Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology Name the German physicist who discovered X-Rays ? Billl Gates Galileo Galilei Wilhelm K V Roentgen John Presper Eckert, Jr Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself C Correct answer Explanation Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895 while experimenting with cathode ray tubes. He received the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for this groundbreaking discovery.