List_of_fellows_of_the_Royal_Society_J,_K,_L Knowpia

About 8,000 fellows have been elected to the Royal Society of London since its inception in 1660. Below is a list of people who are or were Fellow or Foreign Member 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 2019.

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 edit

J edit

Name	Election date	Notes
Daniel Ernest Jablonski	11 June 1713	20 November 1660 – 25 May 1741, German theologian, and reformer
James Julian Bennett Jack	15 May 1997
Kenneth Henderson Jack	20 March 1980	12 October 1918 – 28 January 2013
Sir David Jack	12 March 1992	22 February 1924 – 8 November 2011 Pharmacologist, Glaxo
Cyril Jackson	16 January 1772	1746 – 31 August 1819
Derek Ainslie Jackson	20 March 1947	23 June 1906 – 20 February 1982
Henry Bradwardine Jackson	6 June 1901	21 January 1855 – 14 December 1929
Herbert Jackson	3 May 1917	17 March 1863 – 10 December 1936 Chemist
Humphry Jackson	19 November 1772	1717 – ? 29 June 1801 Chemist
James Anthony Jackson	9 May 2002
John Jackson	17 March 1938	12 February 1887 – 9 December 1958
John Jackson	30 November 1694	c. 1672–1724
John Hughlings Jackson	6 June 1878	4 April 1835 – 7 October 1911
Julian Jackson	3 April 1845	30 March 1790 – 16 March 1853 Colonel (Russian Army) and geographer
Richard James Jackson	18 May 2006
Roy Jackson	11 May 2000	Prof. of Chem. Eng., Princeton.
Samuel Jackson	8 November 1798	fl 1798 surgeon
Stephen Philip Jackson	16 May 2008	Professor of Biology, Cambridge
William Lawies Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton	5 February 1891	17 February 1840 – 4 April 1917
Willis Jackson, Baron Jackson of Burnley	19 March 1953	30 October 1904 – 17 February 1970 Fellow 19 March 1953
William Jacob	23 April 1807	c. 1762 – ? 17 December 1851
Joannes Adolphus Jacobaeus	25 June 1724	21 May 1698 – 3 August 1772 Professor of Medicine
Patricia Ann Jacobs	11 March 1993	geneticist.
Theodore Jacobsen	22 June 1727	- 25 April 1772
Francis Jacquier	10 December 1741	7 June 1711 – 3 July 1788
Nicolas Joseph Jacquin	3 April 1788	17 February 1727 – ? 24 October 1817
John Conrad Jaeger	19 March 1970	30 July 1907 – 15 May 1979
James Jago	2 June 1870	18 December 1815 – 18 January 1893
Eric Jakeman	15 March 1990
Jean Jallabert	13 November 1740	26 July 1712 – 11 March 1768
James II, King of Great Britain and Ireland	9 January 1665	14 October 1633 – 6 September 1701
Anthony Trafford James	17 March 1983	6 March 1922 – 7 December 2006
Henry James	9 June 1848	8 June 1803 – 14 June 1877
Ioan Mackenzie James	21 March 1968
Michael Norman George James	16 March 1989
Reginald William James	17 March 1955	9 January 1891 – 7 July 1964
Sydney Price James	7 May 1931	17 September 1870 – 17 April 1946 Army physician
William James	30 March 1775	c. 1721 – 16 December 1783
William James	9 April 1767	- 11 December 1786
William Owen James	20 March 1952	21 May 1900 – 15 September 1978 Botanist, Oxford University
Guy Antony Jameson	9 March 1995
Graeme Jameson	2018-05-09	1936
Robert Jameson	25 May 1826	11 July 1774 – 19 April 1854
Robin Ralph Jamison	20 March 1969	12 July 1912 – 18 March 1991
Francis Robert Japp	4 June 1885	9 February 1848 – 1 August 1925
William Jardine	7 June 1860	24 February 1800 – 21 November 1874
William Fleming Hoggan Jarrett	20 March 1980	2 January 1927 – 27 August 2011
Paul Gordon Jarvis	15 May 1997	23 May 1935 – 5 February 2013
Jacobus Jattica	12 February 1736	fl 1736
Louis de Jaucourt	8 January 1756	27 September 1704 – 3 February 1780
James Hopwood Jeans	3 May 1906	11 September 1877 – 16 September 1946
John Jebb	18 February 1779	17 February 1736 – 2 March 1786
John Jebb	26 February 1824	27 September 1775 – 9 December 1833
Richard Jebb	28 March 1765	? October 1729 – 4 July 1787 physician
Geoffrey Jefferson	20 March 1947	10 April 1886 – 29 January 1961
George Barker Jeffery	6 May 1926	9 May 1891 – 27 April 1956
Henry Martyn Jeffery	3 June 1880	5 January 1826 – 3 November 1891
Edward Jeffreys	28 October 1669	fl 1655–1702
Alec John Jeffreys	20 March 1986
Harold Jeffreys	7 May 1925	22 April 1891 – 18 March 1989
John Jeffreys	12 May 1726	- 20 July 1741
John Gwyn Jeffreys	2 April 1840	18 January 1809 – 24 January 1885
Julius Jeffreys	7 January 1841	? 1801 – 13 May 1877
Walter Jeffreys	14 November 1717	fl 1717–1753
Joseph Jekyll	3 June 1790	1 January 1754 – 8 March 1837 Barrister & MP
Joseph Jekyll	5 June 1834	23 September 1802 – 23 November 1841 Son of above.
George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe	28 June 1990	5 April 1918 – 22 February 2007
Henry Jenkes	30 November 1674	- August 1697
Charles Frewen Jenkin	7 May 1931	24 September 1865 – 23 August 1940
Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin	1 June 1865	25 March 1833 – 12 June 1885
Richard Jenkins	18 February 1841	19 February 1785 – 30 December 1853 Civil Servant & MP of Shrewsbury
David Stewart Jenkinson	14 March 1991	25 February 1928 – 16 February 2011 Soil Scientist Rothamsted
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool	22 May 1794	7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828
Edward Jenner	26 February 1789	17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823
William Jenner	2 June 1864	30 January 1815 – 11 December 1898
John Jennings	18 November 1779	fl 1779
Philip Jennings	1 March 1821	c. 1783 – 20 December 1849
Niels Kaj Jerne	20 March 1980	23 December 1911 – 7 October 1994
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent	21 December 1809	9 January 1735 – 14 March 1823
Thomas Best Jervis	15 March 1838	2 August 1794 – 3 April 1857
William Francis Drummond Jervois	7 June 1888	10 September 1821 – 16 August 1897
John Jesse	5 May 1842	6 January 1801 – 26 September 1863 Amateur naturalist of Llanbedr Hall, Wales.
George Jessel	25 November 1880	14 February 1824 – 21 March 1883, Solicitor General (1871–1873)
Thomas Michael Jessell	14 March 1996
Thomas Jett	30 November 1714	- 1 July 1730 Barrister
William Stanley Jevons	6 June 1872	1 September 1835 – 13 August 1882
Harren Jhoti	2018-05-09	1962 –
John Leonard Jinks	19 March 1970	21 October 1929 – 6 June 1987
Joao, Duke of Braganza	17 November 1757	1719–1806
Richard Paul Jodrell	9 January 1772	13 November 1745 – 26 January 1831
Paul Jodrell	15 November 1781	12 November 1746 – 6 August 1803
Archduke John of Austria	8 February 1816	1782–1859 Royal
Alan Woodworth Johnson	18 March 1965	29 September 1917 – 5 December 1982 Chemist
Barry Edward Johnson	16 March 1978	1 August 1937 – 5 May 2002 Mathematician
Brian Frederick Gilbert Johnson	14 March 1991
Cuthbert William Johnson	10 March 1842	21 September 1799 – 8 March 1878 Barrister
Edward John Johnson	10 March 1836	? 1795 – 7 February 1853
George Johnson	6 June 1872	29 November 1818 – 3 June 1896 Physician
George Henry Sacheverell Johnson	18 January 1838	1808 – 4 November 1881 Mathematician
James Rawlins Johnson	26 June 1817	- 1840 Physician
Kenneth Langstreth Johnson	18 March 1982
Louise Napier Johnson	15 March 1990
Manuel John Johnson	5 June 1856	23 May 1805 – 28 February 1859
Martin Johnson	30 April 2014	Physiologist, Cambridge University
Percival Norton Johnson	30 April 1846	1793 – 1 June 1866
Robert Augustus Johnson	17 April 1788	1745 – 9 January 1799
William Johnson	18 March 1982	20 April 1922 – 13 June 2010 Prof. of Mech Eng, Cambridge Univ.
