Slijedi spisak astronoma, astrofizičara, i drugih značajnih osoba, koji su dali doprinos na polju astronomije. Oni su osvojili velike nagrade ili priznanja, razvili su ili izmislili tehnike ili tehnologije koje se dosta koriste u astronomiji, ili su direktori velikih opservatorija ili rukovode projektima sa svemirskim teleskopima.
Spisak astronoma
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A Aryabhata (Indija, 476) Marc Aaronson (SAD, 1950 — 1987) Paul G. Abel (UK, 1979 — ) George O. Abell (SAD, 1927 — 1983) Hiroshi Abe (Japan, 1958 — ) Antonio Abetti (Italija, 1846 — 1928) Giorgio Abetti (Italija, 1882 — 1982) Charles Greeley Abbot (SAD, 1872 — 1973) Charles Hitchcock Adams (SAD, 1868 — 1951) John Couch Adams (UK, 1819 — 1892) Walter Sydney Adams (SAD, 1876 — 1956) Saul Adelman (SAD, 1944 — ) Petrus Alphonsi (Španija, 1062 — 1110) Agrippa (Grčka, nepoznato ca. 92) Paul Oswald Ahnert (Njemačka, 1897 — 1989) Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (Njemačka, 1912 — 1954) George Biddell Airy (UK, 1801 — 1892) Robert Aitken, (SAD, 1864 — 1951) Makio Akiyama (Japan, 1950 — ) Al Battani (Irak, 850 — 929) Albategnius (vidjeti Al-Batani) Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky (Rusija, 1891 — 1952) Albumasar (Perzija 787 — 886) George Alcock (UK, 1913 — 2000) Harold Alden (SAD, 1890 — 1964) Hannes Alfvén (Švedska, 1908 — 1995) Lawrence H. Aller (SAD, 1913 — 2003) Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi (Perzija, 903 — 986) Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian, (Armenija, 1912 — 1996) John August Anderson (SAD, 1876 — 1959) Marie Henri Andoyer (Francuska, 1862 — 1929) Andronicus od Cyrrhusa (Grčka, nepoznato oko 100 p. n. e.) Anders Jonas Ångström (Švedska, 1814 — 1874) Eugène Michel Antoniadi (Grčka, Francuska, 1870 — 1944) Masakatsu Aoki (Japan, 1957 — ) Petrus Apianus (Njemačka, 1495 — 1557) François Arago (Francuska, 1786 — 1853) Masaru Arai (Japan, 1952 — ) Hiroshi Araki (Japan) Sylvain Arend (Belgija, 1902 — 1992) Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (Njemačka, 1799 — 1875) Aristarchus od Samosa (Grčka, circa 310 p. n. e. — circa 230 p. n. e.) Christoph Arnold (Njemačka, 1650 — 1695) Halton Christian Arp (SAD, 1927 — ) Svante Arrhenius (Švedska, 1859 — 1927) Arzachel (Španija, 1028 — 1087) Asada Goryu (Japan, 1734 — 1799) Atsuo Asami (Japan) Giuseppe Asclepi (Italija, 1706 — 1776) Joseph Ashbrook (SAD, 1918 — 1980) Arthur Auwers (Njemačka, 1838 — 1915) Adrien Auzout (Francuska, 1622 — 1691) David Axon (Engleska, 1951 — )
