Gopalasamudram Ramachandran (born 8.10.1922) is an Indian physicist and biophysicist, a member of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1950), its vice-president in 1962 — 64.
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (7.02.1888 — 21.11.1970) was an Indian physicist, a member of the Indian Academy of Sciences, its founder and president (from 1934).
Jesse Ramsden (6.10.1735-5.11.1800) was an English mechanic and optician, a well-known maker of physical instruments, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1786).
William John Macquorn Rankine (5.07.1820-24.11.1872) was a Scottish engineer and physicist, one of the creators of technical thermodynamics, and a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Edinburgh (1850) and London (1853).
Karl Karlovich Rebane (born 11.04.1926) is a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR (1967) and its president (from 1973), and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Science…