Philip Nicholas Johnson-Laird	14 March 1991
Alexander Johnston	22 November 1810	25 April 1775 – 6 March 1849
James Finlay Weir Johnston	15 June 1837	13 September 1796 – 18 September 1855
John Johnstone	18 March 1813	1768 – 28 December 1836 physician
Charles Jasper Joly	5 May 1904	27 June 1864 – 4 January 1906
John Joly	2 June 1892	1 November 1857 – 8 December 1933
Bennett Melvill Jones	16 March 1939	28 January 1887 – 31 October 1975 Prof. of Aeronautical Eng., Cambridge Univ.
Charles Handfield Jones	6 June 1850	1 October 1819 – 30 September 1890 physician
Douglas Samuel Jones	21 March 1968	10 January 1922 – 27 November 2013 Mathematician
E. Yvonne Jones	2017-05-05
Ewart Ray Herbert Jones	16 March 1950	16 March 1911 – 7 May 2002
Francis Edgar Jones	16 March 1967	16 January 1914 – 10 April 1988 electronics, co-developed "Oboe"
Frederic Wood Jones	7 May 1925	23 January 1879 – 29 September 1954
Geoffrey Melvill Jones	15 March 1979
Harry Jones	20 March 1952	12 April 1905 – 15 December 1986 Prof of Mathematics
Henry Jones	27 June 1723	- January 1727
Henry Bence Jones	30 April 1846	31 December 1813 – 20 April 1873
Humphrey Owen Jones	2 May 1912	20 February 1878 – 12 August 1912
John Kenyon Netherton Jones	21 March 1957	28 January 1912 – 13 April 1977 chemist, Bristol University
John Viriamu Jones	7 June 1894	2 January 1856 – 2 June 1901
Jonathan Dallas George Jones	15 May 2003
Owen Thomas Jones	6 May 1926	16 April 1878 – 5 May 1967
Reginald Victor Jones	18 March 1965	29 September 1911 – 17 December 1997
Richard Anthony Lewis Jones	18 May 2006
Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh	20 May 1663	9 February 1641 – 5 January 1712 Original Fellow
Roger Jones	18 March 1736	- 1748 Physician & Natural Historian
Steve Jones	2012	24 March 1944 -
Thomas Jones	4 June 1835	24 June 1775 – 29 July 1852 Optician
Thomas Alwyn Jones	12 March 1992
Thomas Rupert Jones	6 June 1872	1 October 1819 – 13 April 1911 Physician & Prof of Geology
Thomas Rymer Jones	21 March 1844	20 March 1810 – 10 December 1880 Prof of Physiology, London
Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones	9 January 1800	1765 – 26 November 1811 MP
Thomas Wharton Jones	30 April 1840	9 January 1808 – ? 7 November 1891 Surgeon
Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones	15 March 1990
William Jones	30 November 1711	1675 – ? 1 July 1749
William Jones	30 April 1772	28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794
William Jones	22 June 1775	30 July 1726 – 6 January 1800
Carole Jordan	15 March 1990	astrophysicist
Gibbes Walker Jordan	29 May 1800	c. 1757 – 16 February 1823 barrister
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan	5 May 1932	7 December 1861 – 12 January 1959
John Philip Jordis	27 April 1681	fl 1681–1715
Brian David Josephson	19 March 1970	physicist, Nobel Prize (1973)
James Prescott Joule	6 June 1850	24 December 1818 – 11 October 1889
Bruce Arthur Joyce	11 May 2000
Dominic Joyce	2012
Charles Joye	17 November 1748	? 1719 – ? April 1776
Richard Jozsa	2019-04-16	13 November 1953 –
Jorge Juan y Santacilia	9 November 1749	? 5 January 1713 – ? 21 June 1773
John Wesley Judd	7 June 1877	19 February 1840 – 3 March 1916
Alfred John Jukes-Browne	6 May 1909	16 April 1851 – 14 August 1914
Joseph Beete Jukes	2 June 1853	10 October 1811 – 29 July 1869
Calestous Juma	18 May 2006
James Jurin	1 April 1756	c. 1731 – 3 July 1762 Commissioner for Peace, Northumberland
James Jurin	14 November 1717	? December 1684 – 29 March 1750
Antoine de Jussieu	11 December 1718	6 July 1686 – 22 April 1758
Bernard de Jussieu	22 June 1727	17 August 1699 – 6 November 1777
John Obadiah Justamond	14 December 1775	14 October 1737 – 27 March 1786 Surgeon
Henry Justel	7 December 1681	1620 – ? 24 September 1693
James Justice	22 October 1730	fl 1730–1757 Horticulturalist

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Name	Election date	Notes
Alejandro Kacelnik	2011-05-19
Franz Daniel Kahn	11 March 1993	14 May 1926 – ? 8 February 1998
Nicholas Kaiser	16 May 2008
George Ernest Kalmus	17 March 1988
Sophien Kamoun	2018-05-09	8 December 1965 –
Yuet Wai Kan	19 March 1981
Robert John Kane	7 June 1849	25 September 1809 – 16 February 1890
Gagandeep Kang	2019-04-16	3 November 1962 –
Charles Kuen Kao	15 May 1997
Piotr Leonidovich Kapitza	2 May 1929	26 June 1894 – 8 April 1984
Jack Henri Kaplan	9 March 1995
Victoria Michelle Kaspi	2010-05-20
Basil Kassanis	17 March 1966	16 October 1911 – 23 March 1985
Abraham Gotthelf Kastner	30 April 1789	27 September 1719 – 20 June 1800
Edward Kater	19 November 1840	1816 – 6 July 1866
Henry Kater	15 December 1814	16 April 1777 – 26 April 1835
Alan Roy Katritzky	20 March 1980
Bernard Katz	20 March 1952	26 March 1911 – 20 April 2003, Nobel Prize for Medicine (1970)
Herbert Davenport Kay	22 March 1945	9 September 1893 – 24 November 1976
Joseph Henry Kay	26 February 1846	1814 – 17 July 1875
Lewis Edward Kay	2010-05-20
Steve A. Kay	2019-04-16	4 October 1959 –
George William Clarkson Kaye	16 March 1939	8 April 1880 – 16 April 1941 physicist,radiologist
John Kaye	7 March 1811	28 December 1783 – 18 February 1853
John William Kaye	7 June 1866	1814 – 24 July 1876
Richard Kaye	5 December 1765	1736–1809 Clergyman, York
