Editing 1911 in science (section)

==Births==
* January 26 – [[Polykarp Kusch]] (died [[1993 in science|1993]]), German-born  molecular physicist, winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]].
* February 14 – [[Willem Johan Kolff]] (died [[2009 in science|2009]]), Dutch inventor of [[hemodialysis]].
* March 26 – [[Bernard Katz]] (died [[2003 in science|2003]]), German-born biophysicist, winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]].
* April 3 – [[Michael Woodruff]] (died [[2001 in science|2001]]), English pioneer of [[organ transplant]] [[surgery]].
* April 6 – [[Feodor Lynen]] (died [[1979 in science|1979]]), German biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
* April 8 – [[Melvin Calvin]] (died [[1997 in science|1997]]), American biochemist, winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].
* April 16 – [[William T. Stearn]] (died [[2001 in science|2001]]), English [[botanist]].
* April 18 – [[Maurice Goldhaber]] (died [[2011 in science|2011]]), Austrian-born [[physicist]].
* May 22 – [[Anatol Rapoport]] (died [[2007 in science|2007]]), Russian-born [[Mathematical psychology|mathematical psychologist]].
* June 13 – [[Luis Walter Alvarez|Luis Alvarez]] (died [[1988 in science|1988]]), American experimental physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
* June 25 – [[William Howard Stein]] (died [[1980 in science|1980]]), American biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
* July 3 – [[Herbert E. Grier]] (died [[1999 in science|1999]]), American [[electrical engineer]].
* July 4 – [[Frederick Seitz]] (died [[2008 in science|2008]]), American [[solid-state physicist]].
* July 5 – [[Emil L. Smith]] (died [[2009 in science|2009]]), American [[biochemist]] studying protein structure and function and [[biochemical evolution]].
* July 9 – [[John Archibald Wheeler|John A. Wheeler]] (died 2008), American [[theoretical physicist]].
* August 9 – [[William Alfred Fowler|William A. Fowler]] (died [[1995 in science|1995]]), American nuclear and astrophysicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
* August 29 – [[John Charnley]] (died [[1982 in science|1982]]), English [[orthopaedic surgeon]].
* September 29 – [[Reginald Victor Jones|R. V. Jones]] (died [[1997 in science|1997]]), English physicist, expert in electronic military defence.
* October 5 – [[Pierre Dansereau]] (died [[2011 in science|2011]]), [[French Canadian]] [[ecologist]].
* November 27 – [[Fe del Mundo]] (died [[2011 in science|2011]]), [[Filipino people|Filipino]] [[pediatrician]] and [[National Scientist of the Philippines]].
* December 14 – [[Hans von Ohain]] (died [[1998 in science|1998]]), German aeronautical engineer.
* December 23 – [[Niels Kaj Jerne]] (died [[1994 in science|1994]]), English-born Danish immunologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.