List of astronomers
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The following are list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy. They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
The following is a list of notable astronomers.
In alphabetical order:
A
- Aryabhata (India, 476 â 550)
- Marc Aaronson (USA, 1950 â 1987)
- Paul G. Abel (UK, 1979 â )
- George Ogden Abell (USA, 1927 â 1983)
- Hiroshi Abe (Japan, 1958 â )
- Antonio Abetti (Italy, 1846 â 1928)
- Giorgio Abetti (Italy, 1882 â 1982)
- Charles Greeley Abbot (USA, 1872 â 1973)
- Charles Hitchcock Adams (USA, 1868 â 1951)
- John Couch Adams (UK, 1819 â 1892)
- Walter Sydney Adams (USA, 1876 â 1956)
- Saul Adelman (USA, 1944 â )
- Petrus Alphonsi (Spain, 1062 â 1110)
- Agrippa (Greece, unknown ca. 92)
- Paul Oswald Ahnert (Germany, 1897 â 1989)
- Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (Germany, 1912 â 1954)
- George Biddell Airy (UK, 1801 â 1892)
- Robert Aitken, (USA, 1864 â 1951)
- Makio Akiyama (Japan, 1950 â )
- Al Battani (Iraq, 850 â 929)
- Albategnius (see Al-Batani)
- Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky (Russia, 1891 â 1952)
- Albumasar (Persia 787 â 886)
- George Alcock (UK, 1913 â 2000)
- Harold Alden (USA, 1890 â 1964)
- Hannes AlfvÃĐn (Sweden, 1908 â 1995)
- Lawrence H. Aller (USA, 1913 â 2003)
- Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi (Persia, 903 â 986)
- Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian, (Armenia, 1912 â 1996)
- John August Anderson (USA, 1876 â 1959)
- Wilhelm Anderson (Estonia, 1880 â 1940)
- Marie Henri Andoyer (France, 1862 â 1929)
- Andronicus of Cyrrhus (Greece, unknown ca. 100 BC)
- Anders Jonas à ngstrÃķm (Sweden, 1814 â 1874)
- EugÃĻne Michel Antoniadi (Greece, France, 1870 â 1944)
- Masakatsu Aoki (Japan, 1957 â )
- Petrus Apianus (Germany, 1495 â 1557)
- François Arago (France, 1786 â 1853)
- Masaru Arai (Japan, 1952 â )
- Hiroshi Araki (Japan)
- Sylvain Arend (Belgium, 1902 â 1992)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (Germany, 1799 â 1875)
- Aristarchus of Samos (Greece, circa 310 BC â circa 230 BC)
- Christoph Arnold (Germany, 1650 â 1695)
- Halton Christian Arp (USA, 1927 â 2013 )
- Svante Arrhenius (Sweden, 1859 â 1927)
- Arzachel (Spain, 1028 â 1087)
- Asada Goryu (Japan, 1734 â 1799)
- Atsuo Asami (Japan)
- Giuseppe Asclepi (Italy, 1706 â 1776)
- Joseph Ashbrook (USA, 1918 â 1980)
- Arthur Auwers (Germany, 1838 â 1915)
- Adrien Auzout (France, 1622 â 1691)
- David Axon (England, 1951 â 2012)
B
- Brahmagupta (India, 598 â 668 CE)
- Bhaskara I (India, 629 CE)
- Bhaskara II (India, 1114 â 1185)
- Walter Baade (Germany, 1893 â 1960)
- Harold D. Babcock (USA, 1882 â 1968)
- Horace W. Babcock (USA, 1912 â 2003)
- Oskar Backlund (Sweden, 1846 â 1916)
- John N. Bahcall (USA, 1934 â 2005)
- Yoshiaki Banno (Japan, 1952 â 1991)
- Benjamin Baillaud (France, 1848 â 1934)
- Jules Baillaud (France, 1876 â 1960)
- Jean-Baptiste Baille (France, 1841 â 1918)
- Jean Sylvain Bailly (France, 1736 â 1793)
- Francis Baily (UK, 1774 â 1844)
- John Bainbridge (UK, 1582 â 1643)
- John E. Baldwin (UK, 1934 â )
- Sallie Baliunas (USA, 1953 â )
- ZoltÃĄn Balog (Hungary/USA, 1972 â )
- Benjamin Banneker (USA, 1731 â 1806)
- Pietro Baracchi (Italy, Australia, 1851 â 1926)
- Beatriz Barbuy (Brazil, 1950 â )
- Edward Emerson Barnard (USA, 1857 â 1923)
- Julius Bauschinger (France, 1860 â 1934)
- Johann Bayer (Germany, 1572 â 1625)
- AntonÃn BeÄvÃĄÅ (Slovakia, 1901 â 1965)
- Wilhelm Beer (Germany, 1797 â 1850)
- Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky (Russia, 1883 â 1953)
- Charles L. Bennett (USA, 1956 â )
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell (UK, 1943 â )
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (Germany, 1784 â 1846)
- Somnath Bharadwaj (India)
- Wilhelm Freiherr von Biela (Austria, 1782 â 1856)
- Ludwig Biermann (Germany, 1907 â 1986)
- Wolf Bickel (Germany)
- Guillaume Bigourdan (France, 1851 â 1932)
- James Binney (UK, 1950 â )
- Biruni (Persia, 973 â 1048)
- Gennady S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan (Russia, 1941 â )
- Adriaan Blaauw (Netherlands, 1914 â 2010)
