5. William Herschel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel Herschel became most famous for the discovery of the planet Uranus  in addition to two of its major moons,  Titania  and  Oberon . He also discovered two moons of  Saturn  and  infrared radiation . Finally, Herschel is less known for the twenty-four symphonies that he composed. 6.