A scientist is a person devoted to and producing results in science using the scientific method.
Scientists include
- astronomers,
- biologists,
- chemists,
- geologists,
- mathematicians,
- physicists,
- economists and others.
Related topics: Nobel Prize, Fields Medal, biography, science, pseudoscience
A useful source of brief facts about scientists is http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~za2581/math_sht.htm (in German).