Biographies
Life accounts of notable scientists and engineers
Biographies
Life accounts of notable scientists and engineers
Rabin, Yitzhak (1922–1995)
Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald (1881–1955)
Radin, Paul (1883–1959)
Rainwater, (Leo) James (Rainwater, (Leo) James)
Ramakrishnan, Venkatraman (1952– )
Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata (1888–1970)
Ramanujan, Srinavasa Ayengar (1887–1920)
Ramón y Cajal, Santiago (1852–1934)
Ramos-Horta, José Manuel (1949– )
Ramsay, William (1852–1919)
Ramsey, Norman F (1915–2011)
Rank, Otto (1884–1939)
Rankine, William John Macquorn (1820–1872)
Rapoport, Judith Livant (1933– )
Rathje, William L(aurens) (1945–2012)
Ray, John (1627–1705)
Rayet, George Antoine Pons (1839–1906)
Rayleigh, John William Strutt (1842–1919)
Razeghi, Manijeh
Reber, Grote (1911–2002)
Redfield, Robert (1897–1958)
Redman, Roderick Oliver (1905–1975)
Rees, Martin John (1942– )
Regnault, Henri Victor (1810–1878)
Reich, Wilhelm (1897–1957)
Reichard, Gladys Amanda (1893–1955)
Reichstein, Tadeus (1897–1996)
Reik, Theodor (1888–1969)
Reines, Frederick (1918–1998)
Remington, Philo (1816–1889)
Renault, Louis (1843–1918)
Renwick, James (1818–1895)
Repton, Humphry (1752–1818)
Reymont, Władysław Stanisław (1867–1925)
Reynolds, Osborne (1842–1912)
Rhine, Joseph Banks (1895–1980)
Ribeiro, Darcy (1922–1997)
Ricardo, Harry Ralph (1885–1974)
Ricci-Curbastro, Gregorio (1853–1925)
Riccio, Andrea (1470–1532)
Rice, Peter (1935–1992)
Richards, Audrey (1899–1984)
Richards, Dickinson Woodruff (1895–1973)
Richards, Theodore William (1868–1928)
Richardson, Albert Edward (1880–1964)
Richardson, Henry Hobson (1838–1886)
Richardson, Owen Willans (1879–1959)
Richardson, Robert (Coleman) (1937–2013)
Richet, Charles Robert (1850–1935)
Richter, Burton (1931– )
Ricketts, Howard Taylor (1871–1910)
Riemann, (Georg Friedrich) Bernhard (1826–1866)
Riess, Adam G(uy) (1969– )
Rietvelt, Gerrit Thomas (1888–1964)
Ripley, Thomas (1683–1758)
Ritter, Johann Wilhelm (1776–1810)
Rivers, William Halse Rivers (1864–1922)
Robbia, della (Robbia, della)
Robbins, Frederick C(hapman) (1916–2003)
Roberts, Richard (1789–1864)
Roberts, Richard John (1943– )
Robertson, Howard Morley (born 1888)
Robertson, Robert (1869–1949)
Robins, Eli (1921–1994)
Robinson, Robert (1886–1975)
Robinson, William (1838–1935)
Roche, (Eamonn) Kevin (1922– )
Rodbell, Martin (1925–1998)
Rodin, Judith (1944– )
Roe, (Edwin) Alliot Verdon (1877–1958)
Rogers, Carl Ransom (1902–1987)
Rogers, Isaiah (1800–1869)
Rogers, Richard George (1933– )
Roheim, Geza (1891–1953)
Rohrer, Heinrich (1933–2013)
Rolland, Romain (1866–1944)
Romano, John (1908–1994)
Romer, Alfred Sherwood (1894–1973)
Römer, Ole (or Olaus) Christensen (1644–1710)
Röntgen, Wilhelm Konrad (1845–1923)
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858–1919)
Root, Elihu (1845–1937)
Root, John Wellborn (1850–1891)
Rosbash, Michael (Morris) (1944– )
Rose, Frederick George Godfrey (1915–1991)
Rose, Irwin (1926–2015)
Ross, Ronald (1857–1932)
Rossi, Aldo (1931–1997)
Rotblat, Joseph (1908–2005)
Roth, Alvin Elliot (1951– )
Rothman, James Edward (1950– )
Rous, (Francis) Peyton (1879–1970)
Rouse, James W (1914–1906)
Roux, Wilhelm (1850–1924)
Rowland, F Sherwood (1927–2012)
Rowland, Henry Augustus (1848–1901)
Royce, (Frederick) Henry (1863–1933)
Rubbia, Carlo (1934– )
Rudolph, Paul (Marvin) (1918–1997)
Ruffini, Paolo (1765–1822)
Rühmkorff, Heinrich Daniel (1803–1877)
Rumford, Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814)
Ruska, Ernst August Friedrich (1906–1988)
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William (1872–1970)
Russell, Frederick Stratten (1897–1984)
Russell, Henry Norris (1877–1957)
Rutherford, Ernest (1871–1937)
Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris (1816–1892)
Ružička, Leopold Stephen (1887–1976)
Rydberg, Johannes Robert (1854–1919)
Ryle, Martin (1918–1984)
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