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The following is a list of [[astronomer]]s, [[astrophysics|astrophysicists]] and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of [[astronomy]]. They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.

==Notable astronomers==
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! Name !! Country !! Born !! Died !! Notable for
|- id="M. Aaronson"
| [[Marc Aaronson]] || United States || 1950 || 1987
| His work concentrated on three fields: the determination of the [[Hubble constant]] (H<sub>0</sub>) using the [[Tully–Fisher relation]], the study of [[Carbon star|carbon rich stars]], and the velocity distribution of those stars in [[Dwarf spheroidal galaxy|dwarf spheroidal galaxies]].

Aaronson was one of the first astronomers to attempt to image [[dark matter]] using infrared imaging. He imaged infrared halos of unknown matter around galaxies that could be dark matter.
|- id="H. Abe"
| [[Hiroshi Abe (astronomer)|Hiroshi Abe]] || Japan || 1958 ||
|- id="G. O. Abell"
| [[George Ogden Abell]] || United States || 1927 || 1983
|- id="A. Abetti"
| [[Antonio Abetti]] || Italy || 1847 || 1928 || Abetti mainly worked in positional astronomy and made many observations of minor planets, comets, and star occultations. He computed the orbit of [[170 Maria]], a Main belt asteroid.
|- id="G. Abetti"
| [[Giorgio Abetti]] || Italy || 1882 || 1982
|- id="C. Abbot"
| [[Charles Greeley Abbot]] || United States || 1872 || 1973
|- id="C. H. Adams"
| [[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] || United States || 1868 || 1951
|- id="J. C. Adams"
| [[John Couch Adams]] || United Kingdom || 1819 || 1892 || His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position of [[Neptune]], using only mathematics. The calculations were made to explain discrepancies with [[Uranus]]'s orbit and the laws of Kepler and Newton.
|- id="W. S. Adams"
| [[Walter Sydney Adams]] || United States || 1876 || 1956
|- id="S. Adelman"
| [[Saul Adelman]] || United States || 1944 ||
|- id="P. Alphonsi"
| [[Petrus Alphonsi]] || Spain || 1062 || 1110
|- id="Agrippa"
| [[Agrippa (astronomer)|Agrippa]] || Greece || fl. {{circa|92}} CE ||
| Agrippa observed the occultation of a part of the [[Pleiades]] by the southernmost part of the [[Moon]].
|- id="P. O. Ahnert"
| [[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] || Germany || 1897 || 1989
|- id="E. Ahnert"
| [[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] || Germany || 1912 || 1954
|- id="G. B. Airy"
| [[George Biddell Airy]] || United Kingdom || 1801 || 1892
|- id="R. G. Aitken"
| [[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]] || United States || 1864 || 1951
|- id="M. Akiyama"
| [[Makio Akiyama]] || Japan || 1950 ||
|- id="Al Sufi"
| [[Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]] || Persia || 903 || 986
|- id="Albategnius"
| [[Albategnius]] ''(see Al-Batani)'' || [[Bilad al-Sham|Syria]] || {{circa|858}} || 929 || Al-Battānī's observations of the Sun led him to understand the nature of annular [[solar eclipses]]. He accurately calculated the Earth's [[obliquity]] (the angle between the planes of the equator and the ecliptic)
|- id="V. A. Albitzky"
| [[Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky]] || Russia || 1891 || 1952
|- id="Albumasar"
| [[Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi|Albumasar]] || Persia || 787 || 886
|- id="G. Alcock"
| [[George Alcock]] || United Kingdom || 1913 || 2000 || Discovered comets C/1959 Q1, C/1959 Q2, C/1963 F1 and C/1965 S2.
|- id="H. Alden"
| [[Harold Alden]] || United States || 1890 || 1964
|- id="H. Alfven]]
| [[Hannes Alfvén]] || Sweden || 1908 || 1995
|- id="L. H. Aller"
| [[Lawrence H. Aller]] || United States || 1913 || 2003
|- id="V. A. Ambartsumian"
| [[Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian]] || [[Armenia]] || 1912 || 1996 || One of the 20th century's top astronomers, he is widely regarded as the founder of theoretical astrophysics in the [[Soviet Union]].
|- id="J. A. Anderson"
| [[John August Anderson]] || United States || 1876 || 1959
|- id="W. Anderson"
| [[Wilhelm Anderson]] || [[Estonia]] || 1880 || 1940 || Best known for his work on the mass limit for a [[white dwarf]]
|- id="M. H. Andoyer"
| [[Marie Henri Andoyer]] || France || 1862 || 1929
|- id="Andronicus"
| [[Andronicus of Cyrrhus]] || Greece || fl. {{circa|100}} BC ||
|- id="A. J. Angstrom"
| [[Anders Jonas Ångström]] || Sweden || 1814 || 1874
|- id="E. M. Antoniada"
| [[E. M. Antoniadi|Eugène Michel Antoniadi]] || Greece/France || 1870 || 1944 || He made the first map of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] (although his maps were flawed due to incorrectly assuming that Mercury had synchronous rotation with the Sun)
|- id="M. Aoki"
| [[Masakatsu Aoki]] || Japan || 1957 ||
|- id="P. Apianu"
| [[Petrus Apianus]] || Germany || 1495 || 1557
|- id="F. Arago"
| [[François Arago]] || France || 1786 || 1853
|- id="M. Arai"
| [[Masaru Arai]] || Japan || 1952 ||
|- id="H. Araki"
| [[Hiroshi Araki]] || Japan || ||
|- id="S. J. Arend"
| [[Sylvain Julien Victor Arend|Sylvain Arend]] || Belgium || 1902 || 1992
|- id="F. W. Argelander"
| [[Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander]] || Germany || 1799 || 1875
|- id="F. Arias"
| [[Felicitas Arias]] || Argentina || 1952 ||
|- id="Aristarchus"
| [[Aristarchus of Samos]] || Greece || {{circa|310}} BC || {{circa|230}} BC || He presented the first known [[heliocentric]] model that placed the Sun at the center of the known universe, with the Earth revolving around the Sun once a year and rotating about its axis once a day.
|- id="C. Arnold"
| [[Christoph Arnold]] || Germany || 1650 || 1695
|- id="H. Arp"
| [[Halton Arp|Halton Christian Arp]] || United States || 1927 || 2013
|- id="Aryabhata"
| [[Aryabhata]] || India || 476 || 550
| Aryabhata correctly insisted that the Earth rotates about its axis daily, and that the apparent movement of the stars is a relative motion caused by the rotation of the Earth. Solar and lunar eclipses were scientifically explained by Aryabhata. Aryabhata calculated the [[sidereal rotation]] (the rotation of the Earth referencing the fixed stars).
|- id="Arzachel"
| [[Arzachel]] || Spain || 1028 || 1087
|- id="A. Goryu"
| [[Asada Goryu]] || Japan || 1734 || 1799
|- id="G. Asclepi"
| [[Giuseppe Asclepi]] || Italy || 1706 || 1776
|- id="J. Ashbrook"
| [[Joseph Ashbrook]] || United States || 1918 || 1980
|- id="A. Auwers"
| [[Arthur Auwers]] || Germany || 1838 || 1915
|- id="A. Auzout"
| [[Adrien Auzout]] || France || 1622 || 1691
|- id="D. Axon"
| [[David Axon]] || England || 1951 || 2012
|- id="W. Baade"
| [[Walter Baade]] || Germany || 1893 || 1960
|- id="H. D. Babcock"
| [[Harold D. Babcock]] || United States || 1882 || 1968 || He specialized in solar spectroscopy and precisely mapped the distribution of magnetic fields over the Sun's surface.
|- id="H. W. Babacock"
| [[Horace W. Babcock]] || United States || 1912 || 2003 || In 1953 he was the first to propose the idea of [[adaptive optics]], a technique of precisely deforming a mirror in order to compensate for light distortion.
|- id="O. Backlund"
| [[Oskar Backlund]] || Sweden || 1846 || 1916
|- id="J. N. Bahcall"
| [[John N. Bahcall]] || United States || 1934 || 2005
|- id="Y. Banno"
| [[Yoshiaki Banno]] || Japan || 1952 || 1991
|- id="B. Baillaud"
| [[Benjamin Baillaud]] || France || 1848 || 1934
|- id="J. Baillaud"
| [[Jules Baillaud]] || France || 1876 || 1960
|- id="B. Baille"
| [[Baptistin Baille|Jean-Baptiste Baille]] || France || 1841 || 1918
|- id="J. S. Bailly"
| [[Jean Sylvain Bailly]] || France || 1736 || 1793
|- id="F. Baily"
| [[Francis Baily]] || United Kingdom || 1774 || 1844
|- id="J. Bainbridge"
| [[John Bainbridge (astronomer)|John Bainbridge]] || United Kingdom || 1582 || 1643
|- id="J. E. Baldwin"
| [[John E. Baldwin]] || United Kingdom || 1931 || 2010
|- id="S. Baliunas"
| [[Sallie Baliunas]] || United States || 1953 ||
|- id="Z. Balog"
| [[Zoltán Balog (astronomer)|Zoltán Balog]] || Hungary/United States || 1972 ||
|- id="B. Banneker"
| [[Benjamin Banneker]] || United States || 1731 || 1806
|- id="P. Baracchi"
| [[Pietro Baracchi]] || Italy/Australia || 1851 || 1926
|- id="B. Barbuy"
| [[Beatriz Barbuy]] || Brazil || 1950 ||
|- id="E. E. Barnard"
| [[Edward Emerson Barnard]] || United States || 1857 || 1923 || He is best known for his discovery of the high proper motion of [[Barnard's Star]] in 1916, which is named in his honor
|- id="A. Battini"
| [[Al Battani]] || [[Iraq]] || 850 || 929
|- id="S. Baum"
| [[Stefi Baum]] || United States || 1958 ||
|- id="J. Bauschinger"
| [[Julius Bauschinger]] || Germany || 1860 || 1934
|- id="J. Bayer"
| [[Johann Bayer]] || Germany || 1572 || 1625
|- id="A. Becvar"
| [[Antonín Bečvář]] || Czechoslovakia || 1901 || 1965
|- id="W. Beer"
| [[Wilhelm Beer]] || Germany || 1797 || 1850 || Together with [[Johann Heinrich Mädler]], he produced the first exact map of the Moon and of Mars
|- id="S. Belyavsky"
| [[Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky]] || Russia || 1883 || 1953
|- id="C. L. Bennett"
| [[Charles L. Bennett]] || United States || 1956 ||
|- id="Bhaskara I"
| [[Bhaskara I]] || India || 600 || 680
|- id="Bhaskara II"
| [[Bhaskara II]] || India || 1114 || 1185

|- id="F. Bessel"
| [[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] || Germany || 1784 || 1846 || The first to successfully calculate the distance to a star other than the Sun
|- id="S. Bharadwaj"
| [[Somnath Bharadwaj]] || India || 1964 ||
|- id="W. Bickel"
| [[Wolf Bickel]] || Germany || 1942 ||
|- id="W. F. Biela"
| [[Wilhelm Freiherr von Biela]] || Austria || 1782 || 1856
|- id=""L. Biermann"
| [[Ludwig Biermann]] || Germany || 1907 || 1986 || Discovering the [[Biermann battery]], a process by which a weak seed magnetic field can be generated from zero initial conditions. He predicted the existence of the [[solar wind]] which in 1947 he dubbed "solar corpuscular radiation"

|- id="G. Bigourdan"
| [[Guillaume Bigourdan]] || France || 1851 || 1932
|- id="J. Binney"
| [[James Binney]] || United Kingdom || 1950 ||
|- id="Al-Biruni"
| [[Al-Biruni]] || [[Khwarezm]]/Persia || 973 || 1048
|- id="G. Bisnovatyi"
| [[Gennady S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan]] || Russia || 1941 ||
|- id="A. Blaauw"
| [[Adriaan Blaauw]] || Netherlands || 1914 || 2010 || Blaauw was closely involved in the founding of the [[European Southern Observatory]], and was its general director from 1970 to 1975. From 1976 to 1979, he served as president of the [[International Astronomical Union]].
|- id="N. Bliss"
| [[Nathaniel Bliss]] || United Kingdom || 1700 || 1764
|- id="J. E. Bode"
| [[Johann Elert Bode]] || Germany || 1747 || 1826 || He was director of the Berlin Observatory from 1786 to 1825. There he published the ''Uranographia'' in 1801, a celestial atlas
|- id="A. Bohrmann"
| [[Alfred Bohrmann]] || Germany || 1904 || 2000
|- id="B. Bok"
| [[Bart Bok]] || Netherlands || 1906 || 1983 || The discovery of [[Bok globule]]s, which are small, densely dark clouds of interstellar gas and dust that can be seen silhouetted against brighter backgrounds.
|- id="C. T. Bolton"
| [[Charles Thomas Bolton]] || United States/Canada || 1943 || 2021 || Was one of the first to present strong evidence of the existence of a [[stellar-mass black hole]]
|- id="J. G. Bolton"
| [[John Gatenby Bolton]] || United Kingdom/Australia || 1922 || 1993
|- id="W. C. Bond"
| [[William Cranch Bond]] || United States || 1789 || 1859 || The first director of [[Harvard College Observatory]].
|- id="T. Bopp"
| [[Thomas Bopp]] || United States || 1949 || 2018 || In 1995, he discovered [[Comet Hale–Bopp]].
|- id="A. Borrelly"
| [[Alphonse Borrelly]] || France || 1842 || 1926
|- id="R. Boscovich"
| [[Rudjer Boscovich]] || [[Croatia]] || 1711 || 1787
|- id="L. Boss"
| [[Lewis Boss]] || United States || 1846 || 1912
|- id="A. Bouvard"
| [[Alexis Bouvard]] || France || 1767 || 1843
|- id="R. Bouwens"
| [[Rychard Bouwens]] || United States || 1972 ||
|- id="E. Bowell"
| [[Edward L. G. Bowell]] || United States || 1943 ||
|- id="I. Bowen"
| [[Ira Sprague Bowen]] || United States || 1898 || 1973
|- id="L. Boyer"
| [[Louis Boyer (astronomer)|Louis Boyer]] || France || 1901 || 1999
|- id="B. J. Boyle"
| [[Brian J. Boyle]] || United Kingdom/Australia || 1960 ||
|- id="R. N. Bracewell"
| [[Ronald N. Bracewell]] || Australia/United States || 1921 || 2007
|- id="J. Bradley"
| [[James Bradley]] || United Kingdom || 1693 || 1762 || He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the [[aberration of light]] (1725–1728), and the [[nutation]] of the Earth's axis (1728–1748).
|- id="W. A. Bradfield"
| [[William A. Bradfield]] || New Zealand/Australia || 1927 || 2014
|- id="T. Brahe"
| [[Tycho Brahe]] || [[Denmark]] || 1546 || 1601 || Tycho Brahe was the first to discover a [[super nova]], which he falsely believed was a newly created star (in reality a dying star), which was one of the major reasons to abandon the view that the universe was static and eternal.
|- id="Brahmagupta"
| [[Brahmagupta]] || India || 598 || 668 CE
|- id="J. Brashear"
| [[John Brashear|John Alfred Brashear]] || United States || 1840 || 1920
|- id="W. R. Brooks"
| [[William Robert Brooks]] || United States || 1844 || 1922
|- id="T. Brorsen"
| [[Theodor Brorsen]] || Denmark || 1819 || 1895 || He is best known for his discovery of five comets, including the lost periodic comet, 5D/Brorsen
|- id="D. Brouwer"
| [[Dirk Brouwer]] || Netherlands/United States || 1902 || 1966
|- id="E. W. Brown"
| [[Ernest William Brown]] || United Kingdom || 1866 || 1938 || His life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables.
|- id="M. E. Brown"
| [[Michael E. Brown|Michael (Mike) E. Brown]] || United States || 1965 || || Co-discoverer of multiple [[dwarf planets]] beyond Pluto, including [[50000 Quaoar|Quaoar]] in 2002, [[Makemake]] in 2005 and [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]] in 2006. This triggered a debate on the definition of a planet.
|- id="H. Bruck"
| [[Hermann Alexander Brück]] || Germany || 1905 || 2000
|-
|Paul Brück
|France
|1856
|1922
|- id="I. Bullialdus"
| [[Ismael Bullialdus]] || France || 1605 || 1694
|- id="M. Burbidge"
| [[Margaret Burbidge]] || United Kingdom/United States || 1919 || 2020
|- id="M. Burland"
| [[Miriam Burland]] || Canada || 1902 || 1996
|- id="J. B. Burnell"
| [[Jocelyn Bell Burnell]] || United Kingdom || 1943 ||   ||  Discovered the first [[radio pulsars]], highly magnetized rotating [[neutron stars]], in 1967.
