David Hughes

male
Academic of the University of Sheffield, Astronomer, Meaningsofasteroidnames, Halley's comet, European Space Agency, meteorite…university of sheffield, asteroid
David Hughes is a professor of Astronomy at the University of Sheffield, where he has worked since 1965. Hughes has published over 200 research...
Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Karpov

male, 58 years old
Soviet chess player, third world, Elo rating, ELO rating system, Meaningsofasteroidnames, Public Chamber of Russia…asteroid
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He is the most successful tournament...
Jean-Pierre Luminet

Jean-Pierre Luminet

male, 58 years old
French, observatory, black hole, Astrophysicist, CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique…Meaningsofasteroidnames
Jean-Pierre Luminet is a French astrophysicist, specialized in black holes and cosmology. He works as research director for the CNRS ("Centre...

Deborah Byrd

female, 58 years old
Astronomer, 3505 Byrd, Earth & Sky, Texas Star Party, Meaningsofasteroidnames, Klumpke-Roberts Award…Astronomical Society of the Pacific, asteroid
Deborah Byrd (born March 1, 1951 in San Antonio, Texas) is executive producer and cohost of the internationally syndicated "Earth & Sky" radio...
Bobbie Vaile

Bobbie Vaile

female, deceased (1996)
Astronomer, Meaningsofasteroidnames, Camden, New South Wales, Junee, New South Wales, Camden, NSW, Project Phoenix…University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, University of Newcastle, Australia, university of newcastle, University of New South Wales
Dr Roberta Anne 'Bobbie' Vaile (June 25,1959 - November 13,1996) was an Australian astrophysicist and senior lecturer in physics at the Faculty of...
Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

female, deceased (1975)
Academic, German-American, Binational solution proponents, University of California, Berkeley faculty, Philosophical writer, Wesleyan University faculty…asteroid, University of Chicago faculty, banality of evil, Historian of the Holocaust, naturalized citizen of the United States
Hannah Arendt was a German Jewish political theorist. She has often been described as a philosopher, although she always refused that label on the...
Rahel Varnhagen

Rahel Varnhagen

female, deceased (1833)
Jewish, writer, German, asteroid, The Enlightenment, Romanticism…Meaningsofasteroidnames
Rahel Varnhagen née Levin (June 19, 1771 - March 7, 1833) was a German writer of Jewish descent who hosted one of the most prominent salons in E...
Josep Subirachs

Josep Subirachs

male, 82 years old
Josep Maria Subirachs, Eye Magazine, Meaningsofasteroidnames, eye, Sagrada Familia, catalan…asteroid
Josep Subirachs, a.k.a. José María Subirachs and Josep Maria Subirachs, is a Catalan sculptor of the late 20th century. His best known work is pr...

Kim Jeong-Ho

male, deceased (1866)
Geographer, asteroid, korean, Magnum Opus, pen name, Joseon Dynasty…Meaningsofasteroidnames
Kim Jeong-ho (pen name Gosanja; 1804-1866?) was a Korean geographer and cartographer. He literally walked the entire length and breadth of the...
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues

Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues

male, deceased (1884)
Astronomer, German, asteroid, moon, gottingen, Meaningsofasteroidnames
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues was a German astronomer. In 1851 he became an assistant to Carl Friedrich Gauss at Göttingen observatory. He g...