- Nathaniel Bliss (UK, 1700 â 1764)
- Johann Elert Bode (Germany, 1747 â 1826)
- Alfred Bohrmann (Germany, 1904 â 2000)
- Bart Bok (Netherlands, 1906 â 1983)
- Charles Thomas Bolton (USA, 1943 â )
- John Gatenby Bolton (UK/Australia, 1922 â 1993)
- William Cranch Bond (USA, 1789 â 1859)
- Alphonse Borrelly (France, 1842 â 1926)
- Rudjer Boscovich (Dalmatia, 1711 â 1787)
- Lewis Boss (USA, 1846 â 1912)
- Alexis Bouvard (France, 1767 â 1843)
- Rychard Bouwens (USA, 1972 â )
- Edward L. G. Bowell (USA, 1943 â )
- Ira Sprague Bowen (USA, 1898 â 1973)
- Louis Boyer (France, 1901 â 1999)
- Brian J. Boyle (Scotland and Australia, 1960 â )
- Ronald N. Bracewell (Australia, USA, 1921 â 2007)
- James Bradley (UK, 1693 â 1762)
- William A. Bradfield (New Zealand, Australia, 1927 â 2014)
- Tycho Brahe (Denmark, 1546 â 1601)
- John Alfred Brashear (USA, 1840 â 1920)
- William Robert Brooks (USA, 1844 â 1922)
- Theodor Brorsen (Denmark, 1819 â 1895)
- Dirk Brouwer (NetherlandsâUSA, 1902 â 1966)
- Ernest William Brown (UK, 1866 â 1938)
- Michael (Mike) E. Brown (USA, 1965 â )
- Hermann Alexander BrÞck (Germany, 1905 â 2000)
- Ismael Bullialdus (France, 1605 â 1694)
- Margaret Burbidge (UK, 1919 â )
- Robert Burnham, Jr. (USA, 1931 â 1993)
- Sherburne Wesley Burnham (USA, 1838 â 1921)
- Schelte J. Bus (USA, 1956 â )
- Bimla Buti (India, 1933 â )
C
- William Wallace Campbell (USA, 1862 â 1938)
- Annie Jump Cannon (USA, 1863 â 1941)
- Luigi Carnera (Italy, 1875 â 1962)
- Edwin Francis Carpenter (USA, 1898 â 1963)
- James Carpenter (UK, 1840 â 1899)
- Richard Christopher Carrington (UK, 1826 â 1875)
- Sir John Carroll (UK, 1899 â 1974)
- CÃĐsar-François Cassini de Thury (France, 1714 â 1784)
- Dominique, comte de Cassini (France, 1748 â 1845)
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini (France, 1625 â 1712)
- Jacques Cassini (France, 1677 â 1756)
- Bonaventura Cavalieri (Italy, 1598 â 1647)
- Anders Celsius (Sweden, 1701 â 1744)
- Vincenzo Cerulli (Italy, 1859 â 1927)
- Jean Chacornac (France, 1823 â 1873)
- James Challis (UK, 1803 â 1882)
- Radha Gobinda Chandra (Bangladesh, India, 1878 â 1975)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (India, USA, 1910 â 1995)
- Carl Charlier (Sweden, 1862 â 1934)
- Auguste Charlois (France, 1864 â 1910)
- Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh (Russia/Ukraine)
- Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh (Russia/Ukraine, 1931 â )
- James Christy (USA, 1938 â )
- Edwin Foster Coddington (USA, 1870 â 1950)
- JÃĐrÃīme EugÃĻne Coggia (France, 1849 â 1919)
- Josep Comas i Solà (Spain, 1868 â 1937)
- Andrew Ainslie Common (UK, 1841 â 1903)
- Guy Consolmagno (USA, 1952 â )
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 â 1543)
- Corsono Carsono (Spain)
- Janine Connes (France, 1934 â )
- Pablo Cottenot (France)
- Heather Couper (UK, 1949 â )
- Leopold Courvoisier (Switzerland, 1873 â 1955)
- Arthur Edwin Covington (Canada, 1914 â 2001)
- Philip Herbert Cowell (UK, 1870 â 1949)
- Thomas George Cowling (UK, 1906 â 1990)
- Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (UK, 1865 â 1939)
- LuÃz Cruls (Brazil, 1848 â 1908)
- James Cuffey (USA, 1911 â 1999)
- Heber Doust Curtis (USA, 1872 â 1942)
D
- Alexander Dalgarno (USA, 1928 â )
- Jacques EugÃĻne d'Allonville (France, 1671 â 1732)
- Andre Louis Danjon (France, 1890 â 1967)
- Heinrich d'Arrest (Germany, 1822 â 1875)
- George Howard Darwin (UK, 1845 â 1912)
- Roger Davies (UK, 1954 â )
- Leonardo da Vinci (Italy, 1452 â 1519)
- William Rutter Dawes (UK, 1799 â 1868)
- Bernhard Dawson (Argentina, 1890 â 1960)
- Leo de Ball (Germany, Austria, 1853 â 1916)
- Henri Debehogne (Belgium, 1928 â 2007)
- Annibale de Gasparis (Italy, 1819 â 1892)
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (France, 1749 â 1822)
- Charles-EugÃĻne Delaunay (France, 1816 â 1872)
- EugÃĻne Joseph Delporte (Belgium, 1882 â 1955)
- Audrey C. Delsanti (France, 1976 â )
- William Frederick Denning (UK, 1848 â 1931)
- AlÃz Derekas (Hungary, 1977 â )
- Willem de Sitter (Netherlands, 1872 â 1934)
- Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (France, 1853 â 1948)
- Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch (Russia, 1900 â 1986)
