Famous astronomers include:



List

A 

Marc Aaronson (USA, 1950 – 1987)
George Ogden Abell (USA, 1927 – 1983)
Charles Greeley Abbot (USA, 1872 – 1973)
John Couch Adams (Britain, 1819 – 1892)
Walter Sydney Adams (USA, 1876 – 1956)
Paul Oswald Ahnert (Germany, 1897 – 1989) 
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (Germany, 1912 – 1954) 
George Biddell Airy, (England, 1801 – 1892)
Robert Aitken, (USA, 1864 – 1951)
Al-Batani (Iraq, 850 – 929)
Albategnius (see Al-Batani)
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij (Russia)
George Alcock (Britain, 1913 – 2000)
Hannes Alfvén (Sweden, 1908 – 1995)
Al-Khwarizmi, (Kheva, Abbasid caliphate, 780 – 850)
Lawrence Aller
'Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, (Persia, 903 – 986) 
Viktor Ambartsumian, (Armenia, 1912 – 1996)
Andronicus of Cyrrhus
Anders Ångström (Sweden, 1814 – 1874)
Eugene M. Antoniadi (Greece, France, 1870 – 1944)
Petrus Apianus (Germany, 1495 – 1557)
Francois Arago (France, 1786 – 1853)
Sylvain Arend (Belgium, 1902 – 1992)
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (Germany, 1799 – 1875)
Aristarchus (Samos, circa 310 BC – circa 230 BC)
Svante Arrhenius (Sweden, 1859 – 1927)
Arzachel (Al-Zarqali) (Muslim Spain, 1028 – 1087)
Joseph Ashbrook (USA, April 4 1918 – August 4 1980)
Arthur Auwers (Germany, 1838 – 1915)

B 

Walter Baade (Germany, 1893 – 1960)
Harold D. Babcock (USA, 1882 – 1968)
Horace W. Babcock (USA, 1912 – 2003)
Oskar Backlund (Sweden, 1846 – 1916)
John Bahcall (USA, 1934 – )
Benjamin Baillaud (France, 1848 – 1934)
Jean Sylvain Bailly (France, 1736 – 1793)
Francis Baily (Britain, 1774 – 1844)
John Bainbridge (Britain, 1582 – 1643)
Sallie L. Baliunas (USA) 
Benjamin Banneker (USA, 1731 – 1806)
Edward Emerson Barnard (USA, 1857 – 1923)
Johann Bayer (Germany, 1572 – 1625)
Antonin Becvar (Slovakia, 1901 – 1965)
Wilhelm Beer (Germany, 1797 – 1850)
S. I. Beljavskij (see S. I. Beljawsky)
S. I. Beljawsky (Russia, 1883 – 1953)
Jocelyn Bell (Ireland, 1943 – )
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (Germany, 1784 – 1846)
Wilhelm von Biela (Austria, 1782 – 1856)
Ludwig Biermann (Germany, 1907 – 1986)
Guillaume Bigourdan (France, 1851 – 1932)
Adriaan Blaauw (Netherlands, 1914 – )
Nathaniel Bliss (Britain, 1700 – 1764)
Johann Elert Bode (Germany, 1747 – 1826)
Alfred Bohrmann (Germany, 1904 – 2000)
Bart Bok (Netherlands, 1906 – 1983)
Charles Thomas Bolton (USA, 1943 – )
John Gatenby Bolton (England, Australia, 1922 – 1993)
William Cranch Bond (USA, 1789 – 1859)
Alphonse Borrelly (France, 1842 – 1926)
Ruđer Josip Bošković (Dalmatia, 1711 – 1787)
Alexis Bouvard (France, 1767 – 1843)
Edward (Ted) L. G. Bowell (USA)
Ira S. Bowen
Louis Boyer (France)
Ronald N. Bracewell (Australia, USA, 1921 – )
James Bradley (England, 1693 – 1762)
Tycho Brahe (Denmark, 1546 – 1601)
William Robert Brooks (USA, 1844 – 1922)
Theodor Brorsen (Denmark, 1819 – 1895)
Dirk Brouwer
Ernest William Brown (England, 1866 – 1938)
Michael (Mike) E. Brown (USA)
Ismael Bullialdus (France, 1605 – 1694)
Margaret Burbidge (Britain, 1919 – )
Robert Burnham, Jr. (USA, 1931 – 1993)
S. W. Burnham (1838 – 1921)
Schelte J. Bus (USA)

