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- E-tu Zen SunChinese historian
- E. O. WilsonAmerican biologist, naturalist, and writer (1929–2021)
- E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering ChemistryThe E. V. Murphree Award is an annual award presented by the American Chemical Society for
- Éanna Ní LamhnaIrish biologist and broadcaster
- East Slavic nameEast Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's given name, p
- EastbourneTown in East Sussex, England
- Eastern GoldfieldsThe Eastern Goldfields is part of the Western Australian Goldfields in the Goldfields-Espe
- Echegaray MedalThe Echegaray Medal (Spanish: La Medalla Echegaray) is the highest scientific award grante
- Ecological Society of AmericaThe Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a professional organization of ecological scien
- EctogenesisEctogenesis (from the Greek ἐκτός, "outside", and genesis) is the growth of an organism in
- Edgar F. CoddEnglish computer scientist
- Edgar Odell LovettEdgar Odell Lovett (April 14, 1871 – August 13, 1957) was an American educator and educati
- Edith Anne StoneyAnglo-Irish medical physicist
- Edith FarkasAntarctic researcher
- Edith Graef McGeerAmerican neuroscientist (1923–2023)
- Edith HeardBritish epigenetics researcher
- Edith Kate DawsonBritish pathologist
- Edith PenroseAmerican-born British economist
- Edmund GunterEnglish clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer
- Edna P. PlumsteadSouth African palaeobotanist (1903–1989)
- Édouard-Alfred MartelFrench cave explorer (1859–1938)
- Édouard-Léon Scott de MartinvilleFrench printer and inventor (1817–1879)
- Eduard RüchardtEduard Rüchardt (March 29, 1888 – March 7, 1962) was a German physicist. In modern times R
- Edward AngleAmerican dentist (1855–1930)
- Edward Charles PickeringAmerican astronomer
- Edward John PayneEdward John Payne (22 July 1844 – 26 December 1904) was an English barrister and historian
- Edward Mills PurcellAmerican physicist (1912–1997)
- Edward Norton LorenzAmerican mathematician (1917–2008)
- Edward SchunckHenry Edward Schunck FRS (16 August 1820 – 13 January 1903), also known as Edward von Schu
- Edward TufteAmerican statistician (born 1942)
- Edward Victor AppletonEnglish physicist (1892–1965)
- Edward W. MorleyAmerican scientist (1838–1923)
- Edward WittenAmerican theoretical physicist
- Edwin C. KembleEdwin Crawford Kemble (January 28, 1889 in Delaware, Ohio – March 12, 1984) was an America
- Edwin E. SalpeterAustrian–Australian–American astrophysicist (1924–2008)
- Edwin McMillanAmerican physicist (1907–1991)
- Eilenberg–Ganea theoremIn mathematics, particularly in homological algebra and algebraic topology, the Eilenberg–
- Eilenberg–Moore spectral sequenceIn mathematics, in the field of algebraic topology, the Eilenberg–Moore spectral sequence
- Eilhard MitscherlichGerman chemist (1794–1863)
- Einstein–Szilard letter1939 letter to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Ejnar HertzsprungDanish chemist and astronomer (1873–1967)
- Elaine DidierAmerican director of the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum
- Elaine JaffeAmerican pathologist
- Eleanor Albert BlissAmerican bacteriologist
- Eleanor Anne OrmerodEnglish entomologist
- Eleanor Campbell (scientist)Scottish chemist
- Eleanor CarothersAmerican zoologist, geneticist, and cytologist
- Eleanor J. GibsonAmerican psychologist and academic (1910–2002)
- Eleanor JonesAmerican mathematician (1929–2021)
- Eleanor MontagueAmerican radiologist and educator (1926–2018)
