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A
- Marc Aaronson (ABD, 1950 – 1987)
- George Ogden Abell (ABD, 1927 – 1983)
- Antonio Abetti (İtalya, 1846 – 1928)
- Giorgio Abetti (İtalya, 1882 – 1982)
- Charles Greeley Abbot (ABD, 1872 – 1973)
- Charles Hitchcock Adams (ABD, 1868 – 1951)
- John Couch Adams (Birleşik Krallık, 1819 – 1892)
- Walter Sydney Adams (ABD, 1876 – 1956)
- Saul Adelman (ABD, (1944 -)
- Agrippa (Yunanistan, ``bilinmiyor`` – 92)
- Paul Oswald Ahnert (Almanya, 1897 – 1989)
- Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (Almanya, 1912 – 1954)
- George Biddell Airy, (İngiltere, 1801 – 1892)
- Robert Aitken, (ABD, 1864 – 1951)
- Al Battani (Irak, 850 – 929)
- Albategnius ``(bkz. Al-Batani)``
- Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky (Rusya)
- Albumasar (İran 787 - 886)
- George Alcock (Birleşik Krallık, 1913 – 2000)
- Harold Alden (ABD, 1890 – 1964)
- Hannes Alfví©n (İsveç, 1908 – 1995)
- Lawrence H. Aller (ABD, 1913 – 2003)
- Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, (İran, 903 – 986)
- Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian, (Ermenistan, 1912 – 1996)
- John August Anderson, (ABD, 1876 – 1959)
- Andronicus of Cyrrhus
- Anders Jonas í…ngström (İsveç, 1814 – 1874)
- Eugí¨ne Michel Antoniadi (Yunanistan, Fransa, 1870 – 1944)
- Petrus Apianus (Almanya, 1495 – 1557)
- François Arago (Fransa, 1786 – 1853)
- Sylvain Arend (Belçika, 1902 – 1992)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (Almanya, 1799 – 1875)
- Aristarchus of Samos, yaklaşık 310 MÖ – yaklaşık 230 MÖ)
- Christoph Arnold (Almanya, 1650 – 1695)
- Svante Arrhenius (İsveç, 1859 – 1927)
- Arzachel (Endülüs, 1028 – 1087)
- Goryu Asada (Japonya, 1734 –1799)
- Giuseppe Asclepi (İtalya, 1706 – 1776)
- Joseph Ashbrook (ABD, 4 Nisan 1918 – 4 Ağustos 1980)
- Arthur Auwers (Almanya, 1838 – 1915)
- Adrien Auzout (Fransa, 1622 – 1691)
B
- Walter Baade (Almanya, 1893 – 1960)
- Harold D. Babcock (ABD, 1882 – 1968)
- Horace W. Babcock (ABD, 1912 – 2003)
- Oskar Backlund (İsveç, 1846 – 1916)
- John N. Bahcall (ABD, 1934 – 2005)
- John E. Baldwin (Birleşik Krallık, 1934 –)
- Benjamin Baillaud (Fransa, 1848 – 1934)
- Jean Sylvain Bailly (Fransa, 1736 – 1793)
- Francis Baily (Birleşik Krallık, 1774 – 1844)
- John Bainbridge (Birleşik Krallık, 1582 – 1643)
- Sallie Baliunas (ABD, 1953 –)
- Benjamin Banneker (ABD, 1731 – 1806)
- Edward Emerson Barnard (ABD, 1857 – 1923)
- Johann Bayer (Almanya, 1572 – 1625)
- Antonín BeÄváÅ™ (Slovakya, 1901 – 1965)
- Wilhelm Beer (Almanya, 1797 – 1850)
- Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky (Rusya, 1883 – 1953)
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell (İrlanda, 1943 –)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (Almanya, 1784 – 1846)
- Wilhelm Freiherr von Biela (Avusturya, 1782 – 1856)
- Ludwig Biermann (Almanya, 1907 – 1986)
- Guillaume Bigourdan (Fransa, 1851 – 1932)
- Biruni (İran 973 - 1048)
- Adriaan Blaauw (Hollanda, 1914 –)
- Nathaniel Bliss (Birleşik Krallık, 1700 – 1764)
- Johann Elert Bode (Almanya, 1747 – 1826)
- Alfred Bohrmann (Almanya, 1904 – 2000)
- Bart Bok (Hollanda, 1906 – 1983)
- Charles Thomas Bolton (ABD, 1943 –)
- John Gatenby Bolton (Birleşik Krallık, Avusturalya, 1922 – 1993)
- William Cranch Bond (ABD, 1789 – 1859)
- Alphonse Borrelly (Fransa, 1842 – 1926)
- Rudjer Boscovich (Dalmaçya, 1711 – 1787)
- Lewis Boss (ABD, 1846 – 1912)
- Rychard Bouwens (ABD, 1972 –)
- Alexis Bouvard (Fransa, 1767 – 1843)
