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Aage BohrAage BohrNuclear physicist who showed with Ben Mottelson that atomic nuclei can deform and rotate; פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1975 · 1975Aaron AaronsohnAaron AaronsohnAgronomist שגילה את wild emmer, the ancestor of cultivated wheat, and founded the first agricultural research station in the Land of Israel · 1906Aaron CiechanoverAaron Ciechanoverגילוי פירוק חלבונים בתיווך יוביקוויטין · 2004Aaron KlugAaron KlugCrystallographic Electron Microscopy · 1982Aaron T. BeckAaron T. BeckFather of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the most-practiced psychotherapy in the world · 1960Abel WolmanAbel WolmanStandardized the chlorination of drinking water — credited with ~91 million lives saved · 1919Abraham FraenkelAbraham Fraenkelממייסדי axiomatic set theory (Zermelo-Fraenkel); first dean of mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem · 1891Abraham JacobiAbraham JacobiRegarded as the father of American pediatrics · 1830Abraham NitzanAbraham Nitzanכימאי תאורטי הידוע בזכות molecular electronics and charge transfer · 1944Abraham PaisAbraham Paisפיזיקאי and historian of science; particle physics · 1918Abraham RobinsonAbraham Robinsonיצר את non-standard analysis · 1918Abraham TaubAbraham Taubמכניקת הזורמיםAbraham ZacutoAbraham Zacutoאסטרונום and mathematician; his astronomical tables and improved astrolabe guided Portuguese and Spanish navigators including Vasco da Gama and Columbus · c. 1452 CEAbram BesicovitchAbram BesicovitchGeometric measure theory; Besicovitch covering theorem · 1891Abram IoffeAbram Ioffeפיזיקאי; 'father of Soviet physics', semiconductor research · 1880Ada YonathAda Yonathמחקרי מבנה הריבוזום ותפקודו · 2009Adam HellerAdam HellerElectrochemist הידוע בזכות glucose biosensors · 1933Adam PolitzerAdam PolitzerOtologist regarded as a founder of modern ear medicine. · 1835Adam RiessAdam Riessאסטרופיזיקאי; גילה את the accelerating universe, פרס נובל 2011 · 1969Adolf HurwitzAdolf HurwitzComplex analysis and number theory; Hurwitz's theorem · 1859Adolf LindenbaumAdolf LindenbaumMathematical logic; Lindenbaum's lemma · 1904Adolf Magnus-LevyAdolf Magnus-Levyרופא who pioneered the study of basal metabolism and metabolic disorders · 1865Adolf von BaeyerAdolf von Baeyerכימאי אורגני who synthesized indigo dye; פרס נובל לכימיה 1905 · 1835Adolph FrankAdolph FrankIndustrial chemist הידוע בזכות the potash industry and the cyanamide process · 1834Adrian KrainerAdrian Krainerפיתח את the first drug for spinal muscular atrophy (nusinersen); פרס וולף in Medicine (2021) · 2021Aharon Katchalsky-KatzirAharon Katchalsky-Katzirביופיזיקאי who pioneered the study of polyelectrolytes and non-equilibrium thermodynamics in biology. · 1914Aharon RazinAharon Razinביוכימאי who helped establish the role of DNA methylation in gene control · 1935Akiva YaglomAkiva Yaglomפיזיקאי הידוע בזכות turbulence theory and statistical fluid mechanics · 1921Alan BakerAlan BakerTranscendental number theory; linear forms in logarithms (מדליית פילדס) · 1939Alan BernsteinAlan Bernsteinביולוג מולקולרי and cancer/stem-cell researcher, founding head of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research · 1947Alan FershtAlan Fershtכימאי who pioneered protein engineering to study enzyme catalysis and protein folding. · 1943Alan GuthAlan Guthפיזיקאי; proposed cosmic inflation · 1947Alan HeegerAlan Heegerכימאי הידוע בזכות conductive polymers; פרס נובל לכימיה 2000 · 1936Albert BourlaAlbert BourlaGreek-American veterinary scientist; as chairman and CEO of Pfizer he staked the company on mRNA and delivered the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in nine months, refusing US government development… · 2020Albert EinsteinAlbert Einsteinפיזיקאי שייסד את special and general relativity and explained the photoelectric effect; פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1921 · 1905Albert LadenburgAlbert Ladenburgכימאי אורגני הידוע בזכות structural studies of pyridine and benzene · 1842Albert MessiahAlbert Messiahפיזיקאי; מחבר a classic Quantum Mechanics textbook · 1921Albert MichelsonAlbert MichelsonOptical precision instruments and interferometry; the Michelson–Morley experiment and decades of measurements of the speed of light; פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1907 · 1907Albert NeisserAlbert Neisserרופא שגילה את the bacterium that causes gonorrhea. · 1855Albert NeubergerAlbert Neubergerביוכימאי הידוע בזכות research on amino acid and protein metabolism · 1908Albert SabinAlbert SabinOral Polio Vaccine · 1961Albert SalamonAlbert SalamonRadiologist, early pioneer of mammographyAlbert SalomonAlbert Salomonחלוץ the mammogram for early breast-cancer detection · 1913Albert SchatzAlbert Schatzמיקרוביולוג who co-discovered streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. · 1920Albert SchwarzAlbert Schwarzפיזיקה מתמטית; topological quantum field theory · 1934Albert StarrAlbert StarrImplanted the first successful artificial heart valve (Starr-Edwards valve) · 1926Alex LubotzkyAlex LubotzkyGroup theory and expander graphs · 1956Alex ZungerAlex Zungerפיזיקאי; computational materials science and inverse band-structure design · 1947Alexander BeilinsonAlexander BeilinsonGeometric representation theory; the Beilinson conjectures · 1957Alexander DesslerAlexander DesslerSpace physicist הידוע בזכות research on magnetospheric and space plasma physics · 1928Alexander FriedmannAlexander Friedmannפיזיקאי; the Friedmann equations describing