John Kearney	15 May 1806	1741 – 22 May 1813
Frank Kearton, Baron Kearton	16 March 1961	18 February 1911 – 2 July 1992
George Keate	23 January 1766	30 November 1729 – 28 June 1797
Thomas Keate	27 March 1794	1745 – 5 July 1821 Surgeon, Chelsea Hospital
Jonathan Peter Keating	15 May 2009
Robert Keck	11 March 1714	c. 1686 – 10 September 1719 Barrister
Frederick William Keeble	1 May 1913	2 March 1870 – 19 October 1952 Prof. of Botany, Univ. Coll., Reading
Bernard Augustus Keen	16 May 1935	5 September 1890 – 5 August 1981 Agriculturalist
Benjamin Keene	31 January 1745	1697 – 15 December 1757
Peter Keightley	30 April 2014	Geneticist, University of Edinburgh
David Keilin	10 May 1928	22 March 1887 – 27 February 1963
James Keill	20 March 1712	27 March 1673 – 16 July 1719
John Keill	30 November 1700	1 December 1671 – 31 August 1721
James Keir	8 December 1785	29 September 1735 – 11 October 1820
Arthur Keith	1 May 1913	6 February 1866 – 7 January 1955
Ralph Ambrose Kekwick	17 March 1966	11 November 1908 – 17 January 2000
Philip Kelland	6 December 1838	17 October 1808 – 7 May 1879
Charles Halliley Kellaway	14 March 1940	16 January 1889 – 13 December 1952
Andrew Keller	16 March 1972	23 August 1925 – 8 February 1999, U.S. mathematician
Anthony Kelly	15 March 1973	Materials scientist
Francis Patrick Kelly	16 March 1989
Michael Joseph Kelly	11 March 1993
Henry Kelsall	27 May 1736	c. 1693 – 10 February 1762
Charles Kemball	18 March 1965	27 March 1923 – 4 September 1998
Nicholas Kemmer	15 March 1956	7 December 1911 – 21 October 1998
Bruce Ernest Kemp	9 May 2002
David Thomas Kemp	27 May 2004
Stanley Wells Kemp	7 May 1931	14 June 1882 – 16 May 1945
John Kempe	20 March 1712	1665 – 19 September 1717 Antiquary
Alfred Bray Kempe	2 June 1881	6 July 1849 – 21 April 1922
David George Kendall	19 March 1964
James Pickering Kendall	12 May 1927	30 July 1889 – 14 June 1978
John Kendall	12 March 1724	- 1 January 1735 barrister
John-Michael Kendall	2019-04-16
Kevin Kendall	11 March 1993
Percy Fry Kendall	15 May 1924	15 November 1856 – 19 March 1936
John Cowdery Kendrew	24 March 1960	24 March 1917 – 23 August 1997
Olga Kennard	19 March 1987	crystallographer
Ernest Laurence Kennaway	3 May 1934	23 May 1881 – 1 January 1958
Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa	18 February 1819	February 1770 – 8 September 1846
Gilbert Kennedy	23 February 1738	c. 1692 – 29 December 1780 Physician of Lisbon
John Stodart Kennedy	18 April 1965	20 May 1912 – 4 February 1993 entomologist
Alexander Blackie William Kennedy	9 June 1887	17 March 1847 – 1 November 1928
William Quarrier Kennedy	17 March 1949	30 November 1903 – 13 March 1979
George Wallace Kenner	19 March 1964	16 November 1922 – 26 June 1978
James Kenner	7 May 1925	13 April 1885 – 30 June 1974
Brian Leslie Norman Kennett	26 May 2005
Benjamin Kennicott	16 February 1764	4 April 1718 – 18 August 1783
Robert Charles Kennicutt	2011-05-19
Percy Edward Kent	17 March 1966	18 March 1913 – 9 July 1986
Joseph Kenyon	7 May 1936	8 April 1885 – 12 November 1961 Chemistry teacher
Charles Henry Bellenden Ker	10 June 1819	c. 1785 – 2 November 1871
John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe	28 May 1707	c. 1680 – 24 February 1741
Robert Ker	25 January 1776	fl 1776 Ship's Captain, East India Coy
Theodor Kerckring	17 January 1678	1640 – 2 November 1693
Oleg Alexander Kerensky	19 March 1970	16 April 1905 – 25 June 1984
Thomas Kerigan	29 February 1844	- 1848
William Ogilvy Kermack	16 March 1944	26 April 1898 – 20 July 1970
Allen Kerr	20 March 1986
Ian Macpherson Kerr	21 March 1985
John Kerr	5 June 1890	17 December 1824 – 18 August 1907
John Graham Kerr	6 May 1909	18 September 1869 – 21 April 1957
Roy Patrick Kerr	2019-04-16	16 May 1934 –
Robert Masters Kerrison	4 March 1841	c. 1766 – 27 April 1847
Richard Kerswell	2012-04-19
Abel Ketelbey	25 February 1720	c. 1676 – 5 December 1744
Robert Johnston Ketelbey	12 May 1726	- 30 June 1743
Edgar Hartley Kettle	7 May 1936	20 April 1882 – 1 December 1936
Eric Barrington Keverne	15 May 1997
Astley Cooper Key	4 June 1868	18 January 1821 – 3 March 1888
Thomas Hewitt Key	7 June 1860	20 March 1799 – 29 November 1875
Richard Darwin Keynes	19 March 1959	14 August 1919 – 12 June 2010 Physiologist, Cambridge
Johann Georg Keyssler	5 February 1719	13 April 1693 – 21 June 1743
Chandrashekhar Bhalchandra Khare	2012-04-19
Subhash Khot	2017-05-05
Gurdev Singh Khush	9 March 1995
Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble	20 March 1980
John Kidby	3 June 1756	c. 1696 – 2 July 1762
Franklin Kidd	16 March 1944	12 October 1890 – 7 May 1974 Biochemist
John Kidd	28 March 1822	10 September 1775 – 17 September 1851
Robert Kidston	5 June 1902	29 June 1852 – 13 July 1924
Francis Kiernan	18 December 1834	2 October 1800 – 31 December 1874
Tom Kilburn	18 March 1965	11 August 1921 – 17 January 2001
John Vincent Kilmartin	9 May 2002
Peter Kinck	16 October 1729	fl 1729–1754
Andrew King	20 May 1663	- ? March 1678 Original, Merchant
Andrew King	2018-05-09	8 April 1959 –
David Anthony King	14 March 1991
Edmond King	18 July 1666	1629 – 30 May 1709 Physician
Edward King	14 May 1767	1735 – 16 April 1807
Frederick Ernest King	18 March 1954	2 May 1905 – 14 August 1999 Professor of Chemistry, Nottingham Univ.
