Johann Carl "John" Vogel (7 September 1932 – 30 January 2012) was a South African isotope physicist with a specific interest in archeology for which he used radiocarbon dating to establish timeframes.
He moved to Germany to study at Heidelberg University where he obtained a doctorate under Otto Haxel in 1959.
[2] In 1967 Vogel returned to South Africa and set up a laboratory at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria.
[4] In 1988, Vogel received the De Beers Gold Medal from the South African Institute of Physics in 1988.
[1] Vogel was married to Ursula Weidemann, a professor of Ancient History at the University of South Africa.