the expanding universe · 1888Alexander GiventalAlexander GiventalSymplectic geometry and mirror symmetry · 1958Alexander GrothendieckAlexander GrothendieckReshaped algebraic geometry with scheme theory (מדליית פילדס) · 1928Alexander GutmanAlexander Gutmanרופא-scientist, research on uric acid metabolism and gout · 1902Alexander HollaenderAlexander Hollaenderמייסד radiation biology; Fermi Award (1983) · 1983Alexander KompaneetsAlexander Kompaneetsפיזיקאי; the Kompaneets equation for photon-electron scattering · 1914Alexander LevitzkiAlexander Levitzkiביוכימאי who pioneered signal transduction inhibitors (tyrphostins) as cancer drugs · 1940Alexander LuriaAlexander Luriaמייסד modern neuropsychology and the study of the brain's functional organization. · 1902Alexander OstrowskiAlexander Ostrowskiאנליזה מתמטית and number theory; Ostrowski's theorem on valuations · 1893Alexander PinesAlexander Pinesכימאי פיזיקלי הידוע בזכות solid-state NMR spectroscopy · 1945Alexander PolyakovAlexander Polyakovפיזיקאי תאורטי; major contributions to quantum field theory and string theory · 1945Alexander RudenskyAlexander Rudenskyאימונולוג, research on regulatory T cells and immune tolerance · 1956Alexander S. WienerAlexander S. WienerImmunohematologist who co-discovered the Rh blood factor with Karl Landsteiner, making safe transfusion and the treatment of haemolytic disease of the newborn possible · 1907Alexander VarshavskyAlexander Varshavskyביולוג שגילה את the ubiquitin system's N-end rule governing protein lifespan. · 1946Alexander WeinsteinAlexander WeinsteinApplied mathematics; singular partial differential equations · 1897Alexandre BesredkaAlexandre Besredkaאימונולוג who advanced the understanding of anaphylaxis and local immunity. · 1870Alexandre ChorinAlexandre ChorinComputational fluid dynamics; the projection method · 1938Alexei AbrikosovAlexei Abrikosovפיזיקאי; theory of the vortex lattice in type-II superconductors (1957), פרס נובל לפיזיקה 2003 · 1928Alexei StarobinskyAlexei Starobinskyפיזיקאי; חלוץ cosmic inflation theory · 1948Alfred BaderAlfred Baderכימאי and founder of the Aldrich Chemical Company · 1924Alfred EinhornAlfred Einhornכימאי who synthesized procaine (Novocain), the first safe injectable local anesthetic. · 1856Alfred GilmanAlfred Gilmanזכה ב 1994 פרס נובל for the discovery of G-proteins and their role in cellular signal transduction. · 1941Alfred GoldbergAlfred Goldbergביולוג שגילה את how cells degrade proteins, laying groundwork for proteasome-targeting drugs. · 1942Alfred HaarAlfred HaarHaar measure and the Haar wavelet · 1885Alfred HessAlfred Hessרופא whose nutritional research helped conquer scurvy and rickets · 1875Alfred LandéAlfred Landéפיזיקאי; the Landé g-factor in atomic spectroscopy · 1888Alfred LoewyAlfred Loewyאלגברה; theory of linear differential equations · 1873Alfred LotkaAlfred LotkaMathematical biologist שיצר בשותפות את the Lotka-Volterra equations of population dynamics. · 1880Alfred MirskyAlfred MirskyCell biologist who advanced understanding of chromatin and the cell nucleus · 1900Alfred PringsheimAlfred Pringsheimאנליזה מתמטית; theory of infinite series and continued fractions · 1850Alfred SommerAlfred Sommerאפידמיולוג who showed vitamin A prevents childhood blindness and death · 1942Alfred TauberAlfred Tauberאנליזה מתמטית; Tauberian theorems · 1866Allen BardAllen BardElectrochemist, developer of scanning electrochemical microscopy · 1933Alvin WeinbergAlvin Weinbergפיזיקאי; nuclear reactor design and molten-salt reactors · 1915Amatus LusitanusAmatus LusitanusRenaissance physician who described the valves of the veins and advanced clinical medicine. · 1511Amedee MannheimAmedee MannheimGeometry; פיתח את the modern slide rule · 1831Amelia GreenwaldAmelia GreenwaldAmerican nurse Amelia Greenwald focused her career in public health nursing on training other nurses and creating infrastructure in war-ravaged Europe. · 1881Amnon YarivAmnon Yarivפיזיקאי; optoelectronics and integrated photonics · 1930Amos de ShalitAmos de Shalitפיזיקאי; nuclear structure theory, מייסד Israeli physics · 1926Amotz ZahaviAmotz ZahaviEvolutionary biologist who proposed the handicap principle explaining costly signals in animals. · 1928Ana PaukerAna PaukerBorn to an impoverished Orthodox family in Bucharest, Ana Pauker joined the Romanian communist movement in 1915.Anatol ZhabotinskyAnatol Zhabotinskyביופיזיקאי הידוע בזכות the Belousov-Zhabotinsky oscillating chemical reaction · 1938Anatole AbragamAnatole Abragamכימאי פיזיקלי and physicist, חלוץ nuclear magnetism and magnetic resonance · 1914Anatoliy VershikAnatoliy VershikRepresentation theory, dynamics, and asymptotic combinatorics · 1933André LwoffAndré Lwoffזכה ב 1965 פרס נובל for work on lysogeny and the genetic control of viruses. · 1902Andre WeilAndre Weilתורת המספרים and algebraic geometry; the Weil conjectures · 1906Andrea GhezAndrea Ghezאסטרונום whose measurements of stellar orbits revealed the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way; פרס נובל לפיזיקה 2020 · 1965Andrés LagunaAndrés LagunaHumanist physician to Charles V and Pope Julius III, מתרגם and commentator of Dioscorides (1555) · 1555Andrew FireAndrew Fireחתן פרס נובל in medicine (2006) for the discovery of RNA interference (gene silencing) · 2006Andrew SesslerAndrew Sesslerפיזיקאי; accelerator physics and human rights advocacy · 1928Andrew StromingerAndrew Stromingerפיזיקאי; string theory and black hole entropy counting · 1955Andrzej MostowskiAndrzej MostowskiMathematical logic; the Mostowski