Famous astronomers
scientist who studies celestial bodies
818 people
Reinhard Genzel
1952
· Age 73
Alive
Asaph Hall
1829
– 1907
· Age 78
Deceased
John Dee
1527
– 1608
· Age 81
Deceased
Marin Mersenne
1588
– 1648
· Age 59
Deceased
David Brewster
1781
– 1868
· Age 86
Deceased
Al-Battani
0858
– 0930
· Age 72
Deceased
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Abbas Ibn Firnas
0810
– 0887
· Age 77
Deceased
Hippolyte Fizeau
1819
– 1896
· Age 76
Deceased
Edward Emerson Barnard
1857
– 1923
· Age 65
Deceased
Ruđer Josip Bošković
1711
– 1787
· Age 75
Deceased
Bonaventura Cavalieri
1598
– 1647
· Age 49
Deceased
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
0903
– 0986
· Age 82
Deceased
Max Wolf
1863
– 1932
· Age 69
Deceased
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
1698
– 1759
· Age 61
Deceased
John Flamsteed
1646
– 1719
· Age 73
Deceased
Johann Bayer
1572
– 1625
· Age 53
Deceased
Gerhard Herzberg
1904
– 1999
· Age 94
Deceased
Philolaus
Pappus of Alexandria
0290
– 0350
· Age 60
Deceased
Fritz Zwicky
1898
– 1974
· Age 75
Deceased
Regiomontanus
1436
– 1476
· Age 40
Deceased
al-Jazari
1164
– 1206
· Age 42
Deceased
George Biddell Airy
1801
– 1892
· Age 90
Deceased
Avempace
1095
– 1139
· Age 44
Deceased
Maria Mitchell
1818
– 1889
· Age 70
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11063