
Doctor |
11-Dec-1843 |
27-May-1910 |
Germ theory of disease |
| Nicolas Louis de Lacaille |
Astronomer |
15-May-1713 |
21-Mar-1762 |
Coelum Australe Stelliferum |
| Jean-Baptiste Lamarck |
Biologist |
1-Aug-1744 |
18-Dec-1829 |
Early invertebrate biologist, evolutionary theorist |
| Paul Langevin |
Physicist |
23-Jan-1872 |
19-Dec-1946 |
Studied piezoelectricity |
| Pierre-Simon Laplace |
Mathematician |
23-Mar-1749 |
5-Mar-1827 |
Traité du Mécanique Céleste |
| Alphonse Laveran |
Doctor |
18-Jun-1845 |
18-May-1922 |
Found the parasite that causes malaria |
| Jean-Marie Lehn |
Chemist |
30-Sep-1939 |
|
Synthesis of molecules |
| Luis Leloir |
Chemist |
6-Sep-1906 |
2-Dec-1987 |
Conversion of carbohydrates |
| Gabriel Lippmann |
Physicist |
16-Aug-1845 |
13-Jul-1921 |
Photographic color plate |
| Louis Lumière |
Inventor |
5-Oct-1864 |
6-Jun-1948 |
Inventor of motion pictures |
| Bernard Lyot |
Astronomer |
27-Feb-1897 |
2-Apr-1952 |
Sandstorms on Mars |
| Charles Messier |
Astronomer |
26-Jun-1730 |
12-Apr-1817 |
Cataloguer of M objects |
| Albert A. Michelson |
Physicist |
19-Dec-1852 |
9-May-1931 |
Measured the speed of light |
| Peter Mitchell |
Chemist |
29-Sep-1920 |
10-Apr-1992 |
ADP to ATP conversion in mitochondria |
| August Möbius |
Astronomer |
17-Nov-1790 |
26-Sep-1868 |
Möbius strip |
| Keith Moffatt |
Mathematician |
12-Apr-1935 |
|
Fluid dynamics |
| Henri Moissan |
Chemist |
28-Sep-1852 |
20-Feb-1907 |
Isolated fluorine |
| Luc Montagnier |
Scientist |
18-Aug-1932 |
|
Co-Discoverer of HIV |
| Giulio Natta |
Chemist |
26-Feb-1903 |
2-May-1979 |
Ziegler-Natta catalysts for polymerization |
| Louis Néel |
Physicist |
22-Nov-1904 |
17-Nov-2000 |
Magnetic properties of solids |
| Charles Nicolle |
Scientist |
21-Sep-1866 |
28-Feb-1936 |
Found that lice transmit typhus |
| Pief Panofsky |
Physicist |
24-Apr-1919 |
24-Sep-2007 |
Stanford Linear Accelerator |
| Philippe Pinel |
Psychiatrist |
20-Apr-1745 |
25-Oct-1826 |
Unchained the insane |
| Norman F. Ramsey |
Physicist |
27-Aug-1915 |
4-Nov-2011 |
Energy levels of atoms |
| C. N. R. Rao |
Chemist |
30-Jun-1934 |
|
Chemistry of superconductivity |
| Henri-Victor Regnault |
Chemist |
21-Jul-1810 |
19-Jan-1878 |
Properties of gases |
| Paul Sabatier |
Chemist |
5-Nov-1854 |
14-Aug-1941 |
Heterogeneous catalysis |
| Frank Schlesinger |
Astronomer |
11-May-1871 |
10-Jul-1943 |
Stellar parallaxes |
| Manne Siegbahn |
Physicist |
3-Dec-1886 |
26-Sep-1978 |
X-Ray spectroscopy |
| George D. Snell |
Scientist |
19-Dec-1903 |
6-Jun-1996 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Wendell M. Stanley |
Chemist |
16-Aug-1904 |
15-Jun-1971 |
First to crystallize a virus |
| Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
Philosopher |
1-May-1881 |
10-Apr-1955 |
The Phenomenon of Man |
| Stephen Timoshenko |
Engineer |
23-Dec-1878 |
29-May-1972 |
Mechanical engineering professor at Stanford |
| Herbert Hall Turner |
Astronomer |
13-Aug-1861 |
20-Aug-1930 |
Stellar positions |
| John H. van Vleck |
Physicist |
13-Mar-1899 |
27-Oct-1980 |
Quantum theory of paramagnetism |
| Gabriele Veneziano |
Physicist |
20-Feb-1942 |
|
Father of string theory |
| James Watt |
Inventor |
19-Jan-1736 |
19-Aug-1819 |
Invented modern steam engine |
| Abraham Gottlob Werner |
Geologist |
25-Sep-1750 |
30-Jun-1817 |
Neptunist school of geology |
| Georg Wittig |
Chemist |
16-Jun-1897 |
26-Aug-1987 |
Wittig Reaction |
| Thomas Young |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1773 |
10-May-1829 |
Wave Theory of Light |
| Ahmed H. Zewail |
Chemist |
26-Feb-1946 |
|
Femtochemistry |
