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Famous scientists

Name a famous scientist. Hopdown accepts 775 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper.

Most common answers

• Albert EinsteinExtremely common
• Isaac NewtonCommon
• Charles DarwinCommon
• Galileo GalileiCommon
• Marie Skłodowska-CurieCommon
• AristotleCommon
• Stephen HawkingCommon
• Thomas EdisonCommonInventor, accepted
• Nikola TeslaUncommon
• Rachel CarsonUncommon
• Michael FaradayUncommon
• Max PlanckUncommon
• Gregor MendelUncommon
• Konstantin TsiolkovskyUncommon
• Joseph John ThomsonUncommon

Rare answers

• Rene DescartesRare
• Yoshua BengioRare
• Jan Hendrik OortRare
• Amos TverskyRare
• AnaxagorasRare
• Leo EsakiRare
• Arthur McDonaldRare
• A.Q. KhanRare
• Yoshinori OhsumiVery rare
• Herbert SpencerVery rare
• Pafnuty ChebyshevVery rare
• Antonio de UlloaVery rare
• John BardeenVery rare
• Victor GrignardVery rare
• George SmootVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• Mario MolinaDeep cut
• Karl WeierstrassDeep cut
• Paul CrutzenDeep cut
• Shen KuoDeep cut
• Jacobus van 'T HoffDeep cut
• Martin RyleDeep cut
• Johannes HeveliusDeep cut
• Robert SchriefferDeep cut
• Nevill MottDeep cut
• Melvin SchwartzDeep cut

Plus 735 more answers you'll have to find yourself.