Patrick Moore

Patrick Moore

male, 86 years old
Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, KBE, HonFRS, FRAS (born 4 March, 1923), known as Patrick Moore, is an English amateur astronomer who has...
John Dobson

John Dobson

male, 94 years old
John Lowry Dobson (born September 14, 1915) is a highly influential amateur astronomer. He is most well known in astronomy circles because his name...
Leslie Peltier

Leslie Peltier

male, deceased (1980)
Leslie Copus Peltier (January 2 1900 - May 10, 1980) was an American astronomer. He was born in Delphos, Ohio. An amateur astronomer, he was a...
Arto Oksanen

Arto Oksanen

male
Arto Oksanen is a Finnish amateur astronomer. He has been actively working in the fields of variable stars, asteroid search programs, gamma ray...
Yuji Hyakutake

Yuji Hyakutake

male, deceased (2002)
was a Japanese amateur astronomer who discovered Comet Hyakutake on January 30 1996 while using 25×150 binoculars. His only other discovery was c...
Janet Akyüz Mattei

Janet Akyüz Mattei

female, deceased (2004)
Janet Akyüz Mattei was a Turkish-American astronomer and director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) from 1973 to 2...
Will Hay

Will Hay

male, deceased (1949)
William Thompson Hay (December 6 1888 - April 18 1949) was a British comedian, actor and amateur astronomer. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees,...
Scott W. Roberts

Scott W. Roberts

male, 50 years old
Scott Wayne Roberts (b. 1959) is a supporter of outreach in astronomy and space exploration, and a popularizer of amateur astronomy. Since the...

Walter Goodacre

male, deceased (1938)
Walter Goodacre, was a British businessman and amateur astronomer. He was the second Director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical...
Chuck Shramek

Chuck Shramek

male, deceased (2000)
Chuck Shramek (1950-2000) was a Houston-area radio personality. Shramek is best known as the amateur astronomer who photographed a bright...