|- id="R. Burnham"
| [[Robert Burnham Jr.]] || United States || 1931 || 1993
|- id="S. W. Burnham"
| [[Sherburne Wesley Burnham]] || United States || 1838 || 1921
|- id="S. J. Bus"
| [[Schelte J. Bus]] || United States || 1956 ||
|- id="B. Buti"
| [[Bimla Buti]] || India || 1933 ||
|- id="A. Cameron"
| [[Alastair G. W. Cameron]] || Canada || 1925 || 2005 || He was one of the founders of the field of [[nuclear astrophysics]], advanced the theory that the [[Moon]] was created by the giant impact of a Mars-sized object with the early Earth, and was an early adopter of computer technology in astrophysics.
|- id="W. W. Campbell"
| [[William Wallace Campbell]] || United States || 1862 || 1938
|- id="A. J. Cannon"
| [[Annie Jump Cannon]] || United States || 1863 || 1941
|- id="L. Carnera"
| [[Luigi Carnera]] || Italy || 1875 || 1962
|- id="E. F. Carpenter"
| [[Edwin Francis Carpenter]] || United States || 1898 || 1963
|- id="J. Carpenter"
| [[James Carpenter (astronomer)|James Carpenter]] || United Kingdom || 1840 || 1899
|- id="R. C. Carringtion"
| [[Richard Christopher Carrington]] || United Kingdom || 1826 || 1875
|- id="J. Carroll"
| Sir [[John Carroll (astronomer)|John Carroll]] || United Kingdom || 1899 || 1974
|- id="C. Cassini"
| [[César-François Cassini de Thury]] || France || 1714 || 1784
|- id="D. Cassini"
| [[Dominique, comte de Cassini]] || France || 1748 || 1845
|- id="G. Cassini"
| [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] || France || 1625 || 1712
|- id="J. Cassini"
| [[Jacques Cassini]] || France || 1677 || 1756
|- id="C. Carsono"
| [[Corsono Carsono]] || Spain || fl. {{circa|14th century}} ||
|- id="B. Cavalieri"
| [[Bonaventura Cavalieri]] || Italy || 1598 || 1647
|- id="A. Celsius"
| [[Anders Celsius]] || Sweden || 1701 || 1744
|- id="V. Cerulli"
| [[Vincenzo Cerulli]] || Italy || 1859 || 1927
|- id="J. Chacornac"
| [[Jean Chacornac]] || France || 1823 || 1873
|- id="M. Chadid"
| [[Merieme Chadid]] || France || 1969 || 
|- id="J. Challis"
| [[James Challis]] || United Kingdom || 1803 || 1882
|- id="R. Chandra"
| [[Radha Gobinda Chandra]] || [[Bangladesh]]/[[India]] || 1878 || 1975
|- id="S. Chandrasekhar
| [[Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]] || India/United States || 1910 || 1995 || He shared the 1983 [[Nobel Prize for Physics]] with [[William A. Fowler]] for "...theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars". 
|- id="C. Charlier"
| [[Carl Charlier]] || Sweden || 1862 || 1934
|- id="A. Charlois"
| [[Auguste Charlois]] || France || 1864 || 1910
|- id="L. I. Chernykh"
| [[Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh]] || Russia/[[Ukraine]] || 1935 || 2017
|- id="N. S. Chernykh"
| [[Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh]] || Russia/[[Ukraine]] || 1931 || 2004 ||
|- id="J. Christy"
| [[James Christy]] || United States || 1938 || || Discovered the largest of [[Pluto]]'s moons, [[Charon (moon)|Charon]]
|- id="E. F. Coddington"
| [[Edwin Foster Coddington]] || United States || 1870 || 1950
|- id="J. E. Coggia"
| [[Jérôme Eugène Coggia]] || France || 1849 || 1919
|- id="J. Comas"
| [[Josep Comas i Solà]] || Spain || 1868 || 1937
|- id="A. A. Common"
| [[Andrew Ainslie Common]] || United Kingdom || 1841 || 1903
|- id="G. Consolmagno
| [[Guy Consolmagno]] || United States || 1952 ||
|- id="J. Connes"
| [[Janine Connes]] || France || 1934 ||
|- id="N. Copernicus"
| [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] || [[Royal Prussia|Prussia]]/Poland || 1473 || 1543
|Copernicus discovered the heliocentric model of the [[Solar System]].
|- id="P. Cottenot"
| [[Pablo Cottenot]] || France || 1800 || ?
|- id="H. Couper"
| [[Heather Couper]] || United Kingdom || 1949 || 2020 || In 1984, she was elected President of the British Astronomical Association, the first woman and the second-youngest person to hold the position.
|- id="L. Courvoisier"
| [[Leopold Courvoisier]] || Switzerland || 1873 || 1955
|- id="A. E. Covington"
| [[Arthur Edwin Covington]] || Canada || 1914 || 2001
|- id="P. H. Cowell"
| [[Philip Herbert Cowell]] || United Kingdom || 1870 || 1949
|- id="T. G. Cowling"
| [[Thomas George Cowling]] || United Kingdom || 1906 || 1990
|- id="A. C. Crommelin"
| [[Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin]] || United Kingdom || 1865 || 1939
|- id="L. Cruls"
| [[Luís Cruls|Luíz Cruls]] || Brazil || 1848 || 1908
|- id="J. Cuffey"
| [[James Cuffey]] || United States || 1911 || 1999
|- id="H. D. Curtis"
| [[Heber Doust Curtis]] || United States || 1872 || 1942
|- id="J. B. Cysat"
| [[Johann Baptist Cysat]] || Switzerland || 1587 || 1657 || Cysat's most important work was on comets, and he observed the comet of 1618. He demonstrated at the same time that the trajectory of the comet was parabolic, not circular.
|- id="A. Dalgarno"
| [[Alexander Dalgarno]] || United States || 1928 || 2015
|- id="J. D'Allonville"
| [[Jacques D'Allonville|Jacques Eugène d'Allonville]] || France || 1671 || 1732
|- id="A. L. Danjon"
| [[Andre Louis Danjon]] || France || 1890 || 1967 || He developed several astronomical instruments to examine the regularity of the rotation of the Earth. Among his discoveries was an acceleration of the rotation of the Earth during periods of intense solar activity occurring in 11-year cycles correlated with an increase in earthquakes.
|- id="H. d.Arrest"
| [[Heinrich d'Arrest]] || Germany || 1822 || 1875
|- id="G. H. Darwin"
| [[George Howard Darwin]] || United Kingdom || 1845 || 1912
|- id="R. Davies"
| [[Roger Davies (astrophysicist)|Roger Davies]] || United Kingdom || 1954 ||
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|[[Tamara Davis]]
|Australia
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|- id="L. da Vinci"
| [[Leonardo da Vinci]] || Italy || 1452 || 1519
|- id="W. R. Dawes"
| [[William Rutter Dawes]] || United Kingdom || 1799 || 1868 || He made extensive drawings of Mars during its 1864 opposition. In 1867, Richard Anthony Proctor made a map of Mars based on these drawings. 
|- id="B. Dawson"
| [[Bernhard Dawson]] || Argentina || 1890 || 1960 || In 1958, he became the first president of the Asociación Argentina de Astronomía.
|- id="L. de Ball"
| [[Leo de Ball]] || Germany/Austria || 1853 || 1916 || Discovered the asteroid [[230 Athamantis]].
|- id="D. de Mello"
| [[Duília de Mello]] || Brazil || 1963 || || Was responsible for the discovery of the supernova [[SN 1997D]]. She also contributed to the discovery of [[blue blobs]], known as 'star orphanages' due to their role in forming stars outside of galaxies. And in 2013, she was involved in the discovery of the largest spiral galaxy in the universe, the Condor Galaxy [[NGC 6872]].
|- id="H. Debehogne"
| [[Henri Debehogne]] || Belgium || 1928 || 2007
|- id="A. de Gasparis"
| [[Annibale de Gasparis]] || Italy || 1819 || 1892
|- id="J. B. Delambre"
| [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] || France || 1749 || 1822
|- id="C. Delaunay"
| [[Charles-Eugène Delaunay]] || France || 1816 || 1872
|- id="E. J. Delporte"
| [[Eugène Joseph Delporte]] || Belgium || 1882 || 1955
|- id="A. C. Delsanti"
| [[Audrey C. Delsanti]] || France || 1976 ||
|- id="W. F. Denning"
| [[William Frederick Denning]] || United Kingdom || 1848 || 1931
|- id="A. Derekas"
| [[Alíz Derekas]] || Hungary || 1977 ||
|- id="H. Deslandres"
| [[Henri-Alexandre Deslandres]] || France || 1853 || 1948
|- id="A. N. Deutsch"
| [[Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch]] || Russia || 1900 || 1986
|- id="G. de Vaucouleurs"
| [[Gérard de Vaucouleurs]] || France/United States || 1918 || 1995
|- id="R. Dicke"
| [[Robert Dicke]] || United States || 1916 || 1997
|- id="T. Dickinson"
| [[Terence Dickinson]] || Canada || 1943 || 2023
|- id="T. Digges"
| [[Thomas Digges]] || United Kingdom || 1546 || 1595 || He was first to postulate the "[[dark night sky paradox]]".
|- id="H. Dingle"
| [[Herbert Dingle]] || United States || 1890 || 1978
|- id="Andrea Di Paola"
| [[Andrea Di Paola]] || Italy || 1970 ||
|- id="E. Dishoeck"
| [[Ewine van Dishoeck]] || Netherlands || 1955 ||
|- id="H. D. Prince"
| [[Helen Dodson Prince]] || United States || 1905 || 2002 || Pioneered work in [[solar flares]] at the [[University of Michigan]].
|- id="G. B. Donati"
| [[Giovanni Battista Donati]] || Italy || 1826 || 1873 || Donati was a pioneer in the [[spectroscopic]] study of the stars, the Sun, and comets
|- id="F. Drake"
| [[Frank Drake]] || United States || 1930 ||
|- id="H. Draper"
| [[Henry Draper]] || United States || 1837 || 1882
|- id="J. Dreyer"
| [[John Louis Emil Dreyer|John Dreyer]] || [[Ireland]] || 1852 || 1926
|- id="Y. Drohobych"
| [[Yuriy Drohobych]] || [[Ukraine]] || 1450 || 1494
|- id="A. D. Dubyago"
| [[Alexander D. Dubyago]] || Russia || 1903 || 1959
|- id="D. I. Dubyago"
| [[Dmitrij I. Dubyago]] || Russia || 1850 || 1918
|- id="J. Dufey"
| [[Jean Dufay|Jean C. B. Dufay]] || France || 1896 || 1967
|- id="R. S. Dugan"
| [[Raymond Smith Dugan]] || United States || 1878 || 1940
|- id="J. Dunlop"
| [[James Dunlop]] || [[Scotland]] || 1793 || 1848
|- id="P. Barkovic"
| [[Petar Đurković]] || [[Serbia]] || 1908 || 1981
|- id="F. W. Dyson"
| [[Frank Watson Dyson]] || United Kingdom || 1868 || 1939
|- id="A. Eddington"
| [[Arthur Eddington]] || United Kingdom || 1882 || 1944 || Around 1920, he foreshadowed the discovery and mechanism of [[nuclear fusion]] processes in stars. The [[Eddington limit]], the natural limit to the [[luminosity]] of stars is named in his honour.
|- id="F. K. Edmondson"
| [[Frank K. Edmondson]] || United States || 1912 || 2008 || The creation of the [[Indiana Asteroid Program]], a photographic program to locate asteroids that were "lost" when systematic observations were interrupted by [[World War II]].
|- id="O. J. Eggen"
| [[Olin J. Eggen]] || United States || 1919 || 1998 || He is best known for a seminal 1962 paper with [[Donald Lynden-Bell]] and [[Allan Sandage]] which suggested for the first time that the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] had collapsed out of a gas cloud.
|- id="D. J. Eicher"
| [[David J. Eicher]] || United States || 1961 ||
|- id="A. Einstein"
| [[Albert Einstein]] || Germany || 1879 || 1955 
|- id=""E. Eisinga"
| [[Eise Eisinga]] || Netherlands || 1744 || 1828 || Built the [[Eise Eisinga Planetarium]] in his house in Franeker, Dutch Republic, the oldest functioning [[planetarium]] in the world.
|- id="E. W. Elst"
| [[Eric Walter Elst]] || Belgium || 1936 || 2022
|- id="J. F. Encke"
| [[Johann Franz Encke]] || Germany || 1791 || 1865
|- id="K. Endate"
| [[Kin Endate]] || Japan || 1960 ||
|- id="Eratosthenes"
| [[Eratosthenes]] || [[Alexandria]] || 276 BC || 194 BC
|- id="E. Ernst"
| [[Emil Ernst]] || Germany || 1889 || 1942
|- id="E. Eschangon"
| [[Ernest Esclangon]] || France || 1876 || 1954
|- id="F. Espenak"
| [[Fred Espenak]] || United States || 1953 ||
|- id="L. Esposito"
| [[Larry W. Esposito]] || United States || 1951 ||
|- id="Eudoxus"
| [[Eudoxus of Cnidus]] || Ancient Greece || {{circa|408}} BC || {{circa|355}} BC
|- id="R. Evans"
| [[Robert Evans (astronomer)|Robert Evans]] || Australia || 1937 ||2022
|- id="S. M. Faber"
| [[Sandra M. Faber]] || United States || 1945 ||
|- id="D. Fabricius"
| [[David Fabricius]] || Netherlands || 1564 || 1617 
|- id="J. Fabricius"
| [[Johannes Fabricius]] || Netherlands || 1587 || 1615 || A modern era discoverer of [[sunspots]] in 1611
|- id="F. Fallows"
| [[Fearon Fallows]] || United Kingdom || 1789 || 1831 || Catalogued over 300 stars from his observatory in South Africa.
|- id="A. Farghani"
| [[Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani|Farghani]] || Persia || 800 || 870
|- id="H. Faye"
| [[Hervé Faye]] || France || 1814 || 1902
|- id="C. Fehrenbach"
| [[Charles Fehrenbach (astronomer)|Charles Fehrenbach]] || France || 1914 || 2008
|- id="G. Fenyi"
| [[Gyula Fényi]] || Hungary || 1845 || 1927
|- id="J. Ferguson"
| [[James Ferguson (American astronomer)|James Ferguson]] || United States || 1797 || 1867
|- id="Gary Ferland"
| [[Gary Ferland]] || United States || 1951 ||
|- id="A. Filippenko"
| [[Alex Filippenko]] || United States || 1958 ||
|- id="E. Finlay"
| [[Erwin Finlay-Freundlich]] || Germany || 1885 || 1964
|- id="A. Firsoff"
| [[Axel Firsoff]] || United Kingdom || 1910 || 1981
|- id="D. Fischer"
| [[Debra Fischer]] || United States || 1951 || || Co-authored more than 300 papers on dwarf stars and exoplanets. In two papers with Jeff Valenti, she quantified a correlation between the chemical composition of host stars and the formation of orbiting gas giant planets
|- id="J. R. Fisher"
| [[J. Richard Fisher]] || United States || 1943 ||
|- id="C. Flammarion"
| [[Camille Flammarion]] || France || 1842 || 1925
|- id="G. R. Flammarion"
| [[Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion]] || France || 1867 || 1962
|- id="J. Flamsteed"
| [[John Flamsteed]] || United Kingdom || 1646 || 1719
|- id="H. Flaugergues"
| [[Honoré Flaugergues]] || France || 1755 || 1835
|- id="W. Fleming"
| [[Williamina Fleming]] || United States || 1857 || 1911
|- id="W. J. Foerster"
| [[Wilhelm Julius Foerster]] || Germany || 1832 || 1921
|- id="A. Fowler"
| [[Alfred Fowler]] || United Kingdom || 1868 || 1940
|- id="W. A. Fowler"
| [[William Alfred Fowler]] || United States || 1911 || 1995 || He is known for his theoretical and experimental research into nuclear reactions within stars and the energy elements produced in the process. Winner of the 1983 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] together with [[Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]].
|- id="P. Fox"
| [[Philip Fox (astronomer)|Philip Fox]] || United States || 1878 || 1944
|- id=""A. Fraknoi"
| [[Andrew Fraknoi]] || United States || 1948 ||
|- id="J. Fraunhofer"
| [[Joseph von Fraunhofer]] || Germany || 1787 || 1826 || Designed the [[heliometer]] used successfully to calculate the distance to a star, other than the Sun, for the first time.
