Well Known Canadian Scientists
Well Known People Who Happen to be Canadian
Scientists
- Allen, John F.: Physicist. co-discoverer of superfluidity
- Altman, Sidney: 1989 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.
- Banting, Frederick: 1923 Nobel Prize winner in medicine. co-discoverer of insulin
- Brockhouse, Bertram: 1994 Nobel Prize winner in physics.
- Best, Charles: co-discoverer of insulin with Banting
- Giauque, William Francis: 1949 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
- Gosling, James: Programmer. inventor of Java
- Herzberg, Gerhard: 1971 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
- Hubel, David: 1981 Nobel Prize winner in medicine
- Marcus, Rudolph: 1992 Nobel Prize winner in Chemisty
- Osler, Sir William: Physician. "most influential physician in history"
- Penfield, Wilder: Neurosurgeon. discovered electrical stimulation of the brain
- Polanyi, John: 1986 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
- Schawlow, Arthur: 1981 Nobel Prize winner in physics (for lasers)
- Scholes, Myron: 1997 Nobel Prize winner in Economics
- Smith, Michael: 1993 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
- Taube, Henry: 1983 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
- Taylor, Richard: 1990 Nobel Prize winner in physics
- Vickrey, William: 1996 Nobel Prize winner in economics
- Wilson, Tuzo: Geophysicist. plate tectonics
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