Spisak astronoma

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


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
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)
Prosper Henry (Francuska, 1849–1903)
Abraham bar Hiyya (Španski Jevrej), (1070—1136)
George Herbig (SAD, 1920–2013)
Caroline Herschel (Njemačka, 1750—1848)
John Herschel (UK, 1792–1871)
William Herschel (Njemačka / UK, 1738–1822)
Ejnar Hertzsprung (Danska, 1873–1967)
Johannes Hevelius (Poljska,1611–1687)
Antony Hewish (UK, 1924–2021)
George William Hill (SAD, 1838–1914)
John Russell Hind (UK, 1823–1895)
Hiparh (Nicaea, oko 190 p. n. e. – 120 p. n. e.)
Masanori Hirasawa (Japan, 1956–)
Kiyotsugu Hirayama (Japan, 1874–1943)
Shin Hirayama (Japan, 1868–1945)
Gustave-Adolphe Hirn (Francuska, 1815–1890)
Sebastian von Hoerner (Njemačka), 1919–2003)
Cuno Hoffmeister (Njemačka, 1892–1968)
Dorrit Hoffleit (SAD, 1907–2007)
Helen Sawyer Hogg (Kanada, 1905–1993)
Minoru Honda (Japan, 1917–1990)
Kamil Hornoch (Češka, 1972–)
Jeremiah Horrocks (UK, circa 1619–1641)
Cornelis Johannes van Houten (Nizozemska, 1920–2002)
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (Nizozemska)
Martin van den Hove (Nizozemska, 1605–1639)
Fred Hoyle (UK, 1915–2001)
Edwin Powell Hubble (SAD, 1889–1953)
William Huggins (UK, 1824–1910)
Russell Alan Hulse (SAD, 1950–)
Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst (Nizozemska, 1918–2000)
Milton Lasell Humason (SAD, 1891–1972)
Thomas John Hussey (Engleska, 1792–1854)
Christiaan Huygens (Nizozemska, 1629–1695)
Yuji Hyakutake (Japan, 1950–2002)
Josef Allen Hynek (SAD, 1910–1986)

I
Icko Iben, Jr. (SAD, 1931 — )
Kaoru Ikeya (Japan, 1943 — )
Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes (Škotska/Južnoafrička Republika, 1861 — 1933)
Shigeru Inoda (Japan)
Edward Israel (SAD, 1859 — 1884)
Iwahashi Zenbei (Japan, 1756 — 1811)
Masayuki Iwamoto (Japan)
Shun-ei Izumikawa (Japan)
Isaiah James (Kanada), 1994 — )

J
Cyril V. Jackson (Južnoafrička Republika, 1903 — 1988)
Pierre Jules César Janssen (Francuska, 1824 — 1907)
James Jeans (UK, 1877 — 1946)
Benjamin Jekhowsky (Rusija/Francuska/Alžir, 1881 — 1953)
Louise Freeland Jenkins (SAD, 1888 — 1970)
David C. Jewitt (UK, 1958 — )
Jiao Bingzhen (Kina, 1689 — 1726)
Alfred Harrison Joy  (SAD, 1882 — 1973)
Vinod Johri  (Indija, 1935 — )

