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Physicits on banknotes

Physicist Country Denomination Year of issue
Kristian Olaf Birkeland Norway 200 kroner 1994
Niels Bohr Denmark 500 kroner 1997
Rudjer Boškovoc Croatia 1 to 100,000 dinars 1993
Nicholas Copernicus Poland 1,000 zlotys 1965,1982
Maria Sklodowska Curie Poland 20,000 zlotys 1989
Marie and Pierre Curie France 500 francs 1994
Democritus Greece 20 and 100 drachmai 1955 and 1967
René Descartes France 100 francs 1942-44
Albert Einstein Israel 5 lirot 1968
Leonhard Euler Swizerland 10 francs 1979-Present
Michael Faraday UK £20 1991, 1993
Benjamin Franklin US $50
$10
$100
1874
1879
1929, 1996-present
Galileo Franklin Italy 2,000 lire 1973,1976, 1983
Carle Friedrich Gauss Germany 10 mark 1989, 1991
Christian Huygens Netherland 25 gulden 1955
Lord Kelvin Scotland £20, £100 1972
Isaac Newton UK £1 1978-82
Hans Christian Ørsted Denmark 100 kroner 1961-70
Blaise Pascal Frabce 500 1968-92
Ole Rømer Denmark 50 kroner 1950-70
Ernes Rutherford New Zealand $100 1993-present
Erwing Schrödinger Austria 1,000 schilling 1983-97
Alessandro Volta Italy 10,000 lire 1984
The list omits engineers and mathematicians who made physics-related contributions, such us Gudliemo Marconi, Nikola Tesla, and Niels Abel.
Source: Physics Today, Vol. 51, No. 12, pp. 39-39