George King	9 June 1887	12 April 1840 – 12 February 1909 Fellow
Harold King	11 May 1933	25 February 1887 – 20 February 1956 Chemist, Nat.Inst. for Med.Research, Hampstead
James King	1 March 1781	1750 – October 1784
John King	30 November 1676	? June 1648 – Rhetoric Professor, Gresham College
John Glen King	21 February 1771	1732 – 3 November 1787 Clergyman
John King, 2nd Baron King of Ockham	9 January 1735	? January 1706 – 10 February 1740
Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge	2017-05-05
Louis Vessot King	15 May 1924	18 April 1886 – 6 June 1956 Professor of Physics, McGill University
Peter King, 1st Baron King of Ockham	14 November 1728	1669 – 22 July 1734
Phillip Parker King	26 February 1824	13 December 1793 – 26 February 1856
William King	30 November 1705	1 May 1650 – 8 May 1729
William Bernard Robinson King	17 March 1949	12 November 1889 – 23 January 1963
Desmond George King-Hele	17 March 1966
William King, Earl of Lovelace and Viscount Ockham	25 November 1841	21 February 1805 – 29 December 1893
John Frank Charles Kingman	18 March 1971
John Kingston	25 April 1816	fl 1816
Anthony James Kinloch	17 May 2007
George Kinnaird, 7th Lord Kinnaird	19 February 1784	1745 – 11 October 1805
Dimitris Kioussis	15 May 2009
Philip Joseph Kinski	18 November 1731	28 November 1700 – 12 January 1749
Frederic Stanley Kipping	3 June 1897	16 August 1863 – 1 May 1949
Andrew Kippis	17 June 1779	28 March 1726 – 8 October 1795
Anthony John Kirby	19 March 1987
Joshua Kirby	26 March 1767	1716 – 20 June 1774
William Kirby	5 March 1818	19 September 1759 – 4 July 1850
Christfried Kirch	16 December 1742	24 December 1694 – 9 March 1740
John Kirk	9 June 1887	19 December 1832 – 15 January 1922
Thomas Kirke	30 November 1693	22 December 1650 – 24 April 1706
Thomas Penyngton Kirkman	11 June 1857	31 March 1806 – 3 February 1895
Frances Clare Kirwan	10 May 2001
Richard Kirwan	24 February 1780	1733 – 1 June 1812
Mark Kisin	16 May 2008
Finlay Lorimer Kitchin	10 May 1928	13 December 1870 – 20 January 1934
John Alwyne Kitching	24 March 1960	24 October 1908 – 1 April 1996
Martin Heinrich Klaproth	16 April 1795	1 December 1743 – 1 January 1817
Alfred Alexander Peter Kleczkowski	15 March 1962	4 December 1908 – 27 November 1970
Edward Emanuel Klein	3 June 1875	32 October 1844 – 9 February 1925
Jacobus Theodorus Klein	6 March 1729	16 August 1685 – 27 February 1759
Michael Lawrence Klein	15 May 2003
David Klenerman	2012-04-19
Samuel Klingenstierna	23 April 1730	August 1698 – ? November 1765
Aaron Klug	20 March 1969	chemist, Nobel Prize (1982), President of Royal Society (1995–2000)
Edward Knatchbull	6 May 1802	20 December 1781 – 24 May 1849
James Lewis Knight-Bruce	18 March 1830	16 February 1791 – 7 November 1866
Gowin Knight	25 April 1745	? September 1713 – 8 June 1772
Henry Gally Knight	20 May 1841	2 December 1786 – 9 February 1846
John Knight	4 December 1706	c. 1687 – 2 October 1733
Jonathan Cave Knight	2019-04-16	17 June 1964 –
Ralph Knight	28 May 1741	fl 1741
Peter Leonard Knight	13 May 1999
Thomas Andrew Knight	21 March 1805	12 August 1759 – 11 May 1838
Cargill Gilston Knott	13 May 1920	30 June 1856 – 26 October 1922
John Frederick Knott	15 March 1990
Jeremy Randall Knowles	17 March 1977
John Knowles	5 July 1821	1781 – 21 July 1841
Francis Charles Knowles	4 March 1830	10 June 1802 – 19 March 1892
Francis Gerald William Knowles	17 March 1966	9 March 1915 – 13 July 1974
George Knox	25 February 1802	14 January 1765 – 13 June 1827
John Henderson Knox	15 March 1984
Philip Joseph Kocienski	15 May 1997
Egon Hynek Kodicek	15 March 1973	3 August 1908 – 27 July 1982
Ralph Kohn	18 May 2006	Honorary
Samuel Koleseri	16 October 1729	18 November 1663 – 24 December 1732
John Komarzewski	10 May 1792	c. 1744–1810
George Armand Robert Kon	18 March 1943	19 February 1892 – 15 March 1951 Fellow 18 March 1943
Charles Dietrich Eberhard Konig	18 January 1810	1774 – 6 September 1851
Hans Leo Kornberg	18 March 1965
Hans Walter Kosterlitz	16 March 1978	27 April 1903 – 26 October 1996, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1953)
Tony Kouzarides	2012-04-19
Hans Adolf Krebs	20 March 1947	25 August 1900 – 22 November 1981
John Richard Krebs	15 March 1984
Von Kreienberg	11 June 1713	- ? 1743
Georg Kreisel	17 March 1966
David Krieg	11 January 1699	1669 – 23 July 1710 Physician
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan	14 March 1940	4 December 1898 – 14 June 1961
Ondrej Krivanek	2010-05-20
Peter Leslie Krohn	21 March 1963
Hans Kronberger	18 March 1965	28 July 1920 – 29 September 1970, nuclear physicist
Peter Benedict Kronheimer	15 May 1997
Harold Walter Kroto	15 March 1990	chemist, Nobel Prize (1996)
Dietrich Kuchemann	21 March 1963	12 September 1911 – 23 February 1976
Tesser Samuel Kuckahn	4 June 1772	fl 1772
Heinrich Gerhard Kuhn	18 March 1954	10 March 1904 – 26 August 1994
Dimitri Kullmann	2018-05-09	1958
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni	10 May 2001	astronomer
Eugenia Kumacheva	2016-04-29
Nicholas Kurti	15 March 1956	14 May 1908 – 24 November 1998, physicist, vice-president of Royal Society (1965–67)
Henricus Gerardus Jacobus Maria Kuypers	17 March 1988	9 September 1925 – 26 September 1989 Neuroscientist, Cambridge University
Dominic Kwiatkowski	2018-05-09
Marta Zofia Kwiatkowska	2019-04-16	1957
Alexander Kyd	16 March 1820	c. 1754 – 25 November 1826 Lieutenant-General

L edit

Names	Election date	Notes
Thomas Howell Laby	7 May 1931	3 May 1880 – 21 June 1946
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille	17 January 1760	? 15 May 1713 – 21 March 1762
Peter Julius Lachmann	18 March 1982
David Lambert Lack	15 March 1951	16 July 1910 – 12 March 1973
Thomas Fantet de Lagny	1 December 1718	7 November 1660 – ? 12 April 1734
Joseph Louis Lagrange	5 May 1791	25 January 1736 – 10 April 1813
Patrick Playfair Laidlaw	12 May 1927	26 September 1881 – ? 20 March 1940
David Laing	23 November 1843	1800 – 6 August 1860 Clergyman
Ralph Lainson	18 March 1982
Thomas Lake	14 February 1667	fl 1657–1711
Devendra Lal	15 March 1979
Joseph Jerome le François de Lalande	24 November 1763	11 July 1732 – 4 April 1807
Christopher John Lamb	16 May 2008
Horace Lamb	12 June 1884	? 27 November 1849 – 4 December 1934
Trevor David Lamb	11 March 1993
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne	25 February 1841	15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848
Robert Lambe	6 April 1758	- 3 November 1769
Kurt Lambeck	10 March 1994
Aylmer Bourke Lambert	31 March 1791	3 February 1761 – 10 January 1842
William Lambton	9 January 1817	1756 – 26 January 1823
Angus Iain Lamond	20 May 2010	Molecular biologist
Charles Lamotte	22 June 1727	- 25 February 1742
George William Lamplugh	11 May 1905	8 April 1859 – 9 October 1926
Frederick William Lanchester	11 May 1922	? 23 October 1868 – 8 March 1946
Giovanni Maria Lancisi	20 November 1706	26 October 1654 – 20 January 1720
Michael Francis Land	18 March 1982	neurobiologist
Russell Lande	19 April 2012
John Landen	16 January 1766	23 January 1719 – 15 January 1790
Anthony Milner Lane	20 March 1975	27 July 1928 – 9 February 2011
David Philip Lane	14 March 1996
George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough	19 February 1662	c. 1621 – 11 December 1683
Joseph Lane	31 January 1678	- June 1728 Barrister
Ralph Lane	30 November 1692	- 1732 Turkey merchant
Timothy Lane	11 January 1770	June 1734 – 5 July 1807 Apothecary
