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This is a list of notable science communicators or popularizers of science, in alphabetical order by last name.




A


John Acorn, naturalist and broadcaster known as the "Nature Nut"
Amir Aczel, Jewish author and mathematician
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist and broadcaster
Hashem Al-Ghaili, molecular biotechnologist and video producer
Jim Al-Khalili, theoretical physicist, author, and science communicator
Alan Alda, actor, who inspired The Center for Communicating Science
Michael Allaby, writes on science, ecology, and weather
Elise Andrew, British blogger, founder and maintainer of the Facebook page "I Fucking Love Science"
Alberto Angela (born 1962), television presenter, paleontologist, writer, popularizer of science and history.
Piero Angela (1928–2022), journalist, television presenter, writer, popularizer of science, founder of CICAP.
Natalie Angier, science journalist and writer
Isaac Asimov, biochemist, science fiction writer, and author
Peter Atkins, a physical chemist and author
Sir David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster




B


Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, & author
J. Michael Bailey, a psychologist is best known for his research on the etiology of sexual orientation
Johnny Ball, broadcaster and math popularizer
John D. Barrow, mathematician, theoretical physicist, and cosmologist; author of numerous journal articles, and books for general readers
Marcia Bartusiak, science journalist and author
David Bellamy, broadcaster, author, and botanist
Bob Berman, astronomer
Adrian Berry, science author and columnist
Tim Blais, physicist and YouTuber
Howard Bloom, author
David Bodanis, author
Liz Bonnin, biochemist and TV presenter
Daniel J. Boorstin, author and Librarian of Congress
Sir David Brewster, Scottish scientist
John Brockman, specializing authorship in the scientific literature
Jacob Bronowski, mathematician, biologist, historian of science, author, and pioneering science broadcaster
Michael Brooks, noted for explaining complex scientific research
Bill Bryson, author
Rob Buckman, doctor of medicine, broadcaster, columnist, author
James Burke, broadcaster, television producer, and author; best known for the science historian BBC TV series Connections




C


Nigel Calder, broadcaster and journalist
Dallas Campbell, Presented Bang Goes the Theory
Fritjof Capra, physicist and author
Eugene Thacker, philosopher and author
Sean Carroll, cosmologist, blogger, and author
Rachel Carson, marine biologist, conservationist, author
Manuel Castells, sociologist and writer
Juliana Chan, Singaporean biologist and science communicator
Marcus Chown, author and science journalist
Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction author, inventor, and futurist
Brian Clegg, author
Jack Cohen, reproductive biologist
Lee Constable, television presenter, author, and biologist
Heather Couper, astronomer, broadcaster, and author
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Oceanographer, underwater explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, and broadcaster
Brian Cox, broadcaster, musician, and physicist
Kat Creagh, writer, podcaster
Michael Crichton, medical doctor, author, filmmaker
Francis Crick, molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist; joint discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule
Jon Culshaw, impressionist, also occasionally appears as a presenter on The Sky at Night




D


Antonio Damasio, neuroscientist and writer
Tobias Dantzig, mathematician and author
Paul Davies, physicist, author, and broadcaster
Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and author
Michael DeBakey, world-renowned cardiac surgeon, innovator, and author
Daniel Dennett, philosopher, cognitive scientist and author
Keith Devlin, mathematician and author
Alexander Dewdney, mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher
Jared Diamond, evolutionary biologist, physiologist and geographer
Ann Druyan, science writer, co-author with (and widow of) Carl Sagan
Robin Dunbar, anthropology; evolutionary psychology, culture and language; and specialist in primate behavior
Marcus Du Sautoy, author, broadcaster, Professor of Mathematics




E


David Eagleman, neuroscientist and author
Sir Arthur Eddington, astrophysicist
Gerald Edelman, from the immune system, analogously, to brain & mind
Loren Eiseley, Professor of Anthropology and History of Science
Jordan Ellenberg, mathematician and author




F


Peter Fairley, journalist and broadcaster
Michael Faraday, scientist and lecturer
Kenneth Feder, archaeologist, skeptic, lecturer, and author
Timothy Ferris, science writer and best-selling author of twelve books
Richard Feynman, physicist and author
Brian J. Ford, biologist, lecturer, and author
Anna Frebel, astrophysicist and author
Morgan Freeman, actor and host for TV's Through the Wormhole




