The following is a partial list of notable theoretical physicists. Arranged by century of birth, then century of death, then year of birth, then year of death, then alphabetically by surname. For explanation of symbols, see Notes at end of this article.
15thâÂÂ16th century
16th century and 16thâÂÂ17th centuries
17th century
17thâÂÂ18th centuries
18th century
18thâÂÂ19th centuries
19th century
19thâÂÂ20th centuries
20th century
20thâÂÂ21st century
Fictional theoretical physicists
See also
Notes
* Experimentalist also
ú Astronomer, astrophysicist or cosmologist also
^ Developed new mathematics
â Contributed to chemistry
â¡ Contributed to biology
ê Women in theoretical physics