collapse · 1913Anna KaplanAnna KaplanAnna Kaplan was an American Jewish nurse who contributed significantly to developing the concept of nursing as a profession in Erez Israel at the beginning of the twentieth century.Anne WojcickiAnne WojcickiCo-founder and CEO of 23andMe (2006), which brought personal genetics to millions. · 2006Anthony EpsteinAnthony Epsteinפתולוג who co-discovered the Epstein-Barr virus, the first virus linked to human cancer. · 1921António Nunes Ribeiro SanchesAntónio Nunes Ribeiro Sanchesרופא of the Enlightenment, member of the academies of St Petersburg and Paris, expelled from Russia for his Jewish origin · 1747Arieh WarshelArieh WarshelComputational chemist who, with Michael Levitt, published the first computer model of an enzymatic reaction (the QM/MM approach); פרס נובל לכימיה 2013 · 2013Arno PenziasArno PenziasRadio astronomer, a child refugee of the Kindertransport, who with Robert Wilson discovered the cosmic microwave background, the afterglow of the Big Bang; פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1978 · 1933Arnold LevineArnold Levineביולוג מולקולרי שגילה את the p53 tumor-suppressor protein, central to cancer biology. · 1939Arnold PickArnold Pickנוירולוג and psychiatrist who first described the dementia now called Pick's disease. · 1851Arnold RichArnold Richפתולוג הידוע בזכות research on tuberculosis and hypersensitivity · 1893Arnold SiegertArnold Siegertפיזיקאי (theoretical physics)Arpad NadaiArpad Nadaiחלוץ plasticity theory; Timoshenko Medal (1958) · 1883Arthur AshkinArthur Ashkinפיזיקאי at Bell Labs שהמציא את optical tweezers and applied them to living cells; פרס נובל לפיזיקה 2018 · 1922Arthur BersonArthur Bersonמטאורולוג and pioneer of high-altitude balloon research into the upper atmosphere · 1859Arthur EichengrunArthur Eichengrunכימאי who played a central role in the development of aspirin. · 1867Arthur HorwichArthur Horwichביולוג שגילה את chaperonins, the cellular machines that fold proteins. · 1951Arthur JaffeArthur JaffeConstructive quantum field theory · 1937Arthur KornArthur Kornמכניקת הרצףArthur KornbergArthur KornbergDNA Synthesis · 1959Arthur RobertsArthur RobertsBiomedical researcherArthur RosenfeldArthur Rosenfeld'Godfather of energy efficiency'; Fermi Award (2005) · 2005Arthur SchawlowArthur Schawlowפיזיקאי who with Charles Townes laid the theoretical foundations of the laser and then developed high-precision laser spectroscopy; פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1981 · 1921Arthur SchonfliesArthur SchonfliesCrystallographic groups and topology; the Schonflies problem · 1853Arthur SchusterArthur Schusterפיזיקאי הידוע בזכות periodogram analysis and work on terrestrial magnetism and radiative transfer · 1851Aryeh DvoretzkyAryeh Dvoretzkyאנליזה פונקציונלית; Dvoretzky's theorem on convex bodies · 1916Asher PeresAsher Peresפיזיקאי; חלוץ quantum information and teleportation · 1934August von WassermannAugust von WassermannBacteriologist who devised the Wassermann test, the first diagnostic blood test for syphilis. · 1866Aurel WintnerAurel Wintnerאנליזה מתמטית, probability, and celestial mechanics · 1903Avi LoebAvi Loebאסטרופיזיקאי; black holes, the early universe and the search for extraterrestrial life · 1962Aviv RegevAviv RegevComputational biologist and a founder of the Human Cell Atlas using single-cell genomics. · 1971Avram GoldsteinAvram Goldsteinפרמקולוג who helped discover the brain's endorphins and opiate receptors. · 1919Avram HershkoAvram Hershkoגילוי פירוק חלבונים בתיווך יוביקוויטין · 2004Axel KahnAxel KahnProminent French geneticist and bioethicist; president of the French League Against Cancer. Jewish paternal ancestry. · 1990Barnett RosenbergBarnett Rosenbergכימאי שגילה את cisplatin, a mainstay of cancer chemotherapy. · 1926Barry BarishBarry Barishפיזיקאי; leadership of LIGO detection of gravitational waves, פרס נובל 2017 · 1936Barry BloomBarry Bloomאימונולוג and public health leader in tuberculosis and vaccine research · 1937Barry CommonerBarry Commonerביולוג and a founding figure of the modern environmental movement. · 1917Barry MazurBarry Mazurתורת המספרים and arithmetic geometry; foundational to Fermat's proof · 1937Barry SaltzmanBarry SaltzmanClimate scientist הידוע בזכות dynamical modeling of climate and the ice ages · 1931Barry SimonBarry Simonפיזיקה מתמטית; Schrodinger operators · 1946Barry TrostBarry Trostכימאי אורגני הידוע בזכות atom economy and the Tsuji–Trost reaction · 1941Baruch BlumbergBaruch Blumbergנגיף הפטיטיס B והחיסון נגדו · 1976Baruj BenacerrafBaruj Benacerrafגילה את the immune response (Ir) genes of the major histocompatibility complex that control the strength of immune reactions; פרס נובל לרפואה 1980; president of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute… · 1920Basil HirschowitzBasil HirschowitzGastroenterologist שהמציא את the fiberoptic endoscope. · 1925Beatrice MintzBeatrice MintzDevelopmental geneticist who pioneered techniques for creating chimeric and transgenic mice. · 1921Bela SchickBela SchickPediatrician who devised the Schick test to detect susceptibility to diphtheria. · 1877Ben MottelsonBen Mottelsonחתן פרס נובל in physics (1975) for nuclear structure; Atoms for Peace Award (1969) · 1975Benedict GrossBenedict Grossתורת המספרים; the Gross-Zagier theorem · 1950Benedict StillingBenedict StillingNeuroanatomist who pioneered serial sectioning of the spinal cord and coined 'neuroglia' · 1810Beniamino SegreBeniamino Segreגאומטריה אלגברית and combinatorial geometry · 1903Benjamin GompertzBenjamin