|- id="H. Friedman"
| [[Herbert Friedman]] || United States || 1916 || 2000
|- id="D. D. Frimout
| [[Dirk D. Frimout]] || Belgium || 1941 ||
|- id="E. B. Frost"
| [[Edwin Brant Frost]] || United States || 1866 || 1935
|- id="S. Fujikawa"
| [[Shigehisa Fujikawa]] || Japan || ||
|- id="N. Fukushima"
| [[Naoshi Fukushima]] || Japan || 1925 || 2003
|- id="K. Furukawa"
| [[Kiichirō Furukawa]] || Japan || 1929 || 2016
|- id="T. Furuta"
| [[Toshimasa Furuta]] || Japan || ||
|- id="B. Gaensler"
| [[Bryan Gaensler]] || Australia || 1973 ||
|- id="Galileo"
| [[Galileo Galilei]] || Italy || 1564 || 1642 || 
|- id="Gan De"
| [[Gan De]] || China || fl. 4th century BC ||   || Gan De, together with [[Shi Shen]] compiled China's first [[star catalogue]]
|- id="G. J. Gaarradd"
| [[Gordon J. Garradd]] || Australia || 1959 ||
|- id="J. Garavito Armero"
| [[Julio Garavito Armero]] || [[Colombia]] || 1865 || 1920
|- id="B. Gascoigne"
| [[Ben Gascoigne]] || [[New Zealand]]/[[Australia]] || 1915 || 2010
|- id="G. Siddha"
| [[Gautama Siddha]] || China || fl. 8th century AD ||
|- id="M. Geller"
| [[Margaret Geller]] || United States || 1947 ||
|- id="J. G. Galle"
| [[Johann Gottfried Galle]] || Germany || 1812 || 1910 || Was the first person to view the planet [[Neptune]] and know what he was looking at.
|- id="G. Gamow"
| [[George Gamow]] || Russia/United States || 1904 || 1968
|- id="C. F. Gauss"
| [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]] || Germany || 1777 || 1855
|- id="T. Gehrels"
| [[Tom Gehrels]] || United States || 1925 || 2011 || Pioneered the first [[Photometry (astronomy)|photometric]] system of asteroids in the 1950s, and wavelength dependence of [[polarization (waves)|polarization]] of stars and planets in the 1960s
|- id="N. Gehrels"
| [[Neil Gehrels]] || United States || 1952 || 2017
| Gamma-ray astronomy; led [[Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory]]; led [[Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope]].
|- id="R. Gendler"
| [[Robert Gendler]] || United States || 1957 ||
|- id="A. M. Ghez"
| [[Andrea M. Ghez]] || United States || 1965 ||
|- id="Aurélien Barrau"
| [[Aurélien Barrau]] || France || 1973 ||
|- id="R. Giacconi"
| [[Riccardo Giacconi]] || Italy || 1931 || 2018 || [[Nobel Prize]]-winning [[astrophysicist]] who laid down the foundations of [[X-ray astronomy]]
|- id="M. Giacobini"
| [[Michel Giacobini]] || France || 1873 || 1938
|- id="H. L. Giclas"
| [[Henry L. Giclas]] || United States || 1910 || 2007
|- id="D. Gill"
| [[David Gill (astronomer)|David Gill]] || United Kingdom || 1843 || 1914
|- id="Michaël Gillon"
| [[Michaël Gillon]] || Belgium || 1974 ||
|- id="I. Glass"
| [[Ian Glass]] || Ireland/[[South Africa]] || 1939 ||
|- id="K. Glazebrook"
| [[Karl Glazebrook]] || United Kingdom || 1965 ||  || Determined that the average color of the vast universe is [[Cosmic Latte]].
|- id="M. Gleiser"
| [[Marcelo Gleiser]] || Brazil || 1959 ||
|- id="T. Gold"
| [[Thomas Gold]] || United States || 1920 || 2004
|- id="L. Goldberg"
| [[Leo Goldberg]] || United States || 1913 || 1987
|- id="P. Goldreich"
| [[Peter Goldreich]] || United States || 1939 ||
|- id="H. Goldschmidt"
| [[Hermann Goldschmidt]] || Germany || 1802 || 1866 || In 1820, Goldschmidt discovered shadow bands in total [[solar eclipses]]
|- id="F. Gonnessiat"
| [[François Gonnessiat]] || France || 1856 || 1934
|- id="J. Goodricke"
| [[John Goodricke]] || United Kingdom || 1764 || 1786
|- id="A. A. Goodman"
| [[Alyssa A. Goodman]] || United States || 1962 ||
|- id="A. Gorgani"
| [[Abu Sa'id Gorgani]] || Persia || 9th century
|- id="P. Gotz"
| [[Paul Götz]] || Germany || 1883 || 1962
|- id="B. A. Gould"
| [[Benjamin Apthorp Gould]] || United States || 1824 || 1896
|- id="A. Graham"
| [[Andrew Graham (astronomer)|Andrew Graham]] || Ireland || 1815 || 1907
|- id="C. Green"
| [[Charles Green (astronomer)|Charles Green]] || England || 1735 || 1771
|- id="J. Greenstein"
| [[Jesse Greenstein]] || United States || 1909 || 2002
|- id="J. Grunsfeld"
| [[John Grunsfeld]] || United States || 1956 ||
|- id="J.U. Gunter"
| [[Edward Guinan]] || United States || 1922 ||
|- id="E. Guinan"
| [[Jay U. Gunter]] || United States || 1911 || 1994
|- id="A. A. Gurshtein"
| [[Alexander A. Gurshtein]] || Russia || 1937 || 2020
|- id="B. Gustafsson"
| [[Bengt Gustafsson (astronomer)|Bengt Gustafsson]] || Sweden || 1943 ||
|- id="G. Shoujing"
| [[Guo Shoujing]] || China || 1231 || 1316
|- id="A. H. Guth"
| [[Alan Harvey Guth]] || United States || 1947 ||
|- id="Y. Hagihara"
| [[Yusuke Hagihara]] || Japan || 1897 || 1979
|- id="A. Hale"
| [[Alan Hale (astronomer)|Alan Hale]] || United States || 1958 || || co-discovered [[Comet Hale–Bopp]]
|- id="G. E. Hale"
| [[George Ellery Hale]] || United States || 1868 || 1938
|- id="A. Hall"
| [[Asaph Hall]] || United States || 1829 || 1907 
|- id="E. Halley"
| [[Edmond Halley]] || England || 1656 || 1742
|- id="E. Hamden"
| [[Erika Hamden]] || United States || ? ||
|- id="H. Hammel"
| [[Heidi Hammel]] || United States || 1960 ||
|- id="M. Hamuy"
| [[Mario Hamuy]] || [[Chile]] || 1960 ||
|- id="P. A. Hansen"
| [[Peter Andreas Hansen]] || Denmark || 1795 || 1874
|- id="A. Harawi"
| [[Abolfadl Harawi|Abulfazl Harawi]] || Persia || 10th century ||
|- id="K. L. Harding"
| [[Karl Ludwig Harding]] || Germany || 1765 || 1834 || Was a part of the so-called '[[celestial police]]' group, which made the orbital calculations leading to the discovery of many [[dwarf planets]] between Mars and Jupiter.
|- id="T. Hariot"
| [[Thomas Hariot]] || United Kingdom || 1560 || 1621 || his 1609 drawings of his observations of the Moon have been noted as the first recorded telescopic observations ever made
|- id="G. Haro"
| [[Guillermo Haro]] || Mexico || 1913 || 1988 || Haro was influential in the development of modern [[observational astronomy]] in Mexico. Internationally, he is best known for his contribution to the discovery of [[Herbig–Haro objects]].
|- id="R. G. Harrington"
| [[Robert George Harrington]] || United States || 1904 || 1987 || He discovered or co-discovered a number of comets, including periodic comets [[43P/Wolf–Harrington]] and [[51P/Harrington]]
|- id="R. S. Harrington"
| [[Robert Sutton Harrington]] || United States || 1942 || 1993
|- id="E. R. Harrison"
| [[Edward Robert Harrison]] || United Kingdom/United States || 1917 || 2007
|- id="W. K. Hartmann"
| [[William Kenneth Hartmann]] || United States || 1939 ||
|- id= "John Hartnup Jr."
| [[John Hartnup Jr.]] || United Kingdom || 1841 || 1892 
|- id="L. Harvey"
| [[Lisa Harvey-Smith]] || Australia || 1979 ||
|- id="T. Hatanaka"
| [[Takeo Hatanaka]] || Japan || 1914 || 1963
|- id="S. Hawking"
| [[Stephen Hawking]] || United Kingdom || 1942 || 2018
|- id="W. Hay"
| [[Will Hay]] || United Kingdom || 1888 || 1949
|- id="C. Hayashi"
| [[Chushiro Hayashi]] || Japan || 1920 || 2010
|- id="O. H. Heckmann"
| [[Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann]] || Germany || 1901 || 1983
|- id="E. R. Hedeman"
| [[E. Ruth Hedeman]] || United States || 1910 || 2006
|- id="C. E. Heiles"
| [[Carl E. Heiles|Carl Heiles]] || United States || 1939 ||
|- id="J. Helffrich"
| [[Joseph Helffrich]] || Germany || 1872 || 1971
|- id="E. Helin"
| [[Eleanor Helin]] || United States || 1932 || 2009
|- id="M. Hell"
| [[Maximilian Hell]] || [[Austria-Hungary]] || 1720 || 1792
|- id="K. L. Hencke"
| [[Karl Ludwig Hencke]] || Germany || 1793 || 1866
|- id="T. Henderson"
| [[Thomas Henderson (astronomer)|Thomas Henderson]] || Scotland || 1798 || 1844 || noted for being the first person to measure the distance to [[Alpha Centauri]]
|- id="Paul Henry"
| [[Paul Henry and Prosper Henry|Paul Henry]] || France || 1848 || 1905
|- id="Prosper Henry"
| [[Paul Henry and Prosper Henry|Prosper Henry]] || France || 1849 || 1903
|- id="A. Hiyya"
| [[Abraham bar Hiyya]] || [[Spain|Spanish]] Jewish || 1070 || 1136
|- id="G. H. Herbig"
| [[George Howard Herbig]] || United States || 1920 || 2013 || best known for his contribution to the discovery of [[Herbig–Haro objects]]
|- id="C. W. Hergenrother"
| [[Carl W. Hergenrother]] || United States || 1973 ||
|- id="C. Herschel"
| [[Caroline Herschel]] || United Kingdom || 1750 || 1848
|- id="J. Herschel
| [[John Herschel]] || United Kingdom || 1792 || 1871
|- id="W. Herschel"
| [[William Herschel]] || United Kingdom/Germany || 1738 || 1822 ||Herschel discovered [[Uranus]] in 1781.
|- id="E. Hertzsprung"
| [[Ejnar Hertzsprung]] || Denmark || 1873 || 1967 || He developed a classification system for stars to divide them by spectral type, stage in their development, and luminosity, the [[Hertzsprung–Russell diagram]].
|- id="J. Hevelius"
| [[Johannes Hevelius]] || [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland]]|| 1611 || 1687
|- id="A. Hewish"
| [[Antony Hewish]] || United Kingdom || 1924 || 2021 || won the [[Nobel Prize for Physics]] in 1974 for his role in the discovery of [[pulsars]].
|- id="G. W. Hill"
| [[George William Hill]] || United States || 1838 || 1914
|- id="J. R. Hind"
| [[John Russell Hind]] || United Kingdom || 1823 || 1895
|- id="Hipparchus"
| [[Hipparchus]] || [[İznik|Nicaea]] || {{circa|190}} BC || 120 BC || Hipparchus is considered the greatest ancient astronomical observer and, by some, the greatest overall astronomer of antiquity. He was the first whose quantitative and accurate models for the motion of the Sun and Moon survive.
|- id="M. Hirasawa"
| [[Masanori Hirasawa]] || Japan || ||
|- id="K. Hirayama"
| [[Kiyotsugu Hirayama]] || Japan || 1874 || 1943
|- id="S. Hirayama"
| [[Shin Hirayama]] || Japan || 1868 || 1945
|- id="G. Hirn"
| [[Gustave-Adolphe Hirn]] || France || 1815 || 1890
|- id="S. Hoerner"
| [[Sebastian von Hoerner]] || Germany || 1919 || 2003
|- id="C. Hoffmeister"
| [[Cuno Hoffmeister]] || Germany || 1892 || 1968
|- id="D. Hoffleit"
| [[Dorrit Hoffleit]] || United States || 1907 || 2007
|- id="H. S. Hogg"
| [[Helen Sawyer Hogg]] || Canada || 1905 || 1993
|- id="M. Holden"
| [[Moses Holden]] || United Kingdom || 1777 || 1864
|- id="P. Holvorcem"
| [[Paulo R. Holvorcem]] || Brazil || 1967 ||
|- id="M. Honda"
| [[Minoru Honda]] || Japan || 1917 || 1990
|- id="K. Hornoch"
| [[Kamil Hornoch]] || [[Czech Republic]] || 1972 ||
|- id="J. Horrocks"
| [[Jeremiah Horrocks]] || United Kingdom || {{circa|1619}} || 1641 || First person to demonstrate the Moon's elliptical orbit around the Earth. He predicted, observed and recorded the 1639 transit of Venus.
|- id="I. Houten"
| [[Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld]] || Netherlands || 1921 || 2015
|- id="H. Howe'
| [[Herbert Alonzo Howe]] || United States || 1858 || 1926
|- id="S. Howell'
| [[Steve B. Howell]] || United States || 1955 ||    || Howell was fundamental in the development of CCD astronomy especially CCD photometry of faint sources. He was the Project Scientist for the NASA Kepler and K2 Exoplanet missions.
|- id="F. Hoyle"
| [[Fred Hoyle]] || United Kingdom || 1915 || 2001
|- id="E. Hubble"
| [[Edwin Hubble|Edwin Powell Hubble]] || United States || 1889 || 1953 || Hubble proved that many objects previously thought to be clouds of dust and gas and classified as "nebulae" were actually galaxies beyond the Milky Way. He provided evidence for [[Hubble–Lemaître law]], the fact that the universe is ever expanding.
|- id="W. Huggins"
| [[William Huggins]] || United Kingdom || 1824 || 1910
|- id="R. A. Hulse"
| [[Russell Alan Hulse]] || United States || 1950 ||
|- id="H. C. Hulst"
| [[Hendrik C. van de Hulst|Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst]] || Netherlands || 1918 || 2000
|- id="W. L. Humason"
| [[Milton Lasell Humason]] || United States || 1891 || 1972
|- id="T. J. Hussey"
| [[Thomas John Hussey]] || England || 1792 || 1854
|- id="C. Huygens"
| [[Christiaan Huygens]] || Netherlands || 1629 || 1695 || Discovered the largest moon of [[Saturn]], [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]
|- id="Y. Hyakutake"
| [[Yuji Hyakutake]] || Japan || 1950 || 2002
|- id="J. A. Hynek"
| [[J. Allen Hynek|Josef Allen Hynek]] || United States || 1910 || 1986
|- id="Hypatia"
| [[Hypatia]] || [[Egypt]] || {{circa}} 350–370 || 415
|- id="C. Hansteen"
| [[Christopher Hansteen]] || Norway || 1784 || 1873
|- id="I. Iben"
| [[Icko Iben|Icko Iben Jr.]] || United States || 1931 ||
|- id="K. Ikeya"
| [[Kaoru Ikeya]] || Japan || 1943 ||
|- id="C. Impey"
| [[Chris Impey]] || United Kingdom/United States || 1956 ||
|- id="R. T. Innes"
| [[Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes]] || Scotland/[[South Africa]] || 1861 || 1933
|- id="S. Inoda"
| [[Shigeru Inoda]] || Japan || 1955 || 2008
|- id="J. Islam"
| [[Jamal Nazrul Islam]] || [[Bangladesh]] || 1939 || 2013
|- id="E. Israel"
| [[Edward Israel]] || United States || 1859 || 1884
|- id="I. Zenbei"
| [[Iwahashi Zenbei]] || Japan || 1756 || 1811
|- id="M. Iwamoto"
| [[Masayuki Iwamoto]] || Japan || 1954 ||
|- id="S. Izumikawa"
| [[Shun-ei Izumikawa]] || Japan || ||
|- id="C. V. Jackson"
| [[Cyril V. Jackson]] || [[South Africa]] || 1903 || 1988
|- id="K. Jani"
| [[Karan Jani]] || India || 1988 || || He is part of the [[LIGO]] team made the first observation of [[gravitational waves]] from a binary [[black hole merger]] in 2015.
