[edit] A
- George Biddell Airy (UK, 1801 – 1892)
- François Arago (France, 1786 – 1853)
[edit] B
- John N. Bahcall (USA, 1934 – 2005)
- Tycho Brahe (Denmark, 1546 – 1601)
[edit] C
- William Wallace Campbell (USA, 1862 – 1938)
- Edwin Francis Carpenter (USA, 1898 – 1963)
- James Carpenter (UK, 1840 – 1899)
- Richard Christopher Carrington (UK, 1826 – 1875)
- Dominique, comte de Cassini (France, 1748 – 1845)
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini (France, 1625 – 1712)
- Jacques Cassini (France, 1677 – 1756)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (India, USA, 1910 – 1995)
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 – 1543)
[edit] D
- Willem de Sitter (Netherlands, 1872 – 1934)
- Robert Dicke (USA, 1916 – 1997)
[edit] E
- Arthur Eddington (UK, 1882 – 1944)
[edit] F
[edit] G
- George Gamow (Russia, USA, 1904 – 1968)
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (Germany, 1777 – 1855)
- Thomas Gold (USA, 1920 – 2004)
[edit] H
- George Ellery Hale (USA, 1868 – 1938)
- Edmond Halley (England, 1656 – 1742)
- Caroline Herschel (UK, 1750 – 1848)
- John Herschel (UK, 1792 – 1871)
- William Herschel (UK/Germany, 1738 – 1822)
- Fred Hoyle (UK, 1915 – 2001)
- Edwin Powell Hubble (USA, 1889 – 1953)
- Christiaan Huygens (Netherlands, 1629 – 1695)
[edit]I
[edit] J
- James Jeans (UK, 1877 – 1946)
[edit]K
- Johannes Kepler (Germany, 1571 – 1630)
[edit] L
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange (France, 1736 – 1813)
- Pierre-Simon Laplace (France, 1749 – 1827)
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt (USA, 1868 – 1921)
- Georges Lemaître (Belgium, 1894 – 1966)
- Percival Lowell (USA, 1855 – 1916)
[edit] M
- Charles Messier (France, 1730 – 1817)
[edit] N
- Isaac Newton (UK, 1643 – 1727)
[edit]O
- Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (Germany, 1758 – 1840)
[edit]P
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Radhagobinda Chandra
- Martin Ryle (UK, 1918 – 1984)
[edit] S
- Carl Edward Sagan (USA, 1934 – 1996)
- Karl Schwarzschild (Germany, 1873 – 1916)
- Harlow Shapley (USA, 1885 – 1972)
- Willem de Sitter (Netherlands, 1872 – 1934)
- Lyman Spitzer (USA, 1914 – 1997)
[edit] T
- Martin van den Hove (Netherlands, 1605 – 1639)
[edit] W
- John Archibald Wheeler (USA, 1911 – )
- Fred Lawrence Whipple (USA, 1906 – 2004)
[edit] Y
[edit] Z
- Fritz Zwicky (Switzerland, USA, 1898 – 1974)