John Goodricke

John Goodricke

male, deceased (1786)
John Goodricke (September 17 1764 - April 20 1786) was an eminent and profoundly deaf amateur astronomer. He was born in Groningen in the...

David Fabricius

male, deceased (1617)
David Fabricius (March 9, 1564, Esens - May 7, 1617, Osteel) was a German theologian who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic...
Henrietta Swan Leavitt

Henrietta Swan Leavitt

female, deceased (1921)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (July 4 1868 - December 12 1921) was an American astronomer, and the deaf daughter of a Congregational church minister. She...
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...
Williamina Fleming

Williamina Fleming

female, deceased (1911)
Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (May 15, 1857 - May 21, 1911), astronomer, was born in Dundee, Scotland, to Robert Stevens and Mary Walker...
Richard Huziak

Richard Huziak

male
Canadian amateur astronomer, Richard Huziak, born 1957, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, the namesake of asteroid 4143 Huziak, is a former president...
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...

Clinton B. Ford

male, deceased (1992)
Clinton B. Ford (1913 - 1992) was an American investor, musician and astronomer specilizing in the observation of variable stars.
William Tyler Olcott

William Tyler Olcott

male, deceased (1936)
William Tyler Olcott (1873-1936) was an American lawyer and amateur astronomer. In 1909, after attending a lecture by Edward Pickering, he...
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...