|- id="P. J. Janssen"
| [[Pierre Jules César Janssen]] || France || 1824 || 1907
|- id="J. Jeans"
| [[James Jeans]] || United Kingdom || 1877 || 1946
|- id="B. Jekhowsky"
| [[Benjamin Jekhowsky]] || Russia/France/[[Algeria]] || 1881 || 1975
|- id="L. F. Jenkins"
| [[Louise Freeland Jenkins]] || United States || 1888 || 1970
|- id="D. C. Jewitt"
| [[David C. Jewitt]] || United Kingdom || 1958 ||
|- id="J. Bingzhen"
| [[Jiao Bingzhen]] || China || 1689 || 1726
|- id="J. Johnson"
| [[John Johnson (astronomer)|John A. Johnson]] || United States || 1977 ||
|- id="A. H. Joy"
| [[Alfred Harrison Joy]] || United States || 1882 || 1973
|- id="V. Johri"
| [[Vinod Johri]] || India || 1935 || 2014
|- id="T. Kagawa"
| [[Tetsuo Kagawa]] || Japan || 1969 ||
|- id="N. Kaifu"
| [[Norio Kaifu]] || Japan || 1943 || 2019 || Norio directed the construction of the [[Nobeyama Radio Observatory]] and the [[Subaru Telescope]]. He was also the director of the [[International Astronomical Union]](IAU) from 2012 to 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/3997/|title=International Astronomical Union {{!}} IAU|website=www.iau.org|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref>
|- id="F. Kaiser"
| [[Franz Kaiser]] || Germany || 1891 || 1962
|- id="P. Kamp"
| [[Peter van de Kamp|Piet van de Kamp]] || Netherlands/United States || 1901 || 1995
|- id="K. Kanai
| [[Kiyotaka Kanai]] || Japan || 1951 ||
|- id="H. Kaneda"
| [[Hiroshi Kaneda]] || Japan || 1953 ||
|- id="H. Kandrup"
| [[Henry Kandrup]] || United States || 1955 || 2003
|- id="J. Kapteyn"
| [[Jacobus Kapteyn]] || Netherlands || 1851 || 1922
|- id="L. Karachkina"
| [[Lyudmila Karachkina]] || [[Ukraine]] || 1948 ||
|- id="G. Kashi"
| [[Ghiyath al-Kashi]] || Persia || 1380 || 1429
|- id="J. O. Katz"
| Jeffrey Owen Katz || United States || 1960 ||
|- id="K. Kaufmanis"
| [[Karlis Kaufmanis]] || [[Latvia]]/United States || 1910 || 2003
|- id="K. Kawanishi"
| [[Kōyō Kawanishi]] || Japan || 1959 ||
|- id="N. Kawasato"
| [[Nobuhiro Kawasato]] || Japan || ||
|- id="J. E. Keeler"
| [[James Edward Keeler]] || United States || 1857 || 1900
|- id="P. Kempf"
| [[Paul Kempf (astronomer)|Paul Kempf]] || Germany || 1856 || 1920
|- id="J. Kepler"
| [[Johannes Kepler]] || Germany || 1571 || 1630
|- id="O. Khayyam"
| [[Omar Khayyám]] || Persia || 1048 || 1131
|- id="Al-Khujandi"
| [[Al-Khujandi]] || Persia || {{circa|940}} || 1000 || Discovered that the [[axial tilt]] of the Earth is not constant.
|- id="M. Khwarizmi"
| [[Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī]] || Persia || 780 || 850
|- id="Kidinnu"
| [[Kidinnu]] || [[Babylon]] || fl. 4th century BC || {{circa|330 BC}}
|- id="H. Kimura"
| [[Hisashi Kimura]] || Japan || 1870 || 1943
|- id="M. Kirch"
| [[Maria Margarethe Kirch]] || Germany || 1670 || 1720
|- id="D. Kirkwood"
| [[Daniel Kirkwood]] || United States || 1814 || 1895
|- id="R. Kirshner"
| [[Robert Kirshner]] || United States || 1949 ||
|- id="M. Kizawa"
| [[Minoru Kizawa]] || Japan || 1947 ||
|- id="E. F. Klinkerfues"
| [[Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues]] || Germany || 1827 || 1884
|- id="V. Knorre"
| [[Viktor Knorre]] || Russia || 1840 || 1919
|- id="Takao Kobayashi"
| [[Takao Kobayashi]] || Japan || 1961 ||
|- id="Toru Kobayashi"
| [[Toru Kobayashi]] || Japan || ||
|- id="L. Kohoutek"
| [[Luboš Kohoutek]] || [[Czechoslovakia]] || 1935 ||
|- id="M. Koishikawa"
| [[Masahiro Koishikawa]] || Japan || 1952 || 2020
|- id="N. Kojima"
| [[Nobuhisa Kojima]] || Japan || 1933 ||
|- id="T. Kojima"
| [[Takuo Kojima]] || Japan || 1955 ||
|- id="Y. Kondo"
| [[Yoji Kondo]] || Japan || 1933 || 2017
|- id="Z. Kopal"
| [[Zdeněk Kopal]] || Czechoslovakia/United Kingdom/United States || 1914 || 1993
|- id="S. Kopeikin"
| [[Sergei Kopeikin]] || United States || 1956 ||
|- id="A. Kopff"
| [[August Kopff]] || Germany || 1882 || 1960
|- id="K. Korlevic"
| [[Korado Korlević]] || [[Croatia]] || 1958 || 
|- id="H. Kosai"
| [[Hiroki Kosai]] || Japan || 1933 ||
|- id="C. T. Kowal"
| [[Charles T. Kowal]] || United States || 1940 || 2011
|- id="R. Kraft"
| [[Robert Kraft (astronomer)|Robert Kraft]] || United States || 1927 || 2015 || Pioneering work on [[Cepheid variables]], [[stellar rotation]], [[novae]], and the chemical evolution of the Milky Way
|- id="L. Kresak"
| [[Ľubor Kresák]] || Czechoslovakia || 1927 || 1994
|- id="H. Kreutz"
| [[Heinrich Kreutz]] || Germany || 1854 || 1927
|- id="E. Krupp"
| [[Ed Krupp|Edwin C. Krupp]] || United States || 1944 || 
|- id="K. Kubokawa"
| [[Kazuo Kubokawa]] || Japan || 1903 || 1943
|- id="M. Kuchner"
| [[Marc Kuchner]] || United States || 1972 ||
|- id="G. Kuiper"
| [[Gerard Kuiper]] || Netherlands/United States || 1905 || 1973 || The namesake of the [[Kuiper belt]], a region of minor planets beyond [[Neptune]].
|- id="G. Kulin"
| [[György Kulin]] || [[Austria-Hungary]] || 1905 || 1989
|- id="D. Kurtz"
| [[Donald Kurtz]] || United States || 1948 ||
|- id="A. Kuscu"
| [[Ali Kuşçu]] || [[Turkey]] || 1403 || 1474 || Qushji improved on [[Nasir al-Din al-Tusi]]'s planetary model and presented an alternative planetary model for [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].
|- id="R. Kushida"
| [[Reiki Kushida]] || Japan ||  ||
|- id="Y. Kushida"
| [[Yoshio Kushida]] || Japan || 1957 ||
|- id="N. Lacaille"
| [[Nicolas Louis de Lacaille]] || France || 1713 || 1762
|- id="E. Lada"
| [[Elizabeth Lada]] || United States || ||
|- id="Lagadha"
| [[Lagadha]] || India || 1st millennium BCE ||
|- id="C. Lagerkvist"
| [[Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist]] || Sweden || 1944 ||
|- id="J. L. Lagrange"
| [[Joseph Louis Lagrange|Joseph-Louis Lagrange]] || France || 1736 || 1813
|- id="E. Lakdawalla"
| [[Emily Lakdawalla]] || United States || 1975 ||
|- id="J. Lalande"
| [[Jérôme Lalande]] || France || 1732 || 1807 || Calculated the distance from the moon to Earth
|- id="J. H. Lambert"
| [[Johann Heinrich Lambert]] || France/Germany || 1728 || 1777
|- id="D. J. Lane"
| [[David J. Lane (astronomer)|David J. Lane]] || Canada || 1963 ||
|- id="A. E. Lange"
| [[Andrew E. Lange]] || United States || 1957 || 2010
|- id="S. P. Langley"
| [[Samuel Pierpont Langley]] || United States || 1834 || 1906
|- id="P. Laplace"
| [[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] || France || 1749 || 1827
|- id="J. Laskar"
| [[Jacques Laskar]] || France || 1955 || 
|- id="W. Lassell"
| [[William Lassell]] || United Kingdom || 1799 || 1880
|- id="J. J. Laurent"
| [[Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent]] || France ||  || 1900
|- id="H. S. Leavitt"
| [[Henrietta Swan Leavitt]] || United States || 1868 || 1921 || Discovered that [[Cepheid variable]] stars pulsated at a rate relative to the luminosity. This discovery made it possible to determine the distance to other galaxies by comparing the distance to Cepheids in our galaxy measured by [[Parallax]] and [[Spectroscopy]] and then applying the results to cepheids in other galaxies. This would eventually lead to the discovery that the Universe is expanding.
|- id="T. Lee" 
| [[Typhoon Lee]] || United States/[[Taiwan]] || 1948 ||
|- id="G. Gentil"
| [[Guillaume Le Gentil]] || France || 1725 || 1792
|- id="G. Lemaitre"
| [[Georges Lemaître]] || Belgium || 1894 || 1966 || Being the first the theorize that the Universe is ever expanding. The namesake of the [[Hubble–Lemaître law]]
|- id="P. Lemonnier"
| [[Pierre Lemonnier (physicist)|Pierre Lemonnier]] || France || 1715 || 1799
|- id="F. C. Leonard"
| [[Frederick C. Leonard]] || United States || 1896 || 1960
<!-- |- id="C. Leovitius"
| [[Cyprian Leovitius]] || [[1524–1574) -->
|- id="A. O. Leuschner"
| [[Armin Otto Leuschner|Armin Leuschner]] || United States || 1868 || 1953
|- id="G. F. Lewis"
| [[Geraint F. Lewis|Geraint Lewis]] || Australia || 1969 ||
|- id="U. Verrier"
| [[Urbain Le Verrier]] || France || 1811 || 1877 || Theorized the existence of [[Neptune]] by calculations of its influence of orbit of [[Uranus]], which let to Neptune's discovery.
|- id="L. Fan"
| [[Li Fan (Han Dynasty)|Li Fan]] || China || 202 AD || 220 AD
|- id="B. Lindblad"
| [[Bertil Lindblad]] || Sweden || 1895 || 1965
|- id="A. Friedrich"
| [[Adolph Friedrich Lindemann]] || Germany/[[United Kingdom]] || 1846 || 1927
|- id="C. Lintott"
| [[Chris Lintott]] || United Kingdom || 1980 ||
|- id="J. J. Littrow"
| [[Joseph Johann Littrow]] || Austria || 1781 || 1840
|- id="K. L. Littrow"
| [[Karl L. Littrow]] || Austria || 1811 || 1877
|- id="L. Xin"
| [[Liu Xin (scholar)|Liu Xin]] || China || 50 BCE || 23 BCE
|- id="J. Lockyer"
| [[Joseph Lockyer]] || United Kingdom || 1836 || 1920
|- id="M. Loewy"
| [[Maurice Loewy]] || Austria/France || 1833 || 1907
|- id="C. S. Longomontanus"
| [[Christian Sørensen Longomontanus]] || Denmark || 1562 || 1647
|- id="B. Lovell"
| [[Bernard Lovell]] || United Kingdom || 1913 || 2012
|- id="P. Lowell
| [[Percival Lowell]] || United States || 1855 || 1916 || Theorized the existence of a ninth planet beyond [[Neptune]], and contributed to the calculations that would eventually lead to the discovery of [[Pluto]]
|- id="R. Lopes"
| [[Rosaly Lopes]] || [[Brazil]] || 1957 ||
|- id="A. Lopez"
| [[Ángel López (astronomer)|Ángel López]] || Spain || 1955 ||
|- id="A. Lopez-Garcia"
| [[Álvaro López-García]] || Spain || 1941 || 2019
|- id="J. W. Lubbock"
| [[John William Lubbock]] || United Kingdom || 1803 || 1865
|- id="K. Lundmark"
| [[Knut Lundmark]] || Sweden || 1889 || 1958
|- id="Lupitus"
| [[Lupitus of Barcelona]] || Spain || fl. 10th century ||
|- id="R. Luther"
| [[Robert Luther]] || Germany || 1822 || 1900
|- id="J. Luu"
| [[Jane Luu]] || [[South Vietnam]]/United States || 1963 ||
|- id="W. Luyten"
| [[Willem Luyten]] || [[Dutch East Indies]] (Netherlands) || 1899 || 1994
|- id="D. Lynden"
| [[Donald Lynden-Bell]] || United Kingdom || 1935 || 2018
|- id="A. Lyne
| [[Andrew Lyne]] || [[United Kingdom]] || 1942 ||
|- id="B. Lyot
| [[Bernard Lyot]] || France || 1897 || 1952
|- id="M. Suri"
| [[Mahendra Suri]] || India || {{circa|1340}} || 1400
|- id="M. Yize"
| [[Ma Yize]] || China || 910 || 1005
|- id="A. Maanen"
| [[Adriaan van Maanen]] || United States || 1884 || 1946
|- id="G. Parker"
| [[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield|George Parker]] 2nd Earl of Macclesfield || United Kingdom || {{circa|1697}} || 1764
|- id="A. Mainzer"
| [[Amy Mainzer]] || United States || 1974 ||
|- id="S. Mandel"
| [[Steve Mandel]] || United States ||  ||
|- id="G. Marcy"
| [[Geoff Marcy]] || United States || 1954 ||
|- id="S. Marius"
| [[Simon Marius]] || Germany || 1573 || 1624
|- id="B. G. Marsden"
| [[Brian G. Marsden]] || United States || 1937 || 2010
|- id="A. Marth"
| [[Albert Marth]] || Germany || 1828 || 1897
|- id="N. Maskelyne"
| [[Nevil Maskelyne]] || United Kingdom || 1732 || 1811
|- id="C. Mason"
| [[Charles Mason]] || United Kingdom/United States || 1730 || 1787
|- id="J. C. Mather"
| [[John C. Mather]] || United States || 1946 ||
|- id="J. A. Mattei"
| [[Janet Akyüz Mattei]] || [[Turkey]]/United States || 1943 || 2004
|- id="E. W. Maunder"
| [[Edward Walter Maunder]] || United Kingdom || 1851 || 1928
|- id="P. L. Maupertuis"
| [[Pierre Louis Maupertuis]] || France || 1698 || 1759
|- id="A. Maury"
| [[Alain Maury]] || France || 1958 ||
|- id="M. F. Maury"
| [[Matthew Fontaine Maury]] || United States || 1806 || 1873
|- id="B. May"
| [[Brian May]] || United Kingdom || 1947 ||
|- id="C. Mayer"
| [[Cornell Mayer]] || United States || 1922 || 2005
|- id="T. Mayer"
| [[Tobias Mayer]] || Germany || 1723 || 1762
|- id="M. Mayor"
| [[Michel Mayor]] || Switzerland || 1942 ||
|- id="C. McKee"
| [[Christopher McKee]] || United States || 1942 ||
|- id="R. S. McMillan"
| [[Robert S. McMillan (astronomer)|Robert S. McMillan]] || United States ||  ||
|- id="W. H. McCrea"
| [[William H. McCrea]] || United Kingdom || 1904 || 1999
|- id="B. A> McIntosh"
| [[Bruce A. McIntosh]] || Canada || 1929 || 2015
|-
|[[Jess McIver]]
|United States
|
|
|- id="R. H. McNaught"
| [[Robert H. McNaught]] || Australia || 1956 ||
|- id="P. Mechain"
| [[Pierre Méchain]] || France || 1744 || 1804
|- id="T. Medupe"
| [[Thebe Medupe]] || [[South Africa]] || 1973 ||
|- id="K. J. Meech"
| [[Karen Jean Meech]] || United States || 1959 ||
|- id="A. Meinel"
| [[Aden Meinel|Aden Baker Meinel]] || United States || 1922 || 2011
|- id="F. Melia"
| [[Fulvio Melia]] || United States || 1956 ||
|- id="P. J. Melotte"
| [[Philibert Jacques Melotte]] || United Kingdom || 1880 || 1961
|- id="P. Merrill"
| [[Paul Merrill|Paul Willard Merrill]] || United States || 1887 || 1961
|- id="D. Merritt"
| [[David Merritt]] || United States || 1955 ||
|- id="C. Messier"
| [[Charles Messier]] || France || 1730 || 1817
|- id="J. H. Metcalf"
| [[Joel Hastings Metcalf]] || United States || 1866 || 1925
|- id="A. G. Michalitsianos"
| [[Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos]] || United States || 1947 || 1997
|- id="J. Michell"
| [[John Michell]] || United Kingdom || 1724 || 1793 || The first person known to have proposed the existence of [[black holes]]
