List of Fellows of the Royal Society J,K,L

About 8,000 Fellows have been elected to the Royal Society of London since its inception in 1660. Below is an list of people who are or were Fellows or Foreign Members of the Royal Society. The date of election to the Fellowship follows the name. Dates in brackets relate to an award or event associated with the person. The Society maintains complete online list.[1] This list is complete up to and including 2016.

List of Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society
A, B, C D, E, F G, H, I J, K, L M, N, O P, Q, R S, T, U, V W, X, Y, Z

List of Fellows

J

Name Election date Notes
Daniel Ernest Jablonski11 June 171320 November 1660 – 25 May 1741, German theologian, and reformer
James Julian Bennett Jack15 May 1997
Kenneth Henderson Jack20 March 198012 October 1918 – 28 January 2013
Sir David Jack12 March 1992 22 February 1924 – 8 November 2011 Pharmacologist, Glaxo
Cyril Jackson16 January 17721746 – 31 August 1819
Derek Ainslie Jackson20 March 194723 June 1906 – 20 February 1982
Henry Bradwardine Jackson6 June 190121 January 1855 – 14 December 1929
Herbert Jackson3 May 191717 March 1863 – 10 December 1936 Chemist
Humphry Jackson19 November 17721717 – ? 29 June 1801 Chemist
James Anthony Jackson9 May 2002
John Jackson17 March 193812 February 1887 – 9 December 1958
John Jackson30 November 1694c. 1672–1724
John Hughlings Jackson6 June 18784 April 1835 – 7 October 1911
Julian Jackson3 April 184530 March 1790 – 16 March 1853 Colonel (Russian Army) and geographer
Richard James Jackson18 May 2006
Roy Jackson11 May 2000Prof. of Chem. Eng., Princeton.
Samuel Jackson8 November 1798fl 1798 surgeon
Stephen Philip Jackson 16 May 2008 Professor of Biology, Cambridge
William Lawies Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton5 February 189117 February 1840 – 4 April 1917
Willis Jackson, Baron Jackson of Burnley19 March 195330 October 1904 – 17 February 1970 Fellow 19 March 1953
William Jacob23 April 1807c. 1762 – ? 17 December 1851
Joannes Adolphus Jacobaeus25 June 172421 May 1698 – 3 August 1772 Professor of Medicine
Patricia Ann Jacobs11 March 1993 geneticist.
Theodore Jacobsen22 June 1727- 25 April 1772
Francis Jacquier10 December 17417 June 1711 – 3 July 1788
Nicolas Joseph Jacquin3 April 178817 February 1727 – ? 24 October 1817
John Conrad Jaeger19 March 197030 July 1907 – 15 May 1979
James Jago2 June 187018 December 1815 – 18 January 1893
Eric Jakeman15 March 1990
Jean Jallabert13 November 174026 July 1712 – 11 March 1768
James II, King of Great Britain and Ireland9 January 166514 October 1633 – 6 September 1701
Anthony Trafford James17 March 19836 March 1922 – 7 December 2006
Henry James9 June 18488 June 1803 – 14 June 1877
Ioan Mackenzie James21 March 1968
Michael Norman George James16 March 1989
Reginald William James17 March 19559 January 1891 – 7 July 1964
Sydney Price James7 May 193117 September 1870 – 17 April 1946 Army physician
William James30 March 1775c. 1721 – 16 December 1783
William James9 April 1767- 11 December 1786
William Owen James20 March 195221 May 1900 – 15 September 1978 Botanist, Oxford University
Guy Antony Jameson9 March 1995
Robert Jameson25 May 182611 July 1774 – 19 April 1854
Robin Ralph Jamison20 March 196912 July 1912 – 18 March 1991
Francis Robert Japp4 June 18859 February 1848 – 1 August 1925
William Jardine7 June 186024 February 1800 – 21 November 1874
William Fleming Hoggan Jarrett20 March 19802 January 1927 – 27 August 2011
Paul Gordon Jarvis15 May 199723 May 1935 – 5 February 2013
Jacobus Jattica12 February 1736fl 1736
Louis de Jaucourt8 January 175627 September 1704 – 3 February 1780
James Hopwood Jeans3 May 190611 September 1877 – 16 September 1946
John Jebb18 February 177917 February 1736 – 2 March 1786
John Jebb26 February 182427 September 1775 – 9 December 1833
Richard Jebb28 March 1765? October 1729 – 4 July 1787 physician
Geoffrey Jefferson20 March 194710 April 1886 – 29 January 1961
George Barker Jeffery6 May 19269 May 1891 – 27 April 1956
Henry Martyn Jeffery3 June 18805 January 1826 – 3 November 1891
Edward Jeffreys28 October 1669fl 1655–1702
Alec John Jeffreys20 March 1986
Harold Jeffreys7 May 192522 April 1891 – 18 March 1989
John Jeffreys12 May 1726- 20 July 1741
John Gwyn Jeffreys2 April 184018 January 1809 – 24 January 1885
Julius Jeffreys7 January 1841? 1801 – 13 May 1877
Walter Jeffreys14 November 1717fl 1717–1753
Joseph Jekyll3 June 17901 January 1754 – 8 March 1837 Barrister & MP
Joseph Jekyll5 June 183423 September 1802 – 23 November 1841 Son of above.
George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe28 June 19905 April 1918 – 22 February 2007
Henry Jenkes30 November 1674- August 1697
Charles Frewen Jenkin7 May 193124 September 1865 – 23 August 1940
Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin1 June 186525 March 1833 – 12 June 1885
Richard Jenkins18 February 184119 February 1785 – 30 December 1853 Civil Servant & MP of Shrewsbury
David Stewart Jenkinson14 March 1991 25 February 1928 – 16 February 2011 Soil Scientist Rothamsted
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool22 May 17947 June 1770 – 4 December 1828
Edward Jenner26 February 178917 May 1749 – 26 January 1823
William Jenner2 June 186430 January 1815 – 11 December 1898
John Jennings18 November 1779fl 1779
Philip Jennings1 March 1821c. 1783 – 20 December 1849
Niels Kaj Jerne20 March 198023 December 1911 – 7 October 1994