C 

William Wallace Campbell (USA, 1862 – 1938)
Annie Jump Cannon (USA, 1863 – 1941)
Luigi Carnera (Italy, 1875 – 1962)
Richard Christopher Carrington (Britain, 1826 – 1875)
César-François Cassini de Thury (France, 1714 – 1784)
Dominique, comte de Cassini (France, 1748 – 1845) 
Giovanni Domenico Cassini a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cassini (France, 1625 – 1712)
Jacques Cassini (France, 1677 – 1756)
Bonaventura Cavalieri (Italy, 1598 – 1647)
Anders Celsius, (1701 – 1744)
Vincenzo Cerulli, (Italy, 1859 – 1927)
Jean Chacornac (France, 1823 – 1873)
James Challis (Britain, 1803 – 1882) 
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (India, USA, 1910 – 1995)
Carl Charlier (Sweden, 1862 – 1934)
Auguste Charlois (France, 1864 – 1910)
L. I. Chernykh (Russia?, Ukraine)
N. S. Chernykh (Russia, Ukraine, 1931 – )
James Christy (USA, 1938 – )
Edwin Foster Coddington (USA, 1870 – 1950) 
Jérôme Eugène Coggia (France, 1849 – 1919)
Josep Comas Solá (Spain)
Andrew Ainslie Common (Britain, 1841 – 1903) 
Nicolaus Copernicus (Royal Prussia, 1473 – 1543)
P. Cottenot (France)
Heather Couper (Britain)
Philip Herbert Cowell (Britain, 1870 – 1949)
Thomas George Cowling (England, 1906 – 1990)
Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (Britain, 1865 – 1939)
Heber D. Curtis (USA, 1872 – 1942)

D 

Andre Louis Danjon (France, 1890 – 1967)
Heinrich d'Arrest (Germany, 1822 – 1875)
George Howard Darwin (Britain, 1845 – 1912)
William Rutter Dawes (Britain, 1799 – 1868) 
Leo de Ball (Germany, Austria, 1853 – 1916)
Henri Debehogne (Belgium)
Annibale de Gasparis (Italy, 1819 – 1892)
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (France, 1749 – 1822)
Charles-Eugène Delaunay (France, 1816 – 1872)
Eugène Joseph Delporte (Belgium, 1882 – 1955)
William Frederick Denning (Britain, 1848 – 1931)
Willem de Sitter (Netherlands, 1872 – 1934)
Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (France, 1853 – 1948)
Gérard de Vaucouleurs (France, USA, 1918 – 1995)
Robert Dicke (USA, 1916 – 1997)
Thomas Digges (England, 1546 – 1595)
Herbert Dingle (USA, 1890 – 1978)
John Dobson (1915 – 2014)
Franjo Dominko, (Slovenia, 1903 – 1987)
Giovanni Battista Donati, (Italy, 1826 – 1873)
Frank Drake (USA, 1930 – )
Henry Draper (USA, 1837 – 1882)
John Dreyer (Ireland, 1852 – 1926)
Jean C. B. Dufay (France, 1896 – 1967)
Raymond Smith Dugan (USA, 1878 – 1940) 
Frank Watson Dyson (Britain, 1868 – 1939)

E 

Arthur Eddington (England, 1882 – 1944)
Olin J. Eggen
Eise Eisinga (Netherlands, 1744 – 1828)
Eric Elst (Belgium)
Johann Franz Encke (Germany, 1791 – 1865)
Eratosthenes (Alexandria, 276 BC – 194 BC)
Emil Ernst (Ph.D. Germany)
Ernest Esclangon, (France, 1876 – 1954)
Larry W. Esposito (USA)
Eudoxus (Cnidus, circa 408 BC – circa 347 BC)