B Brahmagupta (Indija,598–668 CE) Bhaskara I (Indija,629 CE) Bhaskara II (Indija,1114 CE) Walter Baade (Njemačka, 1893 — 1960) Harold D. Babcock (SAD, 1882 — 1968) Horace W. Babcock (SAD, 1912 — 2003) Oskar Backlund (Švedska, 1846 — 1916) John N. Bahcall (SAD, 1934 — 2005) Yoshiaki Banno (Japan, 1952 — 1991) Benjamin Baillaud (Francuska, 1848 — 1934) Jules Baillaud (Francuska, 1876 — 1960) Jean-Baptiste Baille (Francuska, 1841 — 1918) Jean Sylvain Bailly (Francuska, 1736 — 1793) Francis Baily (UK, 1774 — 1844) John Bainbridge (UK, 1582 — 1643) John E. Baldwin (UK, 1934 — ) Sallie Baliunas (SAD, 1953 — ) Zoltán Balog (Mađarska/SAD, 1972 — ) Benjamin Banneker (SAD, 1731 — 1806) Edward Emerson Barnard (SAD, 1857 — 1923) Julius Bauschinger (Francuska) Johann Bayer (Njemačka, 1572 — 1625) Antonín Bečvář (Slovačka, 1901 — 1965) Wilhelm Beer (Njemačka, 1797 — 1850) Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky (Rusija, 1883 — 1953) Charles L. Bennett (SAD, 1956 — ) Roger A. Bell (SAD, 1935 - 2012) Jocelyn Bell Burnell (UK, 1943 — ) Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (Njemačka, 1784 — 1846) Somnath Bharadwaj (Indija) Wilhelm Freiherr von Biela (Austrija, 1782 — 1856) Ludwig Biermann (Njemačka, 1907 — 1986) Wolf Bickel (Njemačka) Guillaume Bigourdan (Francuska, 1851 — 1932) James Binney (UK, 1950 — ) Biruni (Perzija, 973 — 1048) Gennady S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan (Rusija, 1941 — ) Adriaan Blaauw (Holandija, 1914 — 2010) Nathaniel Bliss (UK, 1700 — 1764) Johann Elert Bode (Njemačka, 1747 — 1826) Alfred Bohrmann (Njemačka, 1904 — 2000) Bart Bok (Holandija, 1906 — 1983) Charles Thomas Bolton (SAD, 1943 — ) John Gatenby Bolton (UK/Australija, 1922 — 1993) William Cranch Bond (SAD, 1789 — 1859) Alphonse Borrelly (Francuska, 1842 — 1926) Rudjer Boscovich (Dalmatia, 1711 — 1787) Lewis Boss (SAD, 1846 — 1912) Alexis Bouvard (Francuska, 1767 — 1843) Rychard Bouwens (SAD, 1972 — ) Edward L. G. Bowell (SAD, 1943 — ) Ira Sprague Bowen (SAD, 1898 — 1973) Louis Boyer (Francuska) Ronald N. Bracewell (Australija, SAD, 1921 — 2007) James Bradley (UK, 1693 — 1762) Tycho Brahe (Danska, 1546 — 1601) John Alfred Brashear (SAD, 1840 — 1920) William Robert Brooks (SAD, 1844 — 1922) Theodor Brorsen (Danska, 1819 — 1895) Dirk Brouwer (Holandija–SAD, 1902 — 1966) Ernest William Brown (UK, 1866 — 1938) Michael (Mike) E. Brown (SAD, 1965 — ) Hermann Alexander Brück (Njemačka, 1905 — 2000) Ismael Bullialdus (Francuska, 1605 — 1694) Margaret Burbidge (UK, 1919 — ) Robert Burnham, Jr. (SAD, 1931 — 1993) Sherburne Wesley Burnham (SAD, 1838 — 1921) Schelte J. Bus (SAD, 1956 — )
C William Wallace Campbell (SAD, 1862 — 1938) Annie Jump Cannon (SAD, 1863 — 1941) Luigi Carnera (Italija, 1875 — 1962) Edwin Francis Carpenter (SAD, 1898 — 1963) James Carpenter (UK, 1840 — 1899) Richard Christopher Carrington (UK, 1826 — 1875) Sir John Carroll (UK, 1899 — 1974) César-François Cassini de Thury (Francuska, 1714 — 1784) Dominique, comte de Cassini (Francuska, 1748 — 1845) Giovanni Domenico Cassini (Francuska, 1625 — 1712) Jacques Cassini (Francuska, 1677 — 1756) Bonaventura Cavalieri (Italija, 1598 — 1647) Anders Celsius (Švedska, 1701 — 1744) Vincenzo Cerulli (Italija, 1859 — 1927) Jean Chacornac (Francuska, 1823 — 1873) James Challis (UK, 1803 — 1882) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (Indija, SAD, 1910 — 1995) Carl Charlier (Švedska, 1862 — 1934) Auguste