K
Tetsuo Kagawa (Japan)
Franz Kaiser (Njemačka, 1891 — 1962)
Piet van de Kamp (Holandija/SAD, 1901 — 1995)
Kiyotaka Kanai (Japan, 1951 — )
Hiroshi Kaneda (Japan, 1953 — )
Henry Kandrup (SAD, 1955 — 2003)
Jacobus Kapteyn (Holandija, 1851 — 1922)
Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina (Ukrajina)
Ghiyath al-Kashi (Perzija, 1380 — 1429)
Karlis Kaufmanis (Latvija/Sjedinjene Američke Države, 1910 — 2003
Kōyō Kawanishi (Japan, 1959 — )
Nobuhiro Kawasato (Japan)
James Edward Keeler (SAD, 1857 — 1900)
Paul Kempf (Njemačka, 1856 — 1920)
Johannes Kepler (Njemačka, 1571 — 1630)
Omar Khayyám (Perzija, 1048 — 1131)
Al-Khujandi (Perzija, 10. vijek)
Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, (Perzija, 780 — 850)
Kidinnu (Babilon, 4. vijek p.n.e. ; u. 330 p.n.e.?)
Hisashi Kimura (Japan, 1870 — 1943)
Daniel Kirkwood (SAD, 1814 — 1895)
Robert Kirshner (SAD)
Minoru Kizawa (Japan)
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues (Njemačka, 1827 — 1884)
Viktor Knorre (Rusija, 1840 — 1919)
Takao Kobayashi (Japan, 1961 — )
Toru Kobayashi (Japan)
Luboš Kohoutek (1935 — )
Masahiro Koishikawa (Japan, 1952 — )
Nobuhisa Kojima (Japan, 1933 — )
Takuo Kojima (Japan)
Yoji Kondo (Japan, 1933 — )
Zdeněk Kopal (Češka Republika, UK, SAD, 1914 — 1993)
August Kopff (Njemačka, 1882 — 1960)
Korado Korlević (Hrvatska)
Hiroki Kosai (Japan, 1933 — )
Charles T. Kowal (SAD, 1940 — )
Robert Kraft (SAD, 1927 — )
Ľubor Kresák (Slovačka, 1927 — 1994)
Heinrich Kreutz (Njemačka, 1854 — 1927)
Kazuo Kubokawa (Japan, 1903 — 1943)
Marc Kuchner (SAD, 1972 — )
Gerard Kuiper (Holandija, SAD, 1905 — 1973)
Donald Kurtz (1948 — )
Reiki Kushida (Japan)
Yoshio Kushida (Japan, 1957 — )
György Kulin (Austro-Ugarska, 1905 — 1989)

L
Lagadha (Indija,1. milenij p.n.e.)
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (Francuska, 1713 — 1762)
Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (Švedska)
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (Francuska, 1736 — 1813)
Jérôme Lalande (Francuska, 1732 — 1807)
Johann Heinrich Lambert (Francuska, Njemačka, 1728 — 1777)
David J. Lane (Kanada, 1983 —) 
Andrew E. Lange (USA, 1957 — 2010)
Samuel Pierpont Langley (SAD, 1834 — 1906)
Pierre-Simon Laplace (Francuska, 1749 — 1827)
William Lassell (UK, 1799 — 1880)
A. Laurent (Francuska)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (SAD, 1868 — 1921)
Typhoon Lee (SAD and Taiwan)
Guillaume Le Gentil (Francuska, 1725 — 1792)
Georges Lemaître (Belgija, 1894 — 1966)
Pierre Lemonnier (Francuska, 1715 — 1799)
Frederick C. Leonard (SAD, 1896 — 1960)

Armin Leuschner (Njemačka, 1868 — 1953)
Urbain Le Verrier (Francuska, 1811 — 1877)
David Levy (Kanada)
Li Fan (Kina, fl. 1st vijek AD)
Bertil Lindblad (Švedska, 1895 — 1965)
Adolph Friedrich Lindemann (Njemačka/UK, 1846 — 1927)
Chris Lintott (UK, 1980 — )
Joseph Johann Littrow (Austrija, 1781 — 1840)
Karl L. Littrow (Austrija, 1811 — 1877)
Liu Xin (Kina, fl. 1st vijek AD)
Joseph Lockyer (UK, 1836 — 1920)
Maurice Loewy (Austrija/Francuska, 1833 — 1907)
Christian Sørensen Longomontanus (Danska, 1562 — 1647)
Percival Lowell (SAD, 1855 — 1916)
Àngel López (Španija)
Álvaro López-García (Španija)
John William Lubbock (UK, 1803 — 1865)
Knut Lundmark (Švedska, 1889 — 1958)
Robert Luther (Njemačka, 1822 — 1900)
Lupitus od Barselone (Španija)
Jane Luu (Južni Vijetnam, SAD 1965 — )
Willem Luyten (Holandska Istočna Indija, Holandija, 1899 — 1994)
Donald Lynden-Bell (UK, 1935 — )
Andrew Lyne - (UK, 1942)
Bernard Lyot (Francuska, 1897 — 1952)

