John J. Kavelaars

male
John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn,...

James Morasco

male, deceased (2003)
James J. Morasco (born in Michigan, USA on May 6, 1915; died on March 15, 2003, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) was a carpenter in...

Edison Pettit

male, deceased (1962)
Edison Pettit (September 22 1889 - May 6 1962) was an American astronomer. He was born in Peru, Nebraska. He taught astronomy at Washburn College...
Peter Andreas Hansen

Peter Andreas Hansen

male, deceased (1874)
Peter Andreas Hansen was a Danish astronomer, was born at Tønder, Schleswig. The son of a goldsmith, he learned the trade of a watchmaker at F...

Michael Minovitch

male
Michael Minovitch is an American mathematician who showed that spacecraft trajectories could be designed such that they could gain velocity by...
Anders Johan Lexell

Anders Johan Lexell

male, deceased (1784)
Anders Johan Lexell (December 24 1740 - December 11 1784 (Julian calendar: November 30)) was a Finland-Swedish-born Russian astronomer and...
Wilkin Ruan

Wilkin Ruan

male, 31 years old
Wilkin Chai Ruan (born September 18, 1978 in Guaymate, Dominican Republic) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Las Vegas...

Philibert Jacques Melotte

deceased (1961)
Philibert Jacques Melotte was a British astronomer whose parents immigrated from Belgium. In 1908 he discovered a moon of Jupiter, today known as...
Giovanni Battista Amici

Giovanni Battista Amici

male, deceased (1863)
Giovanni Battista Amici (March 25, 1786 - April 10 1863) was an Italian astronomer and microscopist. Amici was born in Modena, Italy. After...
Ludwig Ritter von Köchel

Ludwig Ritter von Köchel

male, deceased (1877)
Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Ritter von Köchel was a musicologist, writer, composer, botanist and publisher. He is best known for cataloguing the works o...