Famous astronomers

scientist who studies celestial bodies

1,612 people

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Yuji Hyakutake

1950 – 2002 · Age 51
Deceased
André-Louis Danjon

André-Louis Danjon

1890 – 1967 · Age 77
Deceased
Marcel Minnaert

Marcel Minnaert

1893 – 1970 · Age 77
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Harry Edwin Wood

1881 – 1946 · Age 65
Deceased
Isaac Roberts

Isaac Roberts

1829 – 1904 · Age 75
Deceased
Audouin Dollfus

Audouin Dollfus

1924 – 2010 · Age 85
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Herbert Hall Turner

1861 – 1930 · Age 69
Deceased
Charles Augustus Young

Charles Augustus Young

1834 – 1908 · Age 73
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Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin

Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin

1865 – 1939 · Age 74
Deceased
Benjamin Jekhowsky

Benjamin Jekhowsky

1881 – 1975 · Age 94
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William de Wiveleslie Abney

William de Wiveleslie Abney

1843 – 1920 · Age 77
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Kiyotsugu Hirayama

1874 – 1943 · Age 68
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Herman of Carinthia

Herman of Carinthia

1100 – 1160 · Age 60
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David Todd Wilkinson

David Todd Wilkinson

1935 – 2002 · Age 67
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György Kulin

1905 – 1989 · Age 84
Deceased
Tadeusz Banachiewicz

Tadeusz Banachiewicz

1882 – 1954 · Age 72
Deceased
Willem 's Gravesande

Willem 's Gravesande

1688 – 1742 · Age 53
Deceased
Christen Sørensen Longomontanus

Christen Sørensen Longomontanus

1562 – 1647 · Age 85
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Nils Christoffer Dunér

Nils Christoffer Dunér

1839 – 1914 · Age 75
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Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent

1823 – 1900 · Age 77
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William Christie

William Christie

1845 – 1922 · Age 76
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William Henry Smyth

William Henry Smyth

1788 – 1865 · Age 77
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James Whitbread Lee Glaisher

James Whitbread Lee Glaisher

1848 – 1928 · Age 80
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Hypsicles

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Johannes Werner

Johannes Werner

1468 – 1522 · Age 54
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11063