List of astronomers

Famous astronomers and astrophysicists include:

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

• Thabit ibn Qurra (Iraq, 826 - 901)
• Joseph Taylor[?] (USA, 1941 - )
• Kip Thorne (USA, 1940 - )
• Clyde Tombaugh (USA, 1906 - 1997)
• Robert Trumpler[?] (USA, 1886 - 1956)

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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