- Edward L. G. Bowell (ABD)
- Ira Sprague Bowen (ABD, 1898 – 1973)
- Louis Boyer (Fransa)
- Ronald N. Bracewell (Avusturalya, ABD, 1921 –)
- James Bradley (İngiltere, 1693 – 1762)
- Tycho Brahe (Danimarka, 1546 – 1601)
- John Alfred Brashear (ABD, 1840 – 1920)
- William Robert Brooks (ABD, 1844 – 1922)
- Theodor Brorsen (Danimarka, 1819 – 1895)
- Dirk Brouwer (Hollanda–ABD, 1902 – 1966)
- Ernest William Brown (Birleşik Krallık, 1866 – 1938)
- Michael E. Brown (ABD)
- Ismael Bullialdus (Fransa, 1605 – 1694)
- James Steven Bullock (ABD, 1971 –)
- Margaret Burbidge (Birleşik Krallık, 1919 –)
- Robert Burnham, Jr. (ABD, 1931 – 1993)
- Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838 – 1921)
- Schelte J. Bus (ABD)
C
- William Wallace Campbell (ABD, 1862 – 1938)
- Annie Jump Cannon (ABD, 1863 – 1941)
- Luigi Carnera (İtalya, 1875 – 1962)
- Edwin Francis Carpenter (ABD, 1898 – 1963)
- James Carpenter (Birleşik Krallık, 1840 – 1899)
- Richard Christopher Carrington (Birleşik Krallık, 1826 – 1875)
- Cí©sar-François Cassini de Thury (Fransa, 1714 – 1784)
- Dominique, comte de Cassini (Fransa, 1748 – 1845)
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cassini (Fransa, 1625 – 1712)
- Jacques Cassini (Fransa, 1677 – 1756)
- Bonaventura Cavalieri (İtalya, 1598 – 1647)
- Anders Celsius, (1701 – 1744)
- Vincenzo Cerulli, (İtalya, 1859 – 1927)
- Jean Chacornac (Fransa, 1823 – 1873)
- James Challis (Birleşik Krallık, 1803 – 1882)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (India, ABD, 1910 – 1995)
- Carl Charlier (İsveç, 1862 – 1934)
- Auguste Charlois (Fransa, 1864 – 1910)
- Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh (Rusya?, Ukrayna)
- Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh (Rusya, Ukrayna, 1931 –)
- James Christy (ABD, 1938 –)
- Edwin Foster Coddington (ABD, 1870 – 1950)
- Jí©rí´me Eugí¨ne Coggia (Fransa, 1849 – 1919)
- Josep Comas Solá (İspanya)
- Andrew Ainslie Common (Birleşik Krallık, 1841 – 1903)
- E. J. Cooper (İrlanda, 1798 – 1863)
- Nicolaus Copernicus (Polonya, 1473 – 1543)
- Pablo Cottenot (Fransa)
- Heather Couper (Birleşik Krallık)
- Arthur Edwin Covington (Kanada, 1914 – 2001)
- Philip Herbert Cowell (Birleşik Krallık, 1870 – 1949)
- Thomas George Cowling (Birleşik Krallık, 1906 – 1990)
- Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (Birleşik Krallık, 1865 – 1939)
- Heber Doust Curtis (ABD, 1872 – 1942)
D
- Jacques Eugí¨ne d`Allonville (Fransa, 1671 – 1732)
- Andre Louis Danjon (Fransa, 1890 – 1967)
- Heinrich d`Arrest (Almanya, 1822 – 1875)
- George Howard Darwin (Birleşik Krallık, 1845 – 1912)
- William Rutter Dawes (Birleşik Krallık, 1799 – 1868)
- Bernard Dawson (Arjantin, 1890 – 1960)
- Leo de Ball (Almanya, Avusturya, 1853 – 1916)
- Henri Debehogne (Belçika)
- Annibale de Gasparis (İtalya, 1819 – 1892)
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (Fransa, 1749 – 1822)
- Charles-Eugí¨ne Delaunay (Fransa, 1816 – 1872)
- Eugí¨ne Joseph Delporte (Belçika, 1882 – 1955)
- Audrey Delsanti
- William Frederick Denning (Birleşik Krallık, 1848 – 1931)
- Alíz Derekas (Macaristan, 1977 –)
- Willem de Sitter (Hollanda, 1872 – 1934)
- Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (Fransa, 1853 – 1948)
- Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch (Rusya)
- Gí©rard de Vaucouleurs (Fransa, ABD, 1918 – 1995)
- Robert Dicke (ABD, 1916 – 1997)
- Terence Dickinson, (Kanada), astronom ve yazar
- Thomas Digges (İngiltere, 1546 – 1595)
- Herbert Dingle (ABD, 1890 – 1978)