GompertzActuarial mathematics; the Gompertz law of mortality · 1779Benjamin LaxBenjamin Laxפיזיקאי; magneto-optics and semiconductor physics · 1915Benjamin RubinBenjamin Rubinמיקרוביולוג שהמציא את the bifurcated needle used to eradicate smallpox · 1917Benjamin SanterBenjamin SanterClimate scientist who identified the human fingerprint on global warming; Rossby Medal (2024) · 1955Benno StraussBenno StraussMetallurgist who co-developed stainless steel · 1873Beno EckmannBeno Eckmannטופולוגיה אלגברית; Eckmann-Hilton duality · 1917Beno GutenbergBeno GutenbergSeismologist who co-developed the Richter magnitude scale and determined the depth of Earth's core · 1889Benoit MandelbrotBenoit Mandelbrotמתמטיקאי שייסד את fractal geometry, widely applied to natural and Earth science patterns · 1924Beppo LeviBeppo LeviReal analysis; the Beppo Levi monotone convergence theorem · 1875Bernard BrodieBernard Brodieפרמקולוג widely regarded as the father of modern drug metabolism research. · 1907Bernard FantusBernard Fantusרופא who established the first hospital blood bank. · 1874Bernard FisherBernard Fisherמנתח who transformed breast cancer treatment by showing that less-radical surgery is equally effective. · 1918Bernard HoreckerBernard Horeckerביוכימאי who helped elucidate the pentose phosphate pathway · 1914Bernard KatzBernard KatzShowed that acetylcholine is released at the nerve-muscle junction in packets of fixed size (quanta); פרס נובל לרפואה 1970 · 1970Bernard KouchnerBernard Kouchnerרופא צרפתי שייסד בשותפות את Médecins Sans Frontières (פרס נובל לשלום 1999); Jewish father · 1971Bernard LownBernard LownCo-inventor of the defibrillator; ייסד בשותפות את IPPNW (פרס נובל לשלום 1985) · 1980Bernard PullmanBernard PullmanQuantum chemist הידוע בזכות quantum studies of biological molecules · 1919Bernard SachsBernard Sachsנוירולוג who co-described Tay-Sachs disease, a fatal inherited neurological disorder. · 1858Bernd MatthiasBernd Matthiasפיזיקאי; גילה את many superconducting and ferroelectric materials · 1918Bernhard HaurwitzBernhard Haurwitzמטאורולוג שפיתח את the theory of atmospheric planetary (Rossby) waves · 1905Bernhard ZondekBernhard ZondekGynecologist who co-developed the Aschheim-Zondek pregnancy test. · 1891Berni AlderBerni Alderכימאי פיזיקלי, חלוץ molecular dynamics computer simulation · 1925Bert VogelsteinBert VogelsteinCancer geneticist who mapped the genetic mutations driving colorectal cancer progression. · 1949Bertram KostantBertram KostantRepresentation theory and Lie group theory · 1928Bertrand GoldschmidtBertrand Goldschmidtכימאי צרפתי of plutonium separation; ממייסדי the CEA; Atoms for Peace Award (1967) · 1967Bertrand HalperinBertrand Halperinפיזיקאי; condensed matter theory and the quantum Hall effect · 1941Bonnie BasslerBonnie Basslerמיקרוביולוג who elucidated quorum sensing, the chemical communication between bacteria. · 1962Bonnie BergerBonnie Bergerמתמטיקאי, computational biology and algorithmsBoris EphrussiBoris Ephrussiגנטיקאי who pioneered the study of cytoplasmic (non-chromosomal) inheritance and somatic cell genetics. · 1901Boris GalerkinBoris GalerkinThe Galerkin method for solving differential equations · 1871Boris LevitanBoris LevitanInverse spectral theory and almost periodic functions · 1914Boris PodolskyBoris Podolskyפיזיקאי; co-author of the EPR paradox in quantum mechanics · 1896Boris VolynovBoris VolynovSoviet cosmonaut, the first person of Jewish descent to fly in space (Soyuz 5) · 1969Bradley EfronBradley Efronסטטיסטיקה; המציא את the bootstrap resampling method · 1938Branko GrunbaumBranko GrunbaumDiscrete and combinatorial geometry; polytopes and tilings · 1929Bret WeinsteinBret WeinsteinEvolutionary biologist and DarkHorse Podcast host; the Evergreen 2017 affair made him a national figure of the campus-speech debate. · 2017Brian DrukerBrian Drukerאונקולוג שפיתח את imatinib (Gleevec), a breakthrough targeted therapy for leukemia. · 1955Brian GreeneBrian Greeneפיזיקאי; string theory research and popular science communication · 1963Brian JosephsonBrian Josephsonפיזיקאי who, as a 22-year-old research student in Cambridge, predicted the Josephson effect, the tunnelling of a supercurrent between two superconductors; פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1973 · 1940Bruce AlbertsBruce Albertsביוכימאי, lead author of the textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell and former president of the US National Academy of Sciences. · 1938Bruce AmesBruce Amesביוכימאי who devised the Ames test, a widely used assay for detecting chemical mutagens and carcinogens. · 1928Bruce BerneBruce Berneכימאי תאורטי הידוע בזכות molecular dynamics and statistical mechanics · 1940Bruce BeutlerBruce BeutlerFound that Toll-like receptor 4 is the sensor of bacterial lipopolysaccharide that switches on innate immunity; פרס נובל לרפואה 2011 · 1957Bruno PontecorvoBruno Pontecorvoפיזיקאי; theory of neutrino oscillations · 1913Bruno RossiBruno Rossiפיזיקאי; cosmic-ray physics and founding of X-ray astronomy · 1905Bruno TouschekBruno Touschekפיזיקאי; בנה את the first electron-positron collider (AdA) · 1921Bryce DeWittBryce DeWittפיזיקאי; canonical quantum gravity and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation · 1923Burrill CrohnBurrill CrohnGastroenterologist who first described the inflammatory bowel disorder now called Crohn's disease. · 1884Burton RichterBurton Richterפיזיקאי; גילה את the J/psi particle (charm quark), פרס נובל 1976 · 1931C. Ronald KahnC. Ronald KahnEndocrinologist who elucidated