Charlois (Francuska, 1864 — 1910) Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh (Rusija/Ukrajina) Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh (Rusija/Ukrajina, 1931 — ) James Christy (SAD, 1938 — ) Edwin Foster Coddington (SAD, 1870 — 1950) Jérôme Eugène Coggia (Francuska, 1849 — 1919) Josep Comas Solá (Španija, 1868 — 1937) Andrew Ainslie Common (UK, 1841 — 1903) Guy Consolmagno (SAD, 1952 — ) Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 — 1543) Corsono Carsono (Španija) Pablo Cottenot (Francuska) Heather Couper (UK, 1949 — ) Leopold Courvoisier (Švicarska, 1873 — 1955) Arthur Edwin Covington (Kanada, 1914 — 2001) Philip Herbert Cowell (UK, 1870 — 1949) Thomas George Cowling (UK, 1906 — 1990) Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (UK, 1865 — 1939) James Cuffey (SAD, 1911 — 1999) Heber Doust Curtis (SAD, 1872 — 1942)
D Jacques Eugène d'Allonville (Francuska, 1671 — 1732) Andre Louis Danjon (Francuska, 1890 — 1967) Heinrich d'Arrest (Njemačka, 1822 — 1875) George Howard Darwin (UK, 1845 — 1912) Roger Davies (UK, 1954 — ) William Rutter Dawes (UK, 1799 — 1868) Bernhard Dawson (Argentina, 1890 — 1960) Leo de Ball (Njemačka, Austrija, 1853 — 1916) Henri Debehogne (Belgija) Annibale de Gasparis (Italija, 1819 — 1892) Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (Francuska, 1749 — 1822) Charles-Eugène Delaunay (Francuska, 1816 — 1872) Eugène Joseph Delporte (Belgija, 1882 — 1955) Audrey C. Delsanti (Francuska, 1976 — ) William Frederick Denning (UK, 1848 — 1931) Alíz Derekas (Mađarska, 1977 — ) Willem de Sitter (Holandija, 1872 — 1934) Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (Francuska, 1853 — 1948) Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch (Rusija) Gérard de Vaucouleurs (Francuska/SAD, 1918 — 1995) Robert Dicke (SAD, 1916 — 1997) Terence Dickinson (Kanada) Thomas Digges (UK, 1546 — 1595) Herbert Dingle (SAD, 1890 — 1978) Andrea Di Paola (Italija) Ewine van Dishoeck (Holandija, 1955 — ) David Dodge (Kanada) (1949 — ) Giovanni Battista Donati (Italija, 1826 — 1873) Frank Drake (SAD, 1930 — ) Henry Draper (SAD, 1837 — 1882) John Dreyer (Irska, 1852 — 1926) Alexander D. Dubyago (Rusija), 1903 — 1959) Dmitrij I. Dubyago (Rusija), 1850 — 1918) Jean C. B. Dufay (Francuska, 1896 — 1967) Raymond Smith Dugan (SAD, 1878 — 1940) Petar Đurković (Serbia, 1908 — 1981) Frank Watson Dyson (UK, 1868 — 1939) Alexander Dalgarno (SAD, 1928 — )
E mini|188x188piksel|Frank K. Edmondson Arthur Eddington (UK, 1882 — 1944) Frank K. Edmondson (SAD, 1912 — 2008) Olin J. Eggen (SAD, 1919 — 1998) Albert Einstein (Njemačka, 1879 — 1955) Eise Eisinga (Holandija, 1744 — 1828) Eric Walter Elst (Belgija) Johann Franz Encke (Njemačka, 1791 — 1865) Kin Endate (Japan, 1960 — ) Eratosten (Aleksandrija, 276 p. n. e. — 194 p. n. e.) Emil Ernst (Njemačka) Ernest Esclangon (Francuska, 1876 — 1954) Fred Espenak (SAD, 1953 — ) Larry W. Esposito (SAD, 1951 — ) Eudoxus (Cnidus, circa 408 p. n. e. — circa 347 p. n. e.)