F 

David Fabricius (Netherlands, 1564 – 1617)
Johannes Fabricius (Netherlands, 1587 – 1615)
Hervé Faye (1814 – 1902)
Charles Fehrenbach (France, 1914 – )
James Ferguson (USA, 1797 – 1867)
Erwin Findlay-Freundlich (1885 – 1964)
Camille Flammarion (France, 1842 – 1925)
Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (France, 1867 – 1962)
John Flamsteed, (England, 1646 – 1719)
Honoré Flaugergues (France, 1755 – 1835)
Williamina Fleming (USA, 1857 – 1911)
Wilhelm Julius Förster (Germany, 1832 – 1921) 
Alfred Fowler (Britain, 1868 – 1940)
William Alfred Fowler (USA, 1911 – 1995)
Herbert Friedman
Edwin Brant Frost (USA, 1866 – 1935)

G 

Galileo Galilei (Italy, 1564 – 1642)
Julio Garavito Armero
Johann Gottfried Galle (Germany, 1812 – 1910)
George Gamow (Russia, USA, 1904 – 1968)
Carl Friedrich Gauss (Germany, 1777 – 1855)
Tom Gehrels (Netherlands, USA)
Andrea Ghez (USA)
Riccardo Giacconi (Italy, 1931 – )
Michel Giacobini (France, 1873 – 1938)
Henry L. Giclas (USA)
David Gill (Britain, 1843 – 1914)
Thomas Gold (USA, 1920 – )
Leo Goldberg
Peter Goldreich
Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt (Germany, 1802 – 1866)
Paul Goldsmith (USA, 1948 – )
François Gonnessiat (France, 1856 – 1934)
John Goodricke (Britain, 1764 – 1786)
Paul Götz (Ph.D. Germany)
Benjamin A. Gould (USA)
Andrew Graham (Ireland, 1815 – 1907)
Jesse Greenstein (USA, 1909 – 2002)
Alan Harvey Guth (USA, 1947 – )

H 

George Ellery Hale (USA, 1868 – 1938)
Asaph Hall (USA, 1829 – 1907)
Edmond Halley (England, 1656 – 1742)
Peter Andreas Hansen (December 8, 1795 – March 28 1874)
Karl Ludwig Harding (Germany, 1765 – 1834)
Thomas Hariot (Britain, 1560 – 1621) 
Guillermo Haro (Mexico, 1913 – 1988)
Robert G. Harrington (USA)
Robert Sutton Harrington (USA, 1942 – 1993)
William Hartmann (USA, 1939 – )
Stephen Hawking (Britain, 1942 – )
Will Hay (Britain, 1888 – 1949)
Otto Heckmann
Joseph Helffrich (Ph.D. Germany)
Eleanor Helin (USA)
Maximilian Hell (Austria-Hungary, 1720 – 1792)
Karl Ludwig Hencke (Germany, 1793 – 1866)
Thomas Henderson (Scotland, 1798 – 1844)
Paul Henry (France, 1848 – 1905)
Prosper Henry (France, 1849 – 1903)
George Herbig (USA, 1920 – )
Caroline Herschel (Britain, 1750 – 1848)
John Herschel (Britain, 1792 – 1871)
William Herschel (Britain, 1738 – 1822)
Ejnar Hertzsprung (Denmark, 1873 – 1967)
Johannes Hevelius (Poland, 1611 – 1687)
Antony Hewish (Britain, 1924 – )
George William Hill (USA, 1838 – 1914)
John Russell Hind (Britain, 1823 – 1895)
Hipparchus (Nicaea, circa 190 BC – 120 BC)
Cuno Hoffmeister (Germany, 1892 – 1968)
Dorrit Hoffleit (USA, 1907 – )
Minoru Honda (Japan, 1917 –1990)
Jeremiah Horrocks (Britain, c. 1619 – 1641) 
Fred Hoyle (Britain, 1915 – 2001)
Edwin Powell Hubble (USA, 1889 – 1953)
William Huggins (Britain, 1824 – 1910)
Russell Alan Hulse (USA, 1950 – )
Christiaan Huygens (Netherlands, 1629 – 1695)

