Scientists beginning with "N"
- Nadjakov, Georgi Stefanov — (8.01.1897 -24.02.1981) was a Bulgarian physicist, a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1945) and its vice-president in 1945 — 58.
- Nagaoka, Hantaro — (18.08.1865-11.12.1950) was a Japanese physicist and a member of the Japan Academy, of which he was president in 1939 — 48.
- Nambu, Yoichiro — (born 18.01.1921) is a Japanese theoretical physicist.
- Nasledov, Dmitri Nikolayevich — (12.08.1903-8.01.1975) was a Soviet physicist.
- Natanson, Władysław — (18.06.1864-26.02.1937) was a Polish theoretical physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1900).
- Naumov, Alexei Alexandrovich — (born 27.01.1916) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1964).
- Néel, Louis — (born 22.02.1904) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1953).
- Nemenov, Leonid Mikhailovich — (16.02.1905-20.07.1980) was a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1962).
- Nemets, Oleg Fedorovich — (born 13.02.1922) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1978).
- Nernst, Walther Friedrich Hermann — (25.06.1864 —18.02.1941) was a German physicist and physical chemist, one of the founders of physical chemistry, and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1905).
- Nesterikhin, Yuri Efremovich — (born 10.10.1930) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1981; corresponding member 1970).
- Neumann, Carl Gottfried — (7.05.1832-27.03.1925) was a German mathematician and theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1893).
- Neumann, Franz Ernst — (11.09.1798-23.05.1895) was a German theoretical physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1858).
- Neumann, John von — (28.12.1903-8.02.1957) was an American mathematician and physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (from 1937).
- Newton, Isaac — (4.01.1643-31.03.1727) was an outstanding English scientist who laid the foundations of modern natural science, the creator of classical physics, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1672) and its president (from 1703).
- Nguyen Van Hieu — (born 21.06.1938) is a Vietnamese theoretical physicist.
- Nichols, Ernest Fox — (1.06.1869-29.04.1924) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1908).
- Nicholson, William — (1753-21.05.1815) was an English physicist, chemist and engineer.
- Nicol, William — (1768 - 2.09.1851) was a Scottish scientist.
- Nier, Alfred — (born 28.05.1911) is an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1950).
- Niewodniczański, Henryk — (10.12.1900-20.12.1968) was a Polish experimental physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1951).
- Nishijima, Kazuhiko — (born 4.10.1926) is a Japanese theoretical physicist.
- Nishina, Yoshio — (6.12.1890-10.01.1951) was a Japanese physicist and a member of the Japan Academy (1948).
- Nobili, Leopoldo — (1784-5.08.1835) was an Italian physicist.
- Nollet, Jean Antoine — (19.02.1700-2.04.1770) was a French experimental physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1739).
- Nordheim, Lothar Wolfgang — (born 7.11.1899) is a theoretical physicist.
- Nuttall, John Mitchell — (21.07.1890-28.01.1958) was an English physicist.