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This is a list of researchers in quantum gravity.
- Abhay Ashtekar -- Author of Ashtekar variables, he is one of the founders of loop quantum gravity.
- John Baez -- Mathematical physicist.
- Julian Barbour -- Author of The End of Time, Absolute or Relative Motion? and The Discovery of Dynamics.
- Martin Bojowald -- Has developed the application of loop quantum gravity to cosmology.
- Louis Crane -- Theorist.
- Rodolfo Gambini -- Author of Loops, Knots, Gauge Theories and Quantum Gravity.
- Brian Greene -- Physicist who is considered one of the world's foremost string theorists.
- Stephen Hawking -- Leading theoretical physicist.
- Peter Higgs -- Proposed the 1960's theory of broken symmetry in electroweak theory,
- Christopher Isham -- Theoretical physicist, main figure of the quantum gravity field.
- Ted Jacobson --
- Michio Kaku -- Theoretical physicist with significant contribution to the string field theory.
- Renate Loll --
- Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara -- Theoretical physicist interested in foundational mathematics and quantum mechanics
- Roger Penrose -- Mathematical physicist. Invented the spin networks.
- Jorge Pullin -- Theoretical physicist.
- Carlo Rovelli -- One of the founders and major contributors to loop quantum gravity.
- Lee Smolin -- One of the founders and major contributors to loop quantum gravity.
- Rafael Sorkin -- Theoretical physicist, primary proponent of the causal set approach to quantum gravity.
- Andrew Strominger -- Theoretical physicist who works on string theory
- Thomas Thiemann -- Researcher.
- Edward Witten -- Mathematical physicist who does research in M-theory.
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