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.

• 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 — )

• 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 — )

• 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)

• 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 — )

• 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.)

• 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)

• 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 — )

• 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)

• 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 — )

• 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 — )

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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 — )

• 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)

• 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)

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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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 — )

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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 — )

• 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)

Slijedi spisak ljudi koji nisu astronomi, ali su dali svoj doprinos na polju astronomije i astrofizike.

• Hans Bethe (1906 — 2005), (fizičar)
• Niels Bohr (1885 — 1962), (fizičar)
• Andreas Cellarius (Holandija, Njemačka, 1596 — 1665), (kartograf)
• Freeman Dyson (1923 — ), (fizičar)
• Albert Einstein (1879 — 1955), (fizičar)
• Karl Guthe Jansky (SAD, 1905 — 1950), (radio astronom)
• James Clerk Maxwell (UK, 1831 — 1879), (fizičar)
• Thomas Young (Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 1773 — 1829), (fizičar)
• Abdus Salam (1926 — 1996), (fizičar)
• Riazuddin (1936 — ), (fizičar) ^[1]

1. ^ "Arhivirana kopija". Arhivirano s originala, 25. 10. 2013. Pristupljeno 30. 12. 2013.CS1 održavanje: arhivirana kopija u naslovu (link)

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