Ptolemy

Ptolemy

male, deceased (168)
Ægyptus, Philosophy of music, Astrological writer, ancient roman, mathematician, geographia…Greek and Roman astronomer, Astronomer
Claudius Ptolemaeus, known in English as Ptolemy, was a Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who lived in Roman Egypt....
Ian Ridpath

Ian Ridpath

male, 62 years old
Star Tales, The Aventis Prizes for Science Books, The Giant Book of Space, Beal Grammar School, Ian (William) Ridpath, Polytechnic Marathon…Astronomer
Ian (William) Ridpath (born 1 May 1947, Ilford, Essex) is a British science writer and broadcaster made famous for his investigation and...
James Bradley

James Bradley

male, deceased (1762)
English, From Cheltenham, British, Astronomer, Astronomers Royal, Fellow of the Royal Society…Astronomer Royal
James Bradley (March 1693 - July 13, 1762) was an English astronomer, Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is best known for discovering the aberration...
Henry Norris Russell

Henry Norris Russell

male, deceased (1957)
luminosity, stellar evolution, LS coupling, Astronomer, American, hertzsprung-russell diagram
Henry Norris Russell was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (1910). In 1923,...
Asaph Hall

Asaph Hall

male, deceased (1907)
Henry S. Pritchett, hyperion, saturn, us naval observatory, double star, parallax…Astronomer
Asaph Hall (October 15, 1829 - November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars (namely...
Robert Jastrow

Robert Jastrow

male, 84 years old
physicist, agnostic, Astronomer, Columbia University alumni, Cosmologist, Columbia University faculty
Dr. Robert Jastrow (b. 1925) is an American Astronomer, physicist and cosmologist.

Alan Boss

male, 58 years old
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Astronomer, Kepler Mission, Navigator Program, Carnegie Institution, University of California, Santa Barbara
Alan P. Boss (born July 20, 1951, in Lakewood, Ohio) is an American astrophysicist. Educated at the University of South Florida and the University...
Brahmagupta

Brahmagupta

male, deceased (668)
Astronomer, Indian, mathematician, Hindu, rajasthan, Harsha
Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त) (598–668) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer. Brahmagupta was born in 598 A.D. in Bhinmal city in the states of Ra...
Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

male
Astronomer, Canadian, podcaster, podcast, Universe Today
Fraser Cain is the editor of Universe Today and the host of the AstronomyCast podcast. Cain lives in British Columbia, Canada with his wife and two...
Pierre-Simon Laplace

Pierre-Simon Laplace

male, deceased (1827)
Laplace operator, Laplace's equation, Laplacian differential operator, Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace, mathematician, classical mechanics…Astronomer
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace was a French mathematician and astronomer who put the final capstone on mathematical astronomy by summarizing and...