Most Famous Russian Scientists

Russia has produced 350 notable scientists throughout history, led by Dmitri Mendeleev. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Dmitri Mendeleev — Russian Chemist (1834–1907) , ranked #851
  2. Ivan Pavlov — Russian Chemist (1849–1936) , ranked #1076
  3. Mikhail Lomonosov — Russian Astronomer (1711–1765) , ranked #1866
  4. Élie Metchnikoff — Russian Biologist (1845–1916) , ranked #3123
  5. Andrey Kolmogorov — Russian Mathematician (1903–1987) , ranked #4969
  6. Pyotr Kapitsa — Russian Physicist (1894–1984) , ranked #5008
  7. Pafnuty Chebyshev — Russian Mathematician (1821–1894) , ranked #7706
  8. Alexander Oparin — Russian Biologist (1894–1980) , ranked #7771
  9. Pitirim Sorokin — Russian Sociologist (1889–1968) , ranked #7892
  10. Zhores Alferov — Russian Physicist (1930–2019) , ranked #8247
  11. Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay — Russian Anthropologist (1846–1888) , ranked #8513
  12. Karl Ernst von Baer — Russian Scientist (1792–1876) , ranked #9441
  13. Pavel Florensky — Russian Mathematician (1882–1937) , ranked #10257
  14. Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin — Russian Botanist (1855–1935) , ranked #10860
  15. Alexander Prokhorov — Russian Physicist (1916–2002) , ranked #12489
  16. Igor Kurchatov — Russian Physicist (1903–1960) , ranked #12585
  17. Vladimir Bekhterev — Russian Physician (1857–1927) , ranked #13057
  18. Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky — Russian Chemist (1863–1944) , ranked #13180
  19. Sabina Spielrein — Russian Psychologist (1885–1942) , ranked #13665
  20. Alexander Stepanovich Popov — Russian Physicist (1859–1905) , ranked #13858