|- id="E. Millosevich"
| [[Elia Millosevich]] || Italy || 1848 || 1919
|- id="E. A. Milne"
| [[Edward Arthur Milne]] || United Kingdom || 1896 || 1950
|- id="R. Minkowski"
| [[Rudolph Minkowski]] || Germany || 1895 || 1976
|- id="M. Minnaert"
| [[Marcel Minnaert|Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert]] || [[Belgium]]/[[Netherlands]] || 1893 || 1970
|- id="M. Mitchell"
| [[Maria Mitchell]] || United States || 1818 || 1889
|- id="S. Miyasaka"
| [[Seidai Miyasaka]] || Japan || 1955 ||
|- id="Y. Mizuno"
| [[Yoshikane Mizuno]] || Japan || 1954 ||
|- id="A. F. Mobius"
| [[August Ferdinand Möbius]] || Germany || 1790 || 1868
|- id="A. Moffat"
| [[Anthony Moffat]] || Canada ||  ||
|- id="J. M. Mohr"
| [[Johan Maurits Mohr]] || Netherlands || 1716 || 1775
|- id="S. Molyneux"
| [[Samuel Molyneux]] || United Kingdom || 1689 || 1728 || best known for his work in attempting to measure the parallax of Gamma Draconis leading to the discovery of the [[aberration of light]]
|- id="G. Montanari"
| [[Geminiano Montanari]] || Italy || 1633 || 1687
|- id="P. Moore"
| [[Patrick Moore]] || United Kingdom || 1923 || 2012
|- id="J. M. Moran"
| [[James Michael Moran]] || United States || 1943 ||
|- id="W. W. Morgan"
| [[William Wilson Morgan]] || United States || 1906 || 1994
|- id="H. Mori"
| [[Hiroshi Mori (astronomer)|Hiroshi Mori]] || Japan || 1958 ||
|- id="A. Mouchez"
| [[Amédée Mouchez]] || France || 1821 || 1892
|- id="A. Mrkos"
| [[Antonín Mrkos]] || Czechoslovakia || 1918 || 1996
|- id="J. Mueller"
| [[Jean Mueller]] || United States || 1950 ||
|- id="M. Mukai"
| [[Masaru Mukai]] || Japan || 1949 ||
|- id="G. Muller"
| [[Gustav Müller (astronomer)|Gustav Müller]] || Germany || 1851 || 1925
|- id="J. Muller"
| [[Regiomontanus|Johannes Müller]] || Germany || 1436 || 1476
|- id="H. Murakami"
| [[Harutaro Murakami]] || Japan || 1872 || 1947
|- id=""Muramatsu"
| [[Osamu Muramatsu]] || Japan || 1949 ||
|-
|[[Tara Murphy]]
|Australia
|
|
|- id="A. Musa"
| [[Ahmad bin Musa|bin Musa Ahmad]] || Persia || 805 || 873
|- id="H. Musa"
| [[Hasan bin Musa|bin Musa Hasan]] || Persia || 810 || 873
|- id="M. Musa"
| [[Muhammad bin Musa|bin Musa Muhammad]] || Persia || {{circa|800}} || 873
|-
|[[Carole Mundell]]
|United Kingdom
|
|
|- id="N. Mustelin"
| [[Nils Mustelin]] || Finland || 1931 || 2004
|- id="N. Somayaji"
| [[Nilakantha Somayaji]] || India || 1444 || 1544
|- id="V. Naboth"
| [[Valentin Naboth]] || Germany/Italy || 1523 || 1593
|- id="Naburimannu"
| [[Naburimannu]] || [[Babylonia]] || || ||Sometime between 6th and 2nd centuries BC
|- id="T. Nagata"
| [[Takeshi Nagata]] || Japan || 1913 || 1991
|- id="A. Nahavandi"
| [[Ahmad Nahavandi]] || Persia || 7th–8th century ||
|- id="A. Nakamura"
| [[Akimasa Nakamura]] || Japan || 1961 ||
|- id="S. Nakano"
| [[Syuichi Nakano]] || Japan || 1947 ||
|- id="J. Narlikar"
| [[Jayant Narlikar]] || India || 1938 || 2025
|- id="Naubakht"
| [[Naubakht]] || Persia || d. 776 ||
|- id="A. Naubakht"
| [[Al-fadl ibn Naubakht]] || Persia || 8th century ||
|- id="O. Neugebauer"
| [[Otto Neugebauer]] || Germany/United States || 1899 || 1990
|- id="G. N. Neujmin"
| [[G. N. Neujmin|Grigoriy Nikolaevich Neujmin]] || [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]/[[Russia]] || 1886 || 1946
|- id="S. Newcomb"
| [[Simon Newcomb]] || United States || 1835 || 1909
|- id="I. Newton"
| [[Isaac Newton]] || United Kingdom || 1643 || 1727
|- id="S. B. Nicholson"
| [[Seth Barnes Nicholson]] || United States || 1891 || 1963
|- id="A. A. Nijland"
| [[Albertus Antonie Nijland]] || Netherlands || 1868 || 1936
|- id="T. Niijima
| [[Tsuneo Niijima]] || Japan || 1955 ||
|- id="P. Nilson"
| [[Peter Nilson]] || Sweden || 1937 || 1998
|- id="H. Nojiri"
| [[Hōei Nojiri]] || Japan || 1885 || 1977
|- id="J. Nomen"
| [[Jaime Nomen]] || Spain || 1960 ||
|- id="T. Nomura"
| [[Toshiro Nomura]] || Japan || 1954 ||
|- id="K. Odegaard"
| [[Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard]] || [[Norway]] || 1966 ||
|- id="Okuro Oikawa"
| [[Okuro Oikawa]] || Japan || 1896 || 1970
|- id="T. Oja"
| [[Tarmo Oja]] || Sweden || 1934 ||
|- id="T. Okuni"
| [[Tomimaru Okuni]] || Japan || 1931 ||
|- id="N. Olahus"
| [[Nicolaus Olahus]] || [[Hungary]] || 1493 || 1568
|- id="H. W. Olbers"
| [[Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers]] || Germany || 1758 || 1840 || Was a part of the so-called '[[celestial police]]' group, which made the orbital calculations leading to the discovery of many [[dwarf planets]] between Mars and Jupiter.
|- id="G. K. O'Neill"
| [[Gerard K. O'Neill|Gerard O'Neill]] || United States || 1927 || 1992
|- id="J. Oort
| [[Jan Hendrik Oort]] || Netherlands || 1900 || 1992 || Determined that the [[Milky Way]] rotates, and disproved that the Sun is the center of the Milky Way.
|- id="P. Oosterhoff"
| [[Pieter Oosterhoff]] || Netherlands || 1904 || 1978
|- id="E. Opik"
| [[Ernst Öpik]] || [[Estonia]]/Ireland || 1893 || 1985
|- id="J. L. Ortiz"
| [[José Luis Ortiz Moreno]] || Spain || 1967 ||  || Led the team to discover the [[dwarf planet]] [[Haumea]] in 2004
|- id="Y. Oshima"
| [[Yoshiaki Oshima]] || Japan || 1952 ||
|- id="D. E. Osterbrook:
| [[Donald Edward Osterbrock]] || United States || 1924 || 2007
|- id="L. Oterma"
| [[Liisi Oterma]] || Finland || 1915 || 2001
|- id="S. Otomo"
| [[Satoru Otomo]] || Japan || 1957 ||
|- id="J. A. Oudemans"
| [[Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans]] || Netherlands || 1827 || 1906
|- id="R. Pacheco"
| [[Rafael Pacheco]] || Spain || 1954 ||
|- id="B. Paczynski"
| [[Bohdan Paczyński]] || Poland || 1940 || 2007
|- id="L. Pajdusakova"
| [[Ľudmila Pajdušáková]] || Czechoslovakia || 1916 || 1979
|- id="J. Palisa"
| [[Johann Palisa]] || Austria || 1848 || 1925
|- id="J. Palitzsch"
| [[Johann Palitzsch]] || Germany || 1723 || 1788
|- id="A. Pannekoek"
| [[Anton Pannekoek]] || Netherlands || 1873 || 1960
|- id="E. Parker"
| [[Eugene Parker]] || United States || 1927 ||2022
|- id="W. Parsons"
| [[William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse|William Parsons]] (Lord Rosse) || Ireland || 1800 || 1867 || discovered the spiral nature of some [[nebulae]], today known to be spiral [[galaxies]]
|- id="A. Patry"
| [[Miriani Griselda Pastoriza]] || Brazil || 1939 || 
|- id="M. Pastoriza"
| [[André Patry]] || France || 1902 || 1960
|- id="C. Payne"
| [[Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin]] || United Kingdom/United States || 1900 || 1979
|- id="R. Payne"
| [[Ruby Payne-Scott]] || Australia || 1912 || 1981
|- id="J. Peebles"
| [[Jim Peebles|James Peebles]] || Canada/United States || 1935 ||
|- id="C. Peek"
| [[Cuthbert Peek|Sir Cuthbert Peek, 2nd Baronet]] || United Kingdom || 1855 || 1901
|- id="L. Peltier"
| [[Leslie Peltier|Leslie Copus Peltier]] || United States || 1900 || 1980
|- id="R. Penrose"
| [[Roger Penrose]] || United Kingdom || 1931 ||
|- id="A. Penzias"
| [[Arno Penzias]] || United States/Germany || 1933 || 2024
|- id="S. Perlmutter"
| [[Saul Perlmutter]] || United States || 1959 ||   || Proved that the expansion rate of the universe is expanding.
|- id="C. D. Perrine"
| [[Charles Dillon Perrine]] || United States/[[Argentina]] || 1867 || 1951
|- id="H. J. Perrotin"
| [[Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin]] || France || 1845 || 1904
|- id="C. H. Peters"
| [[Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters]] || Germany/United States || 1813 || 1890
|- id="G. H. Peters"
| [[George Henry Peters]] || United States || 1863 || 1947
|- id="M. M. Phillips"
| [[Mark M. Phillips]] || United States || 1951 ||
|- id="G. Piazzi"
| [[Giuseppe Piazzi]] || Italy || 1746 || 1826 || Discovered the [[dwarf planet]] [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]]
|- id="E. C. Pickering"
| [[Edward Charles Pickering]] || United States || 1846 || 1919
|- id="W. H. Pickering"
| [[William Henry Pickering]] || United States || 1858 || 1938
|- id="P. Pismis"
| [[Paris Pişmiş]] || [[Armenia]]/[[Mexico]] || 1911 || 1999
|- id="M. Pittendreigh"
| Maynard Pittendreigh || United States || 1954 ||
|- id="P. Plait"
| [[Phil Plait]] || United States || 1964 ||
|- id="G. A. Plana"
| [[Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana]] || Italy || 1781 || 1864
|- id="P. Plancius"
| [[Petrus Plancius]] || Netherlands || 1552 || 1622
|- id="J. S. Plaskett"
| [[John Stanley Plaskett]] || Canada || 1865 || 1941
|- id="N. R. Pogson"
| [[Norman Robert Pogson]] || United Kingdom || 1829 || 1891
|- id="C. Pollas"
| [[Christian Pollas]] || France || 1947 ||
|- id="J. Pond"
| [[John Pond]] || England || 1767 || 1836
|- id="J. Pons"
| [[Jean-Louis Pons]] || France || 1761 || 1831
|- id="C. Porco"
| [[Carolyn Porco]] || United States || 1953 ||
|- id="V. Porubcan"
| [[Vladimír Porubčan]] || Czechoslovakia || 1940 ||
|- id="C. Pritchard"
| [[Charles Pritchard]] || United Kingdom || 1808 || 1893
|- id="R. Proctor"
| [[Richard Proctor]] || England || 1837 || 1888
|- id="M. B. Protic"
| [[Milorad B. Protić]] || [[Serbia]] || 1911 || 2001
|- id="Ptolemy"
| [[Ptolemy]] of Alexandria || [[Roman Egypt]] || {{circa|85}} || 165
|- id="P. Puiseux"
| [[Pierre Puiseux]] || France || 1855 || 1928
|- id="G. Purbach"
| [[Georg Purbach]] || Germany || 1423 || 1461
|- id="Pythagoras"
| [[Pythagoras]] of Samos || Greece || 580 BC || 500 BC || credited with having been the first to teach that the Earth was [[sphere|spherical]], the first to divide the globe into five [[climatic zones]], and the first to identify the [[Venus|morning star]] and the evening star as the same celestial object (now known as [[Venus]]).
|- id="A. Quetelet"
| [[Adolphe Quetelet]] || Belgium || 1796 || 1874
|- id="M. Qureshi"
| [[M. Shahid Qureshi]] || [[Pakistan]] ||  ||
|- id="A. Qushji"
| [[Ali Qushji]] || [[Ottoman Empire]] || 1403 || 1474
|- id="D. L. Rabinowitz"
| [[David L. Rabinowitz|David Lincoln Rabinowitz]] || United States || 1960 ||  || Co-discoverer of the dwarf planet [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]] in 2006
|- id="N. C. Rana"
| [[Narayan Chandra Rana]] || India || 1954 || 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.thestatesman.com/1018159/Dainik-Statesman/29TH-NOVEMBER-2016#page/10/1|title=E Paper|work=epaper.thestatesman.com|date=29 November 2016|access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref>
|- id="G. Reber"
| [[Grote Reber]] || United States || 1911 || 2002 || For nearly a decade he was the world's only radio astronomer.
|- id="M. Rees"
| [[Martin Rees]] || United Kingdom || 1942 ||
|-
|[[Edward Ayearst Reeves]]
|United Kingdom
|1862
|1945
|Geographer and astronomer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telescopic Alidade |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_765754 |access-date=2024-03-14 |publisher=[[National Museum of American History]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- id="H. Reeves"
| [[Hubert Reeves]] || Canada || 1932 || 2023 
|- id="J. Muller"
| [[Regiomontanus|Johannes Müller]] || Germany || 1436 || 1476
|- id="J. Reichelt"
| [[Julius Reichelt]] || Germany || 1637 || 1717
|- id="E. Reinhold"
| [[Erasmus Reinhold]] || [[Duchy of Prussia|Prussia]], Germany || 1511 || 1553
|- id="K. Reinmuth"
| [[Karl Reinmuth]] || Germany || 1892 || 1979
|- id="P. Rhijn"
| [[Pieter Johannes van Rhijn]] || Netherlands || 1886 || 1960
|- id="G. Riccioli"
| [[Giovanni Battista Riccioli]] || Italy || 1598 || 1671 || Discovering the first double star.
|-
|[[Mercedes Richards]] || [[Jamaica]] || 1955 || 2016 || Pioneering research in the [[tomography]] of interacting [[binary star]] systems and [[cataclysmic variable star]]s to predict magnetic activity and simulate gas flow is her most known work. She was the first to use tomography in astronomy.
|- id="J. Richer"
| [[Jean Richer]] || France || 1630 || 1696
|- id="E. Riddle"
| [[Edward Riddle]] || England || 1788 || 1854
|- id="A. Riess"
| [[Adam Riess]] || United States || 1969 ||   || He is known for his research in using [[supernovae]] as cosmological probes and for being part of the team that proved that the expansion rate of the universe is expanding.
|- id="F. Rigaux"
| [[Fernand Rigaux]] || Belgium || 1905 || 1962
|- id="G. W. Ritchey"
| [[George Willis Ritchey]] || United States || 1864 || 1945
|- id="D. Rittenhouse"
| [[David Rittenhouse]] || United States || 1732 || 1796
|- id="H. Rix"
| [[Hans-Walter Rix]] || Germany || 1964 ||
|- id="C. Robert"
| [[Carmelle Robert]] || Canada || 1962 ||
|- id="A. Roelofs"
| [[Arjen Roelofs]] || Netherlands || 1754 || 1824
|- id="E. Roemer"
| [[Elizabeth Roemer]] || United States || 1929 || 2016
|- id="R. Hereford
| [[Roger of Hereford]] || England || {{circa|1176}} || 1198
|- id="N. G. Roman"
| [[Nancy G. Roman]] || United States || 1925 || 2018
|- id="G. E. Romero"
| [[Gustavo E. Romero]] || Argentina || 1964 ||
|- id="O. Romer"
| [[Ole Rømer|Ole Christensen Rømer]] || Denmark || 1644 || 1710 || Discovered that light travels at a finite speed and made the first measurement of the [[speed of light]].
