Famous astronomers
scientist who studies celestial bodies
818 people
John Louis Emil Dreyer
1852
– 1926
· Age 74
Deceased
Karl Ludwig Harding
1765
– 1834
· Age 68
Deceased
Ernst Chladni
1756
– 1827
· Age 70
Deceased
Christopher Clavius
1538
– 1612
· Age 73
Deceased
Ernst Heinrich Weber
1795
– 1878
· Age 82
Deceased
Annibale de Gasparis
1819
– 1892
· Age 72
Deceased
H
Hippias
Giovanni Battista Riccioli
1598
– 1671
· Age 73
Deceased
Petrus Apianus
1495
– 1552
· Age 57
Deceased
Albert Marth
1828
– 1897
· Age 69
Deceased
Wilhelm Tempel
1821
– 1889
· Age 67
Deceased
William Henry Pickering
1858
– 1938
· Age 79
Deceased
Eleanor F. Helin
1932
– 2009
· Age 76
Deceased
Jost Bürgi
1552
– 1632
· Age 79
Deceased
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
1938
– 2025
· Age 86
Deceased
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre
1749
– 1822
· Age 72
Deceased
Pierre Bouguer
1698
– 1758
· Age 60
Deceased
Carolyn Porco
1953
· Age 72
Alive
John Russell Hind
1823
– 1895
· Age 72
Deceased
Hermann of Reichenau
1013
– 1054
· Age 41
Deceased
S
Scott S. Sheppard
1977
· Age 49
Alive
Sophia Brahe
1556
– 1643
· Age 86
Deceased
Heraclides Ponticus
George Howard Darwin
1845
– 1912
· Age 67
Deceased
Pieter van Musschenbroek
1692
– 1761
· Age 69
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11063