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Marc Aaronson ( USA , 1950 – 1987 )

George Ogden Abell ( USA , 1927 – 1983 )

Antonio Abetti ( Italy , 1846 – 1928 )

Giorgio Abetti ( Italy , 1882 – 1982 )

Charles Greeley Abbot ( USA , 1872 – 1973 )

Charles Hitchcock Adams ( USA , 1868 – 1951 )

John Couch Adams ( UK , 1819 – 1892 )

Walter Sydney Adams ( USA , 1876 – 1956 )

Saul Adelman ( USA , ( 1944 -)

Agrippa ( Greek , ''unknown'' – 92 )

Paul Oswald Ahnert ( Germany , 1897 – 1989 )

Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs ( Germany , 1912 – 1954 )

George Biddell Airy , ( England , 1801 – 1892 )

Robert Aitken , ( USA , 1864 – 1951 )

Al Battani ( Iraq , 850 – 929 )

Albategnius ''(see Al-Batani)''

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky ( Russia )

Albumasar ( Persia 787 - 886 )

George Alcock ( UK , 1913 – 2000 )

Harold Alden ( USA , 1890 – 1964 )

Hannes Alfvén ( Sweden , 1908 – 1995 )

Lawrence H. Aller ( USA , 1913 – 2003 )

Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi , ( Persia , 903 – 986 )

Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian , ( Armenia , 1912 – 1996 )

John August Anderson , ( USA , 1876 – 1959 )

Andronicus Of Cyrrhus

Anders Jonas Ångström ( Sweden , 1814 – 1874 )

Eugène Michel Antoniadi ( Greece , France , 1870 – 1944 )

Petrus Apianus ( Germany , 1495 – 1557 )

François Arago ( France , 1786 – 1853 )

Sylvain Arend ( Belgium , 1902 – 1992 )

Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander ( Germany , 1799 – 1875 )

Aristarchus Of Samos , circa 310 BC – circa 230 BC )

Christoph Arnold ( Germany , 1650 – 1695 )

Svante Arrhenius ( Sweden , 1859 – 1927 )

Arzachel (Muslim Spain, 1028 – 1087 )

Goryu Asada ( Japan , 1734 – 1799 )

Giuseppe Asclepi ( Italy , 1706 – 1776 )

Joseph Ashbrook ( USA , April 4 1918 – August 4 1980 )

Arthur Auwers ( Germany , 1838 – 1915 )

Adrien Auzout ( France , 1622 – 1691 )

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Walter Baade ( Germany , 1893 – 1960 )

Harold D. Babcock ( USA , 1882 – 1968 )

Horace W. Babcock ( USA , 1912 – 2003 )

Oskar Backlund ( Sweden , 1846 – 1916 )

John N. Bahcall ( USA , 1934 – 2005)

John E. Baldwin ( UK , 1934 – )

Benjamin Baillaud ( France , 1848 – 1934 )

Jean Sylvain Bailly ( France , 1736 – 1793 )

Francis Baily ( UK , 1774 – 1844 )

John Bainbridge ( UK , 1582 – 1643 )

Sallie Baliunas ( USA , 1953 – )

Benjamin Banneker ( USA , 1731 – 1806 )

Edward Emerson Barnard ( USA , 1857 – 1923 )

Johann Bayer ( Germany , 1572 – 1625 )

Antonín Bečvář ( Slovakia , 1901 – 1965 )

Wilhelm Beer ( Germany , 1797 – 1850 )

Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky ( Russia , 1883 – 1953 )

Jocelyn Bell Burnell ( Ireland , 1943 – )

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel ( Germany , 1784 – 1846 )

Wilhelm Freiherr Von Biela ( Austria , 1782 – 1856 )

Ludwig Biermann ( Germany , 1907 – 1986 )

Guillaume Bigourdan ( France , 1851 – 1932 )

Biruni ( Persia 973 - 1048 )