|- id="O. A. Rosenberger"
| [[Otto A. Rosenberger]] || Germany || 1800 || 1890
<!--|- id="W. Parsons"
| [[William Parsons|3rd Earl of Rosse|Lord Rosse]] || Ireland || 1800 || 1867-->
|- id="S. Rosseland"
| [[Svein Rosseland]] || Norway || 1894 || 1985
|- id="B. Rossi"
| [[Bruno Rossi]] || Italy || 1905 || 1993
|- id="L. Rousseau"
| [[Laurie Rousseau-Nepton]] || Canada || ||
|- id="V. Rubin"
| [[Vera Rubin]] || United States || 1928 || 2016 || Studied the rotation of Galaxies. Her research provided evidence for the discovery of [[Dark matter]].
|- id="H. C. Russell"
| [[Henry Chamberlain Russell]] || Australia || 1836 || 1907
|- id="H. N. Russell"
| [[Henry Norris Russell]] || United States || 1877 || 1957
|- id="M. Ryle"
| [[Martin Ryle]] || United Kingdom || 1918 || 1984 || Won the [[Nobel Prize for Physics]] in 1974 for his role in the discovery of [[pulsars]].
|- id="E. Sabine"
| Sir [[Edward Sabine]] || Ireland || 1788 || 1883
|- id="Sadr"
| [[Sadr al-Shari'a al-Asghar]] || [[Uzbekistan]] || ? || 1346
| He was a theoretical astronomer and religious scholar who created original and sophisticated astronomical theories of time and place, and under circumstances that have long been considered devoid of original scientific research.
|- id="C. Sagan"
| [[Carl Sagan]] || United States || 1934 || 1996
|- id="M. N. Saha"
| [[Megh Nad Saha]] || India || 1893 || 1956
| Best known for developing the [[Saha ionization equation]], which has been instrumental in understanding the physical and chemical properties of stars.
|- id="E. E. Salpeter"
| [[Edwin Ernest Salpeter]] || Austria/Australia/United States || 1924 || 2008
|- id="A. R. Sandage"
| [[Allan Rex Sandage]] || United States || 1926 || 2010
|- id="H. G. Sande"
| [[H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen|Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen]] || Netherlands || 1838 || 1923
|- id="W. L. Sargent"
| [[Wallace Leslie William Sargent]] || United Kingdom/United States || 1935 || 2012
|- id="A. Sargent"
| [[Anneila Sargent]] || United Kingdom/United States || 1942 ||
|- id="N. Sato"
| [[Naoto Sato]] || Japan || 1953 ||
|- id="A. Schaumasse"
| [[Alexandre Schaumasse]] || France || 1882 || 1958
|- id="G. Schiapaarelli"
| [[Giovanni Schiaparelli]] || Italy || 1835 || 1910
|- id="F. Schlesinger"
| [[Frank Schlesinger]] || United States || 1871 || 1943
|- id="B. Schmidt"
| [[Bernhard Schmidt]] || [[Estonia]]/[[Sweden]]/[[Germany]] || 1879 || 1935
|- id="B. P. Schmidt"
| [[Brian P. Schmidt]] || United States || 1967 ||   || Proved that the expansion rate of the universe is expanding.
|- id="M. Schmidt"
| [[Maarten Schmidt]] || Netherlands || 1929 || 2022
|- id="R. Schommer"
| [[Robert Schommer]] || United States || 1946 || 2001
|- id="J. H. Schroter"
| [[Johann Hieronymus Schröter]] || Germany || 1745 || 1816 || Was a part of the so-called '[[celestial police]]' group, which made the orbital calculations leading to the discovery of many [[dwarf planets]] between Mars and Jupiter.
|- id="L. Schulhof"
| [[Lipót Schulhof]] || Hungary || 1847 || 1921
|- id="H. C. Schumacher"
| [[Heinrich Christian Schumacher]] || Germany || 1780 || 1850
|- id="H. Schuster"
| [[Hans-Emil Schuster]] || Germany || 1934 ||
|- id="S. H. Schwabe"
| [[Samuel Heinrich Schwabe]] || Germany || 1789 || 1875
|- id="K. Schwarzschild"
| [[Karl Schwarzschild]] || Germany || 1873 || 1916
|- id="M. Schwarzschild"
| [[Martin Schwarzschild]] || Germany/United States || 1912 || 1997
|- id="F. K. Schwassmann"
| [[Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann]] || Germany || 1870 || 1964
|- id="J. V. Scotti"
| [[James Vernon Scotti]] || United States || 1960 ||
|- id="F. H. Seares"
| [[Frederick Hanley Seares]] || United States || 1873 || 1964
|- id="G. M. Searle"
| [[George Mary Searle]] || United States || 1839 || 1918
|- id="A. Secchi"
| [[Angelo Secchi]] || Italy || 1818 || 1878 || One of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star.
|- id="S. Sei"
| [[Sadao Sei]] || Japan ||  ||
|- id="W. Seitter"
| [[Waltraut Seitter]] || Germany || 1930 || 2007
|- id="T. Seki"
| [[Tsutomu Seki]] || Japan || 1930 ||
|- id="C. K. Seyfert"
| [[Carl Keenan Seyfert]] || United States || 1911 || 1960 || He is best known for his 1943 research paper on high-excitation line emission from the centers of some [[spiral galaxies]], which are named [[Seyfert galaxies]] after him.
|- id="G. Shajn"
| [[Grigory Abramovich Shajn]] || Russia || 1892 || 1956
|- id="P. Shajn"
| [[Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn]] || Russia || 1894 || 1956
|- id="H. Shapley"
| [[Harlow Shapley]] || United States || 1885 || 1972
|- id="R. Sheepshanks"
| [[Richard Sheepshanks]] || United Kingdom || 1794 || 1855
|- id="S. Kuo"
| [[Shen Kuo]] || China || 1031 || 1095
|- id="S. Shen"
| [[Shi Shen]] || China || fl. 4th century BC ||   || Together with [[Gan De]], compiled China's first [[star catalogue]].
|- id="S. Shunkai"
| [[Shibukawa Shunkai]] || Japan || 1639 || 1715
|- id="Y. Shimizu"
| [[Yoshisada Shimizu]] || Japan || 1943 ||
|- id="S. Shinjo"
| [[Shinzo Shinjo]] || Japan || 1873 || 1938
|- id="Q. Shirazi"
| [[Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi|Qutb eddin Shirazi]] || Persia || 1236 || 1311
|- id="I. Shklovsky"
| [[Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky]] || Russia || 1916 || 1985
|- id="V. Shkodrov"
| [[Vladimir Shkodrov]] || [[Bulgaria]] || 1930 || 2010
|- id="C. J. Shoemaker"
| [[Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker]] || United States || 1929 || 2021
|- id="E. M. Schoemaker"
| [[Eugene Merle Shoemaker]] || United States || 1928 || 1997
|- id="E. M. Sion"
| [[Edward M. Sion]] || United States || 1946 ||
|- id="W. Sitter"
| [[Willem de Sitter]] || Netherlands || 1872 || 1934 || De Sitter made major contributions to the field of physical [[cosmology]]. He co-authored a paper with Albert Einstein in 1932 in which they discussed the implications of cosmological data for the curvature of the universe.
|- id="C. M. Sitterly"
| [[Charlotte Moore Sitterly]] || United States || 1898 || 1990
|- id="B. A. Skiff"
| [[Brian A. Skiff]] || United States ||  ||
|- id="J. F. Skjellerup"
| [[John Francis Skjellerup]] || [[Australia]]/[[South Africa]] || 1875 || 1952
|- id="V. M. Slipher"
| [[Vesto Melvin Slipher]] || United States || 1875 || 1969
|- id="W. M. Smart"
| [[William Marshall Smart]] || United Kingdom || 1889 || 1975
|- id="T. M. Smirnova"
| [[Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (astronomer)|Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova]] || Russia || 1935 || 2001
|- id="G. Smoot"
| [[George Smoot]] || United States || 1945 || 2025
|- id="W. H. Smyth"
| [[William Henry Smyth]] || United Kingdom || 1788 || 1865
|- id="W. Snellius"
| [[Willebrord Snellius|Snell]] || Netherlands || 1580 || 1626
|- id="M. F. Somerville"
| [[Mary Fairfax Somerville]] || United Kingdom || 1780 || 1872
|- id="J. South"
| Sir [[James South]] || United Kingdom || 1785 || 1867
|- id="H. Spencer"
| Sir [[Harold Spencer Jones]] || United Kingdom || 1890 || 1960
|- id="L. Spitzer"
| [[Lyman Spitzer]] || United States || 1914 || 1997
|- id="F. W. Sporer"
| [[Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer]] || Germany || 1822 || 1895
|- id="R. Spurzem"
| [[Rainer Spurzem]] || Germany || 1956 ||
|- id="A. Staus"
| [[Anton Staus]] || Germany || 1872 || 1955
|- id="J. Stebbins"
| [[Joel Stebbins]] || United States || 1878 || 1966
|- id="J. Stein"
| [[Johan Stein]] || Netherlands || 1871 || 1951
|- id="C. A. Steinheil"
| [[Carl August Steinheil|Karl August von Steinheil]] || Germany || 1801 || 1870
|- id="E. Stephan"
| [[Édouard Stephan]] || France || 1837 || 1923 || In 1873, Stephan was the first person to attempt to measure the angular diameter of a star using [[interferometry]]
|- id="D. J. Stevenson"
| [[David J. Stevenson]] || New Zealand || 1948 ||
|- id="E. J. Stone"
| [[Edward James Stone]] || England || 1831 || 1897
|- id="F. J. Stratton"
| [[F. J. M. Stratton]] || United Kingdom || 1881 || 1960
|- id="B. G. Stromgren"
| [[Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren]] || Denmark || 1908 || 1987 || He found that the chemical composition of stars was very much different than previously assumed. In the late 1930s, he found the relative abundance of [[hydrogen]] to be nearly 70%, and [[helium]] to be about 27%.
|- id="K. H. Struve"
| [[Karl Hermann Struve]] || Russia/Germany || 1854 || 1920
|- id="G. W. Struve"
| [[Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Struve]] || Russia || 1858 || 1920
|- id="O. Struve"
| [[Otto Struve]] || Russia/United States || 1897 || 1963
|- id="S. Song"
| [[Su Song]] || China || 1020 || 1101
|- id="M. Sugano"
| [[Matsuo Sugano]] || Japan || 1939 ||
|- id="A. Sugie"
| [[Atsushi Sugie]] || Japan ||  ||
|- id="N. Suntzeff"
| [[Nicholas Suntzeff]] || United States || 1952 ||
|- id="R. A. Sunyaev"
| [[Rashid Alievich Sunyaev]] || [[Uzbekistan]]/[[Russia]]/[[Germany]] || 1943 ||
|- id="S. Suzuki"
| [[Shohei Suzuki]] || Japan ||  ||
|- id="L. A. Swift"
| [[Lewis A. Swift]] || United States || 1820 || 1913
|- id="F. Sy"
| [[Frédéric Sy]] || France || 1861 || 1917
|- id="A. Tago"
| [[Akihiko Tago]] || Japan || 1932 ||
|- id="A. Takahashi"
| [[Atsushi Takahashi]] || Japan || 1965 ||
|- id="K. Takamizawa"
| [[Kesao Takamizawa]] || Japan || 1952 ||
|- id="Y. Tanaka"
| [[Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)|Yasuo Tanaka]] || Japan || 1931 || 2018
|-
|[[Pierre Tardi]]
|France
|1897
|1972
|
|- id="J. Tarter"
| [[Jill Tarter]] || United States || 1944 || || Research in extra-terristrial light. Came up with the name [[Brown dwarfs]] for substellar entities.
|- id="J. Taylor"
| [[Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.]] || United States || 1941 ||
|- id="J. Tebbutt"
| [[John Tebbutt]] || Australia || 1834 || 1916
|- id="E. W. Tempel"
| [[Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel]] || Germany || 1821 || 1889
|- id="Thabit"
| [[Thabit ibn Qurra]] || [[Iraq]] || 826 || 901
|- id="T. Thiele"
| [[Thorvald Nicolai Thiele]] || Denmark || 1838 || 1910
|- id="L. Thollon"
| [[Louis Thollon]] || France || 1829 || 1887
|- id="N. G. Thomas"
| [[Norman G. Thomas]] || United States || 1930 || 2020
|- id="J. M. Thome"
| [[John M. Thome|John Thome]] || United States/Argentina || 1843 || 1908
|- id="K. S. Thorne"
| [[Kip Stephen Thorne]] || United States || 1940 ||
|- id="F. Tietjen"
| [[Friedrich Tietjen]] || Germany || 1834 || 1895
|- id="B. M. Tinsley"
| [[Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley]] || New Zealand/United States || 1941 || 1981
|- id="F. F. Tisserand"
| [[François Félix Tisserand]] || France || 1845 || 1896
|- id="J. D. Titius"
| [[Johann Daniel Titius]] || Germany || 1729 || 1796
|- id="C. Tombaugh"
| [[Clyde Tombaugh|Clyde W. Tombaugh]] || United States || 1906 || 1997 || Discovered [[Pluto]] as well as numerous asteroids
|- id="K. Tomita"
| [[Kōichirō Tomita]] || Japan || 1925 || 2006
|- id="R. Tousey"
| [[Richard Tousey]] || United States || 1908 || 1997
|- id="C. Townes"
| [[Charles Townes]] || United States || 1915 || 2015
|- id="V. Trimble"
| [[Virginia Trimble]] || United States || 1943 ||
|- id="C. Trujillo"
| [[Chad Trujillo]] || United States || 1973 ||  || Co-discoverer of multiple [[dwarf planets]] beyond Pluto, including [[50000 Quaoar|Quaoar]] in 2002, [[Makemake]] in 2005 and [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]] in 2006. This triggered a debate on the definition of a planet.
|- id="R. J. Trumpler"
| [[Robert Julius Trumpler]] || United States || 1886 || 1956
|- id="R. B. Tully"
| [[R. Brent Tully]] || United States || 1943 ||
|- id="H. H. Turner"
| [[Herbert Hall Turner]] || England || 1861 || 1930 || Coined the term [[Parsec]], a very large unit of distance to measure the distance to objects outside the solar system
|- id="N. Tusi"
| [[Nasir al-Din Tusi]] || Persia || 1201 || 1274 || In astronomy, al-Tusi created very accurate tables of planetary motion, an updated planetary model, and critiques of Ptolemaic astronomy.
|- id="H. P. Tuttle"
| [[Horace Parnell Tuttle]] || United States || 1839 || 1923
|- id="N. Tyson"
| [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]] || United States || 1958 ||
|- id="S. Ueda"
| [[Seiji Ueda]] || Japan || 1952 ||
|- id="Ulugh"
| [[Ulugh Beg]] || [[Uzbekistan]] || 1394 || 1449
|- id="A. Ulloa"
| [[Antonio de Ulloa]] || Spain || 1716 || 1795
|- id="A. Unsold"
| [[Albrecht Unsöld]] || Germany || 1905 || 1995
|- id="T. Urata"
| [[Takeshi Urata]] || Japan || 1947 || 2012
|- id="M. Urdi"
| [[Mu'ayyad al-Din al-Urdi]] || Persia || {{circa|1200}} || 1266
|- id="F. Uto"
| [[Fumiaki Uto]] || Japan ||  ||
|- id="Y. Vaisala"
| [[Yrjö Väisälä]] || [[Finland]] || 1891 || 1971
|- id="B. Valz"
| [[Benjamin Valz]] || France || 1787 || 1867
|- id="J. Van Allen"
| [[James Van Allen]] || United States || 1914 || 2006
|- id="G. Van Biesbroeck"
| [[George Van Biesbroeck]] || Belgium/United States || 1880 || 1974
|- id="H. C. van de Hulst"
| [[Hendrik C. van de Hulst|Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst]] || Netherlands || 1918 || 2000
|- id="P. van de Kamp"
| [[Peter van de Kamp]] || United States || 1901 || 1995
|- id="S. van den Burgh"
| [[Sidney van den Bergh]] || Canada || 1929 ||
|- id="M. van den Hove"
| [[Martin van den Hove]] || Netherlands || 1605 || 1639
|- id="H. G. van de Sande"
| [[H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen|Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen]] || Netherlands || 1838 || 1923
|- id="H. van Gent"
| [[Hendrik van Gent]] || Netherlands/[[South Africa]] || 1900 || 1947
|- id="C. J. van Houten"
| [[Cornelis Johannes van Houten]] || Netherlands || 1920 || 2002
|- id="P. J. van Rhijn"
| [[Pieter Johannes van Rhijn]] || Netherlands || 1886 || 1960
|- id="S. Vauclair"
| [[Sylvie Vauclair]] || France || 1946 ||
|- id="G. Vaucouleurs"
| [[Gérard de Vaucouleurs]] || France/United States || 1918 || 1995
|- id="Z. Vavrova"
| [[Zdeňka Vávrová]] || Czechoslovakia || 1945 ||
|- id="J. Verdet"
| [[Jean-Pierre Verdet]] || France || 1932 ||
|- id="P. Veron"
| [[Philippe Véron]] || France || 1939 || 2014
|- id="F. W. Very"
| [[Frank Washington Very]] || United States || 1852 || 1927 || Very's most important work was in measuring the temperatures of the surfaces of the [[Moon]] and other [[planets]] using a [[bolometer]].