I 

I Sin (China, 683 – 727)
Icko Iben, Jr.
Kaoru Ikeya (Japan)
Robert Innes (Scotland, South Africa, 1861 – 1933)

J 

Cyril V. Jackson (South Africa)
Kees de Jager (Netherlands, 1921 – 2021)
Karl Guthe Jansky (USA, 1905 – 1950)
Pierre Jules César Janssen (France, 1824 – 1907)
Benjamin Jekhowsky (Russia, France, Algeria, 1881 – ?)
David Jewitt
Alfred H. Joy

K 

Franz Kaiser (Germany, 1891 – 1962) 
Jacobus Kapteyn (Netherlands, 1851 – 1922)
L. G. Karachkina (Ukraine)
James E. Keeler (USA, 1857 – 1900) 
Johannes Kepler (Germany, 1571 – 1630)
Omar Khayyám (Persia, 1048 – 1131)
Kidinnu (Babylon, circa 400 BC – 310 BC)
Daniel Kirkwood (1814 – 1895)
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues (Germany, 1827 – 1884)
Viktor Knorre (Russia, 1840 – 1919)
Takao Kobayashi (Japan)
Lubos Kohoutek (1935 – )
Zdenek Kopal (Czech Republic, Britain, USA, 1914 – 1993)
August Kopff (Germany, 1882 – 1960)
Charles Kowal (USA, 1940 – )
Robert Kraft
Lubor Kresak (Slovakia, 1927 – 1994)
Gerard Kuiper (Netherlands, USA, 1905 – 1973)

L 

Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (France, 1713 – 1762)
Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (Sweden)
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (France, 1736 – 1813)
Jérôme Lalande (France, 1732 – 1807)
Johann Heinrich Lambert (France, Germany, 1728 – 1777)
Samuel Pierpont Langley (USA, 1834 – 1906)
Pierre-Simon Laplace (France, 1749 – 1827)
William Lassell (Britain, 1799 – 1880)
A. Laurent (France)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (USA, 1868 – 1921)
Typhoon Lee (USA and Taiwan)
Guillaume Le Gentil (France, 1725 – 1792)
Georges Lemaître (Belgium, 1894 – 1966)
Pierre Lemonnier (France, 1715 – 1799)
Armin Leuschner (Germany, 1868 – 1953)
Urbain J. J. Le Verrier (France, 1811 – 1877)
David Levy (USA)
Bertil Lindblad (Sweden, 1895 – 1965)
Joseph Johann Littrow (Austria, 1781 – 1840)
Karl L. Littrow (Austria, 1811 – 1877)
Joseph Lockyer (Britain, 1836 – 1920)
Maurice Loewy (Austria/France, 1833 – 1907)
Christian Sørensen Longomontanus (Denmark, 1562 – 1647) 
Lord Rosse (Ireland, 1800 – 1867)
Percival Lowell (USA, 1855 – 1916)
John William Lubbock (Britain, 1803 – 1865)
Robert Luther (Germany, 1822 – 1900)
Jane Luu (USA)
Willem Luyten (1899 – 1994)
Donald Lynden-Bell
Bernard Lyot (France, 1897 – 1952)

M 

Adriaan van Maanen (USA, 1884 – 1946)
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (Britain, c. 1697 – 1764)
Simon Marius (Germany, 1573 – 1624)
Brian Marsden (USA)
Albert Marth (Germany, 1828 – 1897)
Nevil Maskelyne (Britain, 1732 – 1811)
Charles Mason (Britain, USA, 1730 – 1787)
Janet Akyüz Mattei (Turkey/USA, 1943 – 2004)
Edward Walter Maunder (Britain, 1851 – 1928)
Pierre Louis Maupertuis (France, 1698 – 1759)
Alain Maury (France)
Tobias Mayer (Germany, 1723 – 1762) 
Christopher McKee (USA, 1942 – )
Robert S. McMillan (USA)
William H. McCrea (Britain, 1904 – 1999)
Pierre Méchain (France, 1744 – 1804)
Karen Jean Meech (USA)
Aden Meinel (USA)
Philibert Jacques Melotte (Britain, 1880 – 1961)
Paul Merrill (USA, 1887 – 1961)
Charles Messier (France, 1730 – 1817)
Joel Hastings Metcalf (USA, 1866 – 1925)
John Michell (Britain, 1724 – 1793)
Elia Millosevich (Italy, 1848 – 1919)
E. Arthur Milne
Rudolph Minkowski (Germany, 1895 – 1976)
Marcel Minnaert
Maria Mitchell (USA, 1818 – 1889)
August Ferdinand Möbius (Germany, 1790 – 1868)
Samuel Molyneux (Britain)
Geminiano Montanari (Italy, 1633 – 1687)
Patrick Moore (Britain, 1923 – )
William W. Morgan
Amédée Mouchez (France, 1821 – 1892)
Antonín Mrkos (Czech Republic, 1918 – 1996)
Jean Mueller (USA)
Johannes Müller (Germany, 1436 – 1476)
Nils Mustelin

