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General
Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543)
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Hipparchus (c. 180-125 BC)
Hubble, Edwin P. (1889-1953)
Jansky, Karl (1905-1950)
Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630)
Newton, Issac (1642-1727)
Ptolemy (2nd Century AD)
Shapley, Harlow (1885-1972)
Hawking, Stephen (1942-1998+)

Albert Einstein was a German physicist who formed the foundations of modern physics. He developed such theories as the General and Special Theories of Relativity and made contributions to many other areas of physics

LINKS
A chronology of the life of Albert Einstein...year by year
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/chron.htm

Albert Einstein : Image and Impact...includes his theories, his formative years, his equations, all his public concerns and much more
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/index.html

Further links to other popular Albert Einstein sites on the web
http://www.humboldt1.com/~gralsto/einstein/links.html

An extremely detailed biography of Albert Einstein
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/%7Ehistory/Mathematicians/Einstein.html

Loads of pictures of Albert Einstein from a site with a good taste in background colour
http://www.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~jr/physpiceinstein.html