Famous astronomers
scientist who studies celestial bodies
1,612 people
Jérôme Lalande
1732
– 1807
· Age 74
Deceased
Charles Greeley Abbot
1872
– 1973
· Age 101
Deceased
Michael Psellos
1018
– 1078
· Age 60
Deceased
Frank Drake
1930
– 2022
· Age 92
Deceased
William Huggins
1824
– 1910
· Age 86
Deceased
T
Thābit ibn Qurra
0836
– 0901
· Age 65
Deceased
Willem de Sitter
1872
– 1934
· Age 62
Deceased
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander
1799
– 1875
· Age 75
Deceased
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
1928
– 1997
· Age 69
Deceased
Theodore von Kármán
1881
– 1963
· Age 81
Deceased
Nicole Oresme
1323
– 1382
· Age 59
Deceased
Otto Schmidt
1891
– 1956
· Age 64
Deceased
Willebrord Snellius
1580
– 1626
· Age 46
Deceased
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
1929
– 2021
· Age 92
Deceased
Simon Marius
1573
– 1624
· Age 51
Deceased
Johann Franz Encke
1791
– 1865
· Age 73
Deceased
Simon Newcomb
1835
– 1909
· Age 74
Deceased
Johann Elert Bode
1747
– 1826
· Age 79
Deceased
Joseph Liouville
1809
– 1882
· Age 73
Deceased
Vesto Slipher
1875
– 1969
· Age 93
Deceased
Aratus
Toghon Temür
1320
– 1370
· Age 49
Deceased
Ismail II
1533
– 1577
· Age 44
Deceased
Williamina Fleming
1857
– 1911
· Age 54
Deceased
John Harrison
1693
– 1776
· Age 83
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11063