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent21 December 18099 January 1735 – 14 March 1823
Thomas Best Jervis15 March 18382 August 1794 – 3 April 1857
William Francis Drummond Jervois7 June 188810 September 1821 – 16 August 1897
John Jesse5 May 18426 January 1801 – 26 September 1863 Amateur naturalist of Llanbedr Hall, Wales.
George Jessel25 November 188014 February 1824 – 21 March 1883, Solicitor General (1871–1873)
Thomas Michael Jessell14 March 1996
Thomas Jett30 November 1714- 1 July 1730 Barrister
William Stanley Jevons6 June 18721 September 1835 – 13 August 1882
John Leonard Jinks19 March 197021 October 1929 – 6 June 1987
Joao, Duke of Braganza17 November 17571719–1806
Richard Paul Jodrell9 January 177213 November 1745 – 26 January 1831
Paul Jodrell15 November 178112 November 1746 – 6 August 1803
Archduke John of Austria8 February 18161782–1859 Royal
Alan Woodworth Johnson18 March 196529 September 1917 – 5 December 1982 Chemist
Barry Edward Johnson16 March 19781 August 1937 – 5 May 2002 Mathematician
Brian Frederick Gilbert Johnson14 March 1991
Cuthbert William Johnson10 March 184221 September 1799 – 8 March 1878 Barrister
Edward John Johnson10 March 1836? 1795 – 7 February 1853
George Johnson6 June 187229 November 1818 – 3 June 1896 Physician
George Henry Sacheverell Johnson18 January 18381808 – 4 November 1881 Mathematician
James Rawlins Johnson26 June 1817- 1840 Physician
Kenneth Langstreth Johnson18 March 1982
Louise Napier Johnson15 March 1990
Manuel John Johnson5 June 185623 May 1805 – 28 February 1859
Martin Johnson 30 April 2014 Physiologist, Cambridge University
Percival Norton Johnson30 April 18461793 – 1 June 1866
Robert Augustus Johnson17 April 17881745 – 9 January 1799
William Johnson18 March 198220 April 1922 – 13 June 2010 Prof. of Mech Eng, Cambridge Univ.
Philip Nicholas Johnson-Laird14 March 1991
Alexander Johnston22 November 181025 April 1775 – 6 March 1849
James Finlay Weir Johnston15 June 183713 September 1796 – 18 September 1855
John Johnstone18 March 18131768 – 28 December 1836 physician
Charles Jasper Joly5 May 190427 June 1864 – 4 January 1906
John Joly2 June 18921 November 1857 – 8 December 1933
Bennett Melvill Jones16 March 193928 January 1887 – 31 October 1975 Prof. of Aeronautical Eng., Cambridge Univ.
Charles Handfield Jones6 June 18501 October 1819 – 30 September 1890 physician
Douglas Samuel Jones21 March 196810 January 1922 – 27 November 2013 Mathematician
Ewart Ray Herbert Jones16 March 195016 March 1911 – 7 May 2002
Francis Edgar Jones16 March 196716 January 1914 – 10 April 1988 electronics, co-developed "Oboe"
Frederic Wood Jones7 May 192523 January 1879 – 29 September 1954
Geoffrey Melvill Jones15 March 1979
Harry Jones20 March 195212 April 1905 – 15 December 1986 Prof of Mathematics
Henry Jones27 June 1723- January 1727
Henry Bence Jones30 April 184631 December 1813 – 20 April 1873
Humphrey Owen Jones2 May 191220 February 1878 – 12 August 1912
John Kenyon Netherton Jones21 March 195728 January 1912 – 13 April 1977 chemist, Bristol University
John Viriamu Jones7 June 18942 January 1856 – 2 June 1901
Jonathan Dallas George Jones15 May 2003
Owen Thomas Jones6 May 192616 April 1878 – 5 May 1967
Reginald Victor Jones18 March 196529 September 1911 – 17 December 1997
Richard Anthony Lewis Jones18 May 2006
Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh20 May 16639 February 1641 – 5 January 1712 Original Fellow
Roger Jones18 March 1736- 1748 Physician & Natural Historian
Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones9 January 18001765 – 26 November 1811 MP
Thomas Jones4 June 183524 June 1775 – 29 July 1852 Optician
Thomas Alwyn Jones12 March 1992
Thomas Rupert Jones6 June 18721 October 1819 – 13 April 1911 Physician & Prof of Geology
Thomas Rymer Jones21 March 184420 March 1810 – 10 December 1880 Prof of Physiology, London
Thomas Wharton Jones30 April 18409 January 1808 – ? 7 November 1891 Surgeon
Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones15 March 1990
William Jones30 November 17111675 – ? 1 July 1749
William Jones30 April 177228 September 1746 – 27 April 1794
William Jones22 June 177530 July 1726 – 6 January 1800
Carole Jordan15 March 1990 astrophysicist
Gibbes Walker Jordan29 May 1800c. 1757 – 16 February 1823 barrister
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan5 May 19327 December 1861 – 12 January 1959
John Philip Jordis27 April 1681fl 1681–1715
Brian David Josephson19 March 1970 physicist, Nobel Prize (1973)
James Prescott Joule6 June 185024 December 1818 – 11 October 1889
Bruce Arthur Joyce11 May 2000
Charles Joye17 November 1748? 1719 – ? April 1776
Jorge Juan y Santacilia9 November 1749? 5 January 1713 – ? 21 June 1773
John Wesley Judd7 June 187719 February 1840 – 3 March 1916
Alfred John Jukes-Browne6 May 190916 April 1851 – 14 August 1914
Joseph Beete Jukes2 June 185310 October 1811 – 29 July 1869
Calestous Juma18 May 2006
James Jurin1 April 1756c. 1731 – 3 July 1762 Commissioner for Peace, Northumberland
James Jurin14 November 1717? December 1684 – 29 March 1750
Antoine de Jussieu11 December 17186 July 1686 – 22 April 1758
Bernard de Jussieu22 June 172717 August 1699 – 6 November 1777
John Obadiah Justamond14 December 177514 October 1737 – 27 March 1786 Surgeon
Henry Justel7 December 16811620 – ? 24 September 1693
James Justice22 October 1730fl 1730–1757 Horticulturalist

