Pope Anacletus

Pope Anacletus

male
Pope Saint Anacletus or Anencletus, was the third pope (after St. Peter and St. Linus). His papal name, which is Greek, signifies one who has been...
Pope Pontian

Pope Pontian

male, deceased (235)
Pope Saint Pontian or Pontianus, was pope from July 21, 230 to September 28, 235. A little more is known of Pontian than his predecessors,...
Pope Pius Pius I

Pope Pius Pius I

male, deceased (154)
Pope Saint Pius I was pope, perhaps from 140 to 154, though the Vatican's 2003 "Annuario Pontificio" lists 142 or 146 to 157 or 161. He is believed...
John Dreyer

John Dreyer

male, deceased (1926)
John Louis Emil Dreyer (February 13 1852 - September 14 1926) was a Danish-Irish astronomer. He was born Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer in Copenhagen. In...
Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer

Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer

male, deceased (1873)
Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer was a Swiss astronomer who travelled to Moscow in 1845 to become Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the Survey...
Ernst Hartwig

Ernst Hartwig

male, deceased (1923)
Carl Ernst Albrecht Hartwig (January 14,1851 - May 3, 1923) was a German astronomer. He discovered a new star in M31 (the "Andromeda Nebula") on...

Timocharis

male
Timocharis of Alexandria (ca. 320 BC - 260 BC) was a Greek astronomer and philosopher. Likely born in Alexandria, he was a contemporary of Euclid....

Edward Troughton

male, deceased (1835)
Edward Troughton (October 1753 - June 12 1835) was a British instrument maker born in Corney, Cumberland who was notable for making telescopes and...

Aristillus

male
Aristillus (fl. ca. 280 BC) was a Greek astronomer who created the first star catalogue in approximately 300 BC, with the help of Timocharis. He...
Matthew Carr

Matthew Carr

male, 30 years old (United Kingdom)
Nobody believes me when I tell them that Mister Ed was really a zebra - black and white cameras couldn't differentiate the black and white stripes....