Ulugh Beg

Ulugh Beg

male, deceased (1449)
Turko-Persian Tradition, Islamic mathematics, Turco-Persian, Islamic astronomy, Timurid Empire, mirza…Medievalastronomer, Astronomer
Ulugh Beg (c1393 or 1394 in Sultaniyeh (Persia) - October 27, 1449) was a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan. His...
Al-Khazini

Al-Khazini

male
physicist, Astronomer, Medievalastronomer, mathematician, Muslim scientist, philosopher
Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini (flourished 1115–1130) was a Greek Muslim scientist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher and physicist from Merv, Gr...
Ibn Al-Haytham

Ibn Al-Haytham

male, deceased (1039)
finite speed, lenses, speed of light, electromagnetic, empiricism, electromagnetism…Ophthalmology in medieval Islam, Medievalastronomer, Astronomer, Ancient and medieval physician
"' (Arabic: أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم, Latinized: Alhacen or (deprecated) Alhazen) (965 – 1039), was an Iraqi Muslim polymath who made sig...
Ibn Yunus

Ibn Yunus

male, deceased (1009)
Islamic mathematics, craters of the Moon named after them, moon, philosopher, mathematician, Egyptian…Medievalastronomer, Astronomer
Ibn Yunus (Arabic: ابن يونس (c. 950-1009) was an important Egyptian mathematician and astronomer whose works are noted for being ahead of their t...
Nasīr Al-Dīn Al-Tūsī

Nasīr Al-Dīn Al-Tūsī

male, deceased (1274)
Kadhimain, From Mashad, Islamic medicine, baghdad, Islamic astronomy, Medievalastronomer…Astronomer
"' (18 February 1201 in Tus, Khorasan - 26 June 1274 in Kadhimain near Baghdad), better known as "', was a Persian of the Twelver Shi'a Islamic...
Petrus Alphonsi

Petrus Alphonsi

male, deceased (1110)
Alfonsi, Astronomer, Medievalastronomer, Dialogus contra iudaeos, writer, convert to Christianity…Ancient and medieval physician
Petrus Alphonsi (also spelled "Alfonsi", "Peter"; born Moses Sepharadi) (1062-1110) was a Jewish Spanish writer and astronomer, and polemicist, who...
Ibn Al-Shatir

Ibn Al-Shatir

male, deceased (1375)
geocentric, Islamic astronomy, epicycles, eccentricity, Umayyad Mosque, planets…Astronomer, Medievalastronomer
Ibn al-Shatir was an Arab Islamic astronomer. He worked as "muwaqqit" (موقت, religious timekeeper) in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and cons...
Yi Xing

Yi Xing

male, deceased (727)
engineer, Tang Dynasty Buddhist, hydraulic engineering, mechanical engineering, scientist, philosopher…Medievalastronomer, Astronomer
Yi Xing, born Zhang Sui (张遂), was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, mechanical engineer, and Buddhist monk of the Tang Dynasty.
Ali Ibn Ridwan

Ali Ibn Ridwan

male, deceased (1061)
medicine in ancient Greece, Medievalastronomer, Augustine to Galileo 2, writer, Egyptian, induction…Astronomer
Abu'l Hasan Ali ibn Ridwan Al-Misri was an Egyptian physician, astrologer and astronomer, born in Jiza. He was a commentator on Greek medicine, and...