- GÃĐrard de Vaucouleurs (France/USA, 1918 â 1995)
- Robert Dicke (USA, 1916 â 1997)
- Terence Dickinson (Canada, 1943 â )
- Thomas Digges (UK, 1546 â 1595)
- Herbert Dingle (USA, 1890 â 1978)
- Andrea Di Paola (Italy, 1970 â )
- Ewine van Dishoeck (Netherlands, 1955 â )
- Giovanni Battista Donati (Italy, 1826 â 1873)
- Frank Drake (USA, 1930 â )
- Henry Draper (USA, 1837 â 1882)
- John Dreyer (Ireland, 1852 â 1926)
- Alexander D. Dubyago (Russia), 1903 â 1959)
- Dmitrij I. Dubyago (Russia), 1850 â 1918)
- Jean C. B. Dufay (France, 1896 â 1967)
- Raymond Smith Dugan (USA, 1878 â 1940)
- James Dunlop (Scotland, 1793 â 1848)
- Petar ÄurkoviÄ (Serbia, 1908 â 1981)
- Frank Watson Dyson (UK, 1868 â 1939)
E
- Arthur Eddington (UK, 1882 â 1944)
- Frank K. Edmondson (USA, 1912 â 2008)
- Olin J. Eggen (USA, 1919 â 1998)
- Albert Einstein (Germany, 1879 â 1955)
- Eise Eisinga (Netherlands, 1744 â 1828)
- Eric Walter Elst (Belgium, 1936 â )
- Johann Franz Encke (Germany, 1791 â 1865)
- Kin Endate (Japan, 1960 â )
- Eratosthenes (Alexandria, 276 BC â 194 BC)
- Emil Ernst (Germany)
- Ernest Esclangon (France, 1876 â 1954)
- Fred Espenak (USA, 1953 â )
- Larry W. Esposito (USA, 1951 â )
- Eudoxus (Cnidus, circa 408 BC â circa 355 BC)
- Robert Evans (Australia, 1937 â )
F
- David Fabricius (Netherlands, 1564 â 1617)
- Sandra M. Faber (USA, 1945 â )
- Johannes Fabricius (Netherlands, 1587 â 1615)
- Fearon Fallows (UK, 1789 â 1831)
- HervÃĐ Faye (France, 1814 â 1902)
- Charles Fehrenbach (France, 1914 â 2008)
- Farghani (Persia, 800 â 870)
- James Ferguson (USA, 1797 â 1867)
- Alex Filippenko (USA, 1958 â )
- Erwin Finlay-Freundlich (Germany, 1885 â 1964)
- Axel Firsoff (UK, 1910 â 1981)
- Debra Fischer (USA)
- J. Richard Fisher (USA, 1943 â )
- Camille Flammarion (France, 1842 â 1925)
- Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (France, 1867 â 1962)
- John Flamsteed (UK, 1646 â 1719)
- HonorÃĐ Flaugergues (France, 1755 â 1835)
- Williamina Fleming (USA, 1857 â 1911)
- Wilhelm Julius Foerster (Germany, 1832 â 1921)
- Alfred Fowler (UK, 1868 â 1940)
- William Alfred Fowler (USA, 1911 â 1995)
- Philip Fox (USA, 1878 â 1944)
- Andrew Fraknoi (USA, 1948 â )
- Joseph von Fraunhofer (Germany, 1787 â 1826)
- Herbert Friedman (USA, 1916 â 2000 )
- Dirk D. Frimout (Belgium, 1941 â )
- Edwin Brant Frost (USA, 1866 â 1935)
- Shigehisa Fujikawa (Japan)
- Naoshi Fukushima (Japan, 1925 â 2003)
- KiichirÅ Furukawa (Japan)
- Toshimasa Furuta (Japan)
G
- Bryan Gaensler (Australia, 1973 â )
- Gan De (China, fl. 4th century BC)
- Galileo Galilei (Italy, 1564 â 1642)
- Julio Garavito Armero (Colombia, 1865 â 1920)
- Gordon J. Garradd (Australia, 1959 â )
- Ben Gascoigne (New Zealand, Australia, 1915 â 2010)
- Margaret Geller (United States, 1947)
- Gautama Siddha (China, fl. 8th century AD)
- Johann Gottfried Galle (Germany, 1812 â 1910)
- George Gamow (Russia, USA, 1904 â 1968)
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (Germany, 1777 â 1855)
- Tom Gehrels (Netherlands, USA, 1925 â )
- Andrea M. Ghez (USA, 1965 â )
- Riccardo Giacconi (Italy, 1931 â )
- Michel Giacobini (France, 1873 â 1938)
- Henry L. Giclas (USA, 1910 â 2007)
- David Gill (UK, 1843 â 1914)
- Ian Glass (Ireland/South Africa, 1939 â )
- Thomas Gold (USA, 1920 â 2004)
- Leo Goldberg (USA, 1913 â 1987)
- Peter Goldreich (USA, 1939 â )
- Hermann Goldschmidt (Germany, 1802 â 1866)
- François Gonnessiat (France, 1856 â 1934)
- John Goodricke (UK, 1764 â 1786)
- Alyssa A. Goodman (USA, 1962 â )
- Abu Sa'id Gorgani (Persia, 9th century)
- Paul GÃķtz (Germany, 1883 â 1962)
- Benjamin Apthorp Gould (USA, 1824 â 1896)
- Andrew Graham (Ireland, 1815 â 1907)
- Kathryn Aurora Gray (Canada, 2000 â )
- Charles Green (England, 1735 â 1771)
- Jesse Greenstein (USA, 1909 â 2002)
- John Grunsfeld (USA, 1956 â )
- Jay U. Gunter (United States, 1911 â 1994)
- Alexander A. Gurshtein (Russia, 1937 â )
- Bengt Gustafsson, (Sweden, 1943 â )
- Guo Shoujing (China, 1231 â 1316)
- Alan Harvey Guth (USA, 1947 â )
H
- Yusuke Hagihara (Japan, 1897 â 1979)
- George Ellery Hale (USA, 1868 â 1938)
- Asaph Hall (USA, 1829 â 1907)
- Edmond Halley (England, 1656 â 1742)