M
Mahendra Suri (Indija,14. vijek NE)
Ma Yize (Kina, 910 — 1005)
Adriaan van Maanen (SAD, 1884 — 1946)
George Parker, 2. Grof od Macclesfield-a (UK, c. 1697 — 1764)
Amy Mainzer (SAD)
Steve Mandel (SAD)
Geoff Marcy (SAD, 1954 — )
Simon Marius (Njemačka, 1573 — 1624)
Brian Marsden (SAD, 1937 — 2010)
Albert Marth (Njemačka, 1828 — 1897)
Nevil Maskelyne (UK, 1732 — 1811)
Charles Mason (UK, SAD, 1730 — 1787)
John C. Mather (SAD, 1946 — )
Janet Akyüz Mattei (Turska/SAD, 1943 — 2004)
Edward Walter Maunder (UK, 1851 — 1928)
Pierre Louis Maupertuis (Francuska, 1698 — 1759)
Alain Maury (Francuska)
Matthew Fontaine Maury (SAD, 1806 — 1873)
Brian May (UK, 1947 — )
Cornell Mayer (USA, 1922 — 2005)
Tobias Mayer (Njemačka, 1723 — 1762)
Michel Mayor (Švicarska, 1942 — )
Christopher McKee (SAD, 1942 — )
Robert S. McMillan (SAD)
William H. McCrea (UK, 1904 — 1999)
Bruce A. McIntosh (Kanada, 1929 — )
Robert H. McNaught (Australija)
Pierre Méchain (Francuska, 1744 — 1804)
Thebe Medupe (Južnoafrička Republika)
Karen Jean Meech (SAD)
Aden Baker Meinel (SAD, 1922 — )
Fulvio Melia (SAD, 1956 — )
Philibert Jacques Melotte (UK, 1880 — 1961)
Paul Willard Merrill (SAD, 1887 — 1961)
David Merritt (SAD)
Charles Messier (Francuska, 1730 — 1817)
Joel Hastings Metcalf (SAD, 1866 — 1925)
Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos (SAD, 1947 — 1997)
John Michell (UK, 1724 — 1793)
Elia Millosevich (Italija, 1848 — 1919)
Edward Arthur Milne (UK, 1896 — 1950)
Rudolph Minkowski (Njemačka, 1895 — 1976)
Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert (Belgija, Holandija, 1893 — 1970)
Maria Mitchell (SAD, 1818 — 1889)
Seidai Miyasaka (Japan, 1955 — )
Yoshikane Mizuno (Japan)
August Ferdinand Möbius (Njemačka, 1790 — 1868)
Anthony Moffat (Kanada)
Johan Maurits Mohr (Holandija, 1716 — 1775)
Samuel Molyneux (UK, 1689 — 1728)
Geminiano Montanari (Italija, 1633 — 1687)
Patrick Moore (UK, 1923 — )
William Wilson Morgan (SAD, 1906 — 1994)
Hiroshi Mori (Japan, 1958 — )
Amédée Mouchez (Francuska, 1821 — 1892)
Antonín Mrkos (Češka Republika, 1918 — 1996)
Jean Mueller (SAD, 1950 — )
Masaru Mukai (Japan, 1949 — )
Johannes Müller (Njemačka, 1436 — 1476)
Harutaro Murakami (Japan, 1872 — 1947)
Osamu Muramatsu (Japan, 1949 — )
bin Musa, Ahmad (Perzija, 805 — 873)
bin Musa, Hasan (Perzija, 810 — 873)
bin Musa, Muhammad (Perzija, (800 — 873)
Nils Mustelin (Finska, 1931 — 2004)

N
Nilakantha Somayaji (Indija,1444–1544 CE)
Valentin Naboth (Njemačka, Italija, 1523 — 1593)
Naburimannu (Babilon, nekada između 6. vijek p.n.e. i 2. vijek p.n.e.)
Takeshi Nagata (Japan, 1913 — 1991)
Ahmad Nahavandi (Perzija, 7th-8. vijek)
Akimasa Nakamura (Japan, 1961 — )
Syuichi Nakano (Japan, 1947 — )
Jayant Narlikar (Indija, 1938 — )
Naubakht (Perzija, u. 776)
David Naylor (Kanada)
Al-fadl ibn Naubakht (Perzija, 8. vijek)
Otto Neugebauer (Njemačka, SAD, 1899 — 1990)
Grigoriy Nikolaevich Neujmin (Rusija, 1886 — 1946)
Simon Newcomb (SAD, 1835 — 1909)
Isaac Newton (UK, 1643 — 1727)
Seth Barnes Nicholson (SAD, 1891 — 1963)
Albertus Antonie Nijland (Holandija, 1868 — 1936)
Tsuneo Niijima (Japan)
Peter Nilson (Švedska, 1937 — 1998)
Hōei Nojiri (Japan, 1885 — 1977)
Jaime Nomen (Španija)
Toshiro Nomura (Japan, 1954 — )

