Famous astronomers
scientist who studies celestial bodies
818 people
Ulugh Beg
1394
– 1449
· Age 55
Deceased
Léon Foucault
1819
– 1868
· Age 48
Deceased
Riccardo Giacconi
1931
– 2018
· Age 87
Deceased
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
1625
– 1712
· Age 87
Deceased
Ole Rømer
1644
– 1710
· Age 65
Deceased
Aristarchus of Samos
Alfonso X of Castile and Leon
1221
– 1284
· Age 62
Deceased
Harold Urey
1893
– 1981
· Age 87
Deceased
Martin Ryle
1918
– 1984
· Age 66
Deceased
Charles Messier
1730
– 1817
· Age 86
Deceased
Apollonius of Perga
Giuseppe Piazzi
1746
– 1826
· Age 80
Deceased
Arthur Eddington
1882
– 1944
· Age 61
Deceased
William Alfred Fowler
1911
– 1995
· Age 83
Deceased
George F. Smoot
1945
– 2025
· Age 80
Deceased
François Arago
1786
– 1853
· Age 67
Deceased
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
1201
– 1273
· Age 72
Deceased
Imhotep
Saul Perlmutter
1959
· Age 66
Alive
Antony Hewish
1924
– 2021
· Age 97
Deceased
Urbain Le Verrier
1811
– 1877
· Age 66
Deceased
William Gilbert
1544
– 1603
· Age 59
Deceased
Friedrich Bessel
1784
– 1846
· Age 61
Deceased
Andrea M. Ghez
1965
· Age 60
Alive
John Couch Adams
1819
– 1892
· Age 72
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11063