Benjamin Laney	14 November 1666	1591 – 24 January 1675
Andrew Richard Lang	20 March 1975	9 February 1924 – 30 June 2008
William Dickson Lang	2 May 1929	29 December 1878 – 7 March 1966
William Henry Lang	4 May 1911	12 May 1874 – 29 August 1960
Jane Alison Langdale	2015-05-01	1960 – Botanist
John de Lange	11 March 1736	- 7 July 1755
William Langford	17 March 1796	fl 1796 Master, Eton School
James Langham	17 January 1678	c. 1620 – 22 August 1699
Robert Phelan Langlands	19 March 1981
John Newport Langley	7 June 1883	2 November 1852 – 5 November 1925
Browne Langrish	16 May 1734	- 29 November 1759
Edwin Lankester	18 December 1845	23 April 1814 – 30 October 1874
Edwin Ray Lankester	3 June 1875	15 May 1847 – 15 August 1929
Jacob Frederick Lantsheer	13 May 1756	fl 1756
Edward Lany	30 November 1692	c. 1667 – 9 August 1728
Pierre Simon Laplace	30 April 1789	28 March 1749 – 5 March 1827
Michael Franz Lappert	15 March 1979	21 December 1928 – 28 March 2014 Chemist
Arthur Lapworth	5 May 1910	10 October 1872 – 5 April 1941
Charles Lapworth	7 June 1888	? 20 September 1842 – 13 March 1920
Thomas Aiskew Larcom	16 May 1844	22 April 1801 – 15 June 1879 Cartographer & civil servant
Dionysius Lardner	28 February 1828	3 April 1793 – 29 April 1859
William Larkins	14 April 1796	- 24 April 1800
Joseph Larmor	2 June 1892	11 July 1857 – 19 May 1942
Stephen Richard Larter	15 May 2009
Thomas Lashley	24 November 1768	- 1807
Ronald Alfred Laskey	15 March 1984
William Lassell	7 June 1849	18 June 1799 – 5 October 1880
John Latham	25 May 1775	27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837
John Latham	30 April 1801	29 December 1761 – 20 April 1843 physician
Robert Gordon Latham	9 June 1848	24 March 1812 – 9 March 1888
William Latham	10 November 1796	- 7 February 1807 Antiquarian
John Lauder	24 December 1772	fl 1772
Simon Barry Laughlin	11 May 2000
Anthony Seymour Laughton	20 March 1980
Brian Edward Launder	10 March 1994
Steffen Lilholt Lauritzen	19 May 2011
Jean Rodolphe Lavater	30 November 1708	fl 1704–1716
William Graeme Laver	19 March 1987
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier	3 April 1788	? August 1743 – 8 May 1794
George Henry Law	24 February 1814	12 September 1761 – 22 September 1845
John Law	20 March 1783	1745 – 18 March 1810
John Bennet Lawes	1 June 1854	28 December 1814 – 31 August 1900
Peter Anthony Lawrence	17 March 1983
Edward Lawrence	30 November 1708	- 1725 Customs collector, Gentleman Usher
John Lawrence	27 November 1673	- 26 January 1692 Merchant & Lord Mayor of London
Thomas Lawrence	28 February 1822	4 May 1769 – 7 January 1830
William Lawrence	11 November 1813	16 July 1783 – 5 July 1867
Peter John Lawrenson	18 March 1982
John Lawry	17 June 1742	c. 1716 – ? 28 August 1773 Clergyman
Richard Maitland Laws	20 March 1980
Henry Lawson	21 May 1840	23 March 1774 – 22 August 1855 Astronomer & Meteorologist
James Lawson	12 March 1812	- 9 April 1818 Chief engineer of the Mint
John David Lawson	17 March 1983
Wilfrid Lawson	11 December 1718	1697 – 13 July 1737
John Hartley Lawton	16 March 1989
William Lax	5 May 1796	1761 – 29 October 1836
Charles Peter Layard	26 March 1778	1749 – 10 April 1803 Dean of Bristol
Daniel Peter Layard	22 January 1747	1721–1802
Mike Lazaridis	30 April 2014
Corinne Le Quéré	2016-04-29
Arthur Sheridan Lea	5 June 1890	1 December 1853 – 23 March 1915
Sydney Leach	11 March 1993
William Elford Leach	15 February 1816	2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836
Peter Francis Leadlay	11 May 2000
William Martin Leake	13 April 1815	14 January 1777 – 6 January 1860
Richard Leakey	17 May 2007	19 December 1944 – 2 January 2022
John Beresford Leathes	4 May 1911	5 November 1864 – 14 September 1956
Christopher John Leaver	20 March 1986
Charles Philippe Leblond	18 March 1965	6 February 1910 – 10 April 2007
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon	7 February 1740	7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788
Thomas Lediard	9 December 1742	1685 – June 1743
John Charles Grant Ledingham	12 May 1921	19 May 1875 – 4 October 1944
Anthony Ledwith	9 March 1995	14 August 1933 – 5 January 2015 Chemist
Arthur Lee	29 May 1766	21 December 1740 – 12 December 1792
Charles Dillon Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen	28 May 1767	1745 – 9 November 1813
James Prince Lee	21 June 1849	28 July 1804 – 24 December 1869
John Lee	15 February 1781	- 6 July 1822 Physician
John Lee	24 February 1831	28 April 1783 – 25 February 1866 Antiquary
Robert Lee	25 March 1830	1793 – 6 February 1877
Stephen Lee	19 April 1798	- 1835 Astronomer
William Lee	26 May 1748	fl 1748 Son of Lord Chief Justice William Lee
Anthony David Lees	21 March 1968	27 February 1917 – 3 October 1992
Charles Herbert Lees	3 May 1906	28 July 1864 – 25 September 1952
George Martin Lees	18 March 1948	16 April 1898 – 25 January 1955
Henry Beaumont Leeson	7 June 1849	1800 – 8 November 1872
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek	29 January 1680	24 October 1632 – 26 August 1723
Charles Shaw Lefevre	10 November 1796	- 27 April 1823
John Henry Lefroy	9 June 1848	28 January 1817 – 11 April 1890
Edward Legge	26 February 1736	1710 – 19 September 1747
George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth	3 May 1781	3 October 1755 – 1 November 1810
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth	7 November 1754	20 June 1731 – 15 July 1801
William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth	7 November 1822	29 November 1784 – 22 November 1853
Anthony James Leggett	20 March 1980
Thomas Legh	12 June 1817	1793 – 8 May 1857
Anthony Charles Legon	11 May 2000
Alan Robert Lehmann	20 May 2010
Hermann Lehmann	16 March 1972	8 July 1910 – 13 July 1985
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz	9 April 1673	? 21 June 1646 – 14 November 1716
Ralph Leicester	7 May 1724	c. 1699–1777
Charles Leigh	13 May 1685	1662 – ? 1717 Physician
David Alan Leigh	15 May 2009
Ellis Leighton	9 December 1663	- 9 January 1685
Timothy Leighton	30 April 2014	Professor of Ultrasonics, Southampton University
Robert Thomson Leiper	3 May 1923	17 April 1881 – 21 May 1969 Parasitologist, London
Sir William Boog Leishman	5 May 1910	6 November 1865 – 2 June 1926
Theodore Forbes Leith	20 December 1781	1746 – 6 September 1819
Max Rudolf Lemberg	20 March 1952	19 October 1896 – 10 April 1975
Raymond Urgel Lemieux	16 March 1967	16 June 1920 – 22 July 2000
Mark A. Lemmon	2016-04-29	Pharmacologist
Charles Lemon	23 May 1822	30 September 1784 – 13 February 1868
John Edward Lennard-Jones	11 May 1933	27 October 1894 – 1 November 1954
Dacre Barret Lennard	30 November 1705	- 1733
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Aubigny	6 February 1724	18 May 1701 – 8 August 1750
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox	11 December 1755	23 February 1735 – 29 December 1806
Gerald Ponsonby Lenox-Conyngham	2 May 1918	21 August 1866 – 27 October 1956
Leopold I, King of the Belgians	30 November 1816	? 18 December 1790 – 10 December 1865 Royal
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany	24 May 1838	3 October 1797 – 29 January 1870
Johann Friedrich Leopold	4 May 1709	3 February 1676 – 4 May 1711
Antonio Leprotti	16 May 1734	c. 1684–1747
Andrew Greig William Leslie	10 May 2001
Frank Matthews Leslie	9 March 1995	8 March 1935 – 15 June 2000 Prof. of Mathematics, Strathclyde Univ.