|- id="Y. Villarceau"
| [[Yvon Villarceau]] || France || 1813 || 1883
|- id="J. Vinter"
| [[Julie Vinter Hansen]] || Denmark || 1890 || 1960 || She is the first woman to be obtain a scientific degree in astronomy in Denmark, known for her accurate computation of orbits of [[minor planets]] and [[comets]].
|- id="H. C. Vogel"
| [[Hermann Carl Vogel]] || Germany || 1841 || 1907
|- id="F. G. von Struve"
| [[Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve]] || Germany/Russia || 1793 || 1864
|- id="O. W. von Struve"
| [[Otto Wilhelm von Struve]] || Russia || 1819 || 1905
|- id="A. N. Vyssotsky"
| [[Alexander N. Vyssotsky]] || Russia/United States || 1888 || 1973 ||  His best known work is probably a catalog with five lists of stars titled ''Dwarf M Stars Found Spectrophotometrically''. This work was important because it was the first list of nearby stars identified not by their motions in the sky, but by their intrinsic, [[spectroscopic]], characteristics.
|- id="E. Vyssotsky"
| [[Emma Vyssotsky]] || United States || 1894 || 1975
|- id="A. A. Wachmann"
| [[Arno Arthur Wachmann]] || Germany || 1902 || 1990
|- id="A. Wafa"
| [[Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī|Abul Wáfa]] || Persia || 940 || 997/998
|- id="Walcher"
| [[Walcher of Malvern]] || England || ? || 1135
|- id="G. Wallerstein"
| [[George Wallerstein]] || United States || 1930 || 2021
|- id="W. Wales"
| [[William Wales (astronomer)|William Wales]] || United Kingdom || {{circa|1734}} || 1798
|- id="Q. Wang"
| [[Qingde Wang]] || United States/China ||  ||
|- id="K. Watanabe"
| [[Kazuro Watanabe]] || Japan || 1955 ||
|- id="J. C. Watson"
| [[James Craig Watson]] || United States || 1838 || 1880
|- id="E. Weaver"
| [[Edmund Weaver (astronomer)|Edmund Weaver]] || United Kingdom || 1663 || 1748
|- id="K. Weaver"
| [[Kim Weaver]] || United States || 1969 ||
|- id="T. W. Webb"
| [[Thomas William Webb]] || United Kingdom || 1807 || 1885
|- id="A. L. Wegener"
| [[Alfred Lothar Wegener]] || Germany || 1880 || 1930
|- id="G. A. Wegner"
| [[Gary A. Wegner]] || United States || 1944 ||
|- id="W. Pu"
| [[Wei Pu]] || China || 960 || 1279
|- id="C. F. Weizsacker"
| [[Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker|Karl von Weizsäcker]] || Germany || 1912 || 2007
|- id="G. Wendelin"
| [[Godefroy Wendelin]] || Belgium || 1580 || 1667
|- id="R. M. West"
| [[Richard M. West]] || Denmark || 1941 ||
|- id="G. Westerhout"
| [[Gart Westerhout]] || Netherlands/United States || 1927 || 2012
|- id="B. Westerlund"
| [[Bengt Westerlund]] || Sweden || 1921 || 2008
|- id="J. G. Westphal"
| [[J. G. Westphal]] || Germany || 1824 || 1859
|- id="J. H. Westphal"
| [[Johann Heinrich Westphal]] || Germany/Italy || 1794 || 1831
|- id="G. Wetherill"
| [[George Wetherill]] || United States || 1925 || 2006
|- id="J. A. Wheeler"
| [[John Archibald Wheeler]] || United States || 1911 || 2008 || Popularizing the term '[[wormholes]]', theoretical holes in [[spacetime]] 
|- id="F. L. Whipple"
| [[Fred Lawrence Whipple]] || United States || 1906 || 2004
|- id="A. Whitford"
| [[Albert Whitford (astronomer)|Albert Whitford]] || United States || 1905 || 2002
|- id="M. W. Whitney"
| [[Mary Watson Whitney]] || United States || 1847 || 1921
|- id="C. Wickramasinghe"
| [[Chandra Wickramasinghe]] || United Kingdom || 1939 ||
|- id="P. Wild"
| [[Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer)|Paul Wild]] || Switzerland || 1925 || 2014
|- id="O. C. Wilson"
| [[Olin C. Wilson]] || United States || 1909 || 1994
|- id="R. Windhorst"
| [[Rogier Windhorst]] || United States || 1955 || 
|- id="R. W. Wilson"
| [[Robert Woodrow Wilson|Robert Wilson]] || United States || 1936 || 
|- id="V. Wing"
| [[Vincent Wing]] || [[United Kingdom]] || 1619 || 1668 || Author of the ''Astronomia Britannica'' (published in 1669).
|- id="J. Winthrop"
| [[John Winthrop (1714–1779)|John Winthrop]] || [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] || 1714 || 1779
|- id="F. A. Winnecke"
| [[Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke]] || Germany || 1835 || 1897
|- id="C. Wirtanen"
| [[Carl Wirtanen]] || United States || 1910 || 1990 || discovered periodic comet [[46P/Wirtanen]], as well as eight [[asteroids]]
|- id="J. Wisdom"
| [[Jack Wisdom]] || United States || 1953 ||
|- id="G. Witt"
| [[Gustav Witt]] || Germany || 1866 || 1946
|- id="M. Wolf"
| [[Maximilian Wolf]] || Germany || 1863 || 1932
|- id="A. Wolszczan"
| [[Aleksander Wolszczan]] || Poland || 1946 ||  || Co-discoverer of the first confirmed extrasolar planets and pulsar planets.
|- id="R. Woolley"
| [[Richard van der Riet Woolley]] || United Kingdom || 1906 || 1986
|- id="T. Wright"
| [[Thomas Wright (astronomer)|Thomas Wright]] || United Kingdom || 1711 || 1786 || He was the first to describe the shape of the [[Milky Way]]
|- id="I. Yamamoto"
| [[Issei Yamamoto]] || Japan || 1889 || 1959
|- id="M. Yanai"
| [[Masayuki Yanai]] || Japan || 1959 ||
|- id="Y. Xing"
| [[Yi Xing]] || China || 683 || 727
|- id="A. S. Young"
| [[Anne Sewell Young]] || United States || 1871 || 1961
|- id="C. A. Young"
| [[Charles Augustus Young]] || United States || 1834 || 1908
|- id="J. W. Young"
| [[James Whitney Young]] || United States || 1941 ||
|- id="F. X. Zach"
| [[Franz Xaver von Zach]] || Germany || 1753 || 1832 || The founder of the so-called '[[celestial police]]', an informal group of astronomers looking for additional planets after the discovery of [[Uranus]]. The Celestial Police made the orbital calculations leading to the discovery of the asteroid belt and many [[dwarf planets]] between Mars and Jupiter.
|- id="A. Zacuto"
| [[Abraham Zacuto]] || [[Spain]]/[[Portugal]] || 1450 || 1510 || His mapping of stars led to breakthroughs in navigation.
|- id="J. Zarnecki"
| [[John Zarnecki]] || [[United Kingdom]] || 1949 ||
|- id="Y. B. Zel'dovisch"
| [[Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich]] || [[Soviet Union|USSR]] || 1914 || 1987 || Zeldovich played a key role in developing the theory of [[black hole evaporation]] due to [[Hawking radiation]].
|- id="Zhang D."
| [[Zhang Daqing]] || China || 1969 ||
|- id="Zhang H."
| [[Zhang Heng]] || China || 78 || 139
|- id="Zhang Y."
| [[Zhang Yuzhe]] || China || 1902 || 1986
|- id="L. V. Zhuravleva"
| [[Lyudmila Vasil'evna Zhuravleva]] || Russia/[[Ukraine]] || 1946 ||
|- id="F. Ziegel"
| [[Felix Ziegel]] || [[Soviet Union]] || 1920 || 1988
|- id="Zu C."
| [[Zu Chongzhi]] || China || 429 || 500
|- id="F. Zwicky"
| [[Fritz Zwicky]] || Switzerland/United States || 1898 || 1974 || Zwicky was the first to use the virial theorem to discover the existence of a gravitational anomaly, which he termed [[dark matter]].
|- id="HY Chiu"
| [[Hong-Yee Chiu]] || [[Taiwan]]/United States || 1932 ||   || Coined the term "[[Quasar]]" for the light emitted from the area around [[Supermassive black hole]]s
|- id="S. Huang"
| [[Su-Shu Huang]] || [[China]]/United States || 1915 || 1977 || Developed the idea that all stars have a [[habitable zone]], a distance where water could be liquid on the surface and thus there would be potential for life.
|- id="J. H. Mädler"
| [[Johann Heinrich von Mädler]] || [[Germany]] || 1794 || 1874 || Together with [[Wilhelm Beer]] he produced the first exact map of the Moon and of Mars
|}

==Brief alphabetical list==

===A===
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*[[Aryabhata]] (India, 476–550)
*[[Marc Aaronson]] (United States, 1950–1987)
*[[George Ogden Abell]] (United States, 1927–1983)
*[[Hiroshi Abe (astronomer)|Hiroshi Abe]] (Japan, 1958–)
*[[Antonio Abetti]] (Italy, 1846–1928)
*[[Giorgio Abetti]] (Italy, 1882–1982)
*[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] (United States, 1872–1973)
*[[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] (United States, 1868–1951)
*[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, 1819–1892)
*[[Walter Sydney Adams]] (United States, 1876–1956)
*[[Saul Adelman]] (United States, 1944–)
*[[Petrus Alphonsi]] (Spain, 1062–1110)
*[[Agrippa (astronomer)|Agrippa]] (Greece, fl. {{circa|92}})
*[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] (Germany, 1897–1989)
*[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] (Germany, 1912–1954)
*[[George Biddell Airy]] (United Kingdom, 1801–1892)
*[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], (United States, 1864–1951)
*[[Makio Akiyama]] (Japan, 1950–)
*[[Al Battani]] ([[Iraq]], 850–929)
*[[Albategnius]] ''(see Al-Batani)''
*[[Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky]] (Russia, 1891–1952)
*[[Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi]] (Persia, 787–886)
*[[George Alcock]] (United Kingdom, 1913–2000)
*[[Harold Alden]] (United States, 1890–1964)
*[[Hannes Alfvén]] (Sweden, 1908–1995)
*[[Lawrence H. Aller]] (United States, 1913–2003)
*[[Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]] (Persia, 903–986)
*[[Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian]], ([[Armenia]], 1912–1996)
*[[John August Anderson]] (United States, 1876–1959)
*[[Wilhelm Anderson]] ([[Estonia]], 1880–1940)
*[[Marie Henri Andoyer]] (France, 1862–1929)
*[[Andronicus of Cyrrhus]] (Greece, fl. 100 BC)
*[[Anders Jonas Ångström]] (Sweden, 1814–1874)
*[[E. M. Antoniadi|Eugène Michel Antoniadi]] (Greece-France, 1870–1944)
*[[Masakatsu Aoki]] (Japan, 1957–)
*[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, 1495–1557)
*[[François Arago]] (France, 1786–1853)
*[[Masaru Arai]] (Japan, 1952–)
*[[Hiroshi Araki]] (Japan)
*[[Sylvain Julien Victor Arend|Sylvain Arend]] (Belgium, 1902–1992)
*[[Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander]] (Germany, 1799–1875)
*[[Aristarchus of Samos]] (Greece, {{circa|310}} BC – {{circa|230}} BC)
*[[Christoph Arnold]] (Germany, 1650–1695)
*[[Halton Arp|Halton Christian Arp]] (United States, 1927–2013)
*[[Arzachel]] (Spain, 1028–1087)
*[[Asada Goryu]] (Japan, 1734–1799)
*[[Atsuo Asami]] (Japan)
*[[Giuseppe Asclepi]] (Italy, 1706–1776)
*[[Joseph Ashbrook]] (United States, 1918–1980)
*[[Arthur Auwers]] (Germany, 1838–1915)
*[[Adrien Auzout]] (France, 1622–1691)
*[[David Axon]] (England, 1951–2012)
}}
===B===
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*[[Brahmagupta]] (India, 598–668 CE)
*[[Bhaskara I]] (India, 629 CE)
*[[Bhaskara II]] (India, 1114–1185)
*[[Walter Baade]] (Germany, 1893–1960)
*[[Harold D. Babcock]] (United States, 1882–1968)
*[[Horace W. Babcock]] (United States, 1912–2003)
*[[Oskar Backlund]] (Sweden, 1846–1916)
*[[John N. Bahcall]] (United States, 1934–2005)
*[[Yoshiaki Banno]] (Japan, 1952–1991)
*[[Benjamin Baillaud]] (France, 1848–1934)
*[[Jules Baillaud]] (France, 1876–1960)
*[[Baptistin Baille|Jean-Baptiste Baille]] (France, 1841–1918)
*[[Jean Sylvain Bailly]] (France, 1736–1793)
*[[Francis Baily]] (United Kingdom, 1774–1844)
*[[John Bainbridge (astronomer)|John Bainbridge]] (United Kingdom, 1582–1643)
*[[John E. Baldwin]] (United Kingdom, 1931–2010)
*[[Sallie Baliunas]] (United States, 1953–)
*[[Zoltán Balog (astronomer)|Zoltán Balog]] (Hungary/United States, 1972–)
*[[Benjamin Banneker]] (United States, 1731–1806)
*[[Pietro Baracchi]] (Italy, Australia, 1851–1926)
*[[Beatriz Barbuy]] (Brazil, 1950–)
*[[Edward Emerson Barnard]] (United States, 1857–1923)
*[[Julius Bauschinger]] (France, 1860–1934)
*[[Johann Bayer]] (Germany, 1572–1625)
*[[Antonín Bečvář]] (Czechoslovakia, 1901–1965)
*[[Wilhelm Beer]] (Germany, 1797–1850)
*[[Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky]] (Russia, 1883–1953)
*[[Charles L. Bennett]] (United States, 1956–)
*[[Jocelyn Bell Burnell]] (United Kingdom, 1943–)
*[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] (Germany, 1784–1846)
*[[Somnath Bharadwaj]] (India, 1964–)
*[[Wilhelm Freiherr von Biela]] (Austria, 1782–1856)
*[[Ludwig Biermann]] (Germany, 1907–1986)
*[[Wolf Bickel]] (Germany. 1942–)
*[[Guillaume Bigourdan]] (France, 1851–1932)
*[[James Binney]] (United Kingdom, 1950–)
*[[Biruni]] (Persia, 973–1048)
*[[Gennady S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan]] (Russia, 1941–)
*[[Adriaan Blaauw]] (Netherlands, 1914–2010)
*[[Nathaniel Bliss]] (United Kingdom, 1700–1764)
*[[Johann Elert Bode]] (Germany, 1747–1826)
*[[Alfred Bohrmann]] (Germany, 1904–2000)
*[[Bart Bok]] (Netherlands, 1906–1983)
*[[Charles Thomas Bolton]] (United States/Canada, 1943–2021)
*[[John Gatenby Bolton]] (United Kingdom/Australia, 1922–1993)
*[[William Cranch Bond]] (United States, 1789–1859)
*[[Alphonse Borrelly]] (France, 1842–1926)
*[[Rudjer Boscovich]] ([[Dalmatia]], 1711–1787)
*[[Lewis Boss]] (United States, 1846–1912)
*[[Alexis Bouvard]] (France, 1767–1843)
*[[Rychard Bouwens]] (United States, 1972–)
*[[Edward L. G. Bowell]] (United States, 1943–)
*[[Ira Sprague Bowen]] (United States, 1898–1973)
