Seth Barnes Nicholson

Seth Barnes Nicholson

male, deceased (1963)
University of California, Drake University, Corona, Astronomer, Asteroid discoverer, orbit
Seth Barnes Nicholson was an American astronomer. Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois and was raised in rural Illinois. He was educated at...

William Wrigley III

male, deceased (1999)
Business person in confectionary, Business Person, baseball executive, orbit, chicago tribune, Confectionery magnate
William Wrigley III (January 21, 1933 Chicago - March 8, 1999 Chicago) was President of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, founded by his grandfather...
Roger Joseph Boscovich

Roger Joseph Boscovich

male, deceased (1787)
Roger Joseph (Ruggero Giuseppe) Boscovich, From Dubrovnik, observation, Society of Jesus, Equator, Ragusa…orbit
Roger Joseph (Ruggero Giuseppe) Boscovich (May 18, 1711 - February 13, 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat,...
Lewis Boss

Lewis Boss

male, deceased (1912)
Dartmouth College, u.s, U.S. Government, From Schenectady, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, proper motion…orbit
Lewis Boss (1846-1912) was an American astronomer. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1870 he graduated from Dartmouth College, then went...
George Phillips Bond

George Phillips Bond

male, deceased (1865)
Astronomer, saturn, Tuberculosis, orbit, double star, orion nebula
George Phillips Bond (May 20, 1825 - February 17, 1865) was an American astronomer. He was the son of William Cranch Bond. Some sources give his...
Evelyn Boyd Granville

Evelyn Boyd Granville

female, 85 years old
Washington DC, IBM, trajectory, rocket, phi beta kappa, missile…orbit
Evelyn Boyd Granville (born May 1 1924) was the second African-American woman in the U.S. to receive a PhD in mathematics. (The first was Euphemia...
Erik Prosperin

Erik Prosperin

male, deceased (1803)
Astronomer, asteroid, swedish, uppsala university, orbit, physics
Erik Prosperin (1739-1803) was a Swedish astronomer. He was lecturer in Mathematics and Physics at Uppsala University in 1767, professor of...
Johann von Lamont

Johann von Lamont

male, deceased (1879)
professor, physicist, Astronomer, German, Scottish, saturn…orbit
Johann von Lamont (December 13,1805 - August 6,1879) was a Scottish-German astronomer and physicist. He was born in Inverey, Scotland and moved to...
Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa

Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa

male, 62 years old
Gurvanbulag, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan, marriage, Hero of the Soviet Union, soviet, Aerospace engineer…orbit
Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa was the first Mongolian cosmonaut and the second Asian in space. He was Mongolia's defense minister from 2000 to 2004. Bo...

Walter Grotrian

male, deceased (1954)
Astronomer, green, German, aachen, orbit, Astrophysicist
Walter Robert Wilhelm Grotrian was a German astronomer and astrophysicist. He discovered zodiacal dust (the cause of zodiacal light) in 1934 by...