It is named after Hippolyte Fizeau, a French physicist of the 19th century.

Paul Henri Rebut is a French physicist, working in nuclear fusion.

Jacques Villain (born March 13, 1934) is a French physicist.

His textbook on quantum mechanics (Dunod 1959) has trained generations of French physicists.

Jacques Lewiner, born in 1943 is a French physicist and inventor.

Henri Abraham (1868-1943) was a French physicist who was fascinated with the science of radio waves.

Ludwick Leibler, born in 1951 is a French physicist.

Charles Sadron (1902-1993), is a French physicist specialized in the study of biological macromolecules.

The French physicist developed the process for transferring photographs onto silver-coated copper plates.

This young French physicist presented a most unusual thesis for his doctoral degree at the University of Paris.