insulin signaling and its role in diabetes · 1944Carl BendaCarl BendaCytologist שגילה את and named the mitochondria. · 1857Carl BenderCarl BenderMathematical physicist; asymptotic methods and PT-symmetric quantum mechanics · 1943Carl BorchardtCarl Borchardtאנליזה מתמטית and the arithmetic-geometric mean · 1817Carl DjerassiCarl Djerassiכימאי who first synthesized an orally active progestin, making the contraceptive pill possible. · 1923Carl JacobiCarl Jacobiמתמטיקאי; foundational work in elliptic functions, dynamics and the Jacobian determinant · 1804Carl KollerCarl KollerOphthalmologist who introduced local anesthesia by using cocaine in eye surgery. · 1857Carl LiebermannCarl Liebermannכימאי אורגני who helped synthesize the dye alizarin · 1842Carl NeubergCarl Neubergביוכימאי often called the father of modern biochemistry for his work on fermentation. · 1877Carl SaganCarl Saganאסטרונום; planetary science and renowned science communicator · 1934Carl WeigertCarl Weigertפתולוג שפיתח את key tissue-staining methods, including stains for bacteria and myelin. · 1845Carla ShatzCarla Shatzחוקר מוח who showed how neural activity shapes brain wiring during development. · 1947Carlo Di CastroCarlo Di Castroפיזיקאי; renormalization group in condensed matter theory · 1937Carlos KenigCarlos KenigHarmonic analysis and nonlinear dispersive PDEs · 1953Carol HallCarol HallChemical engineer הידוע בזכות biomolecular and polymer modeling · 1946Casimir FunkCasimir FunkCoined the term 'vitamine' and advanced vitamin-deficiency theory · 1912César MilsteinCésar Milsteinזכה ב 1984 פרס נובל for developing the technique to produce monoclonal antibodies. · 1927Cesare LombrosoCesare Lombrosoרופא and a founder of modern criminology and forensic psychiatry. · 1835Chad MirkinChad Mirkinכימאי הידוע בזכות nanotechnology and spherical nucleic acids · 1963Chaim PekerisChaim PekerisGeophysicist הידוע בזכות work on seismology and the free oscillations of the Earth · 1908Chaim WeizmannChaim WeizmannAcetone-Butanol-Ethanol Fermentation · 1916Chaim Zelig SlonimskiChaim Zelig Slonimskiחלוץ science in Hebrew, ממציא of a calculating machine and founder of Ha-Tsefirah · 1862Charles FeffermanCharles FeffermanHarmonic analysis and PDEs (מדליית פילדס) · 1949Charles KelmanCharles Kelmanהמציא את phacoemulsification, transforming cataract surgery · 1930Charles LieberCharles Lieberכימאי הידוע בזכות nanowires and nanoscale materials · 1959Charles LoewnerCharles LoewnerComplex analysis; the Loewner differential equation · 1893Charles NewmanCharles Newmanתורת ההסתברות and mathematical statistical physics · 1946Charles WeissmannCharles Weissmannביולוג מולקולרי who cloned interferon and advanced prion research. · 1931Charlotte AuerbachCharlotte Auerbachגנטיקאי שגילה את chemical mutagenesis, showing that chemicals can cause genetic mutations. · 1899Charlotte FriendCharlotte Friendמיקרוביולוג who advanced viral oncology through her discovery of the Friend leukemia virus. · 1921Charlotte WolffCharlotte WolffA pioneering German-Jewish lesbian and feminist physician, Charlotte Wolff became interested in sexology, psychotherapy, and chirology while working as a physician in Berlin’s working-class…Christian AnfinsenChristian AnfinsenShowed with ribonuclease that a protein's amino-acid sequence alone determines its folded, active shape; פרס נובל לכימיה 1972 · 1972Claire FaginClaire FaginClaire Fagin was a distinguished nursing educator, scholar, and dean, as well as the first woman interim president of the University of Pennsylvania and the first female to achieve this position in… · 1926Clara ImmerwahrClara ImmerwahrFirst woman to earn a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Breslau; opposed the use of poison gas in war · 1900Claribel ConeClaribel ConeClaribel Cone was well known in her time for being a dignified and highly independent woman with two passions: medical research and collecting art and artifacts. · 1864Claude Cohen-TannoudjiClaude Cohen-Tannoudjiפיזיקאי; methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light, פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1997; co-author of the textbook Quantum Mechanics · 1997Claude ItzyksonClaude Itzyksonפיזיקאי; quantum field theory (co-author of a standard textbook) · 1938Clifford TabinClifford TabinDevelopmental geneticist who elucidated the genetic control of limb formation · 1954Clifford TaubesClifford TaubesGauge theory and differential geometry · 1954Corrado SegreCorrado Segreמייסד the Italian school of algebraic geometry · 1863Daan FrenkelDaan FrenkelComputational chemist הידוע בזכות molecular simulation of soft matter · 1948Dan ShechtmanDan Shechtmanמעין-גבישים · 2011Daniel ArnonDaniel ArnonPlant physiologist who elucidated photophosphorylation, the mechanism by which plants convert light into chemical energy. · 1910Daniel ChamovitzDaniel ChamovitzPlant geneticist שגילה את the COP9 signalosome, מחבר 'What a Plant Knows' (2012), seventh president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2019) · 2019Daniel CohenDaniel Cohenגנטיקאי who led production of the first physical map of the human genome (Genethon/CEPH) · 1951Daniel DruckerDaniel DruckerEndocrinologist whose GLP-1 research underlies modern diabetes and obesity drugs. · 1956Daniel GoldstonDaniel GoldstonNumber theorist of small gaps between primes; Cole Prize (2014) · 2014Daniel GorensteinDaniel Gorensteinהוביל את the classification of finite simple groups · 1923Daniel KanDaniel KanHomotopy theory; simplicial sets and Kan complexes · 