*[[Louis Boyer (astronomer)|Louis Boyer]] (France, 1901–1999)
*[[Brian J. Boyle]] (Scotland and Australia, 1960–)
*[[Ronald N. Bracewell]] (Australia, United States, 1921–2007)
*[[James Bradley]] (United Kingdom, 1693–1762)
*[[William A. Bradfield]] (New Zealand, Australia, 1927–2014)
*[[Tycho Brahe]] (Denmark, 1546–1601)
*[[John Brashear|John Alfred Brashear]] (United States, 1840–1920)
*[[William Robert Brooks]] (United States, 1844–1922)
*[[Theodor Brorsen]] (Denmark, 1819–1895)
*[[Dirk Brouwer]] (Netherlands–United States, 1902–1966)
*[[Ernest William Brown]] (United Kingdom, 1866–1938)
*[[Michael E. Brown|Michael (Mike) E. Brown]] (United States, 1965–)
*[[Hermann Alexander Brück]] (Germany, 1905–2000)
*[[Ismael Bullialdus]] (France, 1605–1694)
*[[Margaret Burbidge]] (United Kingdom–United States, 1919–2020)
*[[Robert Burnham Jr.]] (United States, 1931–1993)
*[[Sherburne Wesley Burnham]] (United States, 1838–1921)
*[[Schelte J. Bus]] (United States, 1956–)
*[[Bimla Buti]] (India, 1933–)
}}
===C===
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*[[William Wallace Campbell]] (United States, 1862–1938)
*[[Annie Jump Cannon]] (United States, 1863–1941)
*[[Luigi Carnera]] (Italy, 1875–1962)
*[[Edwin Francis Carpenter]] (United States, 1898–1963)
*[[James Carpenter (astronomer)|James Carpenter]] (United Kingdom, 1840–1899)
*[[Richard Christopher Carrington]] (United Kingdom, 1826–1875)
*Sir [[John Carroll (astronomer)|John Carroll]] (United Kingdom, 1899–1974)
*[[Anthony W. Case]] (United States, 1980–)
*[[César-François Cassini de Thury]] (France, 1714–1784)
*[[Dominique, comte de Cassini]] (France, 1748–1845)
*[[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] (France, 1625–1712)
*[[Jacques Cassini]] (France, 1677–1756)
*[[Bonaventura Cavalieri]] (Italy, 1598–1647)
*[[Anders Celsius]] (Sweden, 1701–1744)
*[[Vincenzo Cerulli]] (Italy, 1859–1927)
*[[Jean Chacornac]] (France, 1823–1873)
*[[James Challis]] (United Kingdom, 1803–1882)
*[[Radha Gobinda Chandra]] ([[Bangladesh]], India, 1878–1975)
*[[Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]] (India, United States, 1910–1995)
*[[Carl Charlier]] (Sweden, 1862–1934)
*[[Auguste Charlois]] (France, 1864–1910)
*[[Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh]] (Russia/[[Ukraine]], 1935–2017)
*[[Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh]] (Russia/[[Ukraine]], 1931–2004)
*[[James Christy]] (United States, 1938–)
*[[Klim Churyumov]] ([[Ukraine]], 1937–2016)
*[[Barry G. Clark]] (United States, 1938–)
*[[Edwin Foster Coddington]] (United States, 1870–1950)
*[[Jérôme Eugène Coggia]] (France, 1849–1919)
*[[Josep Comas i Solà]] (Spain, 1868–1937)
*[[Andrew Ainslie Common]] (United Kingdom, 1841–1903)
*[[Guy Consolmagno]] (United States, 1952–)
*[[Nicolaus Copernicus]] ([[Royal Prussia|Prussia]]/Poland), 1473–1543)
*[[Corsono Carsono]] (Spain)
*[[Janine Connes]] (France, 1934–)
*[[Pablo Cottenot]] (France)
*[[Heather Couper]] (United Kingdom, 1949–2020)
*[[Leopold Courvoisier]] (Switzerland, 1873–1955)
*[[Arthur Edwin Covington]] (Canada, 1914–2001)
*[[Philip Herbert Cowell]] (United Kingdom, 1870–1949)
*[[Thomas George Cowling]] (United Kingdom, 1906–1990)
*[[Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin]] (United Kingdom, 1865–1939)
*[[Luís Cruls|Luíz Cruls]] (Brazil, 1848–1908)
*[[James Cuffey]] (United States, 1911–1999)
*[[Heber Doust Curtis]] (United States, 1872–1942)
*[[Florence Cushman]] (United States, 1860–1940)
}}
===D===
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*[[Alexander Dalgarno]] (United States, 1928–2015)
*[[Jacques D'Allonville|Jacques Eugène d'Allonville]] (France, 1671–1732)
*[[Andre Louis Danjon]] (France, 1890–1967)
*[[Heinrich d'Arrest]] (Germany, 1822–1875)
*[[George Howard Darwin]] (United Kingdom, 1845–1912)
*[[Roger Davies (astrophysicist)|Roger Davies]] (United Kingdom, 1954–)
*[[Tamara Davis]] (Australia)
*[[Leonardo da Vinci]] (Italy, 1452–1519)
*[[William Rutter Dawes]] (United Kingdom, 1799–1868)
*[[Bernhard Dawson]] (Argentina, 1890–1960)
*[[Leo de Ball]] (Germany, Austria, 1853–1916)
*[[Duília de Mello]] (Brazil, 1963–)
*[[Henri Debehogne]] (Belgium, 1928–2007)
*[[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 C. Delsanti]] (France, 1976–)
*[[William Frederick Denning]] (United Kingdom, 1848–1931)
*[[Alíz Derekas]] (Hungary, 1977–)
*[[Willem de Sitter]] (Netherlands, 1872–1934)
*[[Henri-Alexandre Deslandres]] (France, 1853–1948)
*[[Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch]] (Russia, 1900–1986)
*[[Gérard de Vaucouleurs]] (France/United States, 1918–1995)
*[[Robert Dicke]] (United States, 1916–1997)
*[[Terence Dickinson]] (Canada, 1943–)
*[[Thomas Digges]] (United Kingdom, 1546–1595)
*[[Herbert Dingle]] (United States, 1890–1978)
*[[Andrea Di Paola]] (Italy, 1970–)
*[[Ewine van Dishoeck]] (Netherlands, 1955–)
*[[Giovanni Battista Donati]] (Italy, 1826–1873)
*[[Frank Drake]] (United States, 1930–)
*[[Henry Draper]] (United States, 1837–1882)
*[[Mary Anna Draper]] (United States, 1839–1914)
*[[John Louis Emil Dreyer|John Dreyer]] (Ireland, 1852–1926)
*[[Alexander D. Dubyago]] (Russia), 1903–1959)
*[[Dmitrij I. Dubyago]] (Russia), 1850–1918)
*[[Jean Dufay|Jean C. B. Dufay]] (France, 1896–1967)
*[[Raymond Smith Dugan]] (United States, 1878–1940)
*[[James Dunlop]] (Scotland, 1793–1848)
*[[Richard B. Dunn]] (United States, 1927–2005)
*[[Petar Đurković]] ([[Serbia]], 1908–1981)
*[[Frank Watson Dyson]] (United Kingdom, 1868–1939)
}}
===E===
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*[[Arthur Eddington]] (United Kingdom, 1882–1944)
*[[Frank K. Edmondson]] (United States, 1912–2008)
*[[Olin J. Eggen]] (United States, 1919–1998)
*[[David J. Eicher]] (United States, 1961–)
*[[Albert Einstein]] (Germany, 1879–1955)
*[[Eise Eisinga]] (Netherlands, 1744–1828)
*[[Eric Walter Elst]] (Belgium, 1936–2022)
*[[Johann Franz Encke]] (Germany, 1791–1865)
*[[Kin Endate]] (Japan, 1960–)
*[[Eratosthenes]] ([[Alexandria]], 276 BC – 194 BC)
*[[Emil Ernst]] (Germany, 1889–1942)
*[[Ernest Esclangon]] (France, 1876–1954)
*[[Fred Espenak]] (United States, 1953–)
*[[Larry W. Esposito]] (United States, 1951–)
*[[Eudoxus of Cnidus|Eudoxus]] ([[Cnidus]], {{circa|408 BC}} – {{circa|355}} BC)
*[[Robert Evans (astronomer)|Robert Evans]] (Australia, 1937–2022)
}}
===F===
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*[[David Fabricius]] (Netherlands, 1564–1617)
*[[Sandra M. Faber]] (United States, 1945–)
*[[Johannes Fabricius]] (Netherlands, 1587–1615)
*[[Fearon Fallows]] (United Kingdom, 1789–1831)
*[[Hervé Faye]] (France, 1814–1902)
*[[Charles Fehrenbach (astronomer)|Charles Fehrenbach]] (France, 1914–2008)
*[[Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani|Farghani]] (Persia, 800–870)
*[[James Ferguson (American astronomer)|James Ferguson]] (United States, 1797–1867)
*[[Alex Filippenko]] (United States, 1958–)
*[[Erwin Finlay-Freundlich]] (Germany, 1885–1964)
*[[Axel Firsoff]] (United Kingdom, 1910–1981)
*[[Debra Fischer]] (United States)
*[[J. Richard Fisher]] (United States, 1943–)
*[[Camille Flammarion]] (France, 1842–1925)
*[[Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion]] (France, 1867–1962)
*[[John Flamsteed]] (United Kingdom, 1646–1719)
*[[Honoré Flaugergues]] (France, 1755–1835)
*[[Williamina Fleming]] (United States, 1857–1911)
*[[Wilhelm Julius Foerster]] (Germany, 1832–1921)
*[[Alfred Fowler]] (United Kingdom, 1868–1940)
*[[William Alfred Fowler]] (United States, 1911–1995)
*[[Philip Fox (astronomer)|Philip Fox]] (United States, 1878–1944)
*[[Andrew Fraknoi]] (United States, 1948–)
*[[Joseph von Fraunhofer]] (Germany, 1787–1826)
*[[Herbert Friedman]] (United States, 1916–2000)
*[[Dirk D. Frimout]] (Belgium, 1941–)
*[[Edwin Brant Frost]] (United States, 1866–1935)
*[[Shigehisa Fujikawa]] (Japan)
*[[Naoshi Fukushima]] (Japan, 1925–2003)
*[[Kiichirō Furukawa]] (Japan, 1929–2016)
*[[Toshimasa Furuta]] (Japan)
}}
===G===
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*[[Bryan Gaensler]] (Australia, 1973–)
*[[Gan De]] (China, fl. 4th century BC)
*[[Galileo Galilei]] (Italy, 1564–1642)
*[[Julio Garavito Armero]] ([[Colombia]], 1865–1920)
*[[Gordon J. Garradd]] (Australia, 1959–)
*[[Ben Gascoigne]] (New Zealand, Australia, 1915–2010)
*[[Margaret Geller]] (United States, 1947)
*[[Gautama Siddha]] (China, fl. 8th century AD)
*[[Johann Gottfried Galle]] (Germany, 1812–1910)
*[[George Gamow]] (Russia, United States, 1904–1968)
*[[Carl Friedrich Gauss]] (Germany, 1777–1855)
*[[Tom Gehrels]] (Netherlands, United States, 1925–2011)
*[[Neil Gehrels]] (United States, 1952–2017)
*[[Andrea M. Ghez]] (United States, 1965–)
*[[Riccardo Giacconi]] (Italy, 1931–2018)
*[[Michel Giacobini]] (France, 1873–1938)
*[[Henry L. Giclas]] (United States, 1910–2007)
*[[David Gill (astronomer)|David Gill]] (United Kingdom, 1843–1914)
*[[Fred Gillett (astronomer)|Fred Gillett]] (United States, 1937–2001)
*[[Karl Glazebrook]] (UK, 1965–)
*[[Ian Glass]] (Ireland/[[South Africa]], 1939–)
*[[Thomas Gold]] (United States, 1920–2004)
*[[Leo Goldberg]] (United States, 1913–1987)
*[[Peter Goldreich]] (United States, 1939–)
*[[Hermann Goldschmidt]] (Germany, 1802–1866)
*[[François Gonnessiat]] (France, 1856–1934)
*[[John Goodricke]] (United Kingdom, 1764–1786)
*[[Alyssa A. Goodman]] (United States, 1962–)
*[[Abu Sa'id Gorgani]] (Persia, 9th century)
*[[Paul Götz]] (Germany, 1883–1962)
*[[Benjamin Apthorp Gould]] (United States, 1824–1896)
*[[Andrew Graham (astronomer)|Andrew Graham]] (Ireland, 1815–1907)
*[[Kathryn Aurora Gray]] (Canada, 2000–)
*[[Charles Green (astronomer)|Charles Green]] (England, 1735–1771)
*[[Jesse Greenstein]] (United States, 1909–2002)
*[[John Grunsfeld]] (United States, 1956–)
*[[Jay U. Gunter]] (United States, 1911–1994)
*[[Alexander A. Gurshtein]] (Russia, 1937–2020)
*[[Bengt Gustafsson (astronomer)|Bengt Gustafsson]] (Sweden, 1943–)
*[[Guo Shoujing]] (China, 1231–1316)
*[[Alan Harvey Guth]] (United States, 1947–)
}}
===H===
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*[[Yusuke Hagihara]] (Japan, 1897–1979)
*[[Alan Hale (astronomer)|Alan Hale]] (United States, 1958–)
*[[George Ellery Hale]] (United States, 1868–1938)
*[[Asaph Hall]] (United States, 1829–1907)
*[[Edmond Halley]] (England, 1656–1742)
*[[Erika Hamden]] (United States, ?–)
*[[Heidi Hammel]] (United States, 1960–)
*[[Mario Hamuy]] ([[Chile]], 1960–?)
*[[Peter Andreas Hansen]] (Denmark, 1795–1874)
*[[Harawi, Abolfadl|Abulfazl Harawi]] (Persia, 10th century)
*[[Karl Ludwig Harding]] (Germany, 1765–1834)
*[[Thomas Hariot]] (United Kingdom, 1560–1621)
*[[Guillermo Haro]] (Mexico, 1913–1988)
*[[Robert George Harrington]] (United States, 1904–1987)
*[[Robert Sutton Harrington]] (United States, 1942–1993)
*[[Edward Robert Harrison]] (United Kingdom/United States, 1917–2007)
*[[William Kenneth Hartmann]] (United States, 1939–)
*[[Lisa Harvey-Smith]] (Australia, 1979–)
*[[Takeo Hatanaka]] (Japan, 1914–1963)
*[[Tim Hawarden]] (South Africa, 1943–2009)
*[[Stephen Hawking]] (United Kingdom, 1942–2018)
*[[Will Hay]] (United Kingdom, 1888–1949)
*[[Chushiro Hayashi]] (Japan, 1920–2010)
*[[Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann]] (Germany, 1901–1983)
*[[Carl E. Heiles|Carl Heiles]] (United States, 1939–)
*[[Joseph Helffrich]] (Germany, 1872–1971)
*[[Eleanor Helin]] (United States, 1932–2009)
*[[Maximilian Hell]] ([[Austria-Hungary]], 1720–1792)
*[[Karl Ludwig Hencke]] (Germany, 1793–1866)
*[[Thomas Henderson (astronomer)|Thomas Henderson]] (Scotland, 1798–1844)
*[[Paul Henry and Prosper Henry|Paul Henry]] (France, 1848–1905)
*[[Paul Henry and Prosper Henry|Prosper Henry]] (France, 1849–1903)
*[[Abraham bar Hiyya]] (Spanish Jewish), (1070–1136)
*[[George Howard Herbig]] (United States, 1920–2013)
*[[Carl W. Hergenrother]] (United States, 1973–)
*[[Caroline Herschel]] (United Kingdom, 1750–1848)
*[[John Herschel]] (United Kingdom, 1792–1871)
*[[William Herschel]] (United Kingdom/Germany, 1738–1822)
*[[Ejnar Hertzsprung]] (Denmark, 1873–1967)
*[[Johannes Hevelius]] ([[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland]], 1611–1687)
*[[Antony Hewish]] (United Kingdom, 1924–2021)
*[[George William Hill]] (United States, 1838–1914)
*[[John Russell Hind]] (United Kingdom, 1823–1895)
*[[Hipparchus]] ([[İznik|Nicaea]], {{circa|190}} BC–120 BC)
*[[Masanori Hirasawa]] (Japan)
*[[Kiyotsugu Hirayama]] (Japan, 1874–1943)
*[[Shin Hirayama]] (Japan, 1868–1945)
*[[Gustave-Adolphe Hirn]] (France, 1815–1890)
*[[Sebastian von Hoerner]] (Germany), 1919–2003)
*[[Cuno Hoffmeister]] (Germany, 1892–1968)
*[[Dorrit Hoffleit]] (United States, 1907–2007)
*[[Helen Sawyer Hogg]] (Canada, 1905–1993)
*[[Minoru Honda]] (Japan, 1917–1990)
*[[Kamil Hornoch]] ([[Czech Republic]], 1972–)
*[[