During the year 1968 there are major anniversaries of the birth or death of eleven men whose accomplishments and influence have been of importance to the development of physics. They are: David Brewster, Jean Bernard Léon Foucault, Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, James Prescott Joule, John LeConte, Robert Andrews Millikan, Gaspard Monge, Wallace Clement Ware Sabine, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld, John Sealy Edward Townsend, and Robert Williams Wood. Brief accounts of their lives and achievements are given here.