1927Daniel KaneDaniel KaneComplexity theorist and mathematician; פרס גדל laureate (2026) · 2026Daniel KleppnerDaniel Kleppnerפיזיקאי; atomic clocks and Rydberg atoms · 1932Daniel MattisDaniel Mattisפיזיקאי; magnetism and exactly solvable many-body models · 1932Daniel MaziaDaniel MaziaCell biologist הידוע בזכות foundational research on cell division (mitosis) · 1912Daniel NathansDaniel NathansUsed restriction enzymes to cut the DNA of the tumour virus SV40 into defined fragments and map it, founding a basic method of molecular biology; פרס נובל לרפואה 1978 · 1928Daniel RothmanDaniel RothmanGeophysicist הידוע בזכות mathematical modeling of Earth's carbon cycle and mass extinctions · 1957Daniel StroockDaniel StroockProbability; the Stroock-Varadhan martingale problem · 1940Daniel WiseDaniel WiseGeometric group theory; special cube complexes · 1971David AtlasDavid Atlasמטאורולוג שהמציא את and developed weather radar and Doppler weather radar · 1924David BakerDavid Bakerביוכימאי שיצר את the Rosetta software and designed Top7, the first protein with a structure unknown in nature; פרס נובל לכימיה 2024 for computational protein design · 1962David BaltimoreDavid Baltimoreגילה את reverse transcriptase (1970), the enzyme retroviruses such as HIV use to copy RNA into DNA; פרס נובל לרפואה 1975; president of Caltech 1997–2006 · 1975David BodianDavid BodianNeuroanatomist whose research on poliovirus was essential to the development of the polio vaccine. · 1910David BotsteinDavid Botsteinגנטיקאי who pioneered the use of DNA markers to map the human genome. · 1942David ChandlerDavid Chandlerכימאי תאורטי הידוע בזכות statistical mechanics of liquids · 1944David DeutschDavid Deutschפיזיקאי; חלוץ quantum computation and the universal quantum computer · 1953David FinkelsteinDavid Finkelsteinפיזיקאי; understanding of the black hole event horizon · 1929David Frank-KamenetskyDavid Frank-Kamenetskyפיזיקאי; combustion theory and astrophysics · 1910David GaleDavid Galeתורת המשחקים and mathematical economics; Gale-Shapley algorithm · 1921David GrossDavid Grossפיזיקאי; גילה את asymptotic freedom in QCD, פרס נובל 2004 · 1941David HarbaterDavid Harbaterגאומטריה אלגברית; the inverse Galois problem · 1952David JuliusDavid Juliusזכה ב 2021 פרס נובל in Medicine for discovering receptors for temperature and touch · 1955David KazhdanDavid KazhdanRepresentation theory; Kazhdan's property (T) · 1946David KeilinDavid Keilinביולוג שגילה את the cytochromes and their role in cellular respiration. · 1887David KlenermanDavid Klenermanכימאי who co-invented next-generation DNA sequencing (the technology behind Illumina/Solexa). · 1959David LeeDavid Leeפיזיקאי; with Douglas Osheroff and Robert Richardson discovered superfluidity in helium-3 at Cornell in 1972, פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1996 · 1931David LesterDavid LesterBiomedical researcherDavid LipmanDavid LipmanBioinformatics pioneer, co-developer of BLAST and longtime director of NCBI · 1956David MilsteinDavid Milsteinכימאי הידוע בזכות catalysis and metal-ligand bond activation · 1947David NathanDavid Nathanחלוץ pediatric hematology; מדליית המדע הלאומית (1990) · 1990David RittenbergDavid Rittenbergביוכימאי who pioneered the use of isotopic tracers to study metabolism · 1906David SchoenbergDavid Schoenbergפיזיקאי; the de Haas-van Alphen effect and superconductivity · 1911David SpergelDavid Spergelאסטרופיזיקאי; אנליזה מתמטית of the cosmic microwave background (WMAP) · 1961David StolerDavid Stolerפיזיקאי (quantum optics, squeezed states)David WolfDavid WolfNASA astronaut and physician who lived aboard the Mir space station and performed multiple spacewalks · 1997David YudinDavid YudinOptimization; the ellipsoid method · 1919Deborah DoniachDeborah Doniachאימונולוג who helped establish the concept of organ-specific autoimmune disease. · 1912Denes KonigDenes Konigכתב את the first textbook on graph theory; Konig's theorem · 1884Dennis GaitsgoryDennis GaitsgoryProof of the geometric Langlands conjecture · 1973Dennis KasperDennis Kasperמיקרוביולוג and immunologist, research on bacterial polysaccharides and vaccines · 1943Dennis SciamaDennis SciamaCosmologist; mentor of a generation of relativists and cosmologists · 1926Don ZagierDon Zagierתורת המספרים; modular forms and the Gross-Zagier theorem · 1951Donald BrownDonald BrownDevelopmental biologist who pioneered the isolation and study of individual genes · 1931Donald GlaserDonald Glaserפיזיקאי; המציא את the bubble chamber (1952), פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1960; later a pioneer of biotechnology (Cetus) and of vision neuroscience · 1926Donald OrnsteinDonald OrnsteinErgodic theory; the Ornstein isomorphism theorem · 1934Dorian GoldfeldDorian Goldfeldתורת המספרים; the class number problem · 1947Doron ZeilbergerDoron Zeilbergerקומבינטוריקה; computerized proof of hypergeometric identities · 1950Douglas OsheroffDouglas Osheroffפיזיקאי; as a Cornell graduate student co-discovered superfluidity in helium-3 in 1972, פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1996 · 1945Drew WeissmanDrew Weissmanרופא and immunologist who with Katalin Karikó found the nucleoside base modifications that made mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 possible; פרס נובל לרפואה 2023 · 2023Edith BülbringEdith BülbringGerman-born scientist Edith Bülbring was renowned for her work in smooth muscle physiology, which paved the way for contemporary cellular investigations. · 1903Edmond FischerEdmond Fischerזכה ב 1992 פרס נובל for discovering reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism. · 1920Edmund KleinEdmund KleinDermatologist, חלוץ topical cancer immunotherapy · 1922Edmund LandauEdmund LandauAnalytic number theory; popularized big-O notation · 1877Édouard BrézinÉdouard BrézinFrench theorist of critical phenomena; Dirac Medal (2011) · 2011Eduard DonathEduard Donathכימאי הידוע בזכות technical and applied chemistry · 1848Eduard HeineEduard Heineאנליזה מתמטית; the Heine-Borel theorem · 1821Eduard SuessEduard Suessגאולוג שייסד את modern tectonics and hypothesized the supercontinent Gondwanaland · 1831Edward GinztonEdward Ginztonפיזיקאי; microwave technology and medical linear accelerators · 1915Edward KasnerEdward Kasnerגאומטריה דיפרנציאלית; coined the term 'googol' · 1878Edward OttEdward OttChaos theorist and co-inventor of chaos control; Richardson Medal (2017) · 1941Edward Szpilrajn-MarczewskiEdward Szpilrajn-MarczewskiMeasure theory and dimension theory · 1907Edward TellerEdward TellerHydrogen Bomb · 1952Edward WittenEdward Wittenפיזיקה מתמטית and string theory; only physicist to win the מדליית פילדס · 1951Edward ZipserEdward Zipserמטאורולוג הידוע בזכות research on tropical convection and mesoscale weather systems · 1939Edwin CohnEdwin CohnDevised the cold ethanol fractionation of blood plasma at Harvard, yielding albumin, gamma globulin, fibrinogen and thrombin; the Cohn process is still the basis of the plasma industry · 1940Edwin Kessler IIIEdwin Kessler IIIמטאורולוג הידוע בזכות radar meteorology and the study of severe storms · 1928Edwin SalpeterEdwin Salpeterאסטרופיזיקאי; stellar nucleosynthesis and the Salpeter mass function · 1924Edwin SpanierEdwin Spanierטופולוגיה אלגברית; מחבר a standard textbook · 1921Efim FradkinEfim Fradkinפיזיקאי תאורטי; quantum field theory and quantum gravity · 1924Efim ZelmanovEfim ZelmanovGroup theory; solved the restricted Burnside problem (מדליית פילדס) · 1955Efraim RackerEfraim Rackerביוכימאי who reconstituted and elucidated the enzyme that synthesizes ATP. · 1913Egon OrowanEgon Orowanפיזיקאי who helped develop the theory of crystal dislocations and applied it to plate tectonics · 1902Ehud HrushovskiEhud HrushovskiModel theory and its applications to algebra · 1959Eitan TadmorEitan TadmorIsraeli-American pioneer of numerical methods for conservation laws; Wiener Prize (2022) · 2022Elaine OranElaine Oranחלוץ computational combustion; APS Fluid Dynamics Prize (2013) · 1946Elena Gal'pernElena Gal'pernכימאי who theoretically predicted the structure of the C60 fullerene · 1930Elga Ruth WassermanElga Ruth Wassermanכימאי Elga Wasserman – a recipient of a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Harvard in 1949 and a J.D. from Yale in 1976 – is best הידוע בזכות overseeing the entrance of the first coeducational class at… · 1924Eli YablonovitchEli Yablonovitchפיזיקאי; מייסד the field of photonic crystals · 1946Elias SteinElias SteinHarmonic analysis; singular integrals and oscillatory integrals · 1931Elie MetchnikoffElie Metchnikoffגילה את phagocytosis and cellular immunity; Nobel 1908 (NOT the inventor of yogurt; he popularized the probiotic/lactic-acid longevity theory) · 1908Elijah MontaltoElijah Montaltoרופא to the French court of Marie de Medici and medical author · c. 1600Elisabeth GoldschmidtElisabeth GoldschmidtElisabeth Goldschmidt was the founder of genetic studies as a research and teaching discipline at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. · 1912Elizabeth NeufeldElizabeth Neufeldביוכימאי who elucidated the cellular basis of lysosomal storage diseases. · 1928Ellen Shulman BakerEllen Shulman Bakerרופא and NASA astronaut, mission specialist on three Space Shuttle flights · 1989Elliot MontrollElliot Montrollפיזיקאי; statistical mechanics and random walks · 1916Elliott LiebElliott Liebפיזיקה מתמטית; stability of matter · 1932Elon LindenstraussElon LindenstraussErgodic theory and number theory (מדליית פילדס) · 1970Elsa NeumannElsa NeumannElsa Neumann was the first woman to receive a doctoral degree from the University of Berlin. · 1872Elvin KabatElvin KabatImmunochemist who was a founder of quantitative immunochemistry and antibody structure. · 1914Emil WarburgEmil Warburgפיזיקאי; magnetism and gas kinetics (the magnetocaloric Warburg effect) · 1846Emil WolfEmil Wolfפיזיקאי; optical coherence theory (co-author of 'Principles of Optics') · 1922Emilio SegrèEmilio Segrèפיזיקאי; גילה את the antiproton, פרס נובל 1959 · 1905Emily CarterEmily Carterכימאי תאורטי הידוע בזכות quantum chemistry and materials modeling · 1960Emmy Klieneberger-NobelEmmy Klieneberger-Nobelמיקרוביולוג שגילה את the L-forms of bacteria and pioneered mycoplasma research. · 1892Emmy NoetherEmmy Noetherמייסדת האלגברה המופשטת המודרנית; Noether's theorem · 1882Ephraim Katchalski-KatzirEphraim Katchalski-Katzirביופיזיקאי and pioneer of protein research who served as the fourth President of Israel. · 1916Eric KandelEric KandelShowed in the sea snail Aplysia how learning changes synapses and how short- and long-term memories are stored; פרס נובל לרפואה 2000 · 2000Eric LanderEric Landerגנטיקאי who was a principal leader of the Human Genome Project. · 1957Eric ReissnerEric Reissnerמחבר the Reissner plate theory used across structural engineering; Timoshenko Medal (1973) · 1913Erika LandauErika LandauErika Landau (1931-2013) was a psychotherapist and educator הידוע בזכות her interest in giftedness and creativity. · 1931Ernest BeutlerErnest BeutlerHematologist and geneticist who advanced the treatment of inherited blood and