- Heidi Hammel (USA, 1960 â )
- Mario Hamuy (Chile)
- Peter Andreas Hansen (Denmark, 1795 â 1874)
- Abulfazl Harawi (Persia, 10th century)
- Karl Ludwig Harding (Germany, 1765 â 1834)
- Thomas Hariot (UK, 1560 â 1621)
- Guillermo Haro (Mexico, 1913 â 1988)
- Robert George Harrington (USA, 1904â1987)
- Robert Sutton Harrington (USA, 1942 â 1993)
- Edward Robert Harrison (UK/USA, 1917 â 2007)
- William Kenneth Hartmann (USA, 1939 â )
- Lisa Harvey-Smith (Australia, 1979 â )
- Takeo Hatanaka (Japan, 1914 â 1963)
- Stephen Hawking (UK, 1942 â )
- Will Hay (UK, 1888 â 1949)
- Chushiro Hayashi (Japan, 1920 â 2010)
- Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann (Germany, 1901 â 1983)
- Carl Heiles (USA, 1939 â )
- Joseph Helffrich (Germany, 1872 â 1971)
- Eleanor Helin (USA, 1932 â 2009)
- Maximilian Hell (Austria-Hungary, 1720 â 1792)
- Karl Ludwig Hencke (Germany, 1793 â 1866)
- Thomas Henderson (Scotland, 1798 â 1844)
- Paul Henry (France, 1848 â 1905)
- Prosper Henry (France, 1849 â 1903)
- Abraham bar Hiyya (Spanish Jewish), (1070 â 1136)
- George Howard Herbig (USA, 1920 â 2013)
- Carl W. Hergenrother (USA, 1973 â )
- Caroline Herschel (UK, 1750 â 1848)
- John Herschel (UK, 1792 â 1871)
- William Herschel (UK/Germany, 1738 â 1822)
- Ejnar Hertzsprung (Denmark, 1873 â 1967)
- Johannes Hevelius (Poland,1611 â 1687)
- Antony Hewish (UK, 1924 â )
- George William Hill (USA, 1838 â 1914)
- John Russell Hind (UK, 1823 â 1895)
- Hipparchus (Nicaea, circa 190 BC â 120 BC)
- Masanori Hirasawa (Japan)
- Kiyotsugu Hirayama (Japan, 1874 â 1943)
- Shin Hirayama (Japan, 1868 â 1945)
- Gustave-Adolphe Hirn (France, 1815 â 1890)
- Sebastian von Hoerner (Germany), 1919 â 2003)
- Cuno Hoffmeister (Germany, 1892 â 1968)
- Dorrit Hoffleit (USA, 1907 â 2007 )
- Helen Sawyer Hogg (Canada, 1905 â 1993)
- Minoru Honda (Japan, 1917 â 1990)
- Kamil Hornoch (Czech Republic, 1972 â )
- Jeremiah Horrocks (UK, circa 1619 â 1641)
- Cornelis Johannes van Houten (Netherlands, 1920 â 2002)
- Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (Netherlands, 1921 â 2015)
- Martin van den Hove (Netherlands, 1605 â 1639)
- Herbert Alonzo Howe (USA, 1858 â 1926)
- Fred Hoyle (UK, 1915 â 2001)
- Edwin Powell Hubble (USA, 1889 â 1953)
- William Huggins (UK, 1824 â 1910)
- Russell Alan Hulse (USA, 1950 â )
- Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst (Netherlands, 1918 â 2000)
- Milton Lasell Humason (USA, 1891 â 1972)
- Thomas John Hussey (England, 1792 â 1854)
- Christiaan Huygens (Netherlands, 1629 â 1695)
- Yuji Hyakutake (Japan, 1950 â 2002)
- Josef Allen Hynek (USA, 1910 â 1986)
- Christopher Hansteen (Norway, 1784 â 1873)
I
- Icko Iben, Jr. (USA, 1931 â )
- Kaoru Ikeya (Japan, 1943 â )
- Chris Impey (UK/USA, 1956 â )
- Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes (Scotland/South Africa, 1861 â 1933)
- Shigeru Inoda (Japan)
- Jamal Nazrul Islam (Bangladesh, 1939 â 2013)
- Edward Israel (USA, 1859 â 1884)
- Iwahashi Zenbei (Japan, 1756 â 1811)
- Masayuki Iwamoto (Japan)
- Shun-ei Izumikawa (Japan)
J
- Cyril V. Jackson (South Africa, 1903 â 1988)
- Pierre Jules CÃĐsar Janssen (France, 1824 â 1907)
- James Jeans (UK, 1877 â 1946)
- Benjamin Jekhowsky (Russia/France/Algeria, 1881 â 1953)
- Louise Freeland Jenkins (USA, 1888 â 1970)
- David C. Jewitt (UK, 1958 â )
- Jiao Bingzhen (China, 1689 â 1726)
- Alfred Harrison Joy (USA, 1882 â 1973)
- Vinod Johri (India, 1935 â )
K
- Ali KuÅçu (TÞrkiye, 1403 â 1474)
- Tetsuo Kagawa (Japan)
- Franz Kaiser (Germany, 1891 â 1962)
- Kiyotaka Kanai (Japan, 1951 â )
- Hiroshi Kaneda (Japan, 1953 â )
- Henry Kandrup (USA, 1955 â 2003)
- Jacobus Kapteyn (Netherlands, 1851 â 1922)
- Lyudmila Karachkina (Ukraine, 1948 â )
- Ghiyath al-Kashi (Persia, 1380 â 1429)
- Jeffrey Owen Katz (USA, 1960 â )
- Karlis Kaufmanis (Latvia/United States, 1910 â 2003
- KÅyÅ Kawanishi (Japan, 1959 â )
- Nobuhiro Kawasato (Japan)
- James Edward Keeler (USA, 1857 â 1900)
- Paul Kempf (Germany, 1856 â 1920)
- Johannes Kepler (Germany, 1571 â 1630)
- Omar KhayyÃĄm (Persia, 1048 â 1131)
- Al-Khujandi (Persia, 10th century)
- Muhammad ibn MÅŦsÄ al-KhwÄrizmÄŦ, (Persia, 780 â 850)
- Kidinnu (Babylon, 4th century BC ; d. 330 BC?)
- Hisashi Kimura (Japan, 1870 â 1943)
- Maria Margarethe Kirch (Germany, 1670 â 1720)
- Daniel Kirkwood (USA, 1814 â 1895)
- Robert Kirshner (USA, 1949 â )
- Minoru Kizawa (Japan)
- Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues (Germany, 1827 â 1884)
- Viktor Knorre (Russia, 1840 â 1919)
- Takao Kobayashi (Japan, 1961 â )
- Toru Kobayashi (Japan)
- LuboÅĄ Kohoutek (1935 â )
- Masahiro Koishikawa (Japan, 1952 â )
- Nobuhisa Kojima (Japan, 1933 â )
- Takuo Kojima (Japan)
- Yoji Kondo (Japan, 1933 â )
- ZdenÄk Kopal (Czech Republic, UK, USA, 1914 â 1993)
- August Kopff (Germany, 1882 â 1960)
- Korado KorleviÄ (Croatia, 1958 â )
- Hiroki Kosai (Japan, 1933 â )
- Charles T. Kowal (USA, 1940 â )
- Robert Kraft (USA, 1927 â )
- Ä―ubor KresÃĄk (Slovakia, 1927 â 1994)
- Heinrich Kreutz (Germany, 1854 â 1927)
- Kazuo Kubokawa (Japan, 1903 â 1943)
- Marc Kuchner (USA, 1972 â )
- Gerard Kuiper (Netherlands, USA, 1905 â 1973)
- Donald Kurtz (1948 â )
- Reiki Kushida (Japan)
- Yoshio Kushida (Japan, 1957 â )
- GyÃķrgy Kulin (Austria-Hungary, 1905 â 1989)
L
- Lagadha (India,1st millennium BCE)
- Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (France, 1713 â 1762)
- Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (Sweden, 1944 â )
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange (France, 1736 â 1813)
- JÃĐrÃīme Lalande (France, 1732 â 1807)
- Johann Heinrich Lambert (France, Germany, 1728 â 1777)
- David J. Lane (Canada, 1983 â)
- Andrew E. Lange (USA, 1957 â 2010)
- Samuel Pierpont Langley (USA, 1834 â 1906)
- Pierre-Simon Laplace (France, 1749 â 1827)
- William Lassell (UK, 1799 â 1880)
- A. Laurent (France)
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt (USA, 1868 â 1921)
- Typhoon Lee (USA and Taiwan)
- Guillaume Le Gentil (France, 1725 â 1792)
- Georges LemaÃŪtre (Belgium, 1894 â 1966)
- Pierre Lemonnier (France, 1715 â 1799)
- Frederick C. Leonard (USA, 1896 â 1960)
- Armin Leuschner (Germany, 1868 â 1953)
- Geraint Lewis (Australia, 1969 â )
- Urbain Le Verrier (France, 1811 â 1877)
- Li Fan (China, fl. 1st century AD)
- Bertil Lindblad (Sweden, 1895 â 1965)
- Adolph Friedrich Lindemann (Germany/UK, 1846 â 1927)
- Chris Lintott (UK, 1980 â )
- Joseph Johann Littrow (Austria, 1781 â 1840)
- Karl L. Littrow (Austria, 1811 â 1877)
- Liu Xin (China, fl. 1st century AD)
- Joseph Lockyer (UK, 1836 â 1920)
- Maurice Loewy (Austria/France, 1833 â 1907)
- Christian SÃļrensen Longomontanus (Denmark, 1562 â 1647)
- Percival Lowell (USA, 1855 â 1916)
- Ãngel LÃģpez (Spain, 1955 â )
- Ãlvaro LÃģpez-GarcÃa (Spain)
- John William Lubbock (UK, 1803 â 1865)
- Knut Lundmark (Sweden, 1889 â 1958)
- Robert Luther (Germany, 1822 â 1900)
- Lupitus of Barcelona (Spain)
- Jane Luu (South Vietnam, USA 1965 â )
- Willem Luyten (Dutch East Indies, Netherlands, 1899 â 1994)
- Donald Lynden-Bell (UK, 1935 â )
- Andrew Lyne - (UK, 1942)
- Bernard Lyot (France, 1897 â 1952)
M
- Mahendra Suri (India,14th century CE)
- Ma Yize (China, 910 â 1005)
- Adriaan van Maanen (USA, 1884 â 1946)
- George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (UK, c. 1697 â 1764)
- Amy Mainzer (USA, 1974 â )
- Steve Mandel (USA)
- Geoff Marcy (USA, 1954 â )
- Simon Marius (Germany, 1573 â 1624)
- Brian G. Marsden (USA, 1937 â 2010)
- Albert Marth (Germany, 1828 â 1897)
- Nevil Maskelyne (UK, 1732 â 1811)
- Charles Mason (UK, USA, 1730 â 1787)
- John C. Mather (USA, 1946 â )
- Janet AkyÞz Mattei (Turkey/USA, 1943 â 2004)
- Edward Walter Maunder (UK, 1851 â 1928)
- Pierre Louis Maupertuis (France, 1698 â 1759)
- Alain Maury (France, 1958 â )
- Matthew Fontaine Maury (USA, 1806 â 1873)
- Brian May (UK, 1947 â )
- Cornell Mayer (USA, 1922 â 2005)
- Tobias Mayer (Germany, 1723 â 1762)
- Michel Mayor (Switzerland, 1942 â )
- Christopher McKee (USA, 1942 â )
- Robert S. McMillan (USA)
- William H. McCrea (UK, 1904 â 1999)
- Bruce A. McIntosh (Canada, 1929 â )
- Robert H. McNaught (Australia)
- Pierre MÃĐchain (France, 1744 â 1804)
- Thebe Medupe (South Africa)
- Karen Jean Meech (USA)
- Aden Baker Meinel (USA, 1922 â )
- Fulvio Melia (USA, 1956 â )
- Philibert Jacques Melotte (UK, 1880 â 1961)
- Paul Willard Merrill (USA, 1887 â 1961)
- David Merritt (USA)
- Charles Messier (France, 1730 â 1817)
- Joel Hastings Metcalf (USA, 1866 â 1925)
- Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos (USA, 1947 â 1997)
- John Michell (UK, 1724 â 1793)
- Elia Millosevich (Italy, 1848 â 1919)
- Edward Arthur Milne (UK, 1896 â 1950)
- Rudolph Minkowski (Germany, 1895 â 1976)
- Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert (Belgium, Netherlands, 1893 â 1970)
- Maria Mitchell (USA, 1818 â 1889)
- Seidai Miyasaka (Japan, 1955 â )
- Yoshikane Mizuno (Japan)
- August Ferdinand MÃķbius (Germany, 1790 â 1868)
- Anthony Moffat (Canada)
- Johan Maurits Mohr (Netherlands, 1716 â 1775)
- Samuel Molyneux (UK, 1689 â 1728)
- Geminiano Montanari (Italy, 1633 â 1687)
- Patrick Moore (UK, 1923 â 2012)
- William Wilson Morgan (USA, 1906 â 1994)
