Scientists beginning with "A". Biographies of physicists

Abdullayev, Hasan Mammad Bagir oglu — (born 20.08.1918) is a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967) and its president (since 1970), and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).
Abelson, Philip Hauge — (born 27.04.1913) - American physicist and geochemist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1959).
Abragam, Anatole — (born 15.XII 1914) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1973).
Abraham, Max — (26.03.1875 - 16.11.1922) was a German theoretical physicist.
Abria, Jérémie Joseph Benoît — — 4.04.1892) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1880).
Abrikosov, Alexei Alexeyevich — (born 25.06.1928) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1964).
Adirovich, Emmanuil Ilyich — 10.09.1973) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1962).
Adkhamov, Akobir Adkhamovich — 4.09.1928) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Tajik SSR (1968).
Aepinus, Franz — (13.12.1724-22.08.1802) was a physicist and a member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1756).
Aggiunti, Nicolò — (6.XII 1600-6.XII 1635) - Italian physicist.
Akhiezer, Alexander Ilyich — (born 31.X 1911) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1964).
Akulov, Nikolai Sergeyevich — (12.12.1900 - 21.09.1976) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1940).
Alekseevsky, Nikolai Evgenyevich — (born 23.05.1912) is a Soviet experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1960).
Alexander, Karl Friedrich — (born 01.05.1925) is a German physicist and a member of the GDR Academy of Sciences (1973).
Alexandrov, Anatoly Petrovich — (born 13.02.1903) is a Soviet physicist, an academician (1953; corresponding member 1943) and president of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1975).
Alexandrov, Evgeny Borisovich — (born 13.04.1936) is a Soviet experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).
Alexandrov, Kirill Sergeyevich — (born 09.01.1931) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1972).
Alferov, Zhores Ivanovich — (born 15.03.1930) was a Soviet physicist and academician (1979; corresponding member 1972).
Alfvén, Hannes — (born 30.05.1908) was a Swedish physicist and astrophysicist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (from 1947).
Alhazen — (the Latinised name of Abu Ali al-Haytham) (965 — 1039) was an Arab scholar and the best-known physicist of the Middle Ages.
Alikhanian, Artem Isaakovich — (24.06.1908—25.02.1978) was a Soviet physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946) and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1943).
Alikhanov, Abram Isaakovich — (04.03.1904 — 08.12.1970) was a Soviet experimental physicist, an academician (1943; corresponding member 1939) and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1943).
Allen, John Frank — (born 6.05.1908) was an experimental physicist.
Allison, Samuel King — (13.11.1900-15.09.1965) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1946).
Altshuler, Semyon Alexandrovich — (born 24.09.1911) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1976).
Alvarez, Luis Walter — (born 13.06.1911) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1947).
Amagat, Émile — (02.01.1841 - 15.02.1915) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1902).
Amaldi, Edoardo — (born 5.09.1908) was an Italian experimental physicist and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1948).
Ambartsumian, Viktor Amazaspovich — (born 18.09.1908) was a Soviet astrophysicist and physicist, academician (1953), academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1943) and its president (from 1947).
Amirkhanov, Khabibulla Ibragimovich — (born 22.04.1907) was a Soviet physicist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (1949) and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).
Amontons, Guillaume — (31.08.1663 - 11.10.1705) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1699).
Ampère, André-Marie — (22.01.1775 - 10.06.1836) was a French physicist, mathematician and chemist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1814).
Anderson, Herbert Lawrence — (born 24.05.1914) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1960).
Anderson, Philip Warren — (born 13.12.1923) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1967).
Andrade, Edward Neville da Costa — (27.12.1887 — 6.06.1971) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1935).
Andreev, Alexander Fyodorovich — (born 10.12.1939) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1981).
Andreev, Nikolai Nikolayevich — (28.VII 1880 - 31.XII 1970) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1953; corresponding member 1933).
Andrews, Thomas — (19.12.1813-26.02.1885) was an Irish physical chemist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1849).
Andronikashvili, Elevter Luarsabovich — (born 25.XII 1910) is a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1955).
Andronov, Alexander Alexandrovich — (11.IV 1901 - 31.X 1952) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1946).
Ångström, Anders Jonas — (13.08.1814 —21.06.1874) was a Swedish physicist and astronomer.
Annaev, Rukhi Guseinovich — (24.I 1909 - 9.VII 1977) was a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen SSR (1951) and its vice-president in 1956—59.
Appleton, Edward — (6.09.1892-21.04.1965) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1927).
Arago, Dominique François — (26.02.1786 - 2.X 1853) was a French scientist and politician and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1809), from 1830 its permanent secretary.
Archimedes — (about 287-212 BC) was an ancient Greek scientist.
Ardenne, Manfred von — (born 20.I 1907) is a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR.
Arifov, Ubay Arifovich — (15.06.1909 - 24.XII 1976) was a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1956) and its president in 1962-66.
Aristotle — (384-322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist.
Arkadyev, Vladimir Konstantinovich — (21.04 1884—1.XII 1953) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1927).
Arkharov, Vladimir Ivanovich — (born 14.02.1907) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1965).
Arrhenius, Svante August — (19.02.1859-2.10.1927) was a Swedish physical chemist, one of the founders of physical chemistry, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1901).
Artsimovich, Lev Andreyevich — (25.02.1909—1.03.1973) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1953; a corresponding member from 1946).
Atwood, George — (1746-11.07 1807) was an English physicist and mathematician and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1776).
Auger, Pierre Victor — (born 14.05.1899) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1977).
August, Ernst Ferdinand — (18.11.1795 - 25.03.1870) was a German physicist and inventor.
Avenarius, Mikhail Petrovich — — 4.09.1895) was a Russian physicist and a corresponding member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1876).
Avogadro, Amedeo — 9.07.1856) was an Italian physicist and chemist and a member of the Turin Academy of Sciences (1819).
Azimov, Sadyk Azimovich — (born 07.11.1914) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1962).