# List of astronomical instrument makers

The following is a list of astronomical instrument makers, along with lifespan and country of work, if available.
* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Abiyun al-Bitriq | fl. 630 | |
| Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) | c. 1100–1150 | Islamic Spain |
| Bhāskara II | c. 1114-1185 | India |

## B

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| James Gilbert Baker | 1914–2005 | US |
| George Bass | early 18th century | England |
| John Bird | 18th century | England |
| Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī | 973–1048 | Persia |
| Tycho Brahe | 1546–1601 | Denmark |
| John Brashear | 1840–1920 | US |

## C

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Giuseppe Campani | 1635–1715 | Italy |
| Matteo Campani-Alimenis | 17th century | Italy |
| Robert-Aglaé Cauchoix | 1776–1845 | France |
| Henri Chrétien | 1879–1956 | France |
| Alvan Clark | 1804–1887 | US |
| Alvan Graham Clark | 1832–1897 | US |
| George Bassett Clark | 1827–1891 | US |
| Thomas Cooke | 1807–1868 | England |
| Robert E. Cox | 1917–1989 | US |

## D

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| John Henry Dallmeyer | 1830–1883 | England / Germany |
| John Dobson | 1915–2014 | US |
| John Dollond | 1706–1761 | England |
| Henry Draper | 1837–1882 | US |

## E

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |

## F

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Henry Fitz | 1808–1863 | US |
| Joseph von Fraunhofer | 1787–1826 | Germany |

## G

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Vilem Gajdusek | 1895–1977 | Czech Republic |
| Galileo Galilei | 1564–1642 | Italy |
| James Gregory | 1638–1675 | Scotland |
| Howard Grubb | 1844–1931 | Ireland |

## H

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| George Ellery Hale | 1868–1938 | US |
| Frederick James Hargreaves | 1891–1970 | England |
| Caroline Herschel | 1750–1848 | England |
| William Herschel | 1738–1822 | England |
| Henry Hindley | 1701–1771 | England |
| Robert Hooke | 1635–1703 | England |
| Christiaan Huygens | 1629–1695 | Netherlands |

## I

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Albert Graham Ingalls | 1888–1958 | US |
| Zenbei Iwahashi | 1756–1811 | Japan |

## J

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Zacharias Janssen | c.1580–c.1638 | Netherlands |

## K

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Jamshīd al-Kāshī | c. 1380–1429 | Persia |
| Al-Khazini | fl. 1115–1130 | Persia |
| Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi | c. 940–1000 | Persia |
| Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (Algoritmi) | 780–850 | Iraq |
| Gottfried Kirch | 1639–1710 | Germany |

## L

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Lala Balhumal Lahori | c. 1842 | India |
| Hans Lippershey | 1570–1619 | Netherlands |
| Ali Kashmiri ibn Luqman | fl. 1589–1590 | Mughal India |

## M

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Dmitri Maksutov | 1896–1964 | Russia / Soviet Union |
| Jacob Metius | c.1575–1628 | Netherlands |

## N

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Isaac Newton | 1643–1727 | UK |

## O

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |

## P

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse | 1800–1867 | Ireland |
| Francis G. Pease | 1881–1938 | US |
| Richard Scott Perkin | 1906–1969 | US |
| John M. Pierce | 1886–1958 | US |
| Russell W. Porter | 1871–1949 | US |

## Q

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |

## R

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Regiomontanus | 1436–1476 | Germany / Italy / Hungary |
| Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach | 1772–1826 | Germany |
| George Willis Ritchey | 1864–1945 | US |

## S

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| George N. Saegmuller | 1847–1934 | US |
| Bernhard Schmidt | 1879–1935 | Germany |
| Ibn al-Shatir | 1304–1375 | Syria |
| James Short | 1710–1768 | England |
| James Simms | 1828–1915 | England |
| William Simms | 1793–1860 | England |
| Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi) | 903–986 | Persia |

## T

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Muhammad Saleh Thattvi | fl. 1659–1660 | Mughal India |
| Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf | 1526–1585 | Syria / Egypt / Turkey |
| Edward Troughton | 1753–1835 | England |
| Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūsī | 1135–1213 | Iraq |

## U

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |

## V

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Cornelius Varley | 1781–1873 | England |
| Yrjö Väisälä | 1891–1971 | Finland |

## W

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| James Watt | 1736–1819 | Scotland |

## X

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |

## Y

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Ibn Yunus | c. 950–1009 | Egypt |

## Z

| Name | Lifespan | Country of work |
| Abraham Zacuto | c. 1450–1510 | Spain and Portugal |
| Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (Arzachel) | 1028–1087 | Islamic Spain |