Scientists beginning with "Z"
- Zababakhin, Evgeny Ivanovich — (born 16.01.1917) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1968; corresponding member 1958).
- Zakharchenya, Boris Petrovich — (born 1.05.1928) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1976).
- Zatsepin, Georgy Timofeyevich — (born 28.05.1917) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1981; corresponding member 1968).
- Zavoisky, Evgeny Konstantinovich — (28.09.1907—9.10.1976) was a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician (1964, corresponding member 1953).
- Zeeman, Pieter — (25.05.1865-9.10.1943) was a Dutch physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Zeldovich, Yakov Borisovich — (born 8.03.1914) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1958; corresponding member 1946).
- Zener, Clarence Melvin — (born 1.12.1905) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1959).
- Zernike, Frits — (16.07.1888-10.03.1966) — Dutch physicist, a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1946).
- Zernov, Vladimir Dmitriyevich — (1878 —30.09.1946) was a Soviet physicist.
- Zhurkov, Serafim Nikolayevich — (born 29.05.1905) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1968; a corresponding member 1958).
- Zilov, Petr Alexeyevich — (3.02.1850-1.05.1921) was a Russian physicist.
- Ziman, John — (born 16.05.1925) was an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1967).
- Zinn, Walter — (born 10.02.1906) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1956).
- Zuev, Vladimir Evseyevich — (born 29.01.1925) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1981; corresponding member 1970).
- Zumino, Bruno — (born 28.04.1923) was an Italian theoretical physicist.
- Zweig, George — (born 20.05.1937) - American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences.