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Famous astronomers and astrophysicists include:

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1 A

2 B

3 C

4 D

5 E

6 F

7 G

8 H

9 I

A

Marc Aaronson (USA, 1950 - 1987)
George Ogden Abell (USA, 1927 - 1983)
John Couch Adams (Britain, 1819 - 1892)
Walter Adams[?] (USA, 1876 - 1956)
George Biddell Airy, (1801-1892)
Albategnius (see Al-Batani)
Al-Batani (Iraq, 850 - 929)
Anders Ångström (Sweden, 1814 - 1874)
Al-Khwarizmi, (780-850)
Andronicus of Cyrrhus
Dominique Arago (France, 1786 - 1853)
Aristarchus (Samos, circa 310 BC - circa 230 BC)
George Airy (England, 1801 - 1892)
Hannes Alvén (Sweden, 1908 - 1995)

B

Walter Baade[?] (Germany, 1893 - 1960)
John Bahcall[?] (USA, 1934 - )
Jean Sylvain Bailly (France, 1736-1793)
Benjamin Banneker (USA, 1731 - 1806)
Edward Barnard[?] (USA, 1857 - 1923)
Johann Bayer (Germany, 1572 - 1625)
Wilhelm Beer[?] (Germany, 1797 - 1850)
Jocelyn Bell[?] (Ireland, 1943 - )
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (Germany, 1784 - 1846)
Friedrich Bessel, (1784-1846)
Johann Elert Bode (Germany, 1747 - 1826)
Bart Bok[?] (Netherlands, 1906 - 1983)
Charles Thomas Bolton[?] (USA, 1943 - )
Ruđer Josip Bošković (Dalmatia, 1711 - 1787)
James Bradley (England, 1693 - 1762)
Tycho Brahe (Denmark, 1546 - 1601)
Margaret Burbidge[?] (Britain, 1919 - )

C

Annie Jump Cannon[?] (USA, 1863 - 1941)
Giovanni Cassini, (1625-1712)
Giovanni Domenico Cassini (France, 1625 - 1712)
Bonaventura Cavalieri[?] (Italy, 1598 - 1647)
Anders Celsius, (1701-1744)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (India, USA, 1910 - 1995)
James Christy[?] (USA, 1938 - )
Nicolaus Copernicus (Prussia in Europe, 1473 - 1543)

D

Andre Louis Danjon (France, 1890 - 1967)
Willem de Sitter[?] (Netherlands, 1872 - 1934)
Robert Dicke[?] (USA, 1916 - 1997)
Herbert Dingle (USA, 1890 - 1978)
Franjo Dominko[?], (1903-1987)
Frank Drake (USA, 1930 - )
Henry Draper[?] (USA, 1837 - 1882)

E

Arthur Eddington (England, 1882 - 1944)
Eise Eisinga[?] (Netherlands, 1744 - 1828)
Johann Encke (Germany, 1791 - 1865)
Eudoxus (Cnidus, circa 408 BC - circa 347 BC)
Eratosthenes (Alexandria, 276 BC - 194 BC)

F

David Fabricius (Netherlands, 1564 - 1617)
Johannes Fabricius[?] (Netherlands, 1587 - 1615)
John Flamsteed, (England, 1646 - 1719)
William Fowler[?] (USA, 1911 - 1995)

G

Galileo Galilei (Italy, 1564 - 1642)
Johann Gottfried Galle (Germany, 1812 - 1910)
George Gamow (Russia, USA, 1904 - 1968)
Carl Friedrich Gauss (Germany, 1777 - 1855)
Riccardo Giacconi (Italy, 1931 - )
David Gill[?] (Britain, 1843 - 1914)
Thomas Gold (USA, 1920 - )
Paul Goldsmith[?] (USA, 1948 - )
Alan Guth[?] (USA, 1947 - )

H

George Ellery Hale[?] (USA, 1868 - 1938)
Asaph Hall (USA, 1829 - 1907)
Edmond Halley (England, 1656 - 1742)
William Hartmann[?] (USA, 1939 - )
Stephen Hawking (Britain, 1942 - )
Thomas Henderson[?] (Scotland, 1798 - 1844)
George Herbig[?] (USA, 1920 - )
Caroline Herschel (Britain, 1750 - 1848)
John Herschel (Britain, 1792 - 1871)
William Herschel (Britain, 1738 - 1822)
Ejnar Hertzsprung (Denmark, 1873 - 1967)
Antony Hewish[?] (Britain, 1924 - )
Hipparchus (Nicaea, circa 190 BC - 120 BC)
Fred Hoyle (Britain, 1915 - 2001)
Edwin Powell Hubble (USA, 1889 - 1953)
William Huggins[?] (USA, 1824 - 1910)
Russell Alan Hulse[?] (USA, 1950 - )
Christiaan Huygens (Netherlands, 1629 - 1695)

I

I Sin[?] (China, 683 - 727)

J

Karl Guthe Jansky (USA, 1905 - 1950)