- Andrea Di Paola (İtalya)
- John Dobson (1915 –)
- Franjo Dominko, (Slovenya, 1903 – 1987)
- Giovanni Battista Donati, (İtalya, 1826 – 1873)
- Frank Drake (ABD, 1930 –)
- Henry Draper (ABD, 1837 – 1882)
- John Dreyer (İrlanda, 1852 – 1926)
- Alexander D. Dubyago (Rusya), 1903 – 1959)
- Dmitrij I. Dubyago (Rusya), 1850 – 1918)
- Jean C. B. Dufay (Fransa, 1896 – 1967)
- Raymond Smith Dugan (ABD, 1878 – 1940)
- Frank Watson Dyson (Birleşik Krallık, 1868 – 1939)
E
- Arthur Eddington (İngiltere, 1882 – 1944)
- Frank K. Edmondson, (ABD), (doğumu 1912)
- Olin J. Eggen (ABD, 1919 – 1998)
- Eise Eisinga (Hollanda, 1744 – 1828)
- Eric Elst (Belçika)
- Johann Franz Encke (Almanya, 1791 – 1865)
- Eratosthenes (İskenderiye, MÖ 276 – MÖ 194)
- Emil Ernst (Ph.D. Almanya)
- Ernest Esclangon, (Fransa, 1876 – 1954)
- Larry W. Esposito (ABD)
- Eudoxus (Knidos, yaklaşık MÖ 408 – yaklaşık MÖ 347)
F
- David Fabricius (Hollanda, 1564 – 1617)
- Sandra M. Faber (ABD, 1945-)
- Johannes Fabricius (Hollanda, 1587 – 1615)
- Herví© Faye (1814 – 1902)
- Charles Fehrenbach (Fransa, 1914 –)
- Farghani (İran, d. after 861)
- James Ferguson (ABD, 1797 – 1867)
- Erwin Finlay-Freundlich (1885 – 1964)
- Axel Firsoff (Birleşik Krallık, 1910 – 1981)
- J. Richard Fisher
- Camille Flammarion (Fransa, 1842 – 1925)
- Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (Fransa, 1867 – 1962)
- John Flamsteed, (İngiltere, 1646 – 1719)
- Honorí© Flaugergues (Fransa, 1755 – 1835)
- Williamina Fleming (ABD, 1857 – 1911)
- Wilhelm Julius Foerster (Almanya, 1832 – 1921)
- Alfred Fowler (Birleşik Krallık, 1868 – 1940)
- William Alfred Fowler (ABD, 1911 – 1995)
- Philip Fox (ABD, 1878 – 1944)
- Herbert Friedman (ABD, 1916 – )
- Dirk D. Frimout, (Belçika, 1941 –), engineer and cosmonaut
- Edwin Brant Frost (ABD, 1866 – 1935)
G
- Galileo Galilei (İtalya, 1564 – 1642)
- Julio Garavito Armero
- Johann Gottfried Galle (Almanya, 1812 – 1910)
- George Gamow (Rusya, ABD, 1904 – 1968)
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (Almanya, 1777 – 1855)
- Tom Gehrels (Hollanda, ABD, 1925 – )
- Andrea Ghez (ABD)
- Riccardo Giacconi (İtalya, 1931 –)
- Michel Giacobini (Fransa, 1873 – 1938)
- Henry Lee Giclas (ABD)
- David Gill (Birleşik Krallık, 1843 – 1914)
- Thomas Gold (ABD, 1920 – 2004)
- Leo Goldberg (ABD, 1913 – 1987)
- Peter Goldreich (ABD, 1939 – )
- Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt (Almanya, 1802 – 1866)
- Paul Goldsmith (ABD, 1948 –)
- François Gonnessiat (Fransa, 1856 – 1934)
- John Goodricke (Birleşik Krallık, 1764 – 1786)
- Abu Sa`id Gorgani (İran, 9. yüzyıl)
- Paul Götz (Almanya)
- Benjamin Apthorp Gould (ABD, 1824 – 1896)
- Andrew Graham (İrlanda, 1815 – 1907)
- Charles Green (İngiltere, 1735 – 1771)
- Jesse Greenstein (ABD, 1909 – 2002)
- Bengt Gustafsson, (İsveç)
- Alan Harvey Guth (ABD, 1947 –)
H
- Yusuke Hagihara (Japonya, 1897 –1979)
- George Ellery Hale (ABD, 1868 – 1938)
- Asaph Hall (ABD, 1829 – 1907)
- Edmond Halley (İngiltere, 1656 – 1742)
- Peter Andreas Hansen (8 Aralık, 1795 – 28 Mart 1874)
- Abulfazl Harawi (İran, 10th yüzyıl)
- Karl Ludwig Harding (Almanya, 1765 – 1834)
- Thomas Hariot (Birleşik Krallık, 1560 – 1621)
- Guillermo Haro (Meksika, 1913 – 1988)
- Robert G. Harrington (ABD)
- Robert Sutton Harrington (ABD, 1942 – 1993)
- William Kenneth Hartmann (ABD, 1939 –)
- Stephen Hawking (Birleşik Krallık, 1942 –)
- Will Hay (Birleşik Krallık, 1888 - 1949)
- Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann (Almanya, 1901 – 1983)