K

Name Election date Notes
Alejandro Kacelnik19/05/2011
Franz Daniel Kahn11 March 199314 May 1926 – ? 8 February 1998
Nicholas Kaiser 16 May 2008
George Ernest Kalmus17 March 1988
Yuet Wai Kan19 March 1981
Robert John Kane7 June 184925 September 1809 – 16 February 1890
Charles Kuen Kao15 May 1997
Piotr Leonidovich Kapitza2 May 192926 June 1894 – 8 April 1984
Jack Henri Kaplan9 March 1995
Victoria Michelle Kaspi20/05/2010
Basil Kassanis17 March 196616 October 1911 – 23 March 1985
Abraham Gotthelf Kastner30 April 178927 September 1719 – 20 June 1800
Edward Kater19 November 18401816 – 6 July 1866
Henry Kater15 December 181416 April 1777 – 26 April 1835
Alan Roy Katritzky20 March 1980
Bernard Katz20 March 195226 March 1911 – 20 April 2003, Nobel Prize for Medicine (1970)
Herbert Davenport Kay22 March 19459 September 1893 – 24 November 1976
Joseph Henry Kay26 February 18461814 – 17 July 1875
Lewis Edward Kay20/05/2010
George William Clarkson Kaye16 March 19398 April 1880 – 16 April 1941 physicist,radiologist
John Kaye7 March 181128 December 1783 – 18 February 1853
John William Kaye7 June 18661814 – 24 July 1876
Richard Kaye5 December 17651736–1809 Clergyman, York
John Kearney15 May 18061741 – 22 May 1813
Frank Kearton, Baron Kearton16 March 196118 February 1911 – 2 July 1992
George Keate23 January 176630 November 1729 – 28 June 1797
Thomas Keate27 March 17941745 – 5 July 1821 Surgeon, Chelsea Hospital
Jonathan Peter Keating 15 May 2009
Robert Keck11 March 1714c. 1686 – 10 September 1719 Barrister
Frederick William Keeble1 May 19132 March 1870 – 19 October 1952 Prof. of Botany, Univ. Coll., Reading
Bernard Augustus Keen16 May 19355 September 1890 – 5 August 1981 Agriculturalist
Benjamin Keene31 January 17451697 – 15 December 1757
Peter Keightley 30 April 2014 Geneticist, Edinburgh University
David Keilin10 May 192822 March 1887 – 27 February 1963
James Keill20 March 171227 March 1673 – 16 July 1719
John Keill30 November 17001 December 1671 – 31 August 1721
James Keir8 December 178529 September 1735 – 11 October 1820
Arthur Keith1 May 19136 February 1866 – 7 January 1955
Ralph Ambrose Kekwick17 March 196611 November 1908 – 17 January 2000
Philip Kelland6 December 183817 October 1808 – 7 May 1879
Charles Halliley Kellaway14 March 194016 January 1889 – 13 December 1952
Andrew Keller16 March 197223 August 1925 – 8 February 1999, U.S. mathematician
Anthony Kelly15 March 1973Materials scientist
Francis Patrick Kelly16 March 1989
Michael Joseph Kelly11 March 1993
Henry Kelsall27 May 1736c. 1693 – 10 February 1762
Charles Kemball18 March 196527 March 1923 – 4 September 1998
Nicholas Kemmer15 March 19567 December 1911 – 21 October 1998
Bruce Ernest Kemp9 May 2002
David Thomas Kemp27 May 2004
Stanley Wells Kemp7 May 193114 June 1882 – 16 May 1945
John Kempe20 March 17121665 – 19 September 1717 Antiquary
Alfred Bray Kempe2 June 18816 July 1849 – 21 April 1922
David George Kendall19 March 1964
James Pickering Kendall12 May 192730 July 1889 – 14 June 1978
John Kendall12 March 1724- 1 January 1735 barrister
Kevin Kendall11 March 1993
Percy Fry Kendall15 May 192415 November 1856 – 19 March 1936
John Cowdery Kendrew24 March 196024 March 1917 – 23 August 1997
Olga Kennard19 March 1987 crystallographer
Ernest Laurence Kennaway3 May 193423 May 1881 – 1 January 1958
Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa18 February 1819February 1770 – 8 September 1846
Gilbert Kennedy23 February 1738c. 1692 – 29 December 1780 Physician of Lisbon
John Stodart Kennedy18 April 196520 May 1912 – 4 February 1993 entomologist
Alexander Blackie William Kennedy9 June 188717 March 1847 – 1 November 1928
William Quarrier Kennedy17 March 194930 November 1903 – 13 March 1979
George Wallace Kenner19 March 196416 November 1922 – 26 June 1978
James Kenner7 May 192513 April 1885 – 30 June 1974
Brian Leslie Norman Kennett26 May 2005
Benjamin Kennicott16 February 17644 April 1718 – 18 August 1783
Robert Charles Kennicutt19/05/2011
Percy Edward Kent17 March 196618 March 1913 – 9 July 1986
Joseph Kenyon7 May 19368 April 1885 – 12 November 1961 Chemistry teacher
Charles Henry Bellenden Ker10 June 1819c. 1785 – 2 November 1871
John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe28 May 1707c. 1680 – 24 February 1741
Robert Ker25 January 1776fl 1776 Ship's Captain, East India Coy
Theodor Kerckring17 January 16781640 – 2 November 1693
Oleg Alexander Kerensky19 March 197016 April 1905 – 25 June 1984
Thomas Kerigan29 February 1844- 1848
William Ogilvy Kermack16 March 194426 April 1898 – 20 July 1970
Allen Kerr20 March 1986
Ian Macpherson Kerr21 March 1985
John Kerr5 June 189017 December 1824 – 18 August 1907
John Graham Kerr6 May 190918 September 1869 – 21 April 1957
Robert Masters Kerrison4 March 1841c. 1766 – 27 April 1847
Richard Kerswell19/04/2012
Abel Ketelbey25 February 1720c. 1676 – 5 December 1744
Robert Johnston Ketelbey12 May 1726- 30 June 1743
Edgar Hartley Kettle7 May 193620 April 1882 – 1 December 1936
Eric Barrington Keverne15 May 1997
Astley Cooper Key4 June 186818 January 1821 – 3 March 1888
Thomas Hewitt Key7 June 186020 March 1799 – 29 November 1875
Richard Darwin Keynes19 March 195914 August 1919 – 12 June 2010 Physiologist, Cambridge
Johann Georg Keyssler5 February 171913 April 1693 – 21 June 1743
Chandrashekhar Bhalchandra Khare19/04/2012
Gurdev Singh Khush9 March 1995
Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble20 March 1980
John Kidby3 June 1756c. 1696 – 2 July 1762
Franklin Kidd16 March 194412 October 1890 – 7 May 1974 Biochemist
John Kidd28 March 182210 September 1775 – 17 September 1851