O
Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard (Norveška, 1966 — )
Okuro Oikawa (Japan, 1896 — 1970)
Tarmo Oja (Švedska)
Tomimaru Okuni (Japan, 1931 — )
Nicolaus Olahus (Mađar, 1493 — 1568)
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (Njemačka, 1758 — 1840)
Gerard O'Neill (SAD, 1927 — 1992)
Jan Hendrik Oort (Holandija, 1900 — 1992)
Pieter Oosterhoff (Holandija, 1904 — 1978)
Ernst Öpik (Estonia, Irska, 1893 — 1985)
José Luis Ortiz Moreno (Španija)
Yoshiaki Oshima (Japan)
Donald Edward Osterbrock, SAD, 1924 — 2007)
Liisi Oterma (Finska, 1915 — 2001)
Satoru Otomo (Japan, 1913 — )
Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans (Holandija, 1827 — 1906)

P
Rafael Pacheco (Španija)
Bohdan Paczyński (Poljska, 1940 — 2007)
Ľudmila Pajdušáková (Slovačka, 1916 — 1979)
Johann Palisa (Austrija, 1848 — 1925)
Johann Palitzsch (Njemačka, 1723 — 1788)
Anton Pannekoek (Holandija, 1873 — 1960)
Eugene Parker (SAD, 1927 — )
George Parker, 2. Grof od Macclesfield-a (UK, c. 1697 — 1764)
William Parsons, Lord Rosse (Irska, 1800 — 1867)
André Patry (Francuska, 1902 — 1960)
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (UK, SAD, 1900 — 1979)
James Peebles (Kanada, SAD, 1935 — )
Leslie Copus Peltier (SAD, 1900 — 1980)
Roger Penrose (UK, 1931 — )
Arno Penzias (Njemačka, 1933 — )
Saul Perlmutter (SAD)
Charles Dillon Perrine (SAD, Argentina, 1867 — 1951)
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (Francuska, 1845 — 1904)
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (Njemačka, SAD, 1813 — 1890)
George Henry Peters (SAD, 1863 — 1947)
Mark M. Phillips (SAD, 1951 — )
Giuseppe Piazzi (Italija, 1746 — 1826)
Edward Charles Pickering (SAD, 1846 — 1919)
William Henry Pickering (SAD, 1858 — 1938)
Maynard Pittendreigh (SAD, 1954 — )
Phil Plait (SAD)
Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (Italija, 1781 — 1864)
Petrus Plancius (Holandija, 1552 — 1622)
John Stanley Plaskett (Kanada, 1865 — 1941)
Norman Robert Pogson (UK, 1829 — 1891)
Christian Pollas (Francuska)
John Pond (Engleska, 1767 — 1836)
Jean-Louis Pons (Francuska, 1761 — 1831)
Vladimír Porubčan (Slovačka, 1940 — )
Charles Pritchard (UK, 1808 — 1893)
Richard Proctor (Engleska, 1837 — 1888)
Ptolemy iz Aleksandrije (Antički Egipat, circa 85 — 165)
Pierre Puiseux (Francuska, 1855 — 1928)
Georg Purbach (Njemačka, 1423 — 1461)
Pythagoras iz Samosa (580 p.n.e. — 500 p.n.e.)
Paris Pişmiş (1911 — 1999)

Q
Adolphe Quetelet (Belgija, 1796 — 1874)
Ali Qushji (Osmanlije, 1403 — 1474)
M. Shahid Qureshi (Pakistan)