- Joseph Helffrich (Almanya)
- Eleanor Helin (ABD)
- Maximilian Hell (Avusturya-Macaristan, 1720 – 1792)
- Karl Ludwig Hencke (Almanya, 1793 – 1866)
- Thomas Henderson (İskoçya, 1798 – 1844)
- Paul Henry (Fransa, 1848 – 1905)
- Prosper Henry (Fransa, 1849 – 1903)
- George Howard Herbig (ABD, 1920 –)
- Caroline Herschel (Birleşik Krallık, 1750 – 1848)
- John Herschel (Birleşik Krallık, 1792 – 1871)
- William Herschel (Birleşik Krallık, 1738 – 1822)
- Ejnar Hertzsprung (Danimarka, 1873 – 1967)
- Johannes Hevelius (Polonya, 1611 – 1687)
- Antony Hewish (Birleşik Krallık, 1924 –)
- George William Hill (ABD, 1838 – 1914)
- John Russell Hind (Birleşik Krallık, 1823 – 1895)
- Frederick Hinkle (Birleşik Krallık, – )
- Hipparchus (İznik, yaklaşık 190 MÖ – 120 MÖ)
- Kiyotsugu Hirayama (Japonya, 1874 – 1943)
- Shin Hirayama (Japonya, 1868 – 1945)
- Gustave-Adolphe Hirn (Fransa, 1815 – 1890)
- Cuno Hoffmeister (Almanya, 1892 – 1968)
- Dorrit Hoffleit (ABD, 1907 –)
- Helen Sawyer Hogg (Kanada, 1905 – 1993)
- Minoru Honda (Japonya, 1917 –1990)
- Jeremiah Horrocks (Birleşik Krallık, c1619 – 1641)
- Fred Hoyle (Birleşik Krallık, 1915 – 2001)
- Edwin Powell Hubble (ABD, 1889 – 1953)
- William Huggins (Birleşik Krallık, 1824 – 1910)
- Russell Alan Hulse (ABD, 1950 –)
- Christiaan Huygens (Hollanda, 1629 – 1695)
- Josef Allen Hynek (ABD, 1910 – 1986)
I
- I Sin (China, 683 – 727)
- Icko Iben, Jr. (1931 – )
- Kaoru Ikeya (Japonya)
- Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes (İskoçya, Güney Afrika, 1861 – 1933)
J
- Cyril V. Jackson (Güney Afrika)
- Karl Guthe Jansky (ABD, 1905 – 1950)
- Pierre Jules Cí©sar Janssen (Fransa, 1824 – 1907)
- James Jeans (Birleşik Krallık,1877 – 1946)
- Benjamin Jekhowsky (Rusya, Fransa, Cezayir, 1881 – ?)
- Louise Freeland Jenkins (ABD, 1888 – 1970)
- David Jewitt
- Alfred Harrison Joy (ABD, 1882 – 1973)
K
- Franz Kaiser (Almanya, 1891 – 1962)
- Jacobus Kapteyn (Hollanda, 1851 – 1922)
- Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina (Ukrayna)
- Ghiyath al-Kashi (İran, 1380 - 1429)
- James Edward Keeler (ABD, 1857 – 1900)
- Muraoka Kenji, (Japonya, 1955 –)
- Johannes Kepler (Almanya, 1571 – 1630)
- Omar Khayyám (İran, 1048 – 1131)
- Al-Khujandi (İran, 10th yüzyıl)
- Khwarizmi, (İran, 780 – 850)
- Kidinnu (Babil, yaklaşık 400 MÖ – 310 MÖ)
- Hisashi Kimura (Japonya, 1870 –1943)
- Daniel Kirkwood (1814 – 1895)
- Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues (Almanya, 1827 – 1884)
- Viktor Knorre (Rusya, 1840 – 1919)
- Takao Kobayashi (Japonya)
- LuboÅ¡ Kohoutek (1935 –)
- ZdenÄ›k Kopal (Çek Cumhuriyeti, Birleşik Krallık, ABD, 1914 – 1993)
- August Kopff (Almanya, 1882 – 1960)
- Korado Korlević (Hırvatistan)
- Savvas Michael Koushiappas (Kıbrıs, 1972 –)
- Charles T. Kowal (ABD, 1940 –)
- Robert Kraft
- Ľubor Kresák (Slovakya, 1927 – 1994)
- Gerard Kuiper (Hollanda, ABD, 1905 – 1973)
- Yoshio Kushida (Japonya, 1957 –)
L
- Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (Fransa, 1713 – 1762)
- Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (İsveç)
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange (Fransa, 1736 – 1813)
- Jí©rí´me Lalande (Fransa, 1732 – 1807)
- Johann Heinrich Lambert (Fransa, Almanya, 1728 – 1777)
- Samuel Pierpont Langley (ABD, 1834 – 1906)
- Pierre-Simon Laplace (Fransa, 1749 – 1827)
- William Lassell (Birleşik Krallık, 1799 – 1880)
- A. Laurent (Fransa)
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt (ABD, 1868 – 1921)
- Typhoon Lee (ABD and Tayvan)
