Grote Reber

Grote Reber

male, deceased (2002)
Grote Reber (December 22, 1911 - December 20, 2002) was one of the pioneers of radio astronomy. He was instrumental in repeating Karl Jansky's...
Martin Ryle

Martin Ryle

male, deceased (1984)
Sir Martin Ryle (September 27, 1918 - October 14, 1984) was a British radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems (see...

John D. Kraus

male
John D. Kraus was an American Electrical Engineer. A Long time Professor at the Ohio State University, he is widely known for his contributions to...
Karl Guthe Jansky

Karl Guthe Jansky

male, deceased (1950)
Karl Guthe Jansky (October 22, 1905 - February 14, 1950), was an American physicist and radio engineer who in August 1931 first discovered radio...
Jan Oort

Jan Oort

male, deceased (1992)
Jan Hendrik Oort (April 28, 1900, Franeker - November 5, 1992, Leiden) was an internationally famous Dutch astronomer. He stimulated radio...
Ronald N. Bracewell

Ronald N. Bracewell

male, 88 years old
Ronald Newbold Bracewell (1921 -) is the Lewis M. Terman Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus of the Space, Telecommunications and...
Robert Hanbury Brown

Robert Hanbury Brown

male, deceased (2002)
Robert Hanbury Brown AC (31 August, 1916 - 16 January, 2002) was a British astronomer and physicist born in Aruvankadu, India. He studied...
Edward Mills Purcell

Edward Mills Purcell

male, deceased (1997)
Edward Mills Purcell (August 30, 1912 - March 7, 1997) was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his independent...
Hendrik C. van de Hulst

Hendrik C. van de Hulst

male, deceased (2000)
Hendrik Christoffel "Henk" van de Hulst (Utrecht, Nov 19 1918 - Leiden, Jul 31 2000) was a Dutch astronomer. In 1944, while a student in Utrecht,...