David H. Levy

David H. Levy

male, 61 years old
Wendee Levy, Comet discoverer, Asteroid discoverer, 129P/Shoemaker-Levy, 135P/Shoemaker-Levy, 137P/Shoemaker-Levy…Astronomer
David H. Levy (born 1948) is a Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided...
Kip Thorne

Kip Thorne

male, 69 years old (Pasadena, California, United States)
Caltech, california institute of technology, Relativists, Astrophysicist, gravitation physics, California Institute of Technology alumni…Astronomer
Kip Stephen Thorne is an American theoretical physicist, known for his prolific contributions in gravitation physics and astrophysics and for...

Michael A'Hearn

male
University of Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park, AAAS, American, deep impact, NASA…Astronomer
Michael F. A'Hearn is an astronomer and professor at the University of Maryland who was the principal investigator for the NASA Deep Impact...
John Phillips

John Phillips

male, deceased (1874)
York, Astronomer, Fellow of the Royal Society, Accidental death, Geologist, British
John Phillips was an English geologist. Philips was born at Marden in Wiltshire. His father belonged to an old Welsh family, but settled in England...
Bernard Lovell

Bernard Lovell

male, 96 years old
PhD, FRS, English, radar, obe, physicist…Astronomer
Sir Bernard led the team that developed H2S radar during WWII, before returning to the University in 1945. After moving to the University's...
Mario Livio

Mario Livio

male, 64 years old
romanian, Jewish person, Israeli, Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute, Golden ratio, Space Telescope Science Institute…Astronomer
Mario Livio (born 1945) is an astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics. He is currently Senior Astrophysicist...
Steve Squyres

Steve Squyres

male, 52 years old
Carl Sagan Memorial Award, Winner of the Sir Arthur Clarke Award, Steven W. Squyres, planetary sciences, Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Principal Investigator…Astronomer
Steven W. Squyres (born 1957) is a professor of astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His research area is in planetary sciences,...
Walter Baade

Walter Baade

male, deceased (1960)
Astronomer, German, Asteroid discoverer, craters of the Moon named after them, Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade, Astrophysicist
Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade was a German astronomer who emigrated to the USA in 1931.

John Lee

male, deceased (1866)
Astronomer, mathematician, British, philanthropist, middle east, barrister
John Lee LL.D (28 April 1783-25 February 1866), born John Fiott, was an English philanthropist, astronomer, mathematician, antiquarian and...
Allan Sandage

Allan Sandage

male, 83 years old
Asteroid discoverer, University of Illinois, University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, universe, Ph.D., convert to Christianity…Astronomer
Allan Rex Sandage (born June 18 1926 in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American astronomer.