Adriaan Blaauw ( Netherlands , 1914 – )

Nathaniel Bliss ( UK , 1700 – 1764 )

Johann Elert Bode ( Germany , 1747 – 1826 )

Alfred Bohrmann ( Germany , 1904 – 2000 )

Bart Bok ( Netherlands , 1906 – 1983 )

Charles Thomas Bolton ( USA , 1943 – )

John Gatenby Bolton ( UK , Australia , 1922 – 1993 )

William Cranch Bond ( USA , 1789 – 1859 )

Alphonse Borrelly ( France , 1842 – 1926 )

Rudjer Boscovich ( Dalmatia , 1711 – 1787 )

Lewis Boss ( USA , 1846 – 1912 )

Rychard Bouwens ( USA , 1972 – )

Alexis Bouvard ( France , 1767 – 1843 )

Edward (Ted) L. G. Bowell ( USA )

Ira Sprague Bowen ( USA , 1898 – 1973 )

Louis Boyer ( France )

Ronald N. Bracewell ( Australia , USA , 1921 – )

James Bradley ( England , 1693 – 1762 )

Tycho Brahe ( Denmark , 1546 – 1601 )

John Alfred Brashear ( USA , 1840 – 1920 )

William Robert Brooks ( USA , 1844 – 1922 )

Theodor Brorsen ( Denmark , 1819 – 1895 )

Dirk Brouwer ( Netherlands – USA , 1902 – 1966 )

Ernest William Brown ( UK , 1866 – 1938 )

Michael (Mike) E. Brown ( USA )

Ismael Bullialdus ( France , 1605 – 1694 )

James Steven Bullock ( USA , 1971 – )

Margaret Burbidge ( UK , 1919 – )

Robert Burnham, Jr. ( USA , 1931 – 1993 )

Sherburne Wesley Burnham ( 1838 – 1921 )

Schelte J. Bus ( USA )

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William Wallace Campbell ( USA , 1862 – 1938 )

Annie Jump Cannon ( USA , 1863 – 1941 )

Luigi Carnera ( Italy , 1875 – 1962 )

Edwin Francis Carpenter ( USA , 1898 – 1963 )

James Carpenter ( UK , 1840 – 1899 )

Richard Christopher Carrington ( UK , 1826 – 1875 )

Sir John Carroll ( UK , 1899 – 1974 )

César-François Cassini De Thury ( France , 1714 – 1784 )

Dominique, Comte De Cassini ( France , 1748 – 1845 )

Giovanni Domenico Cassini a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cassini ( France , 1625 – 1712 )

Jacques Cassini ( France , 1677 – 1756 )

Bonaventura Cavalieri ( Italy , 1598 – 1647 )

Anders Celsius , ( 1701 – 1744 )

Vincenzo Cerulli , ( Italy , 1859 – 1927 )

Jean Chacornac ( France , 1823 – 1873 )

James Challis ( UK , 1803 – 1882 )

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ( India , USA , 1910 – 1995 )

Carl Charlier ( Sweden , 1862 – 1934 )

Auguste Charlois ( France , 1864 – 1910 )

Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh ( Russia ?, Ukraine )

Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh ( Russia , Ukraine , 1931 – )

James Christy ( USA , 1938 – )

Edwin Foster Coddington ( USA , 1870 – 1950 )

Jérôme Eugène Coggia ( France , 1849 – 1919 )

Josep Comas Solá ( Spain )

Andrew Ainslie Common ( UK , 1841 – 1903 )

E. J. Cooper ( Ireland , 1798 – 1863 )

Nicolaus Copernicus ( Poland , 1473 – 1543 )

Pablo Cottenot ( France )

Heather Couper ( UK )

Arthur Edwin Covington ( Canada , 1914 – 2001 )

Philip Herbert Cowell ( UK , 1870 – 1949 )

Thomas George Cowling ( UK , 1906 – 1990 )

Andrew Claude De La Cherois Crommelin ( UK , 1865 – 1939 )