G


George Gamow, physicist, cosmologist, and author
Martin Gardner, mathematician, author, skeptic & polymath
Atul Gawande, surgeon and author
Malcolm Gladwell, journalist and author
James Gleick, author and journalist
Marcelo Gleiser, physicist and astronomer
Ben Goldacre, medical doctor, psychiatrist, and author
Stephen Jay Gould, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science historian; author of numerous essays, articles, and books
Steve Grand, computer scientist and roboticist
Hank Green, entrepreneur, musician, and vlogger
Brian Greene, physicist
Susan Greenfield, brain physiologist, writer and broadcaster
Richard Gregory, neuropsychologist, author and editor of several books
John Gribbin, astronomer and author




H


Heinz Haber, physicist and author
Gunther von Hagens, german anatomist and pathologist, inventor of plastination and creator of Body Worlds
Thomas Hager, author and science journalist
J. B. S. Haldane, biologist and author
Jack Hanna, zoologist, broadcaster, author
Brady Haran, filmmaker
Yuval Noah Harari, historian, professor, and writer
Bas Haring, philosopher and author
Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author
Lucy Hawking, journalist and daughter of Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and author
Ed Hawkins, British climatologist who developed warming stripes and other graphics
Katharine Hayhoe, Canadian climate scientist and author
Hetty Helsmoortel, Belgian scientist, author, founder of the Nerdland Festival
Don Herbert, a.k.a. Mr. Wizard, broadcaster
Roald Hoffmann, chemist
Douglas Hofstadter, computer scientist, cognitive scientist, and author
Lancelot Hogben, experimental zoologist and medical statistician, with many popularising books on science, mathematics, and language
Sabine Hossenfelder, a theoretical physicist who researches quantum gravity
Fred Hoyle, British astronomer
Julian Huxley, eminent scientist, author, and first Director of UNESCO
Jamie Hyneman, special effects artist and TV personality (MythBusters)




I


Jay Ingram, broadcaster and author (Daily Planet)
Steve Irwin, wildlife expert and conservationist; TV personality of the worldwide-fame wildlife documentary TV series (The Crocodile Hunter)




J


Hope Jahren, geochemist and author
Ray Jayawardhana, astrophysicist and author
Donald Carl Johanson, paleoanthropologist and author
Steven Johnson, author
Steve Jones, evolutionary biologist and author
Horace Freeland Judson, historian of molecular biology and author
Olivia Judson, evolutionary biologist, broadcaster and author




K


Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist and author
Sam Kean, author
Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Lawrence Krauss, physicist and author
Robert Krulwich, broadcaster
Karl Kruszelnicki, a.k.a. Dr Karl, broadcaster




L


Lynne Lamberg, American freelance science journalist
Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist
John Lennox, mathematician and author
Edward M. Lerner, computer engineer and author
Daniel Levitin, a cognitive neuroscientist and author
Roger Lewin, British anthropologist
Richard Lewontin, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and author
Willy Ley, space travel enthusiast and science writer ("Prophet of the Space Age")
Don Lincoln, particle physicist and author
Chris Lintott, astrophysicist
Avi Loeb, astronomer and author




M


Bob McDonald, CBC journalist and host of Quirks and Quarks
Alister McGrath, molecular biologist and author
Katie Mack, astrophysics professor who focuses on studying dark matter
Lynn Margulis, evolutionary biologist and author
Robert Matthews, physicist, mathematician, computer scientist, and distinguished science journalist
Danica McKellar, actress, author, mathematician
Terrence McKenna, ethnobotanist, lecturer, and author
Peter Medawar, biologist, called by Richard Dawkins "the wittiest of all scientific writers" and by New Scientist "perhaps the best science writer of his generation".
Fulvio Melia, physicist, astrophysicist, and author
Ben Miller, English comedian and hosted shows such as It's Not Rocket Science (TV series)
Julius Sumner Miller, physicist and broadcaster
Mark Miodownik, materials scientist, engineer, broadcaster, and writer
Ashley Montagu, anthropologist and humanist, authored by over 60 books
Sir Patrick Moore, amateur astronomer and broadcaster
Desmond Morris, zoologist, ethologist and author
Hamilton Morris, pharmacologist, broadcaster, and author
Philip Morrison, physicist, known for his numerous books & TV programs
Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist, biologist, author
Derek Muller, science-based youtube content creator
Randall Munroe, writer of What if blog
PZ Myers, professor and author of the science blog Pharyngula




