List of science communicators

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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; inspired the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
• Michael Allaby, writes on science, ecology, and weather
• 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 (Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims on Pseudosciences)
• Natalie Angier, science journalist and writer
• Isaac Asimov, biochemist, science-fiction writer, and author
• Peter Atkins, physical chemist and author
• Sir David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster
• Amy Atwater, paleontologist, podcaster and author

B

• J. Michael Bailey, psychologist; known for his research on the etiology of sexual orientation
• Johnny Ball, broadcaster and math popularizer
• Kirsten Banks, Australian astrophysicist and science communicator of the Wiradjuri people
• 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
• Kate Biberdorf, chemist
• Tim Blais, physicist and YouTuber
• Howard Bloom, author
• David Bodanis, author
• Liz Bonnin, biochemist and television 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, science writer
• Bill Bryson, author
• Rob Buckman, doctor of medicine, broadcaster, columnist, author
• James Burke, broadcaster, television producer, and author; known for the science historian BBC television series Connections
• Cristy Burne, children's science writer

C

• Nigel Calder, broadcaster and journalist
• Dallas Campbell, presented the science television series Bang Goes the Theory
• Fritjof Capra, physicist and author
• Sean M. Carroll, cosmologist, blogger, and author
• Rachel Carson, marine biologist, conservationist, author
• Ralph Caspers, German television presenter, screenwriter, and author
• Manuel Castells, sociologist and writer
• Heather Catchpole, journalist and science communicator
• Juliana Chan, Singaporean biologist and science communicator
• Marcus Chown, author and science journalist
• 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
• 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, 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
• Anne-Sophie Dielen, researcher, scientist communicator and policy maker
• 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
• Loren Eiseley, professor of anthropology and history of science
• Jordan Ellenberg, mathematician and author

F

• Peter Fairley, journalist and broadcaster
• Michael Faraday, scientist and public lecturer
• Kenneth Feder, archaeologist, pseudoscience debunker, lecturer, and author
• Timothy Ferris, science writer and best-selling author of twelve books
• Brian J. Ford, biologist, lecturer, and author
• Anna Frebel, astrophysicist and author
• Hannah Fry, mathematician and broadcaster

G

• George Gamow, physicist, cosmologist, and author
• Martin Gardner, mathematician, author, skeptic and polymath
• Atul Gawande, surgeon and author
• James Gleick, author, including journalist
• Marcelo Gleiser, physicist and astronomer
• Ben Goldacre, medical doctor, psychiatrist, and author
• Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist
• 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
• Margherita Hack, astrophysicist, writer and activist
• Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist and pathologist, inventor of plastination and creator of Body Worlds (traveling exposition)
• Thomas Hager, author and science journalist
• J. B. S. Haldane, biologist and author
• Erika Hamden, American astrophysicist
• Jack Hanna, zoologist, broadcaster, author
• Brady Haran, science YouTube video creator
• Bas Haring, philosopher and chair for Public understanding of science at Leiden University.
• 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
• Toby Hendy, science YouTube video creator and author
• Andrew Mark Henry, scholar of religious studies and YouTuber
• Don Herbert (also known as Mr. Wizard), broadcaster
• Maya Higa, conservationist, streamer and content creator, founder of the Alveus Sanctuary
• Eckart von Hirschhausen, German physician, comedian, author, and talkshow host
• Roald Hoffmann, author of popular science books, science poetry, and plays about science history
• 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, theoretical physicist and physics focused YouTube video creator
• Julian Huxley, scientist, author, and first director of UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
• Jamie Hyneman, special-effects artist and television personality (MythBusters)

I

• Jay Ingram, broadcaster and author (Daily Planet television series)
• Steve Irwin, wildlife entertainer and conservationist

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
• David Kipping, associate professor, astronomer and YouTuber
• Marek Kukula, public astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
• Lawrence Krauss, physicist and author
• Robert Krulwich, broadcaster
• Karl Kruszelnicki (also known as Dr Karl), science broadcaster for ABC News (Australia)

L

• Lynne Lamberg, American freelance science journalist
• Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist
• John Lennox, mathematician and author
• Edward M. Lerner, computer engineer and popular science author
• Harald Lesch, German astronomer, television presenter, professor, and author
• Daniel Levitin, cognitive neuroscientist and author
• Roger Lewin, British anthropologist
• Richard Lewontin, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and author
• Willy Ley, space-travel enthusiast and science writer
• Don Lincoln, particle physicist and author
• Chris Lintott, astrophysicist and science broadcaster
• Avi Loeb, astronomer and author
• Professor Lyrical, rapper, associate professor of mathematics

M

• Katie Mack, astrophysics professor and social media science creator
• Lynn Margulis, evolutionary biologist and author
• Robert Matthews, physicist, mathematician, computer scientist, and science journalist
• Bob McDonald, CBC science journalist and host of Quirks and Quarks
• Alister McGrath, molecular biologist and author
• Danica McKellar, actress, author, mathematician
• Fulvio Melia, physicist, astrophysicist, and author
• Ben Miller, English comedian and television show host, including It's Not Rocket Science
• Julius Sumner Miller, physicist and broadcaster
• Mark Miodownik, materials scientist, engineer, broadcaster, and writer
• Ashley Montagu, anthropologist and humanist; written over sixty 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 and television programs
• Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist, biologist, author
• Derek Muller, science YouTube content creator
• Randall Munroe, writer of What If blog and creator of the xkcd webcomic
• PZ Myers, professor and author of the science blog Pharyngula

N

• Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor and frequent broadcast communicator
• Jayant Narlikar, cosmologist and author
• Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, German chemist, television presenter, youtuber, and author
• Lindsay Nikole, zoologist, Youtuber, and content creator
• Steven Novella, science podcaster
• Eugene P. Northrop, research mathematician and math popularizer
• Bill Nye, actor and host of Bill Nye 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 magazine
• Yakov I. Perelman, author of popular science books
• 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
• 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 television 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, television and radio host
• Garrett P. Serviss, American astronomer and science-fiction writer
• Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, chemist and author
• 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

• Eugene Thacker, philosopher and author
• Michelle Thaller, research scientist, and science communicator
• 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, surgeon and author
• Alie Ward, television and science 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, television 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

Y

• Ranga Yogeshwar, Luxembourgish physicist and television presenter
• Ed Yong, British-American science journalist and author

Z

• Paul Zaloom, the actor who portrayed an eccentric scientist on the children's television 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

See also

References