Hipparchus

Hipparchus

male
Hipparchus (Greek ; ca. 190 BC - ca. 120 BC) was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician of the Hellenistic period. Hipparchus was born...
Charles Messier

Charles Messier

male, deceased (1817)
Charles Messier was a French astronomer who in 1774 published a catalogue of 45 deep sky objects such as nebulae and star clusters. The purpose of...
John Flamsteed

John Flamsteed

male, deceased (1719)
John Flamsteed was an English astronomer. Flamsteed was born in Denby, Derbyshire, England, and was educated at Derby School and Jesus College,...
Wovoka

Wovoka

deceased (1932)
Wovoka (c. 1856 - September 20, 1932), also known as Jack Wilson, was the Northern Paiute religious leader who founded the Ghost Dance movement....
Shulgi

Shulgi

male
Shulgi of Urim is the second king of the "Sumerian Renaissance". He reigned for 48 years, dated to 2047 BC-1999 BC short chronology (also...

Alyattes II

male
Alyattes II, king of Lydia (619-560 BC), the real founder of the Lydian empire, was the son of Sadyattes, of the house of the Mermnadae. For...

George Smith

male, deceased (1876)
George Smith (Chelsea, London March 26, 1840 - August 19, 1876), was a pioneering English Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the...
Bart Bok

Bart Bok

male, deceased (1983)
Bart Jan Bok (Hoorn, April 28 1906 - Tucson, August 5 1983) was a Dutch-American astronomer. He was born in the Netherlands, and educated at the...
Frank Watson Dyson

Frank Watson Dyson

male, deceased (1939)
Sir Frank Watson Dyson (January 8 1868 - May 25 1939) was an English astronomer. He won scholarships to Heath Grammar School, Halifax and Cambridge...
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...