John Leslie	22 January 1807	20 November 1759 – November 1824 Soldier, aka John Curning
Patrick Duguid Leslie	8 November 1781	- 1783 Physician
John Letch	20 March 1766	- 17 September 1781
Smart Lethieullier	12 March 1724	3 November 1701 – 27 August 1760
Gregorio Leti	30 November 1681	29 May 1630 – 9 June 1701
John Coakley Lettsom	18 November 1773	22 November 1744 – 1 November 1815
James Lever	10 February 1743	- 25 January 1749
Ashton Lever	18 February 1773	5 March 1729 – 24 January 1788
John Leveret	11 March 1714	25 August 1662 – 3 May 1724 President of Harvard College, Mass.
George Granville William Sutherland Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland	24 November 1870	19 December 1828 – 22 September 1892
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville	13 January 1853	11 May 1815 – 31 March 1891
William Russell Levick	18 March 1982
Malcolm Harris Levitt	17 May 2007
Michael Levitt	10 May 2001	biophysicist, computational biology
John Lewin	20 June 1765	- 1770
Dan Lewis	17 March 1955	Plant geneticist, John Innes Inst.
George Lewis	13 June 1754	fl 1754
Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham	15 March 1973	13 February 1928 – 17 July 2014
Julian Hart Lewis	19 April 2012	12 August 1946 – 30 April 2014
Thomas Lewis	2 May 1918	26 December 1881 – 17 March 1945
Thomas Frankland Lewis	8 June 1820	14 May 1780 – 22 January 1855
Thomas Locke Lewis	5 May 1836	- 17 November 1852
Wilfrid Bennett Lewis	22 March 1945	24 June 1908 – 10 January 1987
William Lewis	31 October 1745	? June 1708 – 21 January 1781
William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis	6 May 1926	30 June 1885 – 11 February 1956 Prof Physical Chem, Liverpool Univ
William James Lewis	6 May 1909	16 January 1847 – 16 April 1926
Steven Victor Ley	15 March 1990
Thomas Leybourn	2 April 1835	9 April 1770 – 1 March 1840
Johann Borkman Leyonbergh	21 November 1667	? February 1625 – August 1691
Christian Leyoncrona	1 December 1701	c. 1662 – 8 April 1710
Ottoline Leyser	17 May 2007
Edward Lhuyd	30 November 1708	1660 – 30 June 1709
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg	11 April 1793	? 1 July 1744 – 24
Edward George Tandy Liddell	16 March 1939	25 March 1895 – 17 August 1981
John Liddell	18 June 1846	1794 – 28 May 1868 Royal Navy surgeon
Johann Nathaniel Lieberkuhn	18 December 1740	5 September 1711 – 7 December 1756
Johann Georg Liebknecht	5 December 1728	? 23 April 1679 – 17 September 1749
Joseph Lieutaud	21 June 1739	21 June 1703 – ? 11 December 1780
Eddie Liew	19 April 2013
Graham Collingwood Liggins	20 March 1980	24 June 1926 – 24 August 2010 Prof of Obstetrics, Auckland
John Lightfoot	8 March 1781	10 December 1735 – 20 February 1788
Michael James Lighthill	19 March 1953	23 January 1924 – 17 July 1998
Stafford Lightman	2017-05-05
John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier	26 October 1749	7 November 1680 – 28 April 1770
John Lihou	6 June 1833	25 May 1792 – 13 July 1840
David Malcolm James Lilley	9 May 2002
Malcolm Douglas Lilly	14 March 1991	9 August 1936 – 18 May 1998
Simon Lilly	30 April 2014	Astronomist, ETH Zürich
John Philip de Limbourg	30 May 1771	1726 – 1 February 1811
Johann Heinrich Linck	11 December 1718	17 December 1674 – 29 October 1734
James Lind	18 December 1777	17 May 1736 – 17 October 1812 Physician
John Lind	25 November 1773	13 August 1737 – 12 January 1781
Linda	30 November 1711	fl 1711
Tomas Robert Lindahl	17 March 1988
Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell	13 May 1920	5 April 1886 – 3 July 1957
Paul Fredrick Linden	17 May 2007
John Lindley	17 January 1828	5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865
Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley	20 January 1898	29 November 1828 – 9 December 1921
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres	6 November 1924	11 October 1871 – 8 March 1940 Statute
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres	6 June 1878	28 July 1847 – 31 January 1913
John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford	15 June 1732	4 October 1702 – 20 September 1749
Heinrich Friedrich Link	5 May 1842	3 February 1767 – 1 January 1851
Carl Linnaeus	3 May 1753	? 24 May 1707 – 10 January 1778
Anthony William Linnane	20 March 1980
John Wilfrid Linnett	17 March 1955	3 August 1913 – 7 November 1975
Reginald Patrick Linstead	14 March 1940	28 August 1902 – 22 September 1966
Hugues Louis De Lionne	28 June 1665	fl 1665
Henry Solomon Lipson	21 March 1957	11 March 1910 – 26 April 1991
John Liptrap	4 March 1802	fl 1802
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle	12 March 1724	4 April 1688 – ? 11 July 1768
Samuel Lisle	17 June 1742	1683 – 3 October 1749
Thomas Lisle	5 May 1757	- 31 March 1767 Clergyman, Hampshire
Peter Simon Liss	16 May 2008
Hans Werner Lissmann	18 March 1954	30 April 1909 – 21 April 1995
Arthur Lister	9 June 1898	17 April 1830 – 19 July 1908
Joseph Jackson Lister	14 June 1900	3 August 1857 – 5 February 1927 Zoologist
Joseph Jackson Lister	2 February 1832	11 January 1786 – 24 October 1869
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis	7 June 1860	6 April 1827 – 10 February 1912
Martin Lister	2 November 1671	12 April 1639 – 2 February 1712
Robert Liston	13 May 1841	28 October 1794 – 7 December 1847
Albert Edward Litherland	21 March 1974
Edmond Littlehales	30 November 1717	c. 1690 – 24 September 1724
Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton	15 February 1855	18 March 1791 – 4 May 1863
John Edensor Littlewood	11 May 1916	9 June 1885 – 6 September 1977
Peter Brent Littlewood	17 May 2007	Head of Cavendish Laboratory
George Downing Liveing	12 June 1879	21 December 1827 – 26 December 1924
Archibald Liversidge	8 June 1882	17 November 1847 – 26 September 1927
David Livingstone	3 June 1858	19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873
Peter Livius	29 April 1773	1727 – 23 July 1795
John Dillwyn Llewelyn	4 February 1836	12 January 1810 – 24 August 1882
Charles Lloyd	8 March 1764	1735 – 22 January 1773 secretary & antiquarian
David Graham Lloyd	12 March 1992	20 June 1937 – 30 May 2006 NZ botanist
Edward Lloyd	12 March 1818	- 29 April 1855 Rear-admiral
George Lloyd	10 February 1737	c. 1708 – 4 December 1783
Humphrey Lloyd	21 January 1836	16 April 1800 – 17 January 1881 Clergyman, optics & magnetism
John Lloyd	15 December 1774	25 January 1750 – 24 April 1815
John Lloyd	8 November 1759	c. 1735 – 8 June 1777
John Augustus Lloyd	11 March 1830	1 May 1800 – 10 October 1854
Owen Lloyd	1 December 1701	c. 1674–1738 Clergyman
Philemon Lloyd	9 November 1727	fl 1727–1735
Robert Glanville Lloyd	11 May 2000
William Forster Lloyd	10 April 1834	1794 – 2 June 1852
Guy Charles Lloyd-Jones	3 May 2013
Yuk Ming Dennis Lo	19 May 2011
Theophilus Lobb	6 March 1729	17 August 1678 – 19 May 1763
Ferdinand Philip Lobkowitz	2 July 1747	1724–1784
John Lock	4 February 1742	- 1767
William Lock	7 February 1754	c. 1687 – 21 October 1761 MP for Grimsby
John Locke	26 November 1668	29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704
Joseph Locke	22 February 1838	9 August 1805 – 18 September 1860
Edward Hawke Locker	5 December 1811	9 October 1777 – 16 October 1849
John Lockman	25 June 1778	c. 1721 – 27 December 1807
Ben Lockspeiser	17 March 1949	9 March 1891 – 18 October 1990
Michael Lockwood	18 May 2006	Physicist, Reading Univ.