- Guillaume Le Gentil (Fransa, 1725 – 1792)
- Georges Lemaitre (Belçika, 1894 – 1966)
- Pierre Lemonnier (Fransa, 1715 – 1799)
- Armin Leuschner (Almanya, 1868 – 1953)
- Urbain Le Verrier (Fransa, 1811 – 1877)
- David Levy (ABD)
- Bertil Lindblad (İsveç, 1895 – 1965)
- Joseph Johann Littrow (Avusturya, 1781 – 1840)
- Karl L. Littrow (Avusturya, 1811 – 1877)
- Joseph Lockyer (Birleşik Krallık, 1836 – 1920)
- Maurice Loewy (Avusturya/Fransa, 1833 – 1907)
- Christian Sí¸rensen Longomontanus (Danimarka, 1562 – 1647)
- Lord Rosse (İrlanda, 1800 – 1867)
- Percival Lowell (ABD, 1855 – 1916)
- John William Lubbock (Birleşik Krallık, 1803 – 1865)
- Robert Luther (Almanya, 1822 – 1900)
- Jane Luu (ABD)
- Willem Luyten (1899 – 1994)
- Donald Lynden-Bell
- Bernard Lyot (Fransa, 1897 – 1952)
M
- Adriaan van Maanen (ABD, 1884 – 1946)
- George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (Birleşik Krallık, c. 1697 – 1764)
- Simon Marius (Almanya, 1573 – 1624)
- Brian Marsden (ABD)
- Albert Marth (Almanya, 1828 – 1897)
- Nevil Maskelyne (Birleşik Krallık, 1732 – 1811)
- Charles Mason (Birleşik Krallık, ABD, 1730 – 1787)
- Janet Akyüz Mattei (Türkiye/ABD, 1943 – 2004)
- Edward Walter Maunder (Birleşik Krallık, 1851 – 1928)
- Pierre Louis Maupertuis (Fransa, 1698 – 1759)
- Alain Maury (Fransa)
- Cornell Mayer (ABD, 1922-2005)
- Tobias Mayer (Almanya, 1723 – 1762)
- Christopher McKee (ABD, 1942 –)
- Robert S. McMillan (ABD)
- William H. McCrea (Birleşik Krallık, 1904 – 1999)
- Bruce A. McIntosh (Kanada 1929 –)
- Pierre Mí©chain (Fransa, 1744 – 1804)
- Thebe Medupe (Güney Afrika)
- Karen Jean Meech (ABD)
- Aden Baker Meinel (ABD, 1922 – )
- Philibert Jacques Melotte (Birleşik Krallık, 1880 – 1961)
- Paul Willard Merrill (ABD, 1887 – 1961)
- Charles Messier (Fransa, 1730 – 1817)
- Joel Hastings Metcalf (ABD, 1866 – 1925)
- John Michell (Birleşik Krallık, 1724 – 1793)
- Elia Millosevich (İtalya, 1848 – 1919)
- Dan Milosavljevic
- Edward Arthur Milne (Birleşik Krallık, 1896 – 1950)
- Rudolph Minkowski (Almanya, 1895 – 1976)
- Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert (Belçika, 1893 – 1970)
- Maria Mitchell (ABD, 1818 – 1889)
- August Ferdinand Möbius (Almanya, 1790 – 1868)
- Samuel Molyneux (Birleşik Krallık)
- Geminiano Montanari (İtalya, 1633 – 1687)
- Patrick Moore (Birleşik Krallık, 1923 –)
- William Wilson Morgan (ABD, 1906 – 1994)
- Amí©dí©e Mouchez (Fransa, 1821 – 1892)
- Antonín Mrkos (Çek Cumhuriyeti, 1918 – 1996)
- Jean Mueller (ABD)
- Johannes Müller (Almanya, 1436 – 1476)
- bin Musa, Ahmad, (İran, 805 - 873)
- bin Musa, Hasan, (İran, 810 - 873)
- bin Musa, Muhammad, (İran, (800 - 873)
- Nils Mustelin (Finlandiya, 1931 – 2004)
- Geoff Marcy (ABD)
N
- Naubakht (İran, d. 776)
- Al-fadl ibn Naubakht (İran, 8. yüzyıl)
- Nabu-rimanni (Babylonia, yaklaşık MÖ 560 – MÖ 480)
- Ahmad Nahavandi (İran, 7-8. yüzyıl)
- Syuichi Nakano (Japonya)
- Grigoriy Nikolaevich Neujmin (Rusya, 1886 – 1946)
- Gerry Neugebauer
- Otto Neugebauer (Almanya, ABD, 1899 – 1990)
- Simon Newcomb (ABD, 1835 – 1909)
- Isaac Newton (Birleşik Krallık, 1643 – 1727)
- Seth Barnes Nicholson (ABD, 1891 – 1963)
- Peter Nilson (İsveç, 1937 – 1998)
O
- Tarmo Oja (İsveç)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Matthí¤us Olbers (Almanya, 1758 – 1840)
- Gerard O`Neill (ABD,1927 – 1992)
- Jan Hendrik Oort (Hollanda, 1900 – 1992)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Opelt (Almanya, 1794 – 1863)
- Ernst Öpik (Estonia, İrlanda, 1893 – 1985)