metabolic diseases. · 1928Ernest CourantErnest Courantהמציא בשותפות את strong focusing, the basis of modern particle accelerators; Fermi Award (1986); son of Richard Courant · 1986Ernst BergmannErnst Bergmannכימאי אורגני and founding figure of Israeli science · 1903Ernst Boris ChainErnst Boris Chainביוכימאי who, with Howard Florey at Oxford, isolated penicillin and demonstrated its curative action; פרס נובל לרפואה 1945 · 1906Ernst GräfenbergErnst GräfenbergGynaecologist who devised the first practical intrauterine device, the Gräfenberg ring · 1929Ernst HellingerErnst Hellingerאנליזה פונקציונלית; the Hellinger integral · 1883Ernst PickErnst Pickאימונולוג and pharmacologist הידוע בזכות research on immunity and drug action · 1872Ernst SteinitzErnst Steinitzאלגברה; foundational theory of abstract fields · 1871Ernst WynderErnst Wynderאפידמיולוג whose research helped establish the link between smoking and lung cancer. · 1922Erwin ChargaffErwin Chargaffביוכימאי who formulated Chargaff's rules of DNA base composition, a key step toward the double-helix model. · 1905Erwin HahnErwin Hahnפיזיקאי שגילה את the spin echo in nuclear magnetic resonance · 1921Esther ConwellEsther Conwellפיזיקאי of electron transport in semiconductors and DNA; מדליית המדע הלאומית (2009) · 2009Esther LederbergEsther Lederbergמיקרוביולוג שגילה את the lambda phage and developed replica plating. · 1922Eugen BambergerEugen Bambergerכימאי אורגני הידוע בזכות the Bamberger rearrangement · 1857Eugene BraunwaldEugene Braunwaldקרדיולוג regarded as one of the most influential figures in modern cardiovascular medicine. · 1929Eugene DynkinEugene DynkinLie algebras and probability; Dynkin diagrams · 1924Eugene GuthEugene Guthממייסדי the statistical theory of rubber elasticity; Bingham Medal (1965) · 1905Eugene WignerEugene WignerMathematical physicist; brought group theory and symmetry principles into quantum mechanics, theory of the nuclear force; פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1963 · 1902Eugenio CalabiEugenio Calabiגאומטריה דיפרנציאלית; Calabi-Yau manifolds · 1923Eugenio Elia LeviEugenio Elia LeviLie algebras; the Levi decomposition · 1883Eve MarderEve Marderחוקר מוח of neural circuit stability; מדליית המדע הלאומית (2023) · 2023Evelyn WitkinEvelyn Witkinגנטיקאי שגילה את the bacterial SOS response and advanced the study of DNA repair. · 1921Evgeny LifshitzEvgeny Lifshitzפיזיקאי; co-author of the Landau-Lifshitz Course of Theoretical Physics · 1915Ezekiel EmanuelEzekiel Emanuelאונקולוג and bioethicist; אדריכל of health policy who advised U.S. presidents (Affordable Care Act) · 2010Fay Ajzenberg-SeloveFay Ajzenberg-SeloveNuclear physicist and definitive authority on light-nuclei energy levels; מדליית המדע הלאומית (2007) · 2007Federigo EnriquesFederigo Enriquesגאומטריה אלגברית; classification of algebraic surfaces · 1871Felix AuerbachFelix Auerbachמכניקת הרצףFelix BerezinFelix BerezinMathematical physicist; מייסד supermathematics and Berezin integration · 1931Felix BernsteinFelix Bernsteinתורת הקבוצות; the Cantor-Bernstein theorem · 1878Felix BlochFelix BlochQuantum theory of electrons in crystals and nuclear magnetic induction (NMR); פרס נובל לפיזיקה 1952; first Director-General of CERN · 1905Felix BrowderFelix BrowderNonlinear functional analysis; monotone operator theory · 1927Felix DeutschFelix Deutschרופא who advanced psychosomatic medicine · 1884Felix FranklFelix Franklמתמטיקאי, partial differential equations and transonic aerodynamics · 1905Felix HausdorffFelix Hausdorffמייסד modern topology; Hausdorff spaces and dimension · 1868Felix PollaczekFelix PollaczekQueueing theory; the Pollaczek-Khinchine formula · 1892Ferdinand CohnFerdinand Cohnבוטנאי regarded as a founder of modern bacteriology. · 1828Frances Rosenthal KallisonFrances Rosenthal KallisonFrances Elaine Rosenthal Kallison was a horsewoman and historian, a cofounder of the Texas Jewish Historical Society, and the only Jewish woman in the National Museum and Cowgirl Hall of Fame. · 1908Francis LowFrancis Lowפיזיקאי; quantum field theory and the Low energy theorem · 1921Francis SimonFrancis Simonפיזיקאי; low-temperature physics and the third law of thermodynamics · 1893François EnglertFrançois EnglertTheory of the mechanism giving elementary particles mass (Higgs mechanism) · 2013François GrosFrançois Grosביולוג מולקולרי who co-discovered messenger RNA. · 1925François JacobFrançois Jacobזכה ב 1965 פרס נובל for discovering the operon model of gene regulation. · 1920Frank ColtonFrank Coltonכימאי who synthesized the progestin used in the first oral contraceptive pill. · 1923Frank HararyFrank HararyA founder of modern graph theory · 1921Frank NabarroFrank Nabarroפיזיקאי; theory of dislocations and crystal plasticity · 1916Frank OppenheimerFrank OppenheimerManhattan Project physicist, blacklisted under McCarthyism, שייסד את the Exploratorium in San Francisco — the museum that taught the world to touch science. · 1969Frank PressFrank PressGeophysicist and seismologist who served as US presidential science advisor · 1924Frank SpitzerFrank Spitzerתורת ההסתברות; random walks and interacting particle systems · 1926Frank WestheimerFrank Westheimerכימאי הידוע בזכות physical organic and bioorganic chemistry · 1912Frank WilczekFrank Wilczekפיזיקאי תאורטי שגילה את asymptotic freedom with David Gross and named the axion and anyons; פרס נובל לפיזיקה 2004 · 2004Franz SondheimerFranz Sondheimerכימאי אורגני הידוע בזכות the synthesis of annulenes and natural products · 1926Frederic RieszFrederic Rieszמתמטיקאי