- Eleanor ZaimisBritish pharmacologist
- Elena CattaneoItalian academic
- Eli LillyAmerican pharmacist, Union Army officer, businessman, philanthropist (1838–1898)
- Eli Lilly (industrialist, born 1885)Eli Lilly (April 1, 1885 – January 24, 1977), sometimes referred to as Eli Lilly Jr. to di
- Eli WhitneyAmerican inventor (1765–1825)
- Elias HoweAmerican inventor (1819–1867)
- Elias James CoreyAmerican chemist (born 1928)
- Élie CartanFrench mathematician (1869–1951)
- Élie MetchnikoffRussian immunologist (1845–1916)
- Elisa OrthBrazilian chemist
- Elisabeth BikDutch microbiologist (born 1966)
- Elisabeth BinderAustrian psychiatrist
- Elisabeth Christina von LinnéSwedish botanist
- Elisabeth KrimmerAccording Elisabeth Krimmer (born 1967) is an American academic whose work has focused on
- Elise Käer-KingiseppEstonian physician, pharmacologist
- Elise L'EsperanceAmerican pathologist and physician
- Elisha Otis19th-century American industrialist and inventor of the Otis Elevator
- Elizabeth and Mary KirbyEnglish natural history writers
- Elizabeth BlackburnAustralian-born American biological researcher
- Elizabeth BlackwellBritish-American physician (1821–1910)
- Elizabeth Blackwell MedalThe Elizabeth Blackwell Medal is awarded annually by the American Medical Women's Associat
- Elizabeth D. A. CohenAmerican physician (1820–1921)
- Elizabeth F. FisherAmerican geologist (1873–1941)
- Elizabeth FulhameBritish chemist
- Elizabeth Garrett AndersonEnglish physician, doctor and feminist (1836–1917)
- Elizabeth HerriottNew Zealand scientist and academic (1882–1936)
- Elizabeth KennyAustralian nurse (1880–1952)
- Elizabeth Lee HazenAmerican microbiologist (1885–1975)
- Elizabeth McCoy (microbiologist)American microbiologist (1903–1978)
- Elizabeth NabelAmerican academic
- Elizabeth NichollsCanadian scientist
- Elizabeth OfiliNigerian-American physician
- Elizabeth PhilpotBritish palaeontologist
- Elizabeth Riddle GravesAmerican nuclear physicist (1916–1972)
- Elizabeth RobertsonBritish geneticist
- Elizabeth RoemerAmerican astronomer (1929–2016)
- Elizabeth RonaHungarian chemist (1890–1981)
- Elizabeth S. RussellAmerican geneticist
- Elizabeth TruswellAustralian paleontologist
- Elizabeth TyldenPsychiatrist
- Elizabeth Wagner ReedAmerican geneticist
- Elizabeth Wayland BarberAmerican textile archaeologist and writer
- Elizabeth Webb NichollsElizabeth Webb Nicholls (21 February 1850 – 3 August 1943) was a key suffragist in the cam
- Ellen Churchill SempleAmerican geographer (1863–1932)
- Ellen DiggsAmerican anthropologist
- Ellen FetterAmerican computer scientist and chaos theory researcher
- Ellen Louise MertzDanish geologist
- Ellen R. M. DruffelAmerican oceanographer
- Ellen StofanPlanetary geologist and NASA scientist
- Ellen Swallow RichardsAmerican engineer and chemist (1843–1911)
- Elling HolstElling Bolt Holst (19 July 1849 – 2 September 1915) was a Norwegian mathematician, biograp
- Elmer McCollumAmerican biochemist (1879–1967)
- Elmina WilsonAmerican civil engineer
- Eloise Blaine CramAmerican zoologist (1896–1957)
- Elsie Lincoln BenedictAmerican lecturer and writer on psychology
- Elsie MacGillCanadian engineer (1905–1980)
- Elspeth GarmanProfessor of Molecular Biophysics
- Elwyn BerlekampAmerican mathematician (1940–2019)
- Emanuel NobelEmanuel Ludvig Nobel ( noh-BEL, Swedish: ; Saint Petersburg, 22 June [O.S. 10 June] 1859 –
- EMBO MembershipMembership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) is an award granted by th
- EmeritusHonorary title for retired professionals
- Emil ArtinAustrian mathematician (1898–1962)
