This is a list of famous Jewish American physicists. For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans. * Alexei Abrikosov, condenced matter physics, Nobel Prize (2003) (Jewish mother; naturalized citizen) * Ralph Alpher, background radiation, nucleosynthesis * John N. Bahcall, astrophysicist * Hans Bethe, nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize (1967) (Jewish mother) * Felix Bloch, nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize (1952) (naturalized citizen) * David Bohm, quantum physicist, philosopher of science * Gregory Breit, physicist * Samuel T. Cohen, physicist * Albert Einstein (German), theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize (1921) (naturalized citizen) * Paul Sophus Epstein, theoretical physicist, quantum mechanics * Herman Feshbach, nuclear physicist * Richard P. Feynman