Famous astronomers
scientist who studies celestial bodies
1,469 people
Tom Gehrels
1925
– 2011
· Age 86
Deceased
Henry Draper
1837
– 1882
· Age 45
Deceased
H
Hippocrates of Chios
Pierre Méchain
1744
– 1804
· Age 60
Deceased
George Ellery Hale
1868
– 1938
· Age 69
Deceased
Ernst Öpik
1893
– 1985
· Age 91
Deceased
Albert Marth
1828
– 1897
· Age 69
Deceased
Petrus Apianus
1495
– 1552
· Age 57
Deceased
William Oughtred
1574
– 1660
· Age 86
Deceased
Giovanni Battista Riccioli
1598
– 1671
· Age 73
Deceased
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
1150
– 1210
· Age 60
Deceased
G
Gaius Julius Hyginus
David Brin
1950
· Age 75
Alive
C
Cosmas Indicopleustes
0600
– 0550
Deceased
S
Sosigenes of Alexandria
Alan Guth
1947
· Age 79
Alive
Walter Sydney Adams
1876
– 1956
· Age 79
Deceased
Jacques Cassini
1677
– 1756
· Age 79
Deceased
Wilhelm Tempel
1821
– 1889
· Age 67
Deceased
Jeremiah Horrocks
1618
– 1641
· Age 23
Deceased
Martin Rees
1942
· Age 83
Alive
William Henry Pickering
1858
– 1938
· Age 79
Deceased
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
1938
– 2025
· Age 86
Deceased
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre
1749
– 1822
· Age 72
Deceased
Nikolai Chernykh
1931
– 2004
· Age 72
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11063