N 

Nabu-rimanni (Babylonia, circa 560 BC – 480 BC)
Syuichi Nakano (Japan)
Grigoriy Nikolaevich Neujmin (Russia, 1886 – 1946)
Gerry Neugebauer
Otto Neugebauer (Germany, USA, 1899 – 1990)
Simon Newcomb (USA, 1835 – 1909)
Isaac Newton (Britain, 1643 – 1727)
Seth Barnes Nicholson (USA, 1891 – 1963)
Peter Nilson (Sweden, 1937 – 1998)

O 

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (Germany, 1758 – 1840)
Jan Hendrik Oort (Netherlands, 1900 – 1992)
Ernst Öpik (Estonia, Ireland, 1893 – 1985)
Donald Edward Osterbrock, USA, 1924 – 
Liisi Oterma, Finland, 1915 – 2001)

P 

Bohdan Paczynski, (Poland 1940 – )
Ľudmila Pajdušáková (Slovakia, 1916 – 1979)
Johann Palisa, (Austria, 1848 – 1925)
Johann Palitzsch (1723 – 1788)
Anton Pannekoek (Netherlands, 1873 – 1960)
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (Britain, c. 1697 – 1764) 
Eugene N. Parker
William Parsons, Lord Rosse (Ireland, 1800 – 1867)
André Patry (France, – c. 1960)
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (USA, 1900 – 1979)
James Peebles
Leslie Peltier (USA, 1900 – 1980)
Roger Penrose (Britain, 1931 – )
Arno Penzias (Germany, 1933 – )
Luboš Perek (Czech Republic, 1919 – 2020)
Charles Dillon Perrine (USA, Argentina, 1867 – 1951)
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (France, 1845 – 1904)
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (Germany, USA, 1813 – 1890)
George Henry Peters (USA, 1863 – 1947)
Giuseppe Piazzi (Italy, 1746 – 1826)
Edward Charles Pickering (USA, 1846 – 1919)
William Henry Pickering (USA, 1858 – 1938)
Phil Plait (USA)
John Stanley Plaskett (Canada, 1865 – 1941)
Norman Robert Pogson, (Britain, 1829 – 1891)
Christian Pollas, (France)
John Pond (England, 1767 – 1836)
Jean-Louis Pons (France, 1761 – 1831)
Charles Pritchard (Britain, 1808 – 1893)
Richard Proctor (England, 1837 – 1888)
Ptolemy of Alexandria (Roman Egypt, circa 85 – 165)
Pierre Puiseux (France, 1855 – 1928)
Georg Purbach (Germany, 1423 – 1461)

Q 

Adolphe Quetelet (Belgium, 1796 – 1874)

R 

David Rabinowitz (USA)
Pavla Ranzinger (Slovenia)
Grote Reber (USA, 1911 – 2002)
Martin Rees (England, 1942 – ) 
Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller) (Germany, 1436 – 1476)
Erasmus Reinhold (Prussia, Germany, 1511 – 1553)
Karl Reinmuth (Germany, 1892 – 1979) 
Giovanni Battista Riccioli (Italy, 1598 – 1671)
Jean Richer (France, 1630 – 1696)
Fernand Rigaux (Belgium)
Elizabeth Roemer (USA, 1929 – ) 
Ole Christensen Rømer (Denmark, 1644 – 1710)
Otto A. Rosenberger (Germany, 1800 – 1890)
Lord Rosse (Ireland, 1800 – 1867)
Bruno Rossi (Italy, 1905 – 1993)
Vera Rubin (USA, 1928 – )
Henry Norris Russell (USA, 1877 – 1957)