- Donald Edward Osterbrock, ABD, 1924 –)
- Liisi Oterma (Finlandiya, 1915 – 2001)
P
- Bohdan Paczynski, (Polonya 1940 –)
- Ľudmila PajduÅ¡áková (Slovakya, 1916 – 1979)
- Johann Palisa, (Avusturya, 1848 – 1925)
- Johann Palitzsch (1723 – 1788)
- Anton Pannekoek (Hollanda, 1873 – 1960)
- George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (Birleşik Krallık, c. 1697 – 1764)
- Eugene Parker (ABD, 1927 – )
- William Parsons, Lord Rosse (İrlanda, 1800 – 1867)
- Andrí© Patry (Fransa, 1902 – 1960)
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (Birleşik Krallık ABD, 1900 – 1979)
- James Peebles (Kanada ABD, 1935 – )
- Leslie Copus Peltier (ABD, 1900 – 1980)
- Roger Penrose (Birleşik Krallık, 1931 –)
- Arno Penzias (Almanya, 1933 –)
- Charles Dillon Perrine (ABD, Arjantin, 1867 – 1951)
- Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (Fransa, 1845 – 1904)
- Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (Almanya, ABD, 1813 – 1890)
- George Henry Peters (ABD, 1863 – 1947)
- Erik V. Petersen (Danimarka, 1911 –)
- Giuseppe Piazzi (İtalya, 1746 – 1826)
- Edward Charles Pickering (ABD, 1846 – 1919)
- William Henry Pickering (ABD, 1858 – 1938)
- Philip Plait (ABD)
- Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (İtalya, 1781 – 1864)
- John Stanley Plaskett (Kanada, 1865 – 1941)
- Norman Robert Pogson, (Birleşik Krallık, 1829 – 1891)
- Christian Pollas, (Fransa)
- John Pond (İngiltere, 1767 – 1836)
- Jean-Louis Pons (Fransa, 1761 – 1831)
- Charles Pritchard (Birleşik Krallık, 1808 – 1893)
- Richard Proctor (İngiltere, 1837 – 1888)
- Ptolemy of Alexandria (Roman Egypt, yaklaşık 85 – 165)
- Pierre Puiseux (Fransa, 1855 – 1928)
- Georg Purbach (Almanya, 1423 – 1461)
- Pisagor
Q
- Adolphe Quetelet (Belçika, 1796 – 1874)
R
- David Lincoln Rabinowitz (ABD, 1960 – )
- Samuel Ramsden (Birleşik Krallık)
- Pavla Ranzinger (Slovenya)
- Grote Reber (ABD, 1911 – 2002)
- Martin Rees (Birleşik Krallık, 1942 –)
- Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller) (Almanya, 1436 – 1476)
- Erasmus Reinhold (Prusya, Almanya, 1511 – 1553)
- Karl Reinmuth (Almanya, 1892 – 1979)
- Giovanni Battista Riccioli (İtalya, 1598 – 1671)
- Jean Richer (Fransa, 1630 – 1696)
- Fernand Rigaux (Belçika)
- Elizabeth Roemer (ABD, 1929 –)
- Jim Rolff (ABD , 1983 &ndashl;)
- Ole Christensen Rí¸mer (Danimarka, 1644 – 1710)
- Otto A. Rosenberger (Almanya, 1800 – 1890)
- Lord Rosse (İrlanda, 1800 – 1867)
- Bruno Rossi (İtalya, 1905 – 1993)
- Vera Rubin (ABD, 1928 –)
- Henry Norris Russell (ABD, 1877 – 1957)
- Martin Ryle (Birleşik Krallık, 1918 – 1984)
S
- Sir Edward Sabine (Birleşik Krallık, 1788 – 1883)
- Carl Edward Sagan (ABD, 1934 – 1996)
- Edwin Ernest Salpeter (Avusturya, Avusturalya, ABD, 1924 –)
- Allan Rex Sandage (1926 –)
- Wallace Leslie William Sargent
- Alexandre Schaumasse (Fransa, 1882 – 1958)
- Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (İtalya, 1835 – 1910)
- Frank Schlesinger (ABD, 1871 – 1943)
- Bernhard Schmidt (Estonya, İsveç, Almanya, 1879 – 1935)
- Maarten Schmidt (1929 –)
- Johann Hieronymus Schröter (Almanya, 1745 – 1816)
- Lipót Schulhof (Macaristan, 1847 – 1921)
- Heinrich Christian Schumacher (Almanya, 1780 – 1850)
- Hans-Emil Schuster (Almanya, 1934 –)
- Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (Almanya, 1789 – 1875)
- Karl Schwarzschild (Almanya, 1873 – 1916)
- Martin Schwarzschild (Almanya, ABD, 1912 – 1997)
- Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (Almanya, 1870 – 1964)
- Ruby Payne Scott (Avusturalya, 1912 – 1981)
