Most Famous British Scientists

Top Ranked

1. Charles Darwin — British Biologist (1809–1882) , ranked #12
2. Stephen Hawking — British Physicist (1942–2018) , ranked #40
3. Isaac Newton — British Mathematician (1643–1727) , ranked #41
4. Bertrand Russell — British Mathematician (1872–1970) , ranked #181
5. Adam Smith — British Economist (1723–1790) , ranked #220
6. John Maynard Keynes — British Economist (1883–1946) , ranked #274
7. Richard Dawkins — British Biologist (Born 1941) , ranked #441
8. J. J. Thomson — British Physicist (1856–1940) , ranked #882
9. George Boole — British Mathematician (1815–1864) , ranked #1045
10. Alfred Russel Wallace — British Mathematician (1823–1913) , ranked #1276
11. Thomas Robert Malthus — British Economist (1766–1834) , ranked #1342
12. Edward Jenner — British Physician (1749–1823) , ranked #1402
13. Rosalind Franklin — British Chemist (1920–1958) , ranked #1538
14. John Dalton — British Chemist (1766–1844) , ranked #1654
15. Thomas Henry Huxley — British Biologist (1825–1895) , ranked #1951
16. Humphry Davy — British Chemist (1778–1829) , ranked #2335
17. Howard Carter — British Anthropologist (1874–1939) , ranked #2495
18. Roger Penrose — British Mathematician (Born 1931) , ranked #2566
19. William Harvey — British Biologist (1578–1657) , ranked #2689
20. James Chadwick — British Scientist (1891–1974) , ranked #2737