Astronomy
Discover a comprehensive list of notable individuals who have made significant contributions to astronomy. From renowned scientists and astronauts to influential astronomers and astrophysicists, this category showcases the brilliance behind astronomical discoveries and advancements.
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John Mortimer Agardh
 SwedenSwedish astronomer
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Charles-Eugene Delaunay
 FranceFrench astronomer and mathematician
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Varahamihira
 IndiaIndian astronomer, mathematician and astrologer
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Thomas Gold
 USAAmerican astronomer
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Carlyle Beals
 CanadaCanadian astronomer
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Hugo von Seeliger
 GermanyGerman astronomer
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Harry Edwin Wood
 South AfricaSouth African astronomer
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Walter Baade
Germany German astronomer and astrophysicist
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Dirk Brouwer
USA Dutch-born American astronomer
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Harold Delos Babcock
USA American astronomer
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Michael A'Hearn
USA American astrophysicist
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Harold Spencer Jones
 Great BritainEnglish astronomer
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Alexander Bogorodsky
Soviet astronomer
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Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
Great Britain English astronomer
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David Gill
Great Britain Scottish astronomer and surveyor
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Eusebio Kino
 ItalyItalian missionary, monk of the Jesuit Order, astronomer, cartographer, geographer
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Vladimir Kavraysky
Soviet astronomer, geodesist and cartographer
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Edward Emerson Barnard
USA American observational astronomer
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Andrew Graham
 IrelandIrish astronomer
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George A.Van Biesbroeck
 BelgiumBelgian-American astronomer
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Walter Sydney Adams
USA American astronomer
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Stephen Groombridge
Great Britain British astronomer, star cataloguer
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Nicolas-Louis De la Caille
France French astronomer
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Herbert Dingle
Great Britain English astrophysicist
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Vera Gaze
Soviet astronomer
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Henry Kater
Great Britain English metrologist and astronomer
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Peter van de Kamp
 NetherlandsDutch-American astronomer
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Yi Xing
 ChinaChinese astronomer, mathematician, engineer and Buddhist monk of the Tang Dynasty
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Vladimir Albitsky
Soviet astronomer
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Al-Zarqali
 SpainWestern Arabian astronomer and mathematician
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Baldassarre Capra
Italy 17th century astronomer
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Henri Debehogne
Belgium Belgian astronomer
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Gan De
China Chinese astronomer
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Andre Lallemand
France French astronomer
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Louis Delil de la Croyere
France French astronomer, professor of astronomy
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Cleomedes
 GreeceAncient Greek astronomer and Stoic philosopher
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Eleanor Burbidge
 UkraineAnglo-American astronomer
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John Goodricke
Great Britain English amateur astronomer
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Guo Shoujing
China Chinese astronomer and mathematician
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Aaronson Marc
USA American astronomer
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Fang Lizhi
China Chinese astrophysicist and public figure, dissident
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Benjamin Apthorp Gould
USA American astronomer.
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Ervest-Ogust Fay
France French astronomer.
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Forest Ray Moulton
USA American astronomer, member of the US National Academy of Sciences
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James Edward Keeler
USA American astronomer.
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Nikolay Donic
 RomaniaRussian, Romanian and French astronomer.
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Cornelis De Jager
Netherlands Dutch astronomer
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Joseph Jerome Lefrancois De Lalande
France French astronomer.
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Paul Guthnick
Germany German astronomer.
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Jan Heweliusz
 PolandPolish astronomer, telescope designer
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