- James Vernon Scotti (ABD, 1960 –)
- Frederick Hanley Seares (ABD, 1873 – 1964)
- George Mary Searle (ABD, 1839 – 1918)
- Tsutomu Seki (Japonya, 1930 –)
- Carl Keenan Seyfert (ABD, 1911 – 1960)
- Grigory Abramovich Shajn (Rusya, 1892 – 1956)
- Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn (Rusya, 1894 – 1956)
- Harlow Shapley (ABD, 1885 – 1972)
- Richard Sheepshanks (Birleşik Krallık, 1794 – 1855)
- Qutb eddin Shirazi (İran)
- Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (Rusya, 1916 – 1985)
- Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (ABD, 1929 –)
- Eugene Merle Shoemaker (ABD, 1928 – 1997)
- Charlotte Moore Sitterly (ABD, 1898 – 1990)
- Brian A. Skiff (ABD)
- John Francis Skjellerup (Avusturalya, Güney Afrika, 1875 – 1952)
- Charles D. Slaughter (ABD)
- Vesto Melvin Slipher (ABD, 1875 – 1969)
- Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (Rusya, 1918 –)
- William Henry Smyth (Birleşik Krallık, 1788 – 1865)
- Nina A. Solovaya (Rusya, 1940 –)
- Mary Fairfax Somerville (Birleşik Krallık, 1780 – 1872)
- Sir James South (Birleşik Krallık, (1785 – 1867)
- Sir Harold Spencer Jones (Birleşik Krallık, 1890 – 1960)
- Lyman Spitzer (ABD, 1914 – 1997)
- Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer (Almanya, 1822 – 1895)
- Link Starbureiy, (ABD)
- Anton Staus (Almanya, 1872 – 1955)
- Joel Stebbins, (ABD, 1878 – 1966)
- Karl August von Steinheil, (Almanya, 1801 – 1870)
- í‰douard Jean-Marie Stephan, (Fransa, 1837 – 1923)
- David J. Stevenson, (Yeni Zelanda, 1948 –)
- Edward James Stone, (1831 – 1897)
- Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren, (Danimarka, 1908 – 1987)
- Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve (Almanya, Rusya, 1793 – 1864)
- Karl Hermann Struve (Rusya, Almanya, 1854 – 1920)
- Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Struve (Rusya, 1858 – 1920)
- Otto Struve (Rusya, ABD, 1897 – 1963)
- Otto Wilhelm Struve (Rusya, 1819 – 1905)
- Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi (İran, 903 - 986)
- Rashid Alievich Sunyaev (Özbekistan Rusya Almanya, 1943 – )
- Lewis A. Swift (ABD, 1820 – 1913)
- Frí©dí©ric Sy (Fransa)
T
- Atsushi Takahashi (Japonya)
- Takiyettin (Osmanlı, 1526-1580)
- Gonzalo Tancredi (Uruguay, 1963 –)
- Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (ABD, 1941 –)
- Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel, (Almanya, 1821 – 1889)
- Thabit ibn Qurra (Irak, 826 – 901)
- Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (Danimarka, 1838 – 1910)
- Norman G. Thomas (ABD)
- John M. Thome (1843 – 1908)
- Kip Stephen Thorne (ABD, 1940 –)
- Friedrich Tietjen (Almanya, 1834 – 1895)
- Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (ABD, 1941 – 1981)
- François Fí©lix Tisserand (Fransa, 1845 – 1896)
- Johann Daniel Titius (Almanya, 1729 – 1796)
- Clyde W. Tombaugh (ABD, 1906 – 1997)
- Richard Tousey (ABD, 1908 – 1997)
- Virginia Trimble (ABD)
- Chad Trujillo (ABD)
- Robert Julius Trumpler (ABD, 1886 – 1956)
- R. Brent Tully (ABD)
- Herbert Hall Turner (İngiltere, 1861 – 1930)
- Nasir al-Din Tusi (İran, 1201-1274)
- Horace Parnell Tuttle (ABD, 1839 – 1923)
U
- Ulugh Beg (Azerbaycan Özbekistan, 1394 – 1449)
- Albrecht Unsöld (Almanya, 1905 – 1995)
- Mu`ayyad al-Din al-`Urdi (İran)
V
- Yrjö Ví¤isí¤lí¤ (Finlandiya, 1891 – 1971)
- Benjamin Valz (Fransa, 1787 – 1867)
- James Van Allen (ABD, 1914 –)
- George Van Biesbroeck (Belçika, ABD, 1880 – 1974)
- Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst (Hollanda, 1918 – 2000)