F David Fabricius (Holandija, 1564 — 1617) Sandra M. Faber (SAD, 1945 — ) Johannes Fabricius (Holandija, 1587 — 1615) Fearon Fallows (UK, 1789 — 1831) Hervé Faye (Francuska, 1814 — 1902) Charles Fehrenbach (Francuska, 1914 — 2008) Farghani (Perzija, u. poslije 861) James Ferguson (SAD, 1797 — 1867) Alex Filippenko (SAD, 1958 — ) Erwin Finlay-Freundlich (Njemačka, 1885 — 1964) Axel Firsoff (UK, 1910 — 1981) Debra Fischer USA J. Richard Fisher Camille Flammarion (Francuska, 1842 — 1925) Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (Francuska, 1867 — 1962) John Flamsteed (UK, 1646 — 1719) Honoré Flaugergues (Francuska, 1755 — 1835) Williamina Fleming (SAD, 1857 — 1911) Wilhelm Julius Foerster (Njemačka, 1832 — 1921) Alfred Fowler (UK, 1868 — 1940) William Alfred Fowler (SAD, 1911 — 1995) Philip Fox (SAD, 1878 — 1944) Andrew Fraknoi (SAD, 1948 — ) Joseph von Fraunhofer (Njemačka, 1787 — 1826) Herbert Friedman (SAD, 1916 — 2000 ) Dirk D. Frimout (Belgija, 1941 — ) Edwin Brant Frost (SAD, 1866 — 1935) Shigehisa Fujikawa (Japan) Naoshi Fukushima (Japan, 1925 — 2003) Kiichirō Furukawa (Japan) Toshimasa Furuta (Japan)
G Bryan Gaensler (Australija, 1973 — ) Gan De (Kina, fl. 4. vijek p. n. e.) Galileo Galilei (Italija, 1564 — 1642) Julio Garavito Armero (Kolumbija, 1865 — 1920) Margaret Geller (Sjedinjene Američke Države, 1947) Gautama Siddha (Kina, fl. 8. vijek NE) Johann Gottfried Galle (Njemačka, 1812 — 1910) George Gamow (Rusija, SAD, 1904 — 1968) Carl Friedrich Gauss (Njemačka, 1777 — 1855) Tom Gehrels (Holandija, SAD, 1925 — ) Andrea M. Ghez (SAD, 1965 — ) Riccardo Giacconi (Italija, 1931 — ) Michel Giacobini (Francuska, 1873 — 1938) Henry L. Giclas (SAD, 1910 — 2007) David Gill (UK, 1843 — 1914) Thomas Gold (SAD, 1920 — 2004) Leo Goldberg (SAD, 1913 — 1987) Peter Goldreich (SAD, 1939 — ) Hermann Goldschmidt (Njemačka, 1802 — 1866) François Gonnessiat (Francuska, 1856 — 1934) John Goodricke (UK, 1764 — 1786) Alyssa A. Goodman (SAD, 1962-) Abu Sa'id Gorgani (Perzija, 9. vijek) Paul Götz (Njemačka) Benjamin Apthorp Gould (SAD, 1824 — 1896) Andrew Graham (Irska, 1815 — 1907) Kathryn Aurora Gray (Kanada, 2000 — ) Charles Green (Engleska, 1735 — 1771) Jesse Greenstein (SAD, 1909 — 2002) John Grunsfeld (SAD, 1956 — ) Jay U. Gunter (Sjedinjene Američke Države, 1911 — 1994) Alexander A. Gurshtein (Rusija, 1937 — ) Bengt Gustafsson, (Švedska, 1943 — ) Guo Shoujing (Kina, 1231 — 1316) Alan Harvey Guth (SAD, 1947 — )
H Yusuke Hagihara (Japan, 1897–1979) George Ellery Hale (SAD, 1868–1938) Asaph Hall (SAD, 1829–1907) John Scoville Hall (SAD, 1908–1991) Edmond Halley (Engleska, 1656–1742) Heidi Hammel (SAD, 1960–) Peter Andreas Hansen (Danska, 1795–1874) Abulfazl Harawi (Perzija, 10. stoljeće) Karl Ludwig Harding (Njemačka, 1765–1834) Thomas Hariot (UK, 1560–1621) Guillermo Haro (Meksiko, 1913–1988) Robert G. Harrington (SAD, 1904–1987) Robert Sutton Harrington (SAD, 1942–1993) Edward Robert Harrison (UK/SAD, 1917–2007) William Kenneth Hartmann (SAD, 1939–) Lisa Harvey-Smith (Australija, 1979–) Takeo Hatanaka (Japan, 1914–1963) Stephen Hawking (UK, 1942–) Will Hay (UK, 1888–1949) Chushiro Hayashi (Japan, 1920–2010) Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann (Njemačka, 1901–1983) Carl Heiles (SAD, 1939–) Joseph Helffrich (Njemačka, 1890–1971) Eleanor Helin (SAD, 1932–2009) Maximilian Hell (Austro-Ugarska, 1720–1792) Karl Ludwig Hencke (Njemačka, 1793–1866) Thomas Henderson (Škotska, 1798–1844) Paul Henry (Francuska, 1848–1905)