R
Radhagobinda Chandra
David Lincoln Rabinowitz (SAD, 1960 — )
Grote Reber (SAD, 1911 — 2002)
Martin Rees (UK, 1942 — )
Hubert Reeves (CA, 1932 — )
Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller) (Njemačka, 1436 — 1476)
Julius Reichelt (Njemačka, 1637 — 1717)
Erasmus Reinhold (Prusija, Njemačka, 1511 — 1553)
Karl Reinmuth (Njemačka, 1892 — 1979)
Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (Holandija, 1886 — 1960)
Giovanni Battista Riccioli (Italija, 1598 — 1671)
Jean Richer (Francuska, 1630 — 1696)
Adam Riess (SAD)
Fernand Rigaux (Belgija)
George Willis Ritchey (SAD, 1864 — 1945)
David Rittenhouse (SAD, 1732 — 1796)
Arjen Roelofs (Holandija, 1754 — 1824)
Elizabeth Roemer (SAD, 1929 — )
Roger od Hereford-a (Engleska) c. 1176 — 1198
Ole Christensen Rømer (Danska, 1644 — 1710)
Otto A. Rosenberger (Njemačka, 1800 — 1890)
Lord Rosse (Irska, 1800 — 1867)
Svein Rosseland (Norveška, 1894 — 1985)
Bruno Rossi (Italija, 1905 — 1993)
Vera Rubin (SAD, 1928 — )
Henry Norris Russell (SAD, 1877 — 1957)
Martin Ryle (UK, 1918 — 1984)

S
Sir Edward Sabine (Irska, 1788 — 1883)
Carl Edward Sagan (SAD, 1934 — 1996)
Megh Nad Saha (Indija, 1893 – 1956)
Edwin Ernest Salpeter (Austrija, Australija, SAD, 1924 — 2008)
Allan Rex Sandage (SAD, 1926 — 2010)
Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (Holandija, 1838 — 1923)
Wallace Leslie William Sargent (UK, SAD, 1935 — )
Anneila Sargent (UK, SAD, 1942 — )
Naoto Sato (Japan, 1953 — )
Alexandre Schaumasse (Francuska, 1882 — 1958)
Giovanni Schiaparelli (Italija, 1835— 1910)
Frank Schlesinger (SAD, 1871 — 1943)
Bernhard Schmidt (Estonija, Švedska, Njemačka, 1879 — 1935)
Brian P. Schmidt (SAD)
Maarten Schmidt (Holandija, 1929 —)
Robert Schommer (SAD, 1946 — 2001)
Johann Hieronymus Schröter (Njemačka, 1745 — 1816)
Lipót Schulhof (Mađarska, 1847—1921)
Heinrich Christian Schumacher (Njemačka, 1780 — 1850)
Hans-Emil Schuster (Njemačka, 1934 — )
Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (Njemačka, 1789 — 1875)
Karl Schwarzschild (Njemačka, 1873 — 1916)
Martin Schwarzschild (Njemačka, SAD, 1912 — 1997)
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (Njemačka, 1870 — 1964)
Ruby Payne Scott (Australija, 1912 — 1981)
James Vernon Scotti (SAD, 1960 — )
Frederick Hanley Seares (SAD, 1873 — 1964)
George Mary Searle (SAD, 1839 — 1918)
Angelo Secchi (Italija, 1818 — 1878)
Sadao Sei (Japan)
Waltraut Seitter (Njemačka, 1930 — 2007)
Tsutomu Seki (Japan, 1930 — )
Carl Keenan Seyfert (SAD, 1911 — 1960)
Grigory Abramovich Shajn (Rusija, 1892 — 1956)
Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn (Rusija, 1894 — 1956)
Harlow Shapley (SAD, 1885 — 1972)
Richard Sheepshanks (UK, 1794 — 1855)
Shen Kuo (Kina, 1031 — 1035)
Shi Shen (Kina, fl. 4. vijek p.n.e.)
Shibukawa Shunkai (Japan, 1639 — 1715)
Yoshisada Shimizu (Japan)
Shinzo Shinjo (Japan, 1873 — 1938)
Qutb eddin Shirazi (Perzija, 1236 — 1311)
Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (Rusija, 1916 — 1985)
Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (SAD, 1929 — )
Eugene Merle Shoemaker (SAD, 1928 — 1997)
Willem de Sitter (Holandija, 1872 — 1934)
Charlotte Moore Sitterly (SAD, 1898 — 1990)
Brian A. Skiff (SAD)
John Francis Skjellerup (Australija, Južnoafrička Republika, 1875 — 1952)
Vesto Melvin Slipher (SAD, 1875 — 1969)
Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (Rusija, 1918 — )
George Smoot  (SAD, 1945 — )
William Henry Smyth (UK, 1788 — 1865)
Willebrord Snel van Royen (Snellius) (Holandija, 1580 — 1626)
Mary Fairfax Somerville (UK, 1780 — 1872)
Sir James South (UK, 1785 — 1867)
Sir Harold Spencer Jones (UK, 1890 — 1960)
Lyman Spitzer (SAD, 1914 — 1997)
Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer (Njemačka, 1822 — 1895)
Rainer Spurzem (Njemačka, 1956 — )
Anton Staus (Njemačka, 1872 — 1955)
Joel Stebbins (SAD, 1878 — 1966)
Johan Stein (Holandija, 1871 — 1951)
Karl August von Steinheil, (Njemačka, 1801 — 1870)
Édouard Stephan (Francuska, 1837 — 1923)
David J. Stevenson (Novi Zeland, 1948 — )
Edward James Stone (1831 — 1897)
F. J. M. Stratton (UK, 1881 — 1960)
Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren (Danska, 1908 — 1987)
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm (von) Struve (Njemačka, Rusija, 1793 — 1864)
Karl Hermann Struve (Rusija, Njemačka, 1854 — 1920)
Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Struve (Rusija, 1858 — 1920)
Otto Struve (Rusija, SAD, 1897 — 1963)
Otto Wilhelm (von) Struve (Rusija, 1819 — 1905)
Su Song (Kina, 1020—1101)
Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi (Perzija, 903 — 986)
Matsuo Sugano (Japan)
Atsushi Sugie (Japan)
Nicholas Suntzeff (SAD, 1952 — )
Rashid Alievich Sunyaev (Uzbekistan Rusija Njemačka, 1943 — )
Shohei Suzuki (Japan)
Lewis A. Swift (SAD, 1820 — 1913)
Frédéric Sy (Francuska)
Gyula M. Szabó (Mađarska, 1979 — )
Samad Rizvi (Pakistan, 1924 — 2009)

