Top 10 physicists of the world :

1.       Isaac Newton :

Notable contribution - laws in optics  

                                         Laws of gravity

                                         Theory of gravity

                                         Calculus

                                         Binomial series
                                         Newton's method

                                        

2.       Albert Einstein :

Notable contribution – general theory of relativity

                                          Special theory of relativity

                                          Photoelectric effect

                                                      Einstein field equations

                                                                Bose–Einstein statistics

·                                                                                 Unified Field Theory

3.       Max Planck :

Notable contribution – quantum theories

                                          Planck’s constant

                                          Blackbody theory

4.       John Scott Russell ( although he is an engineer )

Notable contribution -  Soliton

5.       Stephen Hawkings

Notable contributions – Black hole theory

                                            Baby universes

                                            Big bang theory

6.       Nicola Tesla

        Notable contributions - Alternating current
                                                          Bifilar coil
                                                          Death ray
                                                          Electrogravitics
                                                          Induction motor
                                                          Particle beam weapon
                                                          Rotating magnetic field
                                                          Teleforce
                                                          Telegeodynamics
                                                          Terrestrial stationary waves
                                                          Wireless technology

        6.    Galileo Galiley –

Notable contribution -  Astronomical observations with magnificent results like discovery of

                                          Jupiter

                                          Invented the first telescope

         7. Nicola Tesla

    Notable contributions-Alternating current
                                                  Bifilar coil
                                                  Death ray
                                                  Electrogravitics
                                                  Induction motor
                                                  Particle beam weapon
                                                  Rotating magnetic field
                                                  Teleforce
                                                  Telegeodynamics
                                                  Terrestrial stationary waves
                                                  Wireless technology

         8.  George Ohm

            Notable contributions - Ohm's law
                                                  Ohm's phase law
                                                  Ohm's acoustic law

     9.  Niels Henrik David Bohr

            Notable contributions-Copenhagen interpretation
                                                                  Complementarity
                                                                 Bohr model
                                                                 Sommerfeld–Bohr theory
                                                                 BKS theory
                                                                 Bohr magneton

   10 .  Shottendranath Bosu :

           Notable contributions – Discovery of Boson