Famous astrophysicists
person who is occupied in astrophysics
127 people
Stephen Hawking
1942
– 2018
· Age 76
Deceased
Carl Sagan
1934
– 1996
· Age 62
Deceased
Edwin Hubble
1889
– 1953
· Age 63
Deceased
Roger Penrose
1931
· Age 94
Alive
Brian May
1947
· Age 78
Alive
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
1910
– 1995
· Age 84
Deceased
Vitaly Ginzburg
1916
– 2009
· Age 93
Deceased
Hannes Alfvén
1908
– 1995
· Age 86
Deceased
Neil deGrasse Tyson
1958
· Age 67
Alive
Riccardo Giacconi
1931
– 2018
· Age 87
Deceased
Martin Ryle
1918
– 1984
· Age 66
Deceased
Arthur Eddington
1882
– 1944
· Age 61
Deceased
George F. Smoot
1945
– 2025
· Age 80
Deceased
William Alfred Fowler
1911
– 1995
· Age 83
Deceased
Saul Perlmutter
1959
· Age 66
Alive
Antony Hewish
1924
– 2021
· Age 97
Deceased
Robert Hofstadter
1915
– 1990
· Age 75
Deceased
Michel Mayor
1942
· Age 84
Alive
Fred Hoyle
1915
– 2001
· Age 86
Deceased
John C. Mather
1946
· Age 79
Alive
Adam Riess
1969
· Age 56
Alive
Brian Schmidt
1967
· Age 59
Alive
Russell Alan Hulse
1950
· Age 75
Alive
Joseph Hooton Taylor
1941
· Age 84
Alive
Victor Ambartsumian
1908
– 1996
· Age 87
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q752129