Famous astronomers
scientist who studies celestial bodies
818 people
Jabir ibn Hayyan
0721
– 0815
· Age 94
Deceased
Anaximenes of Miletus
Roger Penrose
1931
· Age 94
Alive
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
1910
– 1995
· Age 84
Deceased
Thomas Young
1773
– 1829
· Age 55
Deceased
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
1707
– 1788
· Age 80
Deceased
John Frederick William Herschel
1792
– 1871
· Age 79
Deceased
Alfred Wegener
1880
– 1930
· Age 50
Deceased
Edward Victor Appleton
1892
– 1965
· Age 72
Deceased
Hipparchus
Al-Kindi
0801
– 0870
· Age 69
Deceased
Christopher Wren
1632
– 1723
· Age 90
Deceased
John Napier
1550
– 1617
· Age 67
Deceased
Hannes Alfvén
1908
– 1995
· Age 86
Deceased
William Rowan Hamilton
1805
– 1865
· Age 60
Deceased
Arno Allan Penzias
1933
– 2024
· Age 90
Deceased
Robert Wilson
1936
· Age 90
Alive
Sylvester II
Nicholas of Cusa
1401
– 1464
· Age 63
Deceased
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
1742
– 1799
· Age 56
Deceased
Christian Doppler
1803
– 1853
· Age 49
Deceased
Robert H. Goddard
1882
– 1945
· Age 62
Deceased
Philipp Melanchthon
1497
– 1560
· Age 63
Deceased
John of Damascus
0675
– 0749
· Age 74
Deceased
Neil deGrasse Tyson
1958
· Age 67
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q11063