- Emil du Bois-ReymondGerman physician and physiologist (1818–1896)
- Emil FischerGerman chemist (1852–1919)
- Emil HorozovEmil Horozov (born 27 September 1949, in Sofia) is a Bulgarian mathematician known for his
- Emil von BehringGerman physiologist (1854–1917)
- Émile BorelFrench mathematician (1871–1956)
- Émilie du ChâteletFrench mathematician, physicist, and author (1706–1749)
- Emilio SegrèItalian-American nuclear physicist and radiochemist (1905–1989)
- Emily ArnesenNorwegian zoologist (1867–1928)
- Emily BaconEmily Partridge Bacon was a physician in Philadelphia who devoted her practice to pediatri
- Emily BlackwellEmily Blackwell (October 8, 1826 – September 7, 1910) was a trailblazer in the 19th centur
- Emily FairfaxAmerican ecohydrologist
- Emily OsterAmerican economist
- Emily WickAmerican chemist (1921-2013)
- Emily WillinghamAmerican scientist and journalist (born 1968)
- Eminent Ecologist AwardThe Eminent Ecologist Award is prize awarded annually to a senior ecologist in recognition
- Emma LehmerAmerican mathematician (1906–2007)
- Emma Lucy BraunAmerican botanist and ecologist (1889–1971)
- Emma NaluyimaUgandan veterinarian and urban farmer
- Emma Pérez FerreiraArgentine physicist (1925–2005)
- Emma WhitelawAustralian molecular biologist
- Emmanuelle CharpentierFrench microbiologist, biochemist and Nobel laureate (born 1968)
- Endocrine surgeryEndocrine surgery is a surgical sub-speciality focusing on surgery of the endocrine glands
- EngestofteEngestofte is a Neoclassical manor house located 6 km (4 mi) east of Maribo, Lolland Munic
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilThe Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a British Research Counc
- Engineering Research AssociatesEngineering Research Associates, commonly known as ERA, was a pioneering computer firm fro
- English Cemetery, NaplesThe English Cemetery, Il Cimitero degli Inglesi, or more correctly, Il Cimitero acattolico
- Enrico Fermi AwardAward
- Eötvös (crater)Eötvös is the remains of a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the
- Ephraim McDowellAmerican physician (1771–1830)
- Epithelioid hemangioendotheliomaEpithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare tumor, first characterized by Sharon Weis
- Eric Allin CornellAmerican physicist
- Eric KandelAmerican neuropsychiatrist
- Erik AchariusSwedish botanist (1757-1819)
- Erik Ivar FredholmErik Ivar Fredholm (7 April 1866 – 17 August 1927) was a Swedish mathematician whose work
- Erin K. O'SheaAmerican biologist
- Erma EMPThe German submachine gun EMP (Erma Maschinenpistole) also known as MPE (Maschinenpistole
- Ernest BarnesErnest William Barnes FRS (1 April 1874 – 29 November 1953) was a British mathematician an
- Ernest C. PollardErnest Charles "Ernie" Pollard (April 16, 1906 – February 24, 1997) was a British professo
- Ernest Edward WilliamsErnest Edward Williams (January 7, 1914 – September 1, 1998) was an American herpetologist
- Ernest SachsAmerican neurosurgeon (1879–1958)
- Ernest WaltonIrish physicist (1903–1995)
- Ernestina Pérez BarahonaChilean physician and feminist activist
- Ernestine FriedlAmerican anthropologist
- Ernst ChainGerman-born British biochemist (1906–1979)
- Ernst ChladniGerman physicist, mathematician and musician
- Ernst Jung PrizeThe Ernst Jung Prize is a prize awarded annually for excellence in biomedical sciences. Th
- Ernst KummerGerman mathematician (1810–1893)
- Ernst MayerErnst Mayer (24 June 1796 – 21 January 1844) was a German sculptor in the classical style.