- Hiroshi Mori (Japan, 1958 â )
- AmÃĐdÃĐe Mouchez (France, 1821 â 1892)
- AntonÃn Mrkos (Czech Republic, 1918 â 1996)
- Jean Mueller (USA, 1950 â )
- Masaru Mukai (Japan, 1949 â )
- Johannes MÞller (Germany, 1436 â 1476)
- Harutaro Murakami (Japan, 1872 â 1947)
- Osamu Muramatsu (Japan, 1949 â )
- bin Musa, Ahmad (Persia, 805 â 873)
- bin Musa, Hasan (Persia, 810 â 873)
- bin Musa, Muhammad (Persia, (800 â 873)
- Nils Mustelin (Finland, 1931 â 2004)
N
- Nilakantha Somayaji (India, 1444 â 1544)
- Valentin Naboth (Germany, Italy, 1523 â 1593)
- Naburimannu (Babylonia, sometime between 6th century BC and 2nd century BC)
- Takeshi Nagata (Japan, 1913 â 1991)
- Ahmad Nahavandi (Persia, 7th-8th century)
- Akimasa Nakamura (Japan, 1961 â )
- Syuichi Nakano (Japan, 1947 â )
- Jayant Narlikar (India, 1938 â )
- Naubakht (Persia, d. 776)
- David Naylor (Canada)
- Al-fadl ibn Naubakht (Persia, 8th century)
- Otto Neugebauer (Germany, USA, 1899 â 1990)
- Grigoriy Nikolaevich Neujmin (Russia, 1886 â 1946)
- Simon Newcomb (USA, 1835 â 1909)
- Isaac Newton (UK, 1643 â 1727)
- Seth Barnes Nicholson (USA, 1891 â 1963)
- Albertus Antonie Nijland (Netherlands, 1868 â 1936)
- Tsuneo Niijima (Japan)
- Peter Nilson (Sweden, 1937 â 1998)
- HÅei Nojiri (Japan, 1885 â 1977)
- Jaime Nomen (Spain)
- Toshiro Nomura (Japan, 1954 â )
O
- Knut JÃļrgen RÃļed Ãdegaard (Norway, 1966 â )
- Okuro Oikawa (Japan, 1896 â 1970)
- Tarmo Oja (Sweden)
- Tomimaru Okuni (Japan, 1931 â )
- Nicolaus Olahus (Hungarian, 1493 â 1568)
- Heinrich Wilhelm MatthÃĪus Olbers (Germany, 1758 â 1840)
- Gerard O'Neill (USA, 1927 â 1992)
- Jan Hendrik Oort (Netherlands, 1900 â 1992)
- Pieter Oosterhoff (Netherlands, 1904 â 1978)
- Ernst Ãpik (Estonia, Ireland, 1893 â 1985)
- JosÃĐ Luis Ortiz Moreno (Spain)
- Yoshiaki Oshima (Japan)
- Donald Edward Osterbrock, USA, 1924 â 2007)
- Liisi Oterma (Finland, 1915 â 2001)
- Satoru Otomo (Japan, 1957 â )
- Jean Abraham ChrÃĐtien Oudemans (Netherlands, 1827 â 1906)
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- Rafael Pacheco (Spain)
- Bohdan PaczyÅski (Poland, 1940 â 2007)
- Ä―udmila PajduÅĄÃĄkovÃĄ (Slovakia, 1916 â 1979)
- Johann Palisa (Austria, 1848 â 1925)
- Johann Palitzsch (Germany, 1723 â 1788)
- Anton Pannekoek (Netherlands, 1873 â 1960)
- Eugene Parker (USA, 1927 â )
- George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (UK, c. 1697 â 1764)
- William Parsons, Lord Rosse (Ireland, 1800 â 1867)
- AndrÃĐ Patry (France, 1902 â 1960)
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (UK, USA, 1900 â 1979)
- Ruby Payne-Scott (Australia, 1912 â 1981)
- James Peebles (Canada, USA, 1935 â )
- Leslie Copus Peltier (USA, 1900 â 1980)
- Roger Penrose (UK, 1931 â )
- Arno Penzias (USA, Germany, 1933 â )
- Saul Perlmutter (USA)
- Charles Dillon Perrine (USA, Argentina, 1867 â 1951)
- Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (France, 1845 â 1904)
- Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (Germany, USA, 1813 â 1890)
- George Henry Peters (USA, 1863 â 1947)
- Mark M. Phillips (USA, 1951 â )
- Giuseppe Piazzi (Italy, 1746 â 1826)
- Edward Charles Pickering (USA, 1846 â 1919)
- William Henry Pickering (USA, 1858 â 1938)
- Maynard Pittendreigh (USA, 1954 â )
- Phil Plait (USA)
- Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (Italy, 1781 â 1864)
- Petrus Plancius (Netherlands, 1552 â 1622)
- John Stanley Plaskett (Canada, 1865 â 1941)
- Norman Robert Pogson (UK, 1829 â 1891)
- Christian Pollas (France)
- John Pond (England, 1767 â 1836)
- Jean-Louis Pons (France, 1761 â 1831)
- Carolyn Porco (USA, 1953 â )
- VladimÃr PorubÄan (Slovakia, 1940 â )
- Charles Pritchard (UK, 1808 â 1893)
- Richard Proctor (England, 1837 â 1888)
- Ptolemy of Alexandria (Roman Egypt, circa 85 â 165)
- Pierre Puiseux (France, 1855 â 1928)
- Georg Purbach (Germany, 1423 â 1461)
- Pythagoras of Samos (580 BC â 500 BC)
- Paris PiÅmiÅ (1911 â 1999)
Q
- Adolphe Quetelet (Belgium, 1796 â 1874)
- Ali Qushji (Ottoman, 1403 â 1474)
- M. Shahid Qureshi (Pakistan)
R
- David Lincoln Rabinowitz (USA, 1960 â )
- Grote Reber (USA, 1911 â 2002)
- Martin Rees (UK, 1942 â )
- Hubert Reeves (CA, 1932 â )
- Regiomontanus (Johannes MÞller) (Germany, 1436 â 1476)
- Julius Reichelt (Germany, 1637 â 1717)
- Erasmus Reinhold (Prussia, Germany, 1511 â 1553)
- Karl Reinmuth (Germany, 1892 â 1979)
- Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (Netherlands, 1886 â 1960)
- Giovanni Battista Riccioli (Italy, 1598 â 1671)
- Jean Richer (France, 1630 â 1696)
- Adam Riess (USA)
- Fernand Rigaux (Belgium)
- George Willis Ritchey (USA, 1864 â 1945)
- David Rittenhouse (USA, 1732 â 1796)
- Hans-Walter Rix (Germany, 1964 â )
- Arjen Roelofs (Netherlands, 1754 â 1824)
- Elizabeth Roemer (USA, 1929 â )
- Roger of Hereford (England) c. 1176 â 1198
- Ole Christensen RÃļmer (Denmark, 1644 â 1710)
- Otto A. Rosenberger (Germany, 1800 â 1890)
- Svein Rosseland (Norway, 1894 â 1985)
- Bruno Rossi (Italy, 1905 â 1993)
