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Astronomer Biographies

Every archived life recorded as astronomer, ordered by their place in the ledger.

Early Modern era

Thomas Young

June 13, 1773 – May 10, 1829

English polymath (1773-1829)

Modern era

Kip Thorne

b. June 1, 1940

American physicist (born 1940)

Modern era

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

b. July 15, 1943

British astrophysicist (born 1943)

Contemporary era

Andrea Ghez

b. June 16, 1965

American astronomer

Modern era

Fred Hoyle

June 24, 1915 – August 20, 2001

British astronomer (1915–2001)

Modern era

Frank Drake

May 28, 1930 – September 2, 2022

American astronomer and astrophysicist (1930–2022)

Modern era

Clyde Tombaugh

February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997

American astronomer (1906–1997)

Early Modern era

Charles Messier

June 26, 1730 – April 12, 1817

18th- and 19th-century French astronomer

Early Modern era

Giovanni Cassini

June 8, 1625 – September 14, 1712

Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer (*1625 – †1712)

Medieval era

Ulugh Beg

March 22, 1394 – October 27, 1449

Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394–1449)

Medieval era

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

1201 – 1273

Persian astronomer (1201–1274)

Medieval era

Al-Kindi

801 CE – 870 CE

Muslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)

Medieval era

Jabir ibn Hayyan

721 CE – 815 CE

8th-century Islamic alchemist and author

Medieval era

Shen Kuo

1031 – 1095

Chinese scientist and statesman (1031-1095)

Modern era

Svante Arrhenius

February 19, 1859 – October 2, 1927

Swedish astronomer, chemist and physicist (1859–1927)