Heber Doust Curtis ( USA , 1872 – 1942 )

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Jacques Eugène D'Allonville ( France , 1671 – 1732 )

Andre Louis Danjon ( France , 1890 – 1967 )

Heinrich D'Arrest ( Germany , 1822 – 1875 )

George Howard Darwin ( UK , 1845 – 1912 )

William Rutter Dawes ( UK , 1799 – 1868 )

Bernard Dawson ( Argentina , 1890 – 1960 )

Leo De Ball ( Germany , Austria , 1853 – 1916 )

Henri Debehogne ( Belgium )

Annibale De Gasparis ( Italy , 1819 – 1892 )

Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre ( France , 1749 – 1822 )

Charles-Eugène Delaunay ( France , 1816 – 1872 )

Eugène Joseph Delporte ( Belgium , 1882 – 1955 )

Audrey Delsanti

William Frederick Denning ( UK , 1848 – 1931 )

Alíz Derekas ( Hungary , 1977 – )

Willem De Sitter ( Netherlands , 1872 – 1934 )

Henri-Alexandre Deslandres ( France , 1853 – 1948 )

Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch ( Russia )

Gérard De Vaucouleurs ( France , USA , 1918 – 1995 )

Robert Dicke ( USA , 1916 – 1997 )

Terence Dickinson , ( Canada ), astronomer and author

Thomas Digges ( England , 1546 – 1595 )

Herbert Dingle ( USA , 1890 – 1978 )

Andrea Di Paola ( Italy )

John Dobson ( 1915 – )

Franjo Dominko , ( Slovenia , 1903 – 1987 )

Giovanni Battista Donati , ( Italy , 1826 – 1873 )

Frank Drake ( USA , 1930 – )

Henry Draper ( USA , 1837 – 1882 )

John Dreyer ( Ireland , 1852 – 1926 )

Alexander D. Dubyago ( Russia ), 1903 – 1959 )

Dmitrij I. Dubyago ( Russia ), 1850 – 1918 )

Jean C. B. Dufay ( France , 1896 – 1967 )

Raymond Smith Dugan ( USA , 1878 – 1940 )

Frank Watson Dyson ( UK , 1868 – 1939 )

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Arthur Eddington ( England , 1882 – 1944 )

Frank K. Edmondson , ( USA ), (born 1912 )

Olin J. Eggen ( USA , 1919 – 1998 )

Eise Eisinga ( Netherlands , 1744 – 1828 )

Eric Elst ( Belgium )

Johann Franz Encke ( Germany , 1791 – 1865 )

Eratosthenes ( Alexandria , 276 BC – 194 BC )

Emil Ernst (Ph.D. Germany )

Ernest Esclangon , ( France , 1876 – 1954 )

Larry W. Esposito ( USA )

Eudoxus ( Cnidus , circa 408 BC – circa 347 BC )

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David Fabricius ( Netherlands , 1564 – 1617 )

Sandra M. Faber ( USA , 1945 -)

Johannes Fabricius ( Netherlands , 1587 – 1615 )

Hervé Faye ( 1814 – 1902 )

Charles Fehrenbach ( France , 1914 – )

Farghani ( Persia , d. after 861 )

James Ferguson ( USA , 1797 – 1867 )

Erwin Finlay-Freundlich ( 1885 – 1964 )

Axel Firsoff ( UK , 1910 – 1981 )

J. Richard Fisher

Camille Flammarion ( France , 1842 – 1925 )

Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion ( France , 1867 – 1962 )

John Flamsteed , ( England , 1646 – 1719 )

Honoré Flaugergues ( France , 1755 – 1835 )

Williamina Fleming ( USA , 1857 – 1911 )

Wilhelm Julius Foerster ( Germany , 1832 – 1921 )

Alfred Fowler ( UK , 1868 – 1940 )

William Alfred Fowler ( USA , 1911 – 1995 )

