List of theoretical physicists

The following is a partial list of notable theoretical physicists. Arranged by century of birth, then century of death, then year of birth, then year of death, then alphabetically by surname. For explanation of symbols, see Notes at end of this article.

Ancient times edit

Middle Ages edit

15th–16th century edit

16th century and 16th–17th centuries edit

17th century edit

17th–18th centuries edit

18th century edit

18th–19th centuries edit

19th century edit

19th–20th centuries edit

20th century edit

20th–21st century edit

Fictional theoretical physicists edit

See also edit

Notes edit

* Experimentalist also
º Astronomer, astrophysicist or cosmologist also
^ Developed new mathematics
† Contributed to chemistry
‡ Contributed to biology
ª Women in theoretical physics