James L. Quinn

male
James L. Quinn was an American science fiction editor. Quinn was the publisher of the science fiction magazine "If" and, after Paul W. Fairman left...
Peter Nilson

Peter Nilson

male, deceased (1998)
Peter Nilson was a Swedish astronomer and novelist. Active at Uppsala University, he compiled a catalogue of galaxies. He was appreciated for a...
George Mary Searle

George Mary Searle

male, deceased (1918)
George Mary Searle was an American astronomer and clergyman. He discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora in 1858. He also discovered six galaxies. In...
Reiki Kushida

Reiki Kushida

female
Reiki Kushida is a Japanese astronomer. She co-discovered the asteroid 4875 Ingalls. She has also discovered at least 14 supernovas in other...
Edwin Ernest Salpeter

Edwin Ernest Salpeter

male, 85 years old
Edwin Ernest Salpeter (born December 3 1924) is an Austrian-Australian-American astronomer. He emigrated from Austria to Australia while in his...

Hans-Emil Schuster

male, 75 years old
Hans-Emil Schuster is a German astronomer (retired since October 1991). He worked at Hamburg Observatory at Bergedorf and European Southern...
Massimo Lo Jacono

Massimo Lo Jacono

male, 72 years old
Massimo Lo Jacono was an Italian science fiction and fantasy writer born in 1937. In 1963 he was one of the editors of the science fiction magazine...
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters

Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters

male, deceased (1890)
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters was a German-American astronomer, and one of the first to discover asteroids. He was born in...
John Gatenby Bolton

John Gatenby Bolton

male, deceased (1993)
John Gatenby Bolton (June 5 1922 - July 6 1993) was a British-Australian astronomer from Sheffield, England. He attended King Edward VII School...

Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov

male, deceased (1994)
Boris Aleksandrovich Vorontsov-Velyaminov (February 14 1904 - January 27 1994) was a Soviet/Russian astrophysicist. His name is sometimes given as...