Famous astronomers
scientist who studies celestial bodies
818 people
Vera Rubin
1928
– 2016
· Age 88
Deceased
John Couch Adams
1819
– 1892
· Age 72
Deceased
John C. Mather
1946
· Age 79
Alive
Fred Hoyle
1915
– 2001
· Age 86
Deceased
Jean-Baptiste Biot
1774
– 1862
· Age 87
Deceased
Michel Mayor
1942
· Age 84
Alive
Clyde Tombaugh
1906
– 1997
· Age 90
Deceased
Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
1758
– 1840
· Age 81
Deceased
Brian Schmidt
1967
· Age 59
Alive
Adam Riess
1969
· Age 56
Alive
Caroline Herschel
1750
– 1848
· Age 97
Deceased
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
1713
– 1762
· Age 49
Deceased
Ernst Abbe
1840
– 1905
· Age 64
Deceased
Russell Alan Hulse
1950
· Age 75
Alive
Joseph Hooton Taylor
1941
· Age 84
Alive
Kip S. Thorne
1940
· Age 85
Alive
Victor Ambartsumian
1908
– 1996
· Age 87
Deceased
Michael Servetus
1511
– 1553
· Age 42
Deceased
Percival Lowell
1855
– 1916
· Age 61
Deceased
Zhang Heng
0078
– 0139
· Age 61
Deceased
Annie Jump Cannonn
1863
– 1941
· Age 77
Deceased
Anders Jonas Ångström
1814
– 1874
· Age 59
Deceased
Siméon Denis Poisson
1781
– 1840
· Age 58
Deceased
Didier Queloz
1966
· Age 60
Alive
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
1657
– 1757
· Age 99
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11063