Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
- Axel Möller (1830-1896), astronomer (Ph.D. 1853, professor 1863-1895)
- Albert Victor Bäcklund (1845-1912), mathematician and physicist (Bäcklund transform). (Ph.D. 1868, professor from 1878)
- Johannes Rydberg (1854-1919), physicist (Rydberg formula, Rydberg constant). (Ph.D. 1873, Professor from 1897)
- Carl Charlier (1862-1934), astronomer, awarded the James Craig Watson Medal in 1924 and the Bruce Medal in 1933. (Professor from 1897, head of the Lund Observatory)
- Elis Strömgren (1870-1947), astronomer, Director of the Observatory at Copenhagen University. (Ph. D 1898)
- V. Walfrid Ekman (1874-1954), oceanographer (Ekman spiral, Ekman number). (Professor 1910-1939)
- Manne Siegbahn (1886-1978), physicist, Nobel laureate, see above
- Anders Lindstedt (1954-1939) mathematician, astronomer and pioneer of actuarial science.
- Knut Lundmark (1889-1958), astronomer. (Professor, head of Lund Observatory, 1929-1955)
- Gunnar Malmquist (1893-1982), astronomer. (Ph.D. 1921)
- Oskar Klein (1894-1977), physicist. (Docent 1926-30)
- Marcel Riesz (1886-1969), mathematician (Riesz function, Riesz theorems, Riesz mean, Riesz potential). (Professor from 1926)
- Lars Gårding (1919-), mathematician (Gårding's inequality). (Professor)
- Gunnar Källén (1926-1968) theoretical physicist. (Professor)
- Lars Hörmander (1931-), mathematician, awarded the Fields medal in 1962. (Ph.D. 1955, Professor from 1968)
- Duncan Steel (1955-), world-renowned authority on space science
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