Philip Fox ( USA , 1878 – 1944 )

Herbert Friedman ( USA , 1916 – )

Dirk D. Frimout , ( Belgium , 1941 – ), engineer and cosmonaut

Edwin Brant Frost ( USA , 1866 – 1935 )

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Galileo Galilei ( Italy , 1564 – 1642 )

Julio Garavito Armero

Johann Gottfried Galle ( Germany , 1812 – 1910 )

George Gamow ( Russia , USA , 1904 – 1968 )

Carl Friedrich Gauss ( Germany , 1777 – 1855 )

Tom Gehrels ( Netherlands , USA , 1925 – )

Andrea Ghez ( USA )

Riccardo Giacconi ( Italy , 1931 – )

Michel Giacobini ( France , 1873 – 1938 )

Henry Lee Giclas ( USA )

David Gill ( UK , 1843 – 1914 )

Thomas Gold ( USA , 1920 – 2004 )

Leo Goldberg ( USA , 1913 – 1987 )

Peter Goldreich ( USA , 1939 – )

Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt ( Germany , 1802 – 1866 )

Paul Goldsmith ( USA , 1948 – )

François Gonnessiat ( France , 1856 – 1934 )

John Goodricke ( UK , 1764 – 1786 )

Abu Sa'id Gorgani ( Persia , 9th century)

Paul Götz ( Germany )

Benjamin Apthorp Gould ( USA , 1824 – 1896 )

Andrew Graham ( Ireland , 1815 – 1907 )

Charles Green ( England , 1735 – 1771 )

Jesse Greenstein ( USA , 1909 – 2002 )

Bengt Gustafsson , ( Sweden )

Alan Harvey Guth ( USA , 1947 – )

H

Yusuke Hagihara ( Japan , 1897 – 1979 )

George Ellery Hale ( USA , 1868 – 1938 )

Asaph Hall ( USA , 1829 – 1907 )

Edmond Halley ( England , 1656 – 1742 )

Peter Andreas Hansen ( December 8 , 1795 – March 28 1874 )

Abulfazl Harawi ( Persia , 10th century)

Karl Ludwig Harding ( Germany , 1765 – 1834 )

Thomas Hariot ( UK , 1560 – 1621 )

Guillermo Haro ( Mexico , 1913 – 1988 )

Robert G. Harrington ( USA )

Robert Sutton Harrington ( USA , 1942 – 1993 )

William Kenneth Hartmann ( USA , 1939 – )

Stephen Hawking ( UK , 1942 – )

Will Hay ( UK , 1888 - 1949 )

Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann ( Germany , 1901 – 1983 )

Joseph Helffrich ( Germany )

Eleanor Helin ( USA )

Maximilian Hell ( Austria-Hungary , 1720 – 1792 )

Karl Ludwig Hencke ( Germany , 1793 – 1866 )

Thomas Henderson ( Scotland , 1798 – 1844 )

Paul Henry ( France , 1848 – 1905 )

Prosper Henry ( France , 1849 – 1903 )

George Howard Herbig ( USA , 1920 – )

Caroline Herschel ( UK , 1750 – 1848 )

John Herschel ( UK , 1792 – 1871 )

William Herschel ( UK , 1738 – 1822 )

Ejnar Hertzsprung ( Denmark , 1873 – 1967 )

Johannes Hevelius ( Poland , 1611 – 1687 )

Antony Hewish ( UK , 1924 – )

George William Hill ( USA , 1838 – 1914 )

John Russell Hind ( UK , 1823 – 1895 )

Frederick Hinkle ( UK , – )

Hipparchus ( Nicaea , circa 190 BC – 120 BC )

Kiyotsugu Hirayama ( Japan , 1874 – 1943 )

Shin Hirayama ( Japan , 1868 – 1945 )

Gustave-Adolphe Hirn ( France , 1815 – 1890 )

Cuno Hoffmeister ( Germany , 1892 – 1968