Famous astronomers
scientist who studies celestial bodies
2,055 people
Jean Picard
1620
– 1682
· Age 61
Deceased
George William Hill
1838
– 1914
· Age 76
Deceased
Gemma Frisius
1508
– 1555
· Age 46
Deceased
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
1810
– 1897
· Age 87
Deceased
Lenka Kotková
1973
· Age 52
Alive
Johann Hieronymus Schröter
1745
– 1816
· Age 70
Deceased
Chadwick Trujillo
1973
· Age 52
Alive
George Atwood
1745
– 1807
· Age 61
Deceased
N
Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji
1200
– 1204
Deceased
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
1688
– 1768
· Age 80
Deceased
J
John Michell
1724
– 1793
· Age 68
Deceased
Bernard Lyot
1897
– 1952
· Age 55
Deceased
A
Alphonse Borrelly
1842
– 1926
· Age 83
Deceased
Agnes Mary Clerke
1842
– 1907
· Age 64
Deceased
Al-ʻIjliyyah
0950
Alive
Xu Guangqi
1562
– 1633
· Age 71
Deceased
Benjamin Peirce
1809
– 1880
· Age 71
Deceased
J. Allen Hynek
1910
– 1986
· Age 75
Deceased
Jurij Vega
1754
– 1802
· Age 48
Deceased
H
Harold Jeffreys
1891
– 1989
· Age 97
Deceased
Nicole-Reine Lepaute
1723
– 1788
· Age 65
Deceased
T
Thomas Gold
1920
– 2004
· Age 84
Deceased
Ralph Asher Alpher
1921
– 2007
· Age 86
Deceased
Alenush Terian
1920
– 2011
· Age 90
Deceased
Andrei Linde
1948
· Age 78
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q11063