Charles Lockyer	15 May 1740	- 13 April 1752
Joseph Norman Lockyer	3 June 1869	17 May 1836 – 16 August 1920
Jean Marie François du Parc Locmaria	12 January 1744	c. 1708 – 2 October 1745
Charles Locock	2 June 1864	21 April 1799 – 23 July 1875
David Lodge	2016-04-29	Physiologist
Oliver Joseph Lodge	9 June 1887	12 June 1851 – 22 August 1940
Francis Lodwick	30 November 1681	? August 1619 – 5 January 1694
William Edmond Logan	5 June 1851	20 April 1798 – ? 22 June 1875
Heinz London	16 March 1961	7 November 1907 – 3 August 1970
Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough	2 February 1792	1761 – 17 January 1838
Roger Long	8 May 1729	3 February 1680 – 16 December 1770
James Long	20 May 1663	? 1617 – 22 January 1692 Original
Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall	19 June 1902	13 July 1854 – 26 September 1924
William Long	16 April 1801	- 1818
Malcolm Sim Longair	27 May 2004
Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins	20 March 1958	11 April 1923 – 27 March 2004
Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins	21 March 1963	8 December 1925 - 26 February 2016
Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale	22 March 1945	28 January 1903 – 1 April 1971
Gilbert George Lonzarich	16 March 1989
Antonio Maria Lorgna	3 April 1788	1730 – 28 June 1796
George Huntly Lorimer	20 March 1986
Michael Lort	15 May 1766	1725 – 5 November 1790
John Gideon Loten	27 November 1760	16 May 1710 – 25 February 1789
Rodney Loudon	19 March 1987
Archduke Louis of Austria	8 February 1816	13 December 1784 – 21 December 1864 Royal
John Freeman Loutit	21 March 1963	20 February 1910 – 11 June 1992, medical researcher, radiobiologist
Augustus Edward Hough Love	7 June 1894	17 April 1863 – 5 June 1940
Edward Loveden Loveden	14 November 1805	1751 – 4 January 1822
Robin Howard Lovell-Badge	10 May 2001
Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell	17 March 1955	31 August 1913 – 6 August 2012
James Ephraim Lovelock	21 March 1974
Martin Geoffrey Low	14 March 1996
Edward Joseph Lowe	6 June 1867	11 November 1825 – 10 March 1900
George Lowe	18 December 1834	1788 – 25 December 1868 Gas Engineer
Gordon Lowe	15 March 1984	31 May 1933 – 6 August 2003 Organic Chemist
Jan Löwe	16 May 2008
Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke	25 May 1871	4 December 1811 – 27 July 1892
Otto Egon Lowenstein	17 March 1955	24 October 1906 – 31 January 1999 zoologist, Birmingham University
Richard Lower	17 October 1667	1631 – 17 January 1691
Ralph Lowndes	15 July 1696	29 October 1662 – 31 August 1727
Thomas Martin Lowry	7 May 1914	26 October 1874 – 2 November 1936
Wilson Lowry	5 March 1812	24 January 1762 – 23 June 1824
Robert Lowth	21 November 1765	27 November 1710 – 3 November 1787 Bishop of London
Anthony Lowther	20 May 1663	? May 1641 – 27 January 1693 Original
Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale	21 January 1742	1694 – 12 March 1751
John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale	20 December 1699	25 April 1655 – 10 July 1700
James Lowther	25 November 1736	5 August 1673 – 2 January 1755
Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet	27 January 1664	? November 1642 – ? January 1706
William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale	5 July 1810	21 July 1787 – 4 March 1872
John Lowthorp	30 November 1702	c. 1659 – 2 September 1724
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury	3 June 1858	30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913
Sir John William Lubbock, 2nd Baronet	15 November 1821	26 August 1774 – 22 October 1840
Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet	15 January 1829	26 March 1803 – 20 June 1865
Jean-André Deluc	10 June 1773	9 February 1727 – 7 November 1817 Geologist, meteorologist
Cyril Edward Lucas	17 March 1966	30 July 1909 – 12 January 2002
John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield	20 May 1663	? October 1606 – 2 July 1671 Original
Keith Lucas	1 May 1913	8 March 1879 – 5 October 1916
Richard Lucas	15 March 1722	c. 1693 – ? October 1747 Rector, Foots Cray, Kent
Sir Berkeley Lucy, 3rd Baronet	23 March 1698	c. 1672 – 19 November 1759
Sir Kingsmill Lucy, 2nd Baronet	26 November 1668	c. 1649 – 19 September 1678
Ludlow	30 November 1702	fl 1702
Carlo Maria Luigi, Count of Barbiano and Belgiojoso	3 May 1781	2 January 1728 – 1801
James Luke	7 June 1855	? 1798 – 15 August 1881
Johan Luloss	18 March 1762	5 August 1711 – 4 November 1768
Andrew Gino Sita Lumsden	10 March 1994
John Walter Guerrier Lund	21 March 1963	Phycologist
Raymond Douglas Lund	12 March 1992
Francis Lunn	11 February 1819	14 October 1795 – 4 August 1839
Edmund Henry Lushington	18 March 1824	11 July 1776 – 27 March 1839
George Lusztig	17 March 1983
Richard Lydekker	7 June 1894	25 July 1849 – 16 April 1915
Nicholas B Lydon	2 May 2013	27 May 1957 –
Charles Lyell	2 February 1826	14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875
William Beauchamp Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp	6 December 1810	1782 – 12 May 1823
Thomas Ranken Lyle	2 May 1912	26 August 1860 – 31 March 1944
Donald Lynden-Bell	16 March 1978
Ruth Marion Lynden-Bell	18 May 2006
Michael Richard Lynch	30 April 2014
Andrew Geoffrey Lyne	14 March 1996
George Francis Lyon	15 November 1827	1795 – 8 October 1832
Mary Frances Lyon	15 March 1973
Pierre Lyonet	14 January 1748	? 21 July 1707 – 10 January 1789
Henry George Lyons	3 May 1906	11 October 1864 – 10 August 1944
Terence John Lyons	9 May 2002
Daniel Lysons	25 May 1797	28 April 1762 – 3 January 1834
Samuel Lysons	2 February 1797	17 May 1763 – 29 June 1819
Basil Lythgoe	20 March 1958
Charles Lyttelton	27 January 1743	1714 – 22 December 1768
George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton	30 April 1840	31 March 1817 – 19 April 1876
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton	26 January 1744	17 January 1709 – 22 August 1773
Raymond Arthur Lyttleton	17 March 1955	7 May 1911 – 16 May 1995
Richard Warburton Lytton	28 May 1772	1745–1810

Foreign members edit

J edit

Name	Election date	Notes
François Jacob	3 May 1973	French biologist, Nobel Prize (1965)
Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi	6 June 1833	11 December 1804 – 18 February 1851 German mathematician
Pierre Jules César Janssen	8 April 1875	23 February 1824 – 23 December 1907
William Platt Jencks	18 June 1992	15 August 1927 – 3 January 2007
Jean Frédéric Joliot	9 May 1946	19 March 1900 – 14 August 1958
Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan	26 June 1919	5 January 1838 – 20 January 1922
Ludwig Jost	25 June 1936	14 November 1865 – 22 February 1947 German botanist
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu	29 January 1829	12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836

K edit

Name	Election date	Notes
Fotis Constantine Kafatos	15 May 2003
