Giovanni Domenico Cassini

Giovanni Domenico Cassini

male, deceased (1712)
Giovanni Domenico Cassini (June 8, 1625-September 14, 1712) was an Italian-French astronomer, engineer, and astrologer. Cassini, also known as...
Gerard Kuiper

Gerard Kuiper

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...
William Lassell

William Lassell

male, deceased (1880)
William Lassell (June 18 1799 - October 5 1880) was a British astronomer, born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. He made his fortune as a beer...

Brett J. Gladman

male
Brett J. Gladman, born April 19, 1966, is a Canadian astronomer and an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of...
David J. Stevenson

David J. Stevenson

male, 61 years old
David J. Stevenson (born September 2,1948) is a professor of planetary science at Caltech. Originally from New Zealand, he received his Ph.D. from...
James W. Christy

James W. Christy

male, 71 years old
James Walter Christy (born 1938) is an American astronomer. Working at the United States Naval Observatory, he discovered in 1978 that Pluto had a...
William Henry Pickering

William Henry Pickering

male, deceased (1938)
William Henry Pickering (February 15, 1858 - January 17, 1938) was an American astronomer, brother of Edward Charles Pickering. Not to be confused...

Édouard Roche

male, deceased (1883)
Édouard Albert Roche was a French scientist, who is best known for his work in the field of celestial mechanics. He gave his name to the concepts o...
Audouin Dollfus

Audouin Dollfus

male, 85 years old
Audouin Charles Dollfus (November 12 1924 -) is a French astronomer and aeronaut, specialist in studies of the solar system and discoverer of...

John J. Kavelaars

male
John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn,...