Robert Kidston5 June 190229 June 1852 – 13 July 1924
Francis Kiernan18 December 18342 October 1800 – 31 December 1874
Tom Kilburn18 March 196511 August 1921 – 17 January 2001
John Vincent Kilmartin9 May 2002
Peter Kinck16 October 1729fl 1729–1754
Andrew King20 May 1663- ? March 1678 Original, Merchant
David Anthony King14 March 1991
Edmond King18 July 16661629 – 30 May 1709 Physician
Edward King14 May 17671735 – 16 April 1807
Frederick Ernest King18 March 19542 May 1905 – 14 August 1999 Professor of Chemistry, Nottingham Univ.
George King9 June 188712 April 1840 – 12 February 1909 Fellow
Harold King11 May 193325 February 1887 – 20 February 1956 Chemist, Nat.Inst. for Med.Research, Hampstead
James King1 March 17811750 – October 1784
John King30 November 1676? June 1648 – Rhetoric Professor, Gresham College
John Glen King21 February 17711732 – 3 November 1787 Clergyman
John King, 2nd Baron King of Ockham9 January 1735? January 1706 – 10 February 1740
Louis Vessot King15 May 192418 April 1886 – 6 June 1956 Professor of Physics, McGill University
Peter King, 1st Baron King of Ockham14 November 17281669 – 22 July 1734
Phillip Parker King26 February 182413 December 1793 – 26 February 1856
William King30 November 17051 May 1650 – 8 May 1729
William Bernard Robinson King17 March 194912 November 1889 – 23 January 1963
Desmond George King-Hele17 March 1966
William King, Earl of Lovelace and Viscount Ockham25 November 184121 February 1805 – 29 December 1893
John Frank Charles Kingman18 March 1971
John Kingston25 April 1816fl 1816
Anthony James Kinloch17 May 2007
George Kinnaird, 7th Lord Kinnaird19 February 17841745 – 11 October 1805
Dimitris Kioussis 15 May 2009
Philip Joseph Kinski18 November 173128 November 1700 – 12 January 1749
Frederic Stanley Kipping3 June 189716 August 1863 – 1 May 1949
Andrew Kippis17 June 177928 March 1726 – 8 October 1795
Anthony John Kirby19 March 1987
Joshua Kirby26 March 17671716 – 20 June 1774
William Kirby5 March 181819 September 1759 – 4 July 1850
Christfried Kirch16 December 174224 December 1694 – 9 March 1740
John Kirk9 June 188719 December 1832 – 15 January 1922
Thomas Kirke30 November 169322 December 1650 – 24 April 1706
Thomas Penyngton Kirkman11 June 185731 March 1806 – 3 February 1895
Frances Clare Kirwan10 May 2001
Richard Kirwan24 February 17801733 – 1 June 1812
Mark Kisin 16 May 2008
Finlay Lorimer Kitchin10 May 192813 December 1870 – 20 January 1934
John Alwyne Kitching24 March 196024 October 1908 – 1 April 1996
Martin Heinrich Klaproth16 April 17951 December 1743 – 1 January 1817
Alfred Alexander Peter Kleczkowski15 March 19624 December 1908 – 27 November 1970
Edward Emanuel Klein3 June 187532 October 1844 – 9 February 1925
Jacobus Theodorus Klein6 March 172916 August 1685 – 27 February 1759
Michael Lawrence Klein15 May 2003
David Klenerman19/04/2012
Samuel Klingenstierna23 April 1730August 1698 – ? November 1765
Aaron Klug20 March 1969 chemist, Nobel Prize (1982), President of Royal Society (1995–2000)
Edward Knatchbull6 May 180220 December 1781 – 24 May 1849
James Lewis Knight-Bruce18 March 183016 February 1791 – 7 November 1866
Gowin Knight25 April 1745? September 1713 – 8 June 1772
Henry Gally Knight20 May 18412 December 1786 – 9 February 1846
John Knight4 December 1706c. 1687 – 2 October 1733
Ralph Knight28 May 1741fl 1741
Peter Leonard Knight13 May 1999
Thomas Andrew Knight21 March 180512 August 1759 – 11 May 1838
Cargill Gilston Knott13 May 192030 June 1856 – 26 October 1922
John Frederick Knott15 March 1990
Jeremy Randall Knowles17 March 1977
John Knowles5 July 18211781 – 21 July 1841
Francis Charles Knowles4 March 183010 June 1802 – 19 March 1892
Francis Gerald William Knowles17 March 19669 March 1915 – 13 July 1974
George Knox25 February 180214 January 1765 – 13 June 1827
John Henderson Knox15 March 1984
Philip Joseph Kocienski15 May 1997
Egon Hynek Kodicek15 March 19733 August 1908 – 27 July 1982
Ralph Kohn18 May 2006Honorary
Samuel Koleseri16 October 172918 November 1663 – 24 December 1732
John Komarzewski10 May 1792c. 1744–1810
George Armand Robert Kon18 March 194319 February 1892 – 15 March 1951 Fellow 18 March 1943
Charles Dietrich Eberhard Konig18 January 18101774 – 6 September 1851
Hans Leo Kornberg18 March 1965
Hans Walter Kosterlitz16 March 197827 April 1903 – 26 October 1996, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1953)
Tony Kouzarides19/04/2012
Hans Adolf Krebs20 March 194725 August 1900 – 22 November 1981
John Richard Krebs15 March 1984
Von Kreienberg11 June 1713- ? 1743
Georg Kreisel17 March 1966
David Krieg11 January 16991669 – 23 July 1710 Physician
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan14 March 19404 December 1898 – 14 June 1961
Ondrej Krivanek20/05/2010
Peter Leslie Krohn21 March 1963
Hans Kronberger18 March 196528 July 1920 – 29 September 1970, nuclear physicist
Peter Benedict Kronheimer15 May 1997
Harold Walter Kroto15 March 1990 chemist, Nobel Prize (1996)
Dietrich Kuchemann21 March 196312 September 1911 – 23 February 1976
Tesser Samuel Kuckahn4 June 1772fl 1772
Heinrich Gerhard Kuhn18 March 195410 March 1904 – 26 August 1994
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni10 May 2001 astronomer
Eugenia Kumacheva29/04/2016
Nicholas Kurti15 March 195614 May 1908 – 24 November 1998, physicist, Vice-President of Royal Society (1965–67)
Henricus Gerardus Jacobus Maria Kuypers17 March 19889 September 1925 – 26 September 1989 Neuroscientist, Cambridge University
Alexander Kyd16 March 1820c. 1754 – 25 November 1826 Lieutenant-General