Thomas Kailath	15 May 2009
Eric Kandel	2013-05-02
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn	26 June 1919	19 January 1851 – 18 June 1922
Theodore von Kármán	9 May 1946	11 May 1881 – 7 May 1963, Hungarian-born U.S. aeronautical engineer
Martin Karplus	11 May 2000	Austrian-born U.S. chemist
Paul Karrer	1 May 1947	21 April 1889 – 18 June 1971
Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir	21 April 1977	Ukrainian-born Israeli chemist, fourth President of Israel
Heinrich Johannes Gustav Kayser	9 November 1911	16 March 1853 – 14 October 1940
August Kekulé	8 April 1875	7 September 1829 – 13 July 1896
Joseph Bishop Keller	26 June 1986
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov	9 June 1994	Russian physicist
Har Gobind Khorana	20 April 1978
Motoo Kimura	17 June 1993	13 November 1924 – 13 November 1994
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff	8 April 1875	12 March 1824 – 17 October 1887
Marc W. Kirschner	13 May 1999	U.S. cell biologist
George Bogdan Kistiakowsky	28 April 1960	18 November 1900 – 7 December 1982
Kitasato Shibasaburō	4 June 1908	20 December 1852 – 13 June 1931
Christian Felix Klein	10 December 1885	25 April 1849 – 22 June 1925
Klaus von Klitzing	15 May 2003
Albert Jan Kluyver	1 May 1952	3 June 1888 – 14 May 1956
Andrew Herbert Knoll	2015	1951 – American. Professor of Natural History
Donald Ervin Knuth	15 May 2003
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch	4 March 1897	11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch	12 December 1895	14 October 1840 – 17 January 1910
Walter Kohn	14 May 1998	Austrian-born U.S. chemist, Nobel Prize (1998)
Warner Tjardus Koiter	24 June 1982	16 June 1914 – 2 September 1997
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe	13 December 1877	27 September 1818 – 25 November 1884
Albert von Kölliker	24 May 1860	6 July 1817 – 2 November 1905
Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov	23 April 1964	25 April 1903 – 20 October 1987
Hermann Kopp	31 May 1888	30 October 1817 – 20 February 1892 Foreign Member
Arthur Kornberg	23 April 1970	U.S. chemist, Nobel Prize for Medicine (1959)
Roger Kornberg	15 May 2009
Alexander Onufrievitch Kowalewski	10 December 1885	? 20 November 1840 – 22 November 1901
Schack August Steenberg Krogh	17 June 1937	15 November 1874 – ? 15 September 1949
Hugo Kronecker	25 March 1909	27 January 1839 – 6 June 1914, German-born Swiss physiologist
Leopold Kronecker	31 January 1884	7 December 1823 – 29 December 1891, German mathematician
Adam Johann von Krusenstern	27 April 1837	19 November 1770 – 24 August 1846
Martin David Kruskal	15 May 1997	28 September 1925 – 26 December 2006, U.S. physicist
Stephen William Kuffler	22 April 1971	24 August 1913 – 11 October 1980
Willy Kuhne	19 May 1892	28 March 1837 – ? 10 June 1900
Ernst Eduard Kummer	18 June 1863	29 January 1810 – 14 May 1893
Adolph Theodor Kupffer	23 April 1846	6 January 1799 – 4 June 1865 German-Latvian physicist
John Kuriyan	2015	American Biologist

L edit

Name	Election date	Notes
Félix-Joseph Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers	25 November 1897	15 May 1821 – 21 July 1901
François Antoine Alfred Lacroix	26 June 1919	5 February 1863 – ? 12 March 1948 Foreign Member
Johann Lamont	25 November 1852	13 December 1805 – 6 August 1879
Butler Lampson	2018-05-09	23 December 1943 –
Edwin Herbert Land	26 June 1986	7 May 1909 – 1 March 1991, U.S. inventor
Lev Davydovitch Landau	28 April 1960	22 January 1908 – ? 1 April 1968, Azebarjan-born Russian physicist, Nobel Prize (1962)
Karl Landsteiner	29 March 1941	14 June 1868 – 26 June 1943Austrian-born U.S. biologist, Nobel Prize (1930)
Paul Langevin	21 June 1928	23 January 1872 – 19 December 1946
Samuel Pierpont Langley	12 December 1895	22 August 1834 – ? 27 February 1906 Foreign Member
Irving Langmuir	27 June 1935	31 January 1881 – 16 August 1957
Karl Spencer Lashley	19 April 1951	7 June 1890 – 7 August 1958
Max Theodor Felix von Laue	12 May 1949	9 October 1879 – 24 April 1960
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran	23 March 1916	18 June 1845 – 18 May 1922
Henri Léon Lebesgue	3 May 1934	28 June 1875 – 26 July 1941
Joshua Lederberg	26 April 1979	U.S. scientist medicine, Nobel Prize (1958)
Kaj Ulrik Linderstrøm-Lang	26 April 1956	29 November 1896 – 25 May 1959
Susan Lindquist	2015	1949-06-05 – American biologist
Solomon Lefschetz	27 April 1961	3 September 1884 – 5 October 1972, Russian-born U.S. mathematician, topology
Inge Lehmann	24 April 1969	13 May 1888 – 21
Jean-Marie Pierre Lehn	17 June 1993
Luis Federico Leloir	27 April 1972	6 September 1906 – 3 December 1987
Jean Leray	30 June 1983	7 November 1906 – 10 November 1998
Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolph Leuckart	13 December 1877	8 October 1822 – 6 February 1898 Foreign Member
Tullio Levi-Civita	26 June 1930	29 March 1873 – ? 29 December 1941, Italian mathematician
Rita Levi-Montalcini	9 March 1995	Italian-born U.S. scientist, Nobel Prize for Medicine (1986)
Edward B. Lewis	29 June 1989	20 May 1918 – 21 July 2004
Gilbert Newton Lewis	23 May 1940	25 October 1875 – 23 March 1946
Franz von Leydig	9 May 1901	21 May 1821 – 13 April 1908
Jiayang Li	2015	1956 – Chinese geneticist
Marius Sophus Lie	12 December 1895	18 December 1842 – 18 February 1899 Foreign Member
Elliott Lieb	2 May 2013
Justus Liebig	4 June 1840	12 May 1803 – ? 10 April 1873
Evgenii Mikhailovich Lifshitz	24 June 1982	22 February 1915 – 7 December 1985 Foreign Member, Russian physicist and astronomer
Bernhard August von Lindenau	6 June 1833	? 11 June 1780 – 21 May 1854
Jacques-Louis Lions	14 March 1996	2 May 1928 – 17 May 2001
Joseph Liouville	21 November 1850	24 March 1809 – 8 September 1882
Fritz Albert Lipmann	3 May 1962	12 June 1899 – 24 July 1986, German-born U.S. physicist, Nobel Prize (1962)
Gabriel Jonas Lippmann	26 November 1896	16 August 1845 – ? 13 July 1921, Luxembourg-born French physicist, Nobel Prize (1908)
Otto Loewi	29 April 1954	3 June 1873 – 25 December 1961, German-born U.S. biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize (1936)
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz	11 May 1905	18 July 1853 – 04
Edward Norton Lorenz	28 June 1990
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz	23 April 1964	7 November 1903–27
Sven Ludvig Lovén	10 December 1885	6 January 1809 – 3 September 1895
Jane Lubchenco	27 May 2004
Luigi Luciani	28 February 1918	23 November 1842 – 23 June 1919
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig	8 April 1875	29 December 1816 – 27 April 1895
Maurice Lugeon	15 June 1944	10 July 1870 – 23 October 1953
Graham Lusk	2 June 1932	15 February 1866 – 18 July 1932 Foreign Member
André Michel Lwoff	24 April 1958	8 May 1902 – 30 September 1994, French scientist, Nobel Prize (1965)
Feodor Lynen	24 April 1975	6 April 1911 – 6 August 1979