There have been many famous scientists who believed in special creation in the past. In particular, the following scientists were creationists:
過去に特殊創造論を信じていた著名な科学者が多くいた。特に次の科学者たちは創造論者である:
- Louis Agassiz (1807-1873; glacial geology)
- Charles Babbage (1792-1871; computer science)
- Francis Bacon (1561-1626; scientific method)
- Robert Boyle (1627-1691; gas dynamics)
- David Brewster (1781-1868; optical mineralogy)
- Georges Cuvier (1769-1832; comparative anatomy)
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; hydraulics)
- Humphrey Davy (1778-1829; thermokinetics)
- Henri Fabre (1823-1915; entomology of living insects)
- Michael Faraday (1791-1867; electromagnetics)
- John Ambrose Fleming (1849-1945; electronics)
- Joseph Henry (1797-1878; inventor)
- William Herschel (1738-1822; galactic astronomy)
- James Joule (1818-1889; reversible thermodynamics)
- Lord Kelvin (1824-1907; energetics)
- Johann Kepler (1571-1630; celestial mechanics)
- Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778; systematic biology)
- Joseph Lister (1827-1912; antiseptic surgery)
- Matthew Maury (1806-1873; oceanography)
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879; electrodynamics)
- Gregor Mendel (1822-1884; genetics)
- Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872; telegraph inventor)
- Isaac Newton (1642-1727; calculus)
- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662; hydrostatics)
- Louis Pasteur (1822-1895; bacteriology)
- William Ramsay (1852-1916; isotopic chemistry)
- John Ray (1627-1705; natural history)
- Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919; dimensional analysis)
- Bernhard Riemann (1826- 1866; non-Euclidean geometry)
- James Simpson (1811-1870; gynecology)
- Nicholas Steno (1631-1686; stratigraphy)
- George Stokes (1819-1903; fluid mechanics)
- Rudolph Virchow (1821-1902; pathology)
- John Woodward (1665-1728; paleontology)
Agassiz, Pasteur, Lord Kelvin, Maxwell, Dawson, Virchow, Fabre, and Fleming were strong opponents of evolution.(は誤って進化論の支持者にされた)