L

Names Election date Notes
Thomas Howell Laby7 May 19313 May 1880 – 21 June 1946
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille17 January 1760? 15 May 1713 – 21 March 1762
Peter Julius Lachmann18 March 1982
David Lambert Lack15 March 195116 July 1910 – 12 March 1973
Thomas Fantet de Lagny1 December 17187 November 1660 – ? 12 April 1734
Joseph Louis Lagrange5 May 179125 January 1736 – 10 April 1813
Patrick Playfair Laidlaw12 May 192726 September 1881 – ? 20 March 1940
David Laing23 November 18431800 – 6 August 1860 Clergyman
Ralph Lainson18 March 1982
Thomas Lake14 February 1667fl 1657–1711
Devendra Lal15 March 1979
Joseph Jerome le François de Lalande24 November 176311 July 1732 – 4 April 1807
Christopher John Lamb 16 May 2008
Horace Lamb12 June 1884? 27 November 1849 – 4 December 1934
Trevor David Lamb11 March 1993
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne25 February 184115 March 1779 – 24 November 1848
Robert Lambe6 April 1758- 3 November 1769
Kurt Lambeck10 March 1994
Aylmer Bourke Lambert31 March 17913 February 1761 – 10 January 1842
William Lambton9 January 18171756 – 26 January 1823
Angus Iain Lamond20 May 2010Molecular biologist
Charles Lamotte22 June 1727- 25 February 1742
George William Lamplugh11 May 19058 April 1859 – 9 October 1926
Frederick William Lanchester11 May 1922? 23 October 1868 – 8 March 1946
Giovanni Maria Lancisi20 November 170626 October 1654 – 20 January 1720
Michael Francis Land18 March 1982 neurobiologist
Russell Lande19 April 2012
John Landen16 January 176623 January 1719 – 15 January 1790
Anthony Milner Lane20 March 197527 July 1928 – 9 February 2011
David Philip Lane14 March 1996
George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough19 February 1662c. 1621 – 11 December 1683
Joseph Lane31 January 1678- June 1728 Barrister
Ralph Lane30 November 1692- 1732 Turkey merchant
Timothy Lane11 January 1770June 1734 – 5 July 1807 Apothecary
Benjamin Laney14 November 16661591 – 24 January 1675
Andrew Richard Lang20 March 19759 February 1924 – 30 June 2008
William Dickson Lang2 May 192929 December 1878 – 7 March 1966
William Henry Lang4 May 191112 May 1874 – 29 August 1960
Jane Alison Langdale20151960 – Botanist
John de Lange11 March 1736- 7 July 1755
William Langford17 March 1796fl 1796 Master, Eton School
James Langham17 January 1678c. 1620 – 22 August 1699
Robert Phelan Langlands19 March 1981
John Newport Langley7 June 18832 November 1852 – 5 November 1925
Browne Langrish16 May 1734- 29 November 1759
Edwin Lankester18 December 184523 April 1814 – 30 October 1874
Edwin Ray Lankester3 June 187515 May 1847 – 15 August 1929
Jacob Frederick Lantsheer13 May 1756fl 1756
Edward Lany30 November 1692c. 1667 – 9 August 1728
Pierre Simon Laplace30 April 178928 March 1749 – 5 March 1827
Michael Franz Lappert15 March 197921 December 1928 – 28 March 2014 Chemist
Arthur Lapworth5 May 191010 October 1872 – 5 April 1941
Charles Lapworth7 June 1888? 20 September 1842 – 13 March 1920
Thomas Aiskew Larcom16 May 184422 April 1801 – 15 June 1879 Cartographer & civil servant
Dionysius Lardner28 February 18283 April 1793 – 29 April 1859
William Larkins14 April 1796- 24 April 1800
Joseph Larmor2 June 189211 July 1857 – 19 May 1942
Stephen Richard Larter 15 May 2009
Thomas Lashley24 November 1768- 1807
Ronald Alfred Laskey15 March 1984
William Lassell7 June 184918 June 1799 – 5 October 1880
John Latham25 May 177527 June 1740 – 4 February 1837
John Latham30 April 180129 December 1761 – 20 April 1843 physician
Robert Gordon Latham9 June 184824 March 1812 – 9 March 1888
William Latham10 November 1796- 7 February 1807 Antiquarian
John Lauder24 December 1772fl 1772
Simon Barry Laughlin11 May 2000
Anthony Seymour Laughton20 March 1980
Brian Edward Launder10 March 1994
Steffen Lilholt Lauritzen19 May 2011
Jean Rodolphe Lavater30 November 1708fl 1704 -1716
William Graeme Laver19 March 1987
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier3 April 1788? August 1743 – 8 May 1794
George Henry Law24 February 181412 September 1761 – 22 September 1845
John Law20 March 17831745 – 18 March 1810
John Bennet Lawes1 June 185428 December 1814 – 31 August 1900
Peter Anthony Lawrence17 March 1983
Edward Lawrence30 November 1708- 1725 Customs collector, Gentleman Usher
John Lawrence27 November 1673- 26 January 1692 Merchant & Lord Mayor of London
Thomas Lawrence28 February 18224 May 1769 – 7 January 1830
William Lawrence11 November 181316 July 1783 – 5 July 1867
Peter John Lawrenson18 March 1982
John Lawry17 June 1742c. 1716 – ? 28 August 1773 Clergyman
Richard Maitland Laws20 March 1980
Henry Lawson21 May 184023 March 1774 – 22 August 1855 Astronomer & Meteorologist
James Lawson12 March 1812- 9 April 1818 Chief engineer of the Mint
John David Lawson17 March 1983
Wilfrid Lawson11 December 17181697 – 13 July 1737
John Hartley Lawton16 March 1989
William Lax5 May 17961761 – 29 October 1836
Charles Peter Layard26 March 17781749 – 10 April 1803 Dean of Bristol
Daniel Peter Layard22 January 17471721–1802
Mike Lazaridis 30 April 2014
Corinne Le Quéré29/04/2016
Arthur Sheridan Lea| 5 June 1890 1 December 1853 – 23 March 1915
Sydney Leach11 March 1993
William Elford Leach15 February 18162 February 1791 – 25 August 1836
Peter Francis Leadlay11 May 2000
William Martin Leake13 April 181514 January 1777 – 6 January 1860
Richard Leakey17 May 2007
John Beresford Leathes4 May 19115 November 1864 – 14 September 1956
Christopher John Leaver20 March 1986
Charles Philippe Leblond18 March 19656 February 1910 – 10 April 2007
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon7 February 17407 September 1707 – 16 April 1788
Thomas Lediard9 December 17421685 – June 1743
John Charles Grant Ledingham12 May 192119 May 1875 – 4 October 1944
Anthony Ledwith9 March 199514 August 1933 – 5 January 2015 Chemist
Arthur Lee29 May 176621 December 1740 – 12 December 1792
Charles Dillon Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen28 May 17671745 – 9 November 1813
James Prince Lee21 June 184928 July 1804 – 24 December 1869
John Lee15 February 1781- 6 July 1822 Physician
John Lee24 February 183128 April 1783 – 25 February 1866 Antiquary
Robert Lee25 March 18301793 – 6 February 1877
Stephen Lee19 April 1798- 1835 Astronomer
William Lee26 May 1748fl 1748 Son of Lord Chief Justice William Lee
Anthony David Lees21 March 196827 February 1917 – 3 October 1992
Charles Herbert Lees3 May 190628 July 1864 – 25 September 1952
George Martin Lees18 March 194816 April 1898 – 25 January 1955
Henry Beaumont Leeson7 June 18491800 – 8 November 1872
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek29 January 168024 October 1632 – 26 August 1723
Charles Shaw Lefevre10 November 1796- 27 April 1823
John Henry Lefroy9 June 184828 January 1817 – 11 April 1890
Edward Legge26 February 17361710 – 19 September 1747
George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth3 May 17813 October 1755 – 1 November 1810
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth7 November 175420 June 1731 – 15 July 1801
William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth7 November 182229 November 1784 – 22 November 1853
Anthony James Leggett20 March 1980
Thomas Legh12 June 18171793 – 8 May 1857