S 

Edward Sabine (Britain, 1788 – 1883)
Carl Sagan (USA, 1934 – 1996)
Edwin Salpeter (Austria, Australia, USA, 1924 – )
Allan Sandage (1926 – )
Wallace Sargent
Alexandre Schaumasse (France, 1882 – 1958)
Giovanni Schiaparelli (Italy, 1835 – 1910)
Frank Schlesinger (USA, 1871 – 1943)
Bernhard Schmidt (Estonia, Sweden, Germany, 1879 – 1935)
Maarten Schmidt (1929 – )
Johann Hieronymus Schröter (Germany, 1745 – 1816)
Lipót Schulhof (Hungary, 1847 – 1921)
Heinrich Christian Schumacher (Germany, 1780 – 1850) 
Hans-Emil Schuster (Germany, 1934 – )
Heinrich Schwabe (Germany, 1789 – 1875)
Karl Schwarzschild (Germany, 1873 – 1916)
Martin Schwarzschild (Germany, USA, 1912 – 1997)
Arnold Schwassmann (Germany, 1870 – 1964)
Ruby Payne Scott (Australia, 1912 – 1981)
James Scotti (USA, 1960 – )
Frederick Seares (USA, 1873 – 1964)
George Mary Searle (USA, 1839 – 1918)
Tsutomu Seki (Japan, 1930 – )
Carl Keenan Seyfert (USA, 1911 – 1960)
G. A. Shajn (Russia, 1892 – 1956)
P. F. Shajn (Russia, 1894 – 1956)
Harlow Shapley (USA, 1885 – 1972)
Richard Sheepshanks (Britain, 1794 – 1855)
Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (Russia, 1916 – 1985)
Carolyn Shoemaker (USA, 1929 – )
Eugene Shoemaker (USA, 1928 – 1997)
Charlotte Moore Sitterly (USA, 1898 – 1990)
Brian A. Skiff (USA)
John Francis Skjellerup (Australia, South Africa, 1875 – 1952)
Charles D. Slaughter (USA)
Vesto Slipher (USA, 1875 – 1969)
Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (Russia, 1918 – )
William Henry Smyth (Britain, 1788 – 1865) 
Mary Fairfax Somerville (Britain, 1780 – 1872)
James South (Britain, 1785 – 1867) 
Harold Spencer Jones
Lyman Spitzer (USA, 1914 – 1997)
Gustav Spörer (Germany, 1822 – 1895)
Anton Staus (Germany, 1872 – 1955)
Joel Stebbins, (USA, 1878 – 1966)
Édouard Stephan, (France, 1837 – 1923)
David J. Stevenson, (New Zealand, 1948 – )
Edward James Stone, (1831 – 1897)
Bengt Strömgren, (Denmark, 1908 – 1987)
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm (von) Struve (Germany, Russia, 1793 – 1864)
Hermann Struve (Russia, Germany, 1854 – 1920)
Ludwig Struve (Russia, 1858 – 1920)
Otto Struve (Russia, USA, 1897 – 1963)
Otto Wilhelm (von) Struve (Russia, 1819 – 1905)
Rashid Sunyaev
Lewis Swift (USA, 1820 – 1913)
Frédéric Sy (France)

