List of Physicists - R

R

• Gabriele Rabel - Austria, United Kingdom (1880–1963)
• Isidor Isaac Rabi — Austria, United States (1898–1988)
• Mark G. Raizen — New York City United States (born 1955)
• James Rainwater- United States (1917–1986)
• Alladi Ramakrishnan — India (1923–2008)
• Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman — India (1888–1970)
• Edward Ramberg — United States (1907–1995)
• Carl Ramsauer — Germany (1879–1955)
• Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. — United States (1915–2011)
• Lisa Randall — United States (born 1962)
• Lord Rayleigh — UK (1842–1919)
• René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur — France (1683–1757)
• Sidney Redner — Canada, United States (born 1951)
• Martin John Rees — UK (born 1942)
• Hubert Reeves — Canada (born 1932)
• Tullio Regge — Italy (born 1931)
• Frederick Reines — United States (1918–1998)
• Louis Rendu — France (1789–1859)
• Osborne Reynolds — UK (1842–1912)
• Owen Willans Richardson — UK (1879–1959)
• Robert Coleman Richardson — United States (born 1937)
• Burton Richter — United States (born 1931)
• Floyd K. Richtmyer — United States (1881–1939)
• Robert D. Richtmyer (1910–2003)
• Charlotte Riefenstahl — Germany (1899–1993)
• Nikolaus Riehl — Germany (1901–1990)
• Karl-Heinrich Riewe — Germany
• Walter Ritz — Switzerland (1878–1909)
• Étienne-Gaspard Robert — Belgium (1763–1837)
• Heinrich Rohrer — Switzerland (born 1933)
• Joseph Romm — United States (born 1960)
• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen — Germany (1845–1923)
• Clemens C. J. Roothaan — Netherlands (born 1918)
• Marshall Rosenbluth — United States (1927–2003)
• Carl-Gustav Arvid Rossby — Sweden, United States (1898–1957)
• Joseph Rotblat — Poland, UK (1908–2005)
• Carlo Rovelli — Italy (born 1956)
• Carlo Rubbia — Italy (born 1934)
• Serge Rudaz — Canada, United States (born 1954)
• David Ruelle — Belgium, France (born 1935)
• Ernst August Friedrich Ruska — Germany (1906–1988)
• Ernest Rutherford — New Zealand, UK (1871–1937)
• Janne Rydberg — Sweden (1854–1919)
• Martin Ryle — UK (1918–1984)