K

Jacobus Kapteyn (Netherlands, 1851 - 1922)
Johannes Kepler (Germany, 1571 - 1630)
Kidinnu (Babylon, circa 400 BC - 310 BC)
Daniel Kirkwood[?] (1814 - 1895)
Gerard Kuiper (Netherlands, USA, 1905 - 1973)

L

Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (France, 1713 - 1762)
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (France, 1736 - 1813)
Joseph Louis Lagrange, (1736-1813)
Johann Heinrich Lambert (France, Germany, 1728 - 1777)
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Pierre Simon Laplace (France, 1749 - 1827)
Pierre-Simon Laplace, (1749-1827)
William Lassell[?] (Britain, 1799 - 1880)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt[?] (USA, 1868 - 1921)
Georges Lemaître (Belgium, 1894 - 1966)
Urbain Leverrier (France, 1811 - 1877)
Bertil Lindblad[?] (Sweden, 1895 - 1965)
Joseph Lockyer[?] (Britain, 1836 - 1920)
Percival Lowell (USA, 1855 - 1916)
Bernard-Ferdinand Lyot[?] (France, 1897 - 1952)

M

Adriaan van Maanen[?] (USA, 1884 - 1946)
Charles Messier (France, 1730 - 1817)
Rudolph Minkowski[?] (Germany, 1895 - 1976)
August Ferdinand Möbius (Germany, 1790 - 1868)
Johannes Müller (Germany, 1436 - 1476)

N

Patrick Moore
Nils Mustelin[?]
Nabu-rimanni (Babylonia, circa 560 BC - 480 BC)
Isaac Newton (Britain, 1643 - 1727)
Peter Nilson (Sweden, 1937 - 1998)

O

Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers (Germany, 1758 - 1840)
Jan Oort[?] (Netherlands, 1900 - 1992)

P

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin[?] (1900 - 1979)
Roger Penrose (Britain, 1931 - )
Arno Penzias[?] (Germany, 1933 - )
Giuseppe Piazzi (Italy, 1746 - 1826)
Edward Charles Pickering[?] (USA, 1846 - 1919)
Richard Proctor[?] (England, 1837 - 1888)
Ptolemy of Alexandria (Roman Egypt[?], circa 85 - 165)

Q

Adolphe Quetelet (Belgium, 1796 - 1874)

R

Pavla Ranzinger[?]
Grote Reber[?] (USA, 1911 - )
Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller, Germany, 1436 - 1476)
Erasmus Reinhold (Prussia, Germany, 1511 - 1553)
Giovanni Battistta Riccioli[?] (Italy, 1598 - 1671)
Ole Rømer (1644 - 1710)
Bruno Rossi[?] (Italy, 1905 - 1993)
Vera Rubin[?] (USA, 1928 - )
Henry Norris Russell (USA, 1877 - 1957)

S

Carl Sagan (USA, 1934 - 1996)
Edwin Salpeter[?] (Austria, Australia, USA, 1924 - )
Allan Sandage[?] (1926 - )
Bernhard Schmidt[?] (Estonia, Sweden, Germany, 1879 - 1935)
Karl Schwarzchild[?] (Germany, 1873 - 1916)
Carl Keenan Seyfert[?] (USA, 1911 - 1960)
Maarten Schmidt[?] (1929 - )
Harlow Shapley[?], (USA, 1885 - 1972)
Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky[?] (Russia, 1916 - 1985)
Eugene Shoemaker, (1928-1997)
Vesto Slipher[?] (USA, 1875 - 1969)
Mary Fairfax Sommerville[?]
Edward James Stone, (1831 - 1897)
Otto Struve[?] (Russia, USA, 1897 - 1963)

T

U

Ulugh Beg (Timurid Iran[?], 1394 - 1449)

V

Yrjo Vaisala (Finland, 1891 - 1971)
James Van Allen (USA, 1914 - )
Hermann Carl Vogel[?] (Germany, 1841 - 1907)
Joseph von Fraunhofer (Germany, 1787 - 1826)
Friedrich von Struve[?] (Germany, Russia, 1793 - 1864)
Karl von Weizsäcker[?] (Germany, 1912 - )

W

Godefroy Wedelin[?] (Belgium, 1580 - 1667)
John Wheeler[?] (USA, 1911 - )
Fred Whipple[?] (USA, 1906 - )
Robert Wilson[?] (USA, 1936 - )
Maximilian Wolf[?] (Germany, 1863 - 1932)

Y

Charles Augustus Young[?] (USA, 1834 - 1908)

Z

Yakov Zeldovich[?] (USSR, 1914 - 1987)
Zhang Heng, (78-139)
Zu Chongzhi, (425-500)
Fritz Zwicky[?] (Switzerland, USA, 1898 - 1974)

Other scientists whose work had an impact on A&A.

Niels Bohr (physicist) (1885 - 1962)
Albert Einstein (physicist) (1879 - 1955)

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