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- male, deceased (1972)
- Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer. He was born on a farm in Nashville, Missouri, and dropped out of school with only the equivalent of a...
- female, deceased (1921)
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt (July 4 1868 - December 12 1921) was an American astronomer, and the deaf daughter of a Congregational church minister. She...
- male, deceased (1919)
- Edward Charles Pickering was an American astronomer and physicist, brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered...
- female, deceased (1911)
- Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (May 15, 1857 - May 21, 1911), astronomer, was born in Dundee, Scotland, to Robert Stevens and Mary Walker...
- male, deceased (1859)
- William Cranch Bond (September 9, 1789 - January 29, 1859) was an American astronomer, and the first director of Harvard College Observatory.
- female, deceased (1979)
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (May 10 1900 - December 7 1979) was an English-American astronomer. She was born Cecilia Helena Payne in England and...
- female, deceased (1952)
- Antonia Coetana de Paiva Pereira Maury (March 21, 1866 - January 8, 1952) was an American astronomer. With the exception of the surname, she has...
- male, deceased (1907)
- Asaph Hall (October 15, 1829 - November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars (namely...
- male, deceased (2004)
- Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer. He is best known for writing an influential paper (published in "Astrophysical Journal " from...
- male, deceased (1973)
- Gerard Peter Kuiper, born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper (Dec 7 1905, Harenkarspel (Tuitjenhorn) - Dec 23 1973, Mexico City) was a Dutch American astronomer...
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