Anthony Charles Legon11 May 2000
Alan Robert Lehmann20 May 2010
Hermann Lehmann16 March 19728 July 1910 – 13 July 1985
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz9 April 1673? 21 June 1646 – 14 November 1716
Ralph Leicester7 May 1724c. 1699–1777
Charles Leigh13 May 16851662 – ? 1717 Physician
David Alan Leigh 15 May 2009
Ellis Leighton9 December 1663- 9 January 1685
Timothy Leighton 30 April 2014 Professor of Ultrasonics, Southampton University
Robert Thomson Leiper3 May 192317 April 1881 – 21 May 1969 Parasitologist, London
Sir William Boog Leishman5 May 19106 November 1865 – 2 June 1926
Theodore Forbes Leith20 December 17811746 – 6 September 1819
Max Rudolf Lemberg20 March 195219 October 1896 – 10 April 1975
Raymond Urgel Lemieux16 March 196716 June 1920 – 22 July 2000
Mark A. Lemmon29/04/2016Pharmacologist
Charles Lemon23 May 182230 September 1784 – 13 February 1868
John Edward Lennard-Jones11 May 193327 October 1894 – 1 November 1954
Dacre Barret Lennard30 November 1705- 1733
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Aubigny6 February 172418 May 1701 – 8 August 1750
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox11 December 175523 February 1735 – 29 December 1806
Gerald Ponsonby Lenox-Conyngham2 May 191821 August 1866 – 27 October 1956
Leopold I, King of the Belgians30 November 1816? 18 December 1790 – 10 December 1865 Royal
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany24 May 18383 October 1797 – 29 January 1870
Johann Friedrich Leopold4 May 17093 February 1676 – 4 May 1711
Antonio Leprotti16 May 1734c. 1684–1747
Andrew Greig William Leslie10 May 2001
Frank Matthews Leslie9 March 19958 March 1935 – 15 June 2000 Prof. of Mathematics, Strathclyde Univ.
John Leslie22 January 180720 November 1759 – November 1824 Soldier, aka John Curning
Patrick Duguid Leslie8 November 1781- 1783 Physician
John Letch20 March 1766- 17 September 1781
Smart Lethieullier12 March 17243 November 1701 – 27 August 1760
Gregorio Leti30 November 168129 May 1630 – 9 June 1701
John Coakley Lettsom18 November 177322 November 1744 – 1 November 1815
James Lever10 February 1743- 25 January 1749
Ashton Lever18 February 17735 March 1729 – 24 January 1788
John Leveret11 March 171425 August 1662 – 3 May 1724 President of Harvard College, Mass.
George Granville William Sutherland Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland24 November 187019 December 1828 – 22 September 1892
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville13 January 185311 May 1815 – 31 March 1891
William Russell Levick18 March 1982
Malcolm Harris Levitt17 May 2007
Michael Levitt10 May 2001 biophysicist, computational biology
John Lewin20 June 1765- 1770
Dan Lewis17 March 1955Plant geneticist, John Innes Inst.
George Lewis13 June 1754fl 1754
Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham15 March 1973 13 February 1928 – 17 July 2014
Julian Hart Lewis19 April 201212 August 1946 – 30 April 2014
Thomas Lewis2 May 191826 December 1881 – 17 March 1945
Thomas Frankland Lewis8 June 182014 May 1780 – 22 January 1855
Thomas Locke Lewis5 May 1836- 17 November 1852
Wilfrid Bennett Lewis22 March 194524 June 1908 – 10 January 1987
William Lewis31 October 1745? June 1708 – 21 January 1781
William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis6 May 192630 June 1885 – 11 February 1956 Prof Physical Chem, Liverpool Univ
William James Lewis6 May 190916 January 1847 – 16 April 1926
Steven Victor Ley15 March 1990
Thomas Leybourn2 April 18359 April 1770 – 1 March 1840
Johann Borkman Leyonbergh21 November 1667? February 1625 – August 1691
Christian Leyoncrona1 December 1701c. 1662 – 8 April 1710
Ottoline Leyser17 May 2007
Edward Lhuyd30 November 17081660 – 30 June 1709
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg11 April 1793? 1 July 1744 – 24
Edward George Tandy Liddell16 March 193925 March 1895 – 17 August 1981
John Liddell18 June 18461794 – 28 May 1868 Royal Navy surgeon
Johann Nathaniel Lieberkuhn18 December 17405 September 1711 – 7 December 1756
Johann Georg Liebknecht5 December 1728? 23 April 1679 – 17 September 1749
Joseph Lieutaud21 June 173921 June 1703 – ? 11 December 1780
Eddie Liew19 April 2013
Graham Collingwood Liggins20 March 198024 June 1926 – 24 August 2010 Prof of Obstetrics, Auckland
John Lightfoot8 March 178110 December 1735 – 20 February 1788
Michael James Lighthill19 March 195323 January 1924 – 17 July 1998
John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier26 October 17497 November 1680 – 28 April 1770
John Lihou6 June 183325 May 1792 – 13 July 1840
David Malcolm James Lilley9 May 2002
Malcolm Douglas Lilly14 March 19919 August 1936 – 18 May 1998
Simon Lilly 30 April 2014 Astronomist, ETH Zürich
John Philip de Limbourg30 May 17711726 – 1 February 1811
Johann Heinrich Linck11 December 171817 December 1674 – 29 October 1734
James Lind18 December 177717 May 1736 – 17 October 1812 Physician
John Lind25 November 177313 August 1737 – 12 January 1781
Linda30 November 1711fl 1711
Tomas Robert Lindahl17 March 1988
Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell13 May 19205 April 1886 – 3 July 1957
Paul Fredrick Linden17 May 2007
John Lindley17 January 18285 February 1799 – 1 November 1865
Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley20 January 189829 November 1828 – 9 December 1921
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres6 November 192411 October 1871 – 8 March 1940 Statute
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres6 June 187828 July 1847 – 31 January 1913
John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford15 June 17324 October 1702 – 20 September 1749
Heinrich Friedrich Link5 May 18423 February 1767 – 1 January 1851
Carl Linnaeus3 May 1753? 24 May 1707 – 10 January 1778
Anthony William Linnane20 March 1980
John Wilfrid Linnett17 March 19553 August 1913 – 7 November 1975
Reginald Patrick Linstead14 March 194028 August 1902 – 22 September 1966
Hugues Louis De Lionne28 June 1665fl 1665
Henry Solomon Lipson21 March 195711 March 1910 – 26 April 1991
John Liptrap4 March 1802fl 1802
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle12 March 17244 April 1688 – ? 11 July 1768
Samuel Lisle17 June 17421683 – 3 October 1749
Thomas Lisle5 May 1757- 31 March 1767 Clergyman, Hampshire
Peter Simon Liss 16 May 2008
Hans Werner Lissmann18 March 195430 April 1909 – 21 April 1995
Arthur Lister9 June 189817 April 1830 – 19 July 1908
Joseph Jackson Lister14 June 19003 August 1857 – 5 February 1927 Zoologist
Joseph Jackson Lister2 February 183211 January 1786 – 24 October 1869
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis7 June 18606 April 1827 – 10 February 1912
Martin Lister2 November 167112 April 1639 – 2 February 1712
Robert Liston13 May 184128 October 1794 – 7 December 1847
Albert Edward Litherland21 March 1974
Edmond Littlehales30 November 1717c. 1690 – 24 September 1724
Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton15 February 185518 March 1791 – 4 May 1863
John Edensor Littlewood11 May 19169 June 1885 – 6 September 1977
Peter Brent Littlewood17 May 2007 Head of Cavendish Laboratory
George Downing Liveing12 June 187921 December 1827 – 26 December 1924
Archibald Liversidge8 June 188217 November 1847 – 26 September 1927