- Vera Rubin (USA, 1928 â )
- Henry Chamberlain Russell (Australia, 1836 â 1907)
- Henry Norris Russell (USA, 1877 â 1957)
- Martin Ryle (UK, 1918 â 1984)
S
- Sir Edward Sabine (Ireland, 1788 â 1883)
- Carl Sagan (USA, 1934 â 1996)
- Megh Nad Saha (India, 1893 â 1956)
- Edwin Ernest Salpeter (Austria, Australia, USA, 1924 â 2008)
- Allan Rex Sandage (USA, 1926 â 2010)
- Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (Netherlands, 1838 â 1923)
- Wallace Leslie William Sargent (UK, USA, 1935 â 2012)
- Anneila Sargent (UK, USA, 1942 â )
- Naoto Sato (Japan, 1953 â )
- Alexandre Schaumasse (France, 1882 â 1958)
- Giovanni Schiaparelli (Italy, 1835â 1910)
- Frank Schlesinger (USA, 1871 â 1943)
- Bernhard Schmidt (Estonia, Sweden, Germany, 1879 â 1935)
- Brian P. Schmidt (USA)
- Maarten Schmidt (Netherlands, 1929 â)
- Robert Schommer (USA, 1946 â 2001)
- Johann Hieronymus SchrÃķter (Germany, 1745 â 1816)
- LipÃģt Schulhof (Hungary, 1847â1921)
- Heinrich Christian Schumacher (Germany, 1780 â 1850)
- Hans-Emil Schuster (Germany, 1934 â )
- Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (Germany, 1789 â 1875)
- Karl Schwarzschild (Germany, 1873 â 1916)
- Martin Schwarzschild (Germany, USA, 1912 â 1997)
- Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (Germany, 1870 â 1964)
- James Vernon Scotti (USA, 1960 â )
- Frederick Hanley Seares (USA, 1873 â 1964)
- George Mary Searle (USA, 1839 â 1918)
- Angelo Secchi (Italy, 1818 â 1878)
- Sadao Sei (Japan)
- Waltraut Seitter (Germany, 1930 â 2007)
- Tsutomu Seki (Japan, 1930 â )
- Carl Keenan Seyfert (USA, 1911 â 1960)
- Grigory Abramovich Shajn (Russia, 1892 â 1956)
- Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn (Russia, 1894 â 1956)
- Harlow Shapley (USA, 1885 â 1972)
- Richard Sheepshanks (UK, 1794 â 1855)
- Shen Kuo (China, 1031 â 1035)
- Shi Shen (China, fl. 4th century BC)
- Shibukawa Shunkai (Japan, 1639 â 1715)
- Yoshisada Shimizu (Japan)
- Shinzo Shinjo (Japan, 1873 â 1938)
- Qutb eddin Shirazi (Persia, 1236 â 1311)
- Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (Russia, 1916 â 1985)
- Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (USA, 1929 â )
- Eugene Merle Shoemaker (USA, 1928 â 1997)
- Willem de Sitter (Netherlands, 1872 â 1934)
- Charlotte Moore Sitterly (USA, 1898 â 1990)
- Brian A. Skiff (USA)
- John Francis Skjellerup (Australia, South Africa, 1875 â 1952)
- Vesto Melvin Slipher (USA, 1875 â 1969)
- Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (Russia, 1918 â )
- George Smoot (USA, 1945 â )
- William Henry Smyth (UK, 1788 â 1865)
- Willebrord Snel van Royen (Snellius) (Netherlands, 1580 â 1626)
- Mary Fairfax Somerville (UK, 1780 â 1872)
- Sir James South (UK, 1785 â 1867)
- Sir Harold Spencer Jones (UK, 1890 â 1960)
- Lyman Spitzer (USA, 1914 â 1997)
- Friederich Wilhelm Gustav SpÃķrer (Germany, 1822 â 1895)
- Rainer Spurzem (Germany, 1956 â )
- Anton Staus (Germany, 1872 â 1955)
- Joel Stebbins (USA, 1878 â 1966)
- Johan Stein (Netherlands, 1871 â 1951)
- Karl August von Steinheil, (Germany, 1801 â 1870)
- Ãdouard Stephan (France, 1837 â 1923)
- Charles Bruce Stephenson (USA, 1929 â 2001))
- David J. Stevenson (New Zealand, 1948 â )
- Edward James Stone (1831 â 1897)
- F. J. M. Stratton (UK, 1881 â 1960)
- Bengt Georg Daniel StrÃķmgren (Denmark, 1908 â 1987)
- Friedrich Georg Wilhelm (von) Struve (Germany, Russia, 1793 â 1864)
- Karl Hermann Struve (Russia, Germany, 1854 â 1920)
- Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Struve (Russia, 1858 â 1920)
- Otto Struve (Russia, USA, 1897 â 1963)
- Otto Wilhelm (von) Struve (Russia, 1819 â 1905)
- Su Song (China, 1020â1101)
- Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi (Persia, 903 â 986)
- Matsuo Sugano (Japan)
- Atsushi Sugie (Japan)
- Nicholas Suntzeff (USA, 1952 â )
- Rashid Alievich Sunyaev (Uzbekistan Russia Germany, 1943 â )
- Shohei Suzuki (Japan)
- Lewis A. Swift (USA, 1820 â 1913)
- FrÃĐdÃĐric Sy (France)
- Samad Rizvi (Pakistan, 1924 â 2009)
T
- Akihiko Tago (Japan, 1932 â )
- Atsushi Takahashi (Japan)
- Kesao Takamizawa (Japan, 1952 â )
- Jill Tarter (USA, 1944 â )
- Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (USA, 1941 â )
- John Tebbutt (Australia, 1834 â 1916)
- Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (Germany, 1821 â 1889)
- Thabit ibn Qurra (Iraq, 826 â 901)
- Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (Denmark, 1838 â 1910)
- Louis Thollon (France, 1829 â 1887)
- Norman G. Thomas (USA)
- John Thome (USA, Argentina, 1843 â 1908)
- Kip Stephen Thorne (USA, 1940 â )
- Friedrich Tietjen (Germany, 1834 â 1895)
- Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (New Zealand, USA, 1941 â 1981)
- François FÃĐlix Tisserand (France, 1845 â 1896)
- Johann Daniel Titius (Germany, 1729 â 1796)
- Yasuo Tanaka (Japan)
- Clyde W. Tombaugh (USA, 1906 â 1997)
- KÅichirÅ Tomita (Japan, 1925 â 2006)
- Richard Tousey (USA, 1908 â 1997)
- Charles Townes (USA)
- Virginia Trimble (USA)
