Famous astronomers
scientist who studies celestial bodies
818 people
Maria Mitchell
1818
– 1889
· Age 70
Deceased
George Biddell Airy
1801
– 1892
· Age 90
Deceased
William Hyde Wollaston
1766
– 1828
· Age 62
Deceased
Johann Palisa
1848
– 1925
· Age 76
Deceased
James Bradley
1693
– 1762
· Age 69
Deceased
Simon Stevin
1548
– 1620
· Age 72
Deceased
Milutin Milanković
1879
– 1958
· Age 79
Deceased
Abraham ibn Ezra
1089
– 1167
· Age 78
Deceased
Franz Anton Mesmer
1734
– 1815
· Age 80
Deceased
Harlow Shapley
1885
– 1972
· Age 86
Deceased
Alexis Clairaut
1713
– 1765
· Age 52
Deceased
Michael E. Brown
1965
· Age 60
Alive
Pierre Janssen
1824
– 1907
· Age 83
Deceased
Henry Norris Russell
1877
– 1957
· Age 79
Deceased
Adolphe Quetelet
1796
– 1874
· Age 77
Deceased
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
1912
– 2007
· Age 94
Deceased
James A. Van Allen
1914
– 2006
· Age 91
Deceased
Jérôme Lalande
1732
– 1807
· Age 74
Deceased
Ejnar Hertzsprung
1873
– 1967
· Age 94
Deceased
Charles Greeley Abbot
1872
– 1973
· Age 101
Deceased
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander
1799
– 1875
· Age 75
Deceased
William Huggins
1824
– 1910
· Age 86
Deceased
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
1928
– 1997
· Age 69
Deceased
Michael Psellos
1018
– 1078
· Age 60
Deceased
T
Thābit ibn Qurra
0836
– 0901
· Age 65
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11063