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- Arnold Sommerfeld (1868 - 1951), a German physicist who is one of the founders of the quantum mechanics
- Sommerfeld expansion, a method for approximating integrals used in statistical and solid-state physics, due to Arnold Sommerfeld
- Sommerfeld lunar crater
- Felix A. Sommerfeld (1879 - unknown), a German spy who operated in Mexico and the United States between 1908 and 1919
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