- Chad Trujillo (USA, 1973 â )
- Robert Julius Trumpler (USA, 1886 â 1956)
- R. Brent Tully (USA)
- Herbert Hall Turner (England, 1861 â 1930)
- Nasir al-Din Tusi (Persia, 1201 â 1274)
- Horace Parnell Tuttle (USA, 1839 â 1923)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (USA, 1958 â )
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- Seiji Ueda (Japan, 1952 â )
- Ulugh Beg (Persia, 1394 â 1449)
- Antonio de Ulloa (Spain), (1716 â 1795)
- Albrecht UnsÃķld (Germany, 1905 â 1995)
- Takeshi Urata (Japan)
- Muâayyad al-Din al-âUrdi (Persia d. 1266)
- Fumiaki Uto (Japan)
V
- YrjÃķ VÃĪisÃĪlÃĪ (Finland, 1891 â 1971)
- Benjamin Valz (France, 1787 â 1867)
- James Van Allen (USA, 1914 â 2006)
- George Van Biesbroeck (Belgium, USA, 1880 â 1974)
- Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst (Netherlands, 1918 â 2000)
- Peter van de Kamp (USA, 1901 â 1995)
- Sidney van den Bergh (Canada, 1929 â )
- Martin van den Hove (Netherlands, 1605 â 1639)
- Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (Netherlands, 1838 â 1923)
- Hendrik van Gent (Netherlands, South Africa, 1900 â 1947)
- Cornelis Johannes van Houten (Netherlands, 1920 â 2002)
- Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (Netherlands, 1886 â 1960)
- GÃĐrard de Vaucouleurs (France, USA, 1918 â 1995)
- ZdeÅka VÃĄvrovÃĄ (Czech Republic or Slovakia)
- Philippe VÃĐron (France, 1939 â )
- Frank Washington Very (USA, 1852 â 1927)
- Yvon Villarceau (France, 1813 â 1883)
- Julie Vinter Hansen (Denmark), 1890 â 1960)
- Hermann Carl Vogel (Germany, 1841 â 1907)
- Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Germany, Russia, 1793 â 1864)
- Otto Wilhelm von Struve (Russia, 1819 â 1905)
- Alexander N. Vyssotsky (Russia/USA, 1888 â 1973)
- Emma Vyssotsky (USA, 1894 â 1975)
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- Arno Arthur Wachmann (Germany, 1902 â 1990)
- Abul WÃĄfa (Persia, 940 â 997-8)
- Walcher of Malvern (England d. 1135)
- George Wallerstein (1930 â )
- William Wales (UK, ca. 1734 â 1798)
- Qingde Wang (USA/China)
- Kazuro Watanabe (Japan, 1955 â )
- James Craig Watson (USA, 1838 â 1880)
- Edmund Weaver (UK, 1663 â 1748)
- Kim Weaver (USA, 1969 â )
- Thomas William Webb (UK, 1807 â 1885)
- Rachel Webster (Australia, 1951 â )
- Alfred Lothar Wegener (Germany, 1880 â 1930)
- Gary A. Wegner (USA, 1944 â )
- Wei Pu (China, fl. 11th century)
- Karl von WeizsÃĪcker (Germany, 1912 â 2007)
- Godefroy Wendelin (Belgium, 1580 â 1667)
- Richard M. West (Denmark, 1941 â )
- Gart Westerhout (Netherlands, USA, 1927 â 2012)
- Bengt Westerlund (Sweden, 1921 â 2008)
- J. G. Westphal (Germany)
- Johann Heinrich Westphal (Germany, Italy, 1794 â 1831)
- George Wetherill (1925 â 2006)
- John Archibald Wheeler (USA, 1911 â 2008)
- Fred Lawrence Whipple (USA, 1906 â 2004)
- Albert Whitford (USA, 1905 â 2002)
- Mary Watson Whitney (USA, 1847 â 1921)
- Chandra Wickramasinghe (UK, 1939 â )
- Paul Wild (Switzerland, 1925 â 2014)
- Olin C. Wilson (USA, 1909 â 1994)
- Robert Wilson (USA, 1936 â )
- John Winthrop (Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1714 â 1779)
- Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (Germany, 1835 â 1897)
- Carl Wirtanen (USA, 1910 â 1990)
- Jack Wisdom (USA)
- Gustav Witt (Germany, 1866 â 1946)
- Maximilian Wolf (Germany, 1863 â 1932)
- Aleksander Wolszczan (Poland, 1946 â )
- Richard van der Riet Woolley (UK, 1906 â 1986)
- Thomas Wright (UK, 1711 â 1786)
Y
- Issei Yamamoto (Japan, 1889 â 1959)
- Masayuki Yanai (Japan, 1959 â )
- Yi Xing (China, 683 â 727)
- Anne Sewell Young (USA, 1871 â 1961)
- Charles Augustus Young (USA, 1834 â 1908)
- James Whitney Young (USA, 1941 â )
Z
- Franz Xaver von Zach (Germany, 1753 â 1832)
- Abraham Zacuto (Spain/Portugal, 1450 â 1510)
- John Zarnecki (UK, 1949)
- Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich (USSR, 1914 â 1987)
- Zhang Daqing (China, 1969 â )
- Zhang Heng (China, 78 â 139)
- Zhang Yuzhe (China, 1902 â 1986)
- Lyudmila Vasil'evna Zhuravleva (Russia/Ukraine, ? â )
- Felix Ziegel (Soviet Union, 1920 â 1988)
- Zu Chongzhi (China, 429 â 500)
- Fritz Zwicky (Switzerland, USA, 1898 â 1974)
Others who had an impact on astronomy and astrophysics
The following is a list of people who are not astronomers but made a contribution to the field of astronomy and astrophysics.
- Hans Bethe (1906 â 2005), (physicist)
- Niels Bohr (1885 â 1962), (physicist)
- Andreas Cellarius (Netherlands, Germany, 1596 â 1665), (cartographer)
- Freeman Dyson (1923 â ), (physicist)
- Albert Einstein (1879 â 1955), (physicist)
- Karl Guthe Jansky (USA, 1905 â 1950), (radio astronomer)
- James Clerk Maxwell (UK, 1831 â 1879), (physicist)
- Thomas Young (United Kingdom, 1773 â 1829), (physicist)
- Abdus Salam (1926 â 1996), (physicist)
- Riazuddin (1936 â 2013), (physicist)
References
See also
- List of astronomical instrument makers
- List of women astronomers
- List of Russian astronomers and astrophysicists
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