- Ernst MayrGerman-American evolutionary biologist (1904–2005)
- Ernst Otto FischerGerman chemist (1918-2007)
- Ernst RuskaGerman physicist (1906–1988)
- Ernst StuhlingerErnst Stuhlinger (December 19, 1913 – May 25, 2008) was a German-American atomic, electric
- Ernst von SiemensErnst Albrecht von Siemens (9 April 1903 in Kingston upon Hull, England – 31 December 1990
- Ernst WynderErnst Ludwig Wynder (April 30, 1922 – July 14, 1999) was an American epidemiology and publ
- Ernst ZermeloGerman logician and mathematician (1871–1953)
- Erwin HochmairErwin Hochmair (born 1940) is an Austrian electrical engineer whose research focuses in th
- ESPCI ParisInstitution of higher education
- Estelline, South DakotaEstelline is a city in Hamlin County, South Dakota, United States. It is part of the Water
- Esther LederbergAmerican microbiologist (1922–2006)
- Esther M. ConwellAmerican physicist
- Esther TakeuchiAmerican chemical engineer and materials scientist (born 1953)
- Ethel Browne HarveyAmerican embryologist
- Étienne Geoffroy Saint-HilaireFrench naturalist (1772–1844)
- Étienne LenoirBelgian-French engineer (1822–1900)
- Étienne OehmichenFrench helicopter designer (1884–1955)
- Étienne-Jules MareyFrench scientist and chronophotographer
- Eudoxus of CnidusGreek astronomer and mathematician (c.390–c.340 BC)
- Eugene StonerAmerican firearms designer (1922–1997)
- Eugene van TamelenEugene Earle van Tamelen (July 20, 1925 – December 12, 2009) was an organic chemist who is
- Eugene WignerHungarian-American physicist and mathematician (1902–1995)
- Eugenia ChengEnglish mathematician and pianist
- Eugenia del PinoEcuadorian biologist
- Eugenia KumachevaCanadian chemist (born 1955)
- Eugenie ClarkAmerican ichthyologist, shark researcher and scientific scuba diver
- Eugenie ScottAmerican anthropologist
- Eugénie Sellers StrongEugénie Sellers Strong CBE (née Sellers; 25 March 1860 – 16 September 1943) was a British
- Eugenio EspejoSpanish physician (1747–1795)
- Eunice Newton FooteAmerican scientist and activist (1819–1888)
- Euphemia HaynesAmerican mathematician (1890–1980)
- European Association for Theoretical Computer ScienceThe European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) is an international orga
- European Biophysics Societies AssociationThe European Biophysical Societies' Association is a non-profit making organisation (UK Ch
- European Congress of MathematicsThe European Congress of Mathematics (ECM) is the second largest international conference
- European Molecular Biology LaboratoryThe European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is an intergovernmental organization dedi
- European Society for NeurochemistryThe European Society for Neurochemistry (ESN) is a learned society for neurochemists and n
- European Society of CardiologyNon-profit professional association
- Eva EkebladSwedish agriculturalist (1724–1786)
- Eva NeerAmerican biochemist
- Evangelista TorricelliItalian physicist and mathematician (1608–1647)
- Evarts Ambrose GrahamEvarts Ambrose Graham (March 19, 1883– March 4, 1957) was an American academic, physician,
- Evdokia ReshetnikUkrainian zoologist and ecologist
- Evelyn BerezinAmerican computer scientist
- Evelyn HuAmerican physicist
- Evelyn Stocking CrosslinAmerican physician
- EverykeyEverykey designs and builds a patented universal smart key that can unlock devices and log
- Exchange of womenThe exchange of women is an element of alliance theory — the structuralist theory of Claud
- Expedition 14Expedition 14 was the 14th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Commander
- Expedition 32Expedition 32 was the 32nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (IS
- Explosive lensShaped charge used in nuclear weapons