T 

Joseph Taylor (USA, 1941 – )
Ernst Tempel, (Germany, 1821 – 1889)
Thabit ibn Qurra (Iraq, 826 – 901)
Thorvald Thiele (Denmark, 1838 – 1910)
Norman G. Thomas (USA)
John M. Thome (1843 – 1908)
Kip Thorne (USA, 1940 – )
Friedrich Tietjen (Germany, 1834 – 1895)
Beatrice Tinsley (USA, 1941 – 1981)
Félix Tisserand (France, 1845 – 1896)
Johann Daniel Titius (Germany, 1729 – 1796)
Clyde Tombaugh (USA, 1906 – 1997)
Richard Tousey
Virginia Trimble (USA)
Chad Trujillo (USA)
Robert Trumpler (USA, 1886 – 1956)
R. Brent Tully (USA)
Herbert Hall Turner (England, 1861 – 1930)
Horace Parnell Tuttle (USA, 1839 – 1923)
Tycho Brahe (Denmark, 1546 – 1601)

U 

Ulugh Beg (Timurid Iran, 1394 – 1449)
Albrecht Unsöld

V 

Yrjö Väisälä (Finland, 1891 – 1971)
Benjamin Valz (France, 1787 – 1867) 
James Van Allen (USA, 1914 – )
George Van Biesbroeck (Belgium, USA, 1880 – 1974)
Hendrik van de Hulst
Peter van de Kamp (USA, 1901 – 1995)
Sidney van den Bergh
Hendrik Van Gent (Netherlands, South Africa, (1900 – March 29, 1947)
Cornelis Johannes van Houten (Netherlands, 1920 – August 24 2002)
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (Netherlands)
Zdeňka Vávrová (Czech Republic or Slovakia)
Julie Vinter Hansen (Denmark), 1890 – 1960)
Hermann Carl Vogel (Germany, 1841 – 1907)
Joseph von Fraunhofer (Germany, 1787 – 1826)
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Germany, Russia, 1793 – 1864)
Otto Wilhelm von Struve (Russia, 1819 – 1905)
Karl von Weizsäcker (Germany, 1912 – )
Alexander Vyssotsky
Emma Vyssotsky (USA)

W 

Arno Arthur Wachmann (Germany, 1902 – 1990)
George Wallerstein
Qingde Wang (USA, China)
James Craig Watson (USA, 1838 – 1880)
Thomas William Webb (Britain, 1807 – 1885)
Godefroy Wendelin (Belgium, 1580 – 1667)
Richard M. West (Denmark, 1942 – )
J. G. Westphal (Germany)
Johann Heinrich Westphal (Germany, Italy, 1794 – 1831)
George Wetherill
John Wheeler (USA, 1911 – )
Fred Whipple (USA, 1906 – )
Albert Whitford (USA, 1905 – 2002)
Paul Wild (Switzerland)
Olin C. Wilson (USA, 1909 – 1994)
Robert Wilson (USA, 1936 – )
 John Winthrop (Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1714 – 1779)
Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (Germany, 1835 – 1897)
Carl Wirtanen (USA, 1910 – 1990)
Jack Wisdom (USA)
Gustav Witt (Germany, 1866 – 1946)
Maximilian Wolf (Germany, 1863 – 1932)
Aleksander Wolszczan (Poland, 1946 – )
Richard van der Riet Woolley (Britain, 1906 – 1986)
Thomas Wright (Britain, 1711 – 1786)

Y 

Charles Augustus Young (USA, 1834 – 1908)

Z 

Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich (USSR, 1914 – 1987)
Zhang Daqing (China, 1969 – )
Zhang Heng (78 – 139)
Zhang Yuzhe (China, 1902 – 1986)
L. V. Zhuravleva (Russia, Ukraine)
Zu Chongzhi, (425 – 500)
Fritz Zwicky (Switzerland, USA, 1898 – 1974)

Other scientists whose work had an impact on astronomy and astrophysics:

Hans Bethe (physicist) (1906 – )
Niels Bohr (physicist) (1885 – 1962)
Freeman Dyson (physicist) (1923 – )
Albert Einstein (physicist) (1879 – 1955)

Instrument makers, illustrators, etc.:

John Bird
Chesley Bonestell
Thomas Cooke
Alvan Clark
John Dollond
Henry Fitz (1808-1863) 
James Gregory
Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800)
George Willis Ritchey
James Short
William Simms
Edward Troughton (1756-1835)

Related pages
 List of astrophysicists

References 
 The Great Astronomers 
 Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Women in Astronomy

Lists of scientists
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