Scientists beginning with "V"
- Vainshtein, Boris Konstantinovich — (born 10.08.1921) — Soviet physicist and crystallographer, academician (1976, corresponding member 1962).
- Van 't Hoff, Jacobus Henricus — (30.08.1852—1.03.1911) was a Dutch physical chemist and one of the founders of physical chemistry and stereochemistry.
- Van Allen, James Alfred — (born 7.09.1914) — American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1959).
- Van de Graaff, Robert — (20.12.1901-16.01.1967) — American physicist.
- Van den Broek, Antonius — (4.05.1870-25.10.1926) — Dutch lawyer and physicist, a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1923).
- Van der Waals, Johannes Diderik — (23.11.1837-9.03.1923) - Dutch physicist, a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Van Hove, Léon — (born 10.02.1924) is a Belgian theoretical physicist and a member of the Belgian Academy of Sciences.
- Van Marum, Martinus — (20.03.1750-26.12.1837) was a Dutch physicist and botanist.
- Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck — (13.03.1889-27.10.1980) was an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1935).
- Vartapetyan, Gamlet Arutyunovich — (born 26.06.1927) is a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1977).
- Vavilov, Sergei Ivanovich — (24.03.1891—25.01.1951) — Soviet physicist and public figure, academician (1932; corresponding member 1931), President of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 1945).
- Veksler, Vladimir Iosifovich — (4.03.1907—22.09.1966) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1958; corresponding member 1946).
- Velikhov, Evgeny Pavlovich — (born 2.02.1935) is a Soviet theoretical physicist, an academician (1974; corresponding member 1968) and vice-president (since 1977).
- Vereshchagin, Leonid Fedorovich — (29.04.1909—20.02.1977) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1966; corresponding member 1960).
- Verkin, Boris Ieremiyevich — (born 8.08.1919) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1972).
- Vernov, Sergei Nikolayevich — (10.07.1910-26.09.1982) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1968; corresponding member 1953).
- Verschaffelt, Jules Émile — (27.1.1870-22.12.1955) was a Belgian experimental physicist and a member of the Belgian Academy of Sciences (1919).
- Villard, Paul Ulrich — (28.09.1860-13.I 1934) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1908).
- Violle, Jules Louis Gabriel — (16.11.1841 —12.09.1923) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1897).
- Viščakas, Jurgis — (born 18.04.1927) is a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (1976).
- Viviani, Vincenzo — (5.04.1622-22.09.1703) was an Italian scientist and a member of the Accademia del Cimento in Florence.
- Vladimirsky, Vasily Vasilyevich — (born 2.08.1915) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1962).
- Vlasov, Anatoly Alexandrovich — (20.08.1908-22.12.1975) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
- Voigt, Woldemar — (2.09.1850-13.12.1919) was a German theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1900).
- Volodko, Leonid Vikentyevich — (2.1.1928 - 29.09.1978) was a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1977).
- Volta, Alessandro — (18.02.1745-5.03.1827) was an Italian physicist, chemist and physiologist, and the inventor of the source of direct electric current.
- Vonsovsky, Sergei Vasilyevich — (born 2.09.1910) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician (1966; corresponding member 1953).
- Votruba, Václav — (born 19.12.1909) is a Czechoslovak theoretical physicist and a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1977).
- Vul, Bentsion Moiseyevich — (born 22.05.1903) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1972; corresponding member 1939).