T
Akihiko Tago (Japan, 1932 — )
Atsushi Takahashi (Japan)
Kesao Takamizawa (Japan, 1952 — )
Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (SAD, 1941 — )
Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (Njemačka, 1821 — 1889)
Thabit ibn Qurra (Irak, 826 — 901)
Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (Danska, 1838 — 1910)
Louis Thollon (Francuska, 1829 — 1887)
Norman G. Thomas (SAD)
John Thome (SAD, Argentina, 1843 — 1908)
Kip Stephen Thorne (SAD, 1940 — )
Friedrich Tietjen (Njemačka, 1834 — 1895)
Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (Novi Zeland, SAD, 1941 — 1981)
François Félix Tisserand (Francuska, 1845 — 1896)
Johann Daniel Titius (Njemačka, 1729 — 1796)
Yasuo Tanaka (Japan)
Neil Thivalapill (SAD, 1996 - )
Clyde W. Tombaugh (SAD, 1906 — 1997)
Kōichirō Tomita (Japan, 1925 — 2006)
Richard Tousey (SAD, 1908 — 1997)
Charles Townes (SAD)
Virginia Trimble (SAD)
Chad Trujillo (SAD, 1973 — )
Robert Julius Trumpler (SAD, 1886 — 1956)
R. Brent Tully (SAD)
Herbert Hall Turner (Engleska, 1861 — 1930)
Nasir al-Din Tusi (Perzija, 1201 — 1274)
Horace Parnell Tuttle (SAD, 1839 — 1923)
Neil deGrasse Tyson (SAD, 1958 — )

U
Seiji Ueda (Japan, 1952 — )
Ulugh Beg (Perzija, 1394 — 1449)
Antonio de Ulloa (Španija), (1716 — 1795)
Albrecht Unsöld (Njemačka, 1905 — 1995)
Takeshi Urata (Japan)
Mu’ayyad al-Din al-’Urdi (Perzija u. 1266)
Fumiaki Uto (Japan)

