Physicist Graves & Memorials

Edwin Hall

1855–1938 (age 83)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Edwin Hall (1855-1938) was an American physicist from Gorham known for discovering the Hall effect.

Arthur Erich Haas

1884–1941 (age 57)

Cedar Grove Cemetery

Arthur Erich Haas was a Brno-born physicist who lived from 1884 to 1941.

Albert Einstein

1879–1955 (age 76)

National Museum of Health and Medicine

Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist born in Ulm in 1879 who died in 1955 and was buried at the National Museum o...

Robert A. Millikan

1868–1953 (age 85)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Robert A. Millikan was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist known for his work on the photoelectric effect and the charge of ...

Robert J. Van de Graaff

1901–1967 (age 66)

Beverly Central Cemetery

Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967) was an American physicist who invented the Van de Graaff generator.

Percy Williams Bridgman

1882–1961 (age 79)

Bridgman Cemetery

Percy Williams Bridgman (1882-1961) was a Cambridge-based physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work on high-pressu...

Earle K. Plyler

1897–1976 (age 79)

Tallahassee

Earle K. Plyler was an American physicist and spectroscopist who made contributions to molecular spectroscopy.

Clyde Cowan

1919–1974 (age 55)

Arlington National Cemetery

Clyde Cowan (1919-1974) was a physicist who conducted groundbreaking nuclear physics research and contributed to the dis...

Maria Goeppert Mayer

1906–1972 (age 66)

El Camino Memorial Park

Maria Goeppert Mayer was a Polish-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize laureate who lived from 1906 to 1972.

Erwin Wilhelm Müller

1911–1977 (age 66)

Centre County Memorial Park

Erwin Wilhelm Müller was a German physicist and inventor who pioneered the field electron microscope.

Willard Harrison Bennett

1903–1987 (age 84)

Arlington National Cemetery

Willard Harrison Bennett was a physicist and inventor known for his work in plasma physics and the development of the Be...

William Shockley

1910–1989 (age 79)

Alta Mesa Memorial Park

William Shockley (1910-1989) was a British-born physicist and co-inventor of the transistor who won the Nobel Prize in P...

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

1899–1980 (age 81)

Forest Hill Cemetery

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was a Middletown resident and physicist who lived from 1899 to 1980.

Isidor Isaac Rabi

1898–1988 (age 90)

Riverside Cemetery

Isidor Isaac Rabi was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who made fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics and nuclea...

Hugh Everett III

1930–1982 (age 52)

Fort Lincoln Cemetery

Hugh Everett III was an American physicist who developed the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Elliott Waters Montroll

1916–1983 (age 67)

Mount Lebanon Cemetery

Elliott Waters Montroll was an American theoretical physicist who contributed to statistical mechanics and solid-state p...

Richard Feynman

1918–1988 (age 70)

Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum

Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum mechanics and ...

Ferdinand Graft Brickwedde

1903–1989 (age 86)

Centre County Memorial Park

Ferdinand Graft Brickwedde was a Baltimore-based physicist who lived from 1903 to 1989.

Emilio G. Segrè

1905–1989 (age 84)

Lafayette Cemetery

Emilio G. Segrè (1905-1989) was an Italian-American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate.

Elmer Samuel Imes

1883–1941 (age 58)

Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium

Elmer Samuel Imes (1883-1941) of Memphis is interred at Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium.

Ernest Lawrence

1901–1958 (age 57)

Chapel of Memories Columbarium and Mausoleum

Ernest Lawrence (1901–1958), the Nobel Prize–winning American physicist from Canton, is entombed at Chapel of Memori...

Robert Cornog

1912–1998 (age 86)

Oakland Cemetery

Robert Cornog (1912–1998) was an American physicist who contributed to early nuclear and particle research and is buri...

Eugene Wigner

1902–1995 (age 93)

Princeton Cemetery

Eugene Wigner (1902–1995) was a Hungarian-American physicist and Nobel laureate celebrated for foundational contributi...

Edwin McMillan

1907–1991 (age 84)

Sunset View Cemetery

Edwin McMillan (1907–1991) was an American physicist and Nobel laureate who co-discovered element 95 before being buri...

Herbert Zeiger

1925–2011 (age 86)

Boston

Herbert Zeiger was an American physicist whose research helped lay the groundwork for the maser.

Gene Dresselhaus

1929–2021 (age 92)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Gene Dresselhaus (1929-2021) was an American physicist noted for the Dresselhaus effect in spin-orbit coupling.

Donald Arthur Glaser

1926–2013 (age 87)

Mountain View Cemetery

Donald Arthur Glaser (1926–2013) was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist buried at Mountain View Cemetery.

John B. Goodenough

1922–2023 (age 101)

Austin Memorial Park Cemetery

John B. Goodenough (1922-2023), born in Jena, won the Nobel Prize for his work on lithium-ion batteries and was laid to ...

Daniel R. Grischkowsky

1940–2022 (age 82)

Fairlawn Cemetery

Daniel R. Grischkowsky (1940–2022) of St. Helens was an optical physicist celebrated for pioneering terahertz spectros...

Albert Overhauser

1925–2011 (age 86)

Saint Boniface Cemetery

Albert Overhauser (1925-2011) was an American physicist best known for discovering the Overhauser effect that bears his ...

Arthur Ashkin

1922–2020 (age 98)

Congregation B'nai Israel Cemetery

Arthur Ashkin (1922–2020) was a Nobel Prize-winning American physicist known for optical tweezers and is buried at Con...

Erwin Schrödinger

1887–1961 (age 74)

Alpbach

Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961) was an Austrian physicist born in Vienna who won the Nobel Prize in Physics and is famous...

Arthur Jeffrey Dempster

1886–1950 (age 64)

Forest Lawn Mausoleum

Arthur Jeffrey Dempster (1886-1950) was a Toronto-born physicist known for discovering uranium-235 and developing mass s...

Rem Khokhlov

1926–1977 (age 51)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Rem Khokhlov (1926-1977) was a Russian physicist from Livny who made significant contributions to nonlinear optics and w...

Dmitry Zubarev

1917–1992 (age 75)

Vagankovo Cemetery

Dmitry Zubarev was a Russian physicist who lived in Moscow from 1917 to 1992 and was buried at Vagankovo Cemetery.

Konstantin Petrzhak

1907–1998 (age 91)

Serafimovskoe Cemetery

Konstantin Petrzhak (1907-1998) was a Russian physicist born in Łuków, Poland, who co-discovered spontaneous fission a...

James Clerk Maxwell

1831–1879 (age 48)

Westminster Abbey

James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish physicist and mathematician whose groundbreaking work on electromagnetism and statist...