David Livingstone3 June 185819 March 1813 – 1 May 1873
Peter Livius29 April 17731727 – 23 July 1795
John Dillwyn Llewelyn4 February 183612 January 1810 – 24 August 1882
Charles Lloyd8 March 17641735 – 22 January 1773 secretary & antiquarian
David Graham Lloyd12 March 199220 June 1937 – 30 May 2006 NZ botanist
Edward Lloyd12 March 1818- 29 April 1855 Rear-admiral
George Lloyd10 February 1737c. 1708 – 4 December 1783
Humphrey Lloyd21 January 183616 April 1800 – 17 January 1881 Clergyman, optics & magnetism
John Lloyd15 December 177425 January 1750 – 24 April 1815
John Lloyd8 November 1759c. 1735 – 8 June 1777
John Augustus Lloyd11 March 18301 May 1800 – 10 October 1854
Owen Lloyd1 December 1701c. 1674–1738 Clergyman
Philemon Lloyd9 November 1727fl 1727–1735
Robert Glanville Lloyd11 May 2000
William Forster Lloyd10 April 18341794 – 2 June 1852
Guy Charles Lloyd-Jones3 May 2013
Yuk Ming Dennis Lo19 May 2011
Theophilus Lobb6 March 172917 August 1678 – 19 May 1763
Ferdinand Philip Lobkowitz2 July 17471724–1784
John Lock4 February 1742- 1767
William Lock7 February 1754c. 1687 – 21 October 1761 MP for Grimsby
John Locke26 November 166829 August 1632 – 28 October 1704
Joseph Locke22 February 18389 August 1805 – 18 September 1860
Edward Hawke Locker5 December 18119 October 1777 – 16 October 1849
John Lockman25 June 1778c. 1721 – 27 December 1807
Ben Lockspeiser17 March 19499 March 1891 – 18 October 1990
Michael Lockwood18 May 2006Physicist, Reading Univ.
Charles Lockyer15 May 1740- 13 April 1752
Joseph Norman Lockyer3 June 186917 May 1836 – 16 August 1920
Jean Marie François du Parc Locmaria12 January 1744c. 1708 – 2 October 1745
Charles Locock2 June 186421 April 1799 – 23 July 1875
David Lodge29/04/2016Physiologist
Oliver Joseph Lodge9 June 188712 June 1851 – 22 August 1940
Francis Lodwick30 November 1681? August 1619 – 5 January 1694
William Edmond Logan5 June 185120 April 1798 – ? 22 June 1875
Heinz London16 March 19617 November 1907 – 3 August 1970
Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough2 February 17921761 – 17 January 1838
Roger Long8 May 17293 February 1680 – 16 December 1770
James Long20 May 1663? 1617 – 22 January 1692 Original
Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall19 June 190213 July 1854 – 26 September 1924
William Long16 April 1801- 1818
Malcolm Sim Longair27 May 2004
Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins20 March 195811 April 1923 – 27 March 2004
Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins21 March 1963
Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale22 March 194528 January 1903 – 1 April 1971
Gilbert George Lonzarich16 March 1989
Antonio Mario Lorgna3 April 17881730 – 28 June 1796
George Huntly Lorimer20 March 1986
Michael Lort15 May 17661725 – 5 November 1790
John Gideon Loten27 November 176016 May 1710 – 25 February 1789
Rodney Loudon19 March 1987
Archduke Louis of Austria8 February 181613 December 1784 – 21 December 1864 Royal
John Freeman Loutit21 March 196320 February 1910 – 11 June 1992, medical researcher, radiobiologist
Augustus Edward Hough Love7 June 189417 April 1863 – 5 June 1940
Edward Loveden Loveden14 November 18051751 – 4 January 1822
Robin Howard Lovell-Badge10 May 2001
Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell17 March 195531 August 1913 – 6 August 2012
James Ephraim Lovelock21 March 1974
Martin Geoffrey Low14 March 1996
Edward Joseph Lowe6 June 186711 November 1825 – 10 March 1900
George Lowe18 December 18341788 – 25 December 1868 Gas Engineer
Gordon Lowe15 March 198431 May 1933 – 6 August 2003 Organic Chemist
Jan Löwe 16 May 2008
Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke25 May 18714 December 1811 – 27 July 1892
Otto Egon Lowenstein17 March 195524 October 1906 – 31 January 1999 zoologist, Birmingham University
Richard Lower17 October 16671631 – 17 January 1691
Ralph Lowndes15 July 169629 October 1662 – 31 August 1727
Thomas Martin Lowry7 May 191426 October 1874 – 2 November 1936
Wilson Lowry5 March 181224 January 1762 – 23 June 1824
Robert Lowth21 November 176527 November 1710 – 3 November 1787 Bishop of London
Anthony Lowther20 May 1663? May 1641 – 27 January 1693 Original
Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale21 January 17421694 – 12 March 1751
John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale20 December 169925 April 1655 – 10 July 1700
James Lowther25 November 17365 August 1673 – 2 January 1755
Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet27 January 1664? November 1642 – ? January 1706
William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale5 July 181021 July 1787 – 4 March 1872
John Lowthorp30 November 1702c. 1659 – 2 September 1724
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury3 June 185830 April 1834 – 28 May 1913
Sir John William Lubbock, 2nd Baronet15 November 182126 August 1774 – 22 October 1840
Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet15 January 182926 March 1803 – 20 June 1865
Jean-André Deluc10 June 17739 February 1727 – 7 November 1817 Geologist, meteorologist
John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield20 May 1663? October 1606 – 2 July 1671 Original
Keith Lucas1 May 19138 March 1879 – 5 October 1916
Richard Lucas15 March 1722c. 1693 – ? October 1747 Rector, Foots Cray, Kent
Cyril Edward Lucas17 March 196630 July 1909 – 12 January 2002
Sir Berkeley Lucy, 3rd Baronet23 March 1698c. 1672 – 19 November 1759
Sir Kingsmill Lucy, 2nd Baronet26 November 1668c. 1649 – 19 September 1678
Ludlow30 November 1702fl 1702
Carlo Maria Luigi, Count of Barbiano and Belgiojoso3 May 17812 January 1728 – 1801
James Luke7 June 1855? 1798 – 15 August 1881
Johan Luloss18 March 17625 August 1711 – 4 November 1768
Andrew Gino Sita Lumsden10 March 1994
John Walter Guerrier Lund21 March 1963Phycologist
Raymond Douglas Lund12 March 1992
Francis Lunn11 February 181914 October 1795 – 4 August 1839
Edmund Henry Lushington18 March 182411 July 1776 – 27 March 1839
George Lusztig17 March 1983
Richard Lydekker7 June 189425 July 1849 – 16 April 1915
Charles Lyell2 February 182614 November 1797 – 22 February 1875
William Beauchamp Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp6 December 18101782 – 12 May 1823
Thomas Ranken Lyle2 May 191226 August 1860 – 31 March 1944
Donald Lynden-Bell16 March 1978
Ruth Marion Lynden-Bell18 May 2006
Nicholas B Lydon2 May 2013 27 May 1957 –
Michael Richard Lynch 30 April 2014
Andrew Geoffrey Lyne14 March 1996
George Francis Lyon15 November 18271795 – 8 October 1832
Mary Frances Lyon15 March 1973
Pierre Lyonet14 January 1748? 21 July 1707 – 10 January 1789
Henry George Lyons3 May 190611 October 1864 – 10 August 1944
Terence John Lyons9 May 2002
Daniel Lysons25 May 179728 April 1762 – 3 January 1834
Samuel Lysons2 February 179717 May 1763 – 29 June 1819
Basil Lythgoe20 March 1958
Charles Lyttelton27 January 17431714 – 22 December 1768
George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton30 April 184031 March 1817 – 19 April 1876
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton26 January 174417 January 1709 – 22 August 1773
Raymond Arthur Lyttleton17 March 19557 May 1911 – 16 May 1995
Richard Warburton Lytton28 May 17721745–1810

