Famous astronomers
scientist who studies celestial bodies
1,612 people
Robert Grosseteste
1175
– 1253
· Age 78
Deceased
Hans Lippershay
1570
– 1619
· Age 49
Deceased
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
1822
– 1875
· Age 52
Deceased
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
1800
– 1867
· Age 67
Deceased
Colin MacLaurin
1698
– 1746
· Age 48
Deceased
Margaret Burbidge
1919
– 2020
· Age 100
Deceased
Margherita Hack
1922
– 2013
· Age 91
Deceased
Girolamo Fracastoro
Francis Beaufort
1774
– 1857
· Age 83
Deceased
Angelo Secchi
1818
– 1878
· Age 59
Deceased
Jean Sylvain Bailly
1736
– 1793
· Age 57
Deceased
Georg Joachim Rheticus
1514
– 1574
· Age 60
Deceased
Meghnad Saha
1893
– 1956
· Age 62
Deceased
V
Varāhamihira
0505
– 0587
· Age 82
Deceased
Peter Naur
1928
– 2016
· Age 87
Deceased
Norman Lockyer
1836
– 1920
· Age 84
Deceased
James Gregory
1638
– 1675
· Age 37
Deceased
K
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
1892
– 1979
· Age 87
Deceased
A
Abulfeda
1273
– 1331
· Age 58
Deceased
Berossus
Edward Charles Pickering
1846
– 1919
· Age 72
Deceased
Annibale de Gasparis
1819
– 1892
· Age 72
Deceased
Karl Ludwig Harding
1765
– 1834
· Age 68
Deceased
John Louis Emil Dreyer
1852
– 1926
· Age 74
Deceased
Tom Gehrels
1925
– 2011
· Age 86
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11063