- Peter van de Kamp (ABD, 1901 – 1995)
- Sidney van den Bergh (Kanada, 1929 – )
- Hendrik Van Gent (Hollanda, Güney Afrika, (1900 – 29 Mart, 1947)
- Cornelis Johannes van Houten (Hollanda, 1920 – August 24 2002)
- Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (Hollanda)
- Zdeňka Vávrová (Çek Cumhuriyeti or Slovakya)
- Philippe Ví©ron (Fransa, 1939 – )
- Frank Washington Very (ABD, 1852 – 1927)
- Yvon Villarceau (Fransa, 1813 – 1883)
- Julie Vinter Hansen (Danimarka), 1890 – 1960)
- Hermann Carl Vogel (Almanya, 1841 – 1907)
- Joseph von Fraunhofer (Almanya, 1787 – 1826)
- Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Almanya, Rusya, 1793 – 1864)
- Otto Wilhelm von Struve (Rusya, 1819 – 1905)
- Karl von Weizsí¤cker (Almanya, 1912 –)
- Alexander N. Vyssotsky (Rusya ABD, 1888 – 1973)
- Emma Vyssotsky (ABD, 1894 – 1975)
W
- Arno Arthur Wachmann (Almanya, 1902 – 1990)
- Abul Wáfa (İran, 940 - 997-8)
- George Wallerstein (1930 – )
- Qingde Wang (ABD, China)
- James Craig Watson (ABD, 1838 – 1880)
- Thomas William Webb (Birleşik Krallık, 1807 – 1885)
- Risa H. Wechsler (ABD 1975 –)
- Alfred Lothar Wegener (Almanya, 1880 – 1930), astronom, geologist, meteorologist
- Godefroy Wendelin (Belçika, 1580 – 1667)
- Richard M. West (Danimarka, 1942 –)
- J. G. Westphal (Almanya)
- Johann Heinrich Westphal (Almanya, İtalya, 1794 – 1831)
- George Wetherill
- John Archibald Wheeler (ABD, 1911 –)
- Fred Lawrence Whipple (ABD, 1906 – 2004)
- Albert Whitford (ABD, 1905 – 2002)
- Chandra Wickramasinghe (Birleşik Krallık, 1939 –)
- Paul Wild (İsviçre)
- Olin C. Wilson (ABD, 1909 – 1994)
- Robert Wilson (ABD, 1936 –)
- John Winthrop (Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1714 – 1779)
- Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (Almanya, 1835 – 1897)
- Carl Wirtanen (ABD, 1910 – 1990)
- Jack Wisdom (ABD)
- Gustav Witt (Almanya, 1866 – 1946)
- Maximilian Wolf (Almanya, 1863 – 1932)
- Aleksander Wolszczan (Polonya, 1946 –)
- Richard van der Riet Woolley (Birleşik Krallık, 1906 – 1986)
- Thomas Wright (Birleşik Krallık, 1711 – 1786)
Y
- Issei Yamamoto (Japonya, 1889 – 1959)
- Charles Augustus Young (ABD, 1834 – 1908)
- James Whitney Young (ABD, 1941 –)
Z
- Franz Xaver von Zach (Almanya, 1753 – 1832)
- Yakov Borisovich Zel`dovich (SSCB, 1914 – 1987)
- Andrew Ronald Zentner (ABD, 1976 –)
- Zhang Daqing (Çin, 1969 –)
- Zhang Heng (78 – 139)
- Zhang Yuzhe (Çin, 1902 – 1986)
- Lyudmila Vasil`evna Zhuravleva (Rusya/Ukrayna, ? –)
- Zu Chongzhi, (425 – 500)
- Fritz Zwicky (İsviçre, ABD, 1898 – 1974)
Diğer
Astronomi ve astrofizik üzerinde etkisi olan işler yapmış biliminsanları
- Hans Bethe (fizikçi) (1906 – 2005)
- Niels Bohr (fizikçi) (1885 – 1962)
- Freeman Dyson (fizikçi) (1923 –)
- Albert Einstein (fizikçi) (1879 – 1955)
- Savvas M. Koushiappas (fizikçi) (Kıbrıs, 1971 –)
- James Clerk Maxwell (fizikçi) (Birleşik Krallık, 1831 – 1879)
- Louis E. Strigari (fizikçi) (ABD, 1977 –)
- Thomas Young (fizikçi) (Birleşik Krallık, 1773 – 1829)
- Andrew R. Zentner (fizikçi) (ABD, 1976 –)
Alet yapımcıları, çizerler vb.
- John Bird (1709 - 1776)
- Chesley Bonestell (1888 - 1986)
- Thomas Cooke (1807 - 1868)
- Alvan Clark (1804 - 1887)
- John Dollond (1706 - 1761)
- Henry Fitz (1808 - 1863) [1]
- James Gregory (1638 - 1675)
- Jesse Ramsden (1735 - 1800)
- George Willis Ritchey (1864 - 1945)
- James Short (1710 - 1768)
- William Simms (1793 - 1860)
- William Simms (1817 - 1907)
- Edward Troughton (1756 - 1835)