N


Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor
Jayant Narlikar, cosmologist and author
Steven Novella, skeptic and advocate of science-based medicine
Eugene P. Northrop, research mathematician and math popularizer
Bill Nye, actor, mechanical engineer, branded as "The Science Guy"
Tor Nørretranders, author




O


Sten Odenwald, astronomer, author, lecturer
Robert Olby, author and historian of science
Chad Orzel, physicist and author




P


Kasha Patel, comedian and science writer
Linus Pauling, biochemist, author, and educator
John Allen Paulos, mathematician and author
Fred Pearce, journalist at New Scientist
Yakov I. Perelman, author
Wendell Phillips, archaeologist
Steven Pinker, experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist, and author
Phil Plait, astronomer and skeptic who runs the Bad Astronomy website
Martyn Poliakoff, British chemist, featured in the YouTube The Periodic Table of Videos series
John Polkinghorne, physicist and author
Robert Pollack, biologist and author
Michael Pollan, journalist and author, professor
Carolyn Porco, leader of Cassini Imaging Team
Roy Porter, prolific work on the history of medicine
Christopher Potter, publisher, philosopher and author
Eduard Punset, politician, lawyer, economist, and science popularizer
Magnus Pyke, food scientist, broadcaster, and author




R


V. S. Ramachandran, neuroscientist, cognitive scientist, and author
James Randi, stage magician, skeptic, and author
Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and author
Mark Ridley, zoologist, evolutionary scientist and author
Matt Ridley, zoologist, journalist and author
Alice Roberts, anatomist, anthropologist, television presenter, and author
Steven Rose, biologist, neurobiologist, broadcaster and author
Carlo Rovelli, theoretical physicist and author




S


Oliver Sacks, neurologist and author
Carl Sagan, astrobiologist, astronomer, broadcaster, and author
Kirsten Sanford, neurophysiologist and broadcaster
Laurie Santos, cognitive scientist, professor of psychology, and host of The Happiness Lab
Adam Savage, special effects artist and TV personality (MythBusters)
Walter Warwick Sawyer (or W. W. Sawyer), mathematician, mathematics educator, and author
Eric Scerri, chemist, historian and philosopher of science, and author
Lieven Scheire, Belgian comedian, science communicator, founder of the Nerdland Podcast
Joseph A. Schwarcz, chemist, author, TV and radio host
Garrett P. Serviss, American astronomer and science fiction writer
Tali Sharot, cognitive neuroscientist and writer
Seth Shostak, astronomer, broadcaster, and author
Neil Shubin, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist
George Gaylord Simpson, paleontologist, zoologist and author
Simon Singh, physicist, mathematician, and author
Edwin Emery Slosson, chemist, journalist, and editor
Laura J. Snyder, historian, philosopher, and author
Mary Somerville, polymath, mathematician, and author
Paul Stamets, mycologist and author
Michael Stevens, science-based YouTube content creator
Iain Stewart, geologist and broadcaster
Ian Stewart, mathematician and author
David Suzuki, broadcaster, geneticist, and environmental activist
Daniel Swain, meteorologist




T


Lewis Thomas, physician, poet, etymologist, and essayist
Chriet Titulaer, Dutch astronomer, author, and broadcaster
Colin Tudge, biologist and author
Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and author




W


Kenneth Walker (author), surgeon and author
Alie Ward, television and podcast host
Fred Watson, astrophysicist, musician, and author
James D. Watson, molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist
Kevin Warwick, biomedical scientist, roboticist, and author
Victor Weisskopf, physicist, science administrator and author
Michael White, musician and science writer
Norbert Wiener, mathematician, author; the father of cybernetics
Simon Winchester, geologist and author
Robert Winston, medical doctor, scientist, TV presenter, and author
Richard Wiseman, psychologist and author
Stephen Wolfram, mathematics, theoretical physics, scientific computing
Lewis Wolpert, developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster
Peter Wothers, chemist and author
Andrea Wulf, author




Z


Paul Zaloom, the actor who portrayed an eccentric scientist on the children's TV show Beakman's World 1992–1998
Carl Zimmer, science writer and author of the science blog The Loom
Marlene Zuk, evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist




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