V
Yrjö Väisälä (Finska, 1891 — 1971)
Benjamin Valz (Francuska, 1787 — 1867)
James Van Allen (SAD, 1914 — 2006)
George Van Biesbroeck (Belgija, SAD, 1880 — 1974)
Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst (Holandija, 1918 — 2000)
Peter van de Kamp (SAD, 1901 — 1995)
Sidney van den Bergh (Kanada, 1929 — )
Martin van den Hove (Holandija, 1605 — 1639)
Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (Holandija, 1838 — 1923)
Hendrik van Gent (Holandija, Južnoafrička Republika, 1900 — 1947)
Cornelis Johannes van Houten (Holandija, 1920 — 2002)
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (Holandija)
Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (Holandija, 1886 — 1960)
Gérard de Vaucouleurs (Francuska, SAD, 1918 — 1995)
Zdeňka Vávrová (Češka ili Slovačka)
Philippe Véron (Francuska, 1939 — )
Frank Washington Very (USA, 1852 — 1927)
Yvon Villarceau (Francuska, 1813 — 1883)
Julie Vinter Hansen (Danska), 1890 — 1960)
Hermann Carl Vogel (Njemačka, 1841 — 1907)
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Njemačka, Rusija, 1793 — 1864)
Otto Wilhelm von Struve (Rusija, 1819 — 1905)
Alexander N. Vyssotsky (Rusija/SAD,  1888 — 1973)
Emma Vyssotsky (SAD, 1894 — 1975)

W
Arno Arthur Wachmann (Njemačka, 1902 — 1990)
Abul Wáfa (Perzija, 940 — 997-8)
Walcher od Malvern-a (Engleska u. 1135)
George Wallerstein (1930 — )
William Wales (UK, ca. 1734 — 1798)
Qingde Wang (SAD/Kina)
Kazuro Watanabe (Japan, 1955 — )
James Craig Watson (SAD, 1838 — 1880)
Kim Weaver (SAD, 1969 — )
Thomas William Webb (UK, 1807 — 1885)
Alfred Lothar Wegener (Njemačka, 1880 — 1930)
Gary A. Wegner (SAD, 1944 — )
Wei Pu (Kina, fl. 11-ti vijek)
Karl von Weizsäcker (Njemačka, 1912 — 2007)
Godefroy Wendelin (Belgija, 1580 — 1667)
Richard M. West (Danska, 1941 — )
J. G. Westphal (Njemačka)
Johann Heinrich Westphal (Njemačka, Italija, 1794 — 1831)
George Wetherill (1925 — 2006)
John Archibald Wheeler (SAD, 1911 — )
Fred Lawrence Whipple (SAD, 1906 — 2004)
Albert Whitford (SAD, 1905 — 2002)
Chandra Wickramasinghe (UK, 1939 — )
Paul Wild (Švicarska)
Olin C. Wilson (SAD, 1909 — 1994)
Robert Wilson (SAD, 1936 — )
John Winthrop (Massachusetts Bay Kolonija, 1714 — 1779)
Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (Njemačka, 1835 — 1897)
Carl Wirtanen (SAD, 1910 — 1990)
Jack Wisdom (SAD)
Gustav Witt (Njemačka, 1866 — 1946)
Maximilian Wolf (Njemačka, 1863 — 1932)
Aleksander Wolszczan (Poljska, 1946 — )
Richard van der Riet Woolley (UK, 1906 — 1986)
Thomas Wright (UK, 1711 — 1786)

Y
Issei Yamamoto (Japan, 1889 — 1959)
Masayuki Yanai (Japan, 1959 — )
Yi Xing (Kina, 683 — 727)
Charles Augustus Young (SAD, 1834 — 1908)
James Whitney Young (SAD, 1941 — )

Z
Franz Xaver von Zach (Njemačka, 1753 — 1832)
Abraham Zacuto (Španija/Portugal,  1450 — 1510)
John Zarnecki (UK, 1949)
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich (SSSR, 1914 — 1987)
Zhang Daqing (Kina, 1969 — )
Zhang Heng (Kina, 78 — 139)
Zhang Yuzhe (Kina, 1902 — 1986)
Lyudmila Vasil'evna Zhuravleva (Rusija/Ukrajina, ? — )
Felix Ziegel (Sovjetski Savez, 1920 — 1988)
Zu Chongzhi (Kina, 429 — 500)
Fritz Zwicky (Švicarska, SAD, 1898 — 1974)

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Karl Guthe Jansky (SAD, 1905 — 1950), (radio astronom)
James Clerk Maxwell (UK, 1831 — 1879), (fizičar)
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