Foreign members

J

Name Election date Notes
François Jacob3 May 1973French biologist, Nobel Prize (1965)
Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi6 June 183311 December 1804 – 18 February 1851 German mathematician
Pierre Jules César Janssen8 April 187523 February 1824 – 23 December 1907
William Platt Jencks18 June 199215 August 1927 – 3 January 2007
Jean Frédéric Joliot9 May 194619 March 1900 – 14 August 1958
Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan26 June 19195 January 1838 – 20 January 1922
Ludwig Jost25 June 193614 November 1865 – 22 February 1947 German botanist
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu29 January 182912 April 1748 – 17 September 1836

K

Name Election date Notes
Fotis Constantine Kafatos15 May 2003
Thomas Kailath15 May 2009
Eric Kandel02/05/2013
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn26 June 191919 January 1851 – 18 June 1922
Theodore von Kármán9 May 194611 May 1881 – 7 May 1963, Hungarian-born U.S. aeronautical engineer
Martin Karplus11 May 2000 Austrian-born U.S. chemist
Paul Karrer1 May 194721 April 1889 – 18 June 1971
Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir21 April 1977 Ukrainian-born Israeli chemist, fourth President of Israel
Heinrich Johannes Gustav Kayser9 November 191116 March 1853 – 14 October 1940
August Kekulé8 April 18757 September 1829 – 13 July 1896
Joseph Bishop Keller26 June 1986
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov9 June 1994 Russian physicist
Har Gobind Khorana20 April 1978
Motoo Kimura17 June 199313 November 1924 – 13 November 1994
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff8 April 187512 March 1824 – 17 October 1887
Marc W. Kirschner13 May 1999 U.S. cell biologist
George Bogdan Kistiakowsky28 April 196018 November 1900 – 7 December 1982
Kitasato Shibasaburō4 June 190820 December 1852 – 13 June 1931
Christian Felix Klein10 December 188525 April 1849 – 22 June 1925
Klaus von Klitzing15 May 2003
Albert Jan Kluyver1 May 19523 June 1888 – 14 May 1956
Andrew Herbert Knoll|2015|1951 – American. Professor of Natural History
Donald Ervin Knuth15 May 2003
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch4 March 189711 December 1843 – 27 May 1910
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch12 December 189514 October 1840 – 17 January 1910
Walter Kohn14 May 1998 Austrian-born U.S. chemist, Nobel Prize (1998)
Warner Tjardus Koiter24 June 198216 June 1914 – 2 September 1997
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe13 December 187727 September 1818 – 25 November 1884
Albert von Kölliker24 May 18606 July 1817 – 2 November 1905
Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov23 April 196425 April 1903 – 20 October 1987
Hermann Kopp31 May 188830 October 1817 – 20 February 1892 Foreign Member
Arthur Kornberg23 April 1970 U.S. chemist, Nobel Prize for Medicine (1959)
Roger Kornberg 15 May 2009
Alexander Onufrievitch Kowalewski10 December 1885? 20 November 1840 – 22 November 1901
Schack August Steenberg Krogh17 June 193715 November 1874 – ? 15 September 1949
Hugo Kronecker25 March 190927 January 1839 – 6 June 1914, German-born Swiss physiologist
Leopold Kronecker31 January 18847 December 1823 – 29 December 1891, German mathematician
Adam Johann von Krusenstern27 April 183719 November 1770 – 24 August 1846
Martin David Kruskal15 May 199728 September 1925 – 26 December 2006, U.S. physicist
Stephen William Kuffler22 April 197124 August 1913 – 11 October 1980
Willy Kuhne19 May 189228 March 1837 – ? 10 June 1900
Ernst Eduard Kummer18 June 186329 January 1810 – 14 May 1893
Adolph Theodor Kupffer23 April 18466 January 1799 – 4 June 1865 German-Latvian physicist
John Kuriyan2015American Biologist

L

Name Election date Notes
Félix-Joseph Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers25 November 189715 May 1821 – 21 July 1901
François Antoine Alfred Lacroix26 June 19195 February 1863 – ? 12 March 1948 Foreign Member
Johann Lamont25 November 185213 December 1805 – 6 August 1879
Edwin Herbert Land26 June 19867 May 1909 – 1 March 1991, U.S. inventor
Lev Davydovitch Landau28 April 196022 January 1908 – ? 1 April 1968, Azebarjan-born Russian physicist, Nobel Prize (1962)
Karl Landsteiner29 March 194114 June 1868 – 26 June 1943Austrian-born U.S. biologist, Nobel Prize (1930)
Paul Langevin21 June 192823 January 1872 – 19 December 1946
Samuel Pierpont Langley12 December 189522 August 1834 – ? 27 February 1906 Foreign Member
Irving Langmuir27 June 193531 January 1881 – 16 August 1957
Karl Spencer Lashley19 April 19517 June 1890 – 7 August 1958
Max Theodor Felix von Laue12 May 19499 October 1879 – 24 April 1960
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran23 March 191618 June 1845 – 18 May 1922
Henri Léon Lebesgue3 May 193428 June 1875 – 26 July 1941
Joshua Lederberg26 April 1979 U.S. scientist medicine, Nobel Prize (1958)
Kaj Ulrik Linderstrøm-Lang26 April 195629 November 1896 – 25 May 1959
Susan Lindquist201505/06/1949 – American biologist
Solomon Lefschetz27 April 19613 September 1884 – 5 October 1972, Russian-born U.S. mathematician, topology
Inge Lehmann24 April 196913 May 1888 – 21
Jean-Marie Pierre Lehn17 June 1993
Luis Federico Leloir27 April 19726 September 1906 – 3 December 1987
Jean Leray30 June 19837 November 1906 – 10 November 1998
Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolph Leuckart13 December 18778 October 1822 – 6 February 1898 Foreign Member
Tullio Levi-Civita26 June 193029 March 1873 – ? 29 December 1941, Italian mathematician
Rita Levi-Montalcini9 March 1995 Italian-born U.S. scientist, Nobel Prize for Medicine (1986)
Edward B. Lewis29 June 198920 May 1918 – 21 July 2004
Gilbert Newton Lewis23 May 194025 October 1875 – 23 March 1946
Franz von Leydig9 May 190121 May 1821 – 13 April 1908
Jiayang Li20151956 – Chinese geneticist
Marius Sophus Lie12 December 189518 December 1842 – 18 February 1899 Foreign Member
Elliott Lieb2 May 2013
Justus Liebig4 June 184012 May 1803 – ? 10 April 1873
Evgenii Mikhailovich Lifshitz24 June 198222 February 1915 – 7 December 1985 Foreign Member, Russian physicist and astronomer
Bernhard August von Lindenau6 June 1833? 11 June 1780 – 21 May 1854
Jacques-Louis Lions14 March 19962 May 1928 – 17 May 2001
Joseph Liouville21 November 185024 March 1809 – 8 September 1882
Fritz Albert Lipmann3 May 196212 June 1899 – 24 July 1986, German-born U.S. physicist, Nobel Prize (1962)
Gabriel Jonas Lippmann26 November 189616 August 1845 – ? 13 July 1921, Luxembourg-born French physicist, Nobel Prize (1908)
Otto Loewi29 April 19543 June 1873 – 25 December 1961, German-born U.S. biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize (1936)
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz11 May 190518 July 1853 – 04
Edward Norton Lorenz28 June 1990
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz23 April 19647 November 1903 – 27
Sven Ludvig Lovén10 December 18856 January 1809 – 3 September 1895
Jane Lubchenco27 May 2004
Luigi Luciani28 February 191823 November 1842 – 23 June 1919
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig8 April 187529 December 1816 – 27 April 1895
Maurice Lugeon15 June 194410 July 1870 – 23 October 1953
Graham Lusk2 June 193215 February 1866 – 18 July 1932 Foreign Member
André Michel Lwoff24 April 19588 May 1902 – 30 September 1994, French scientist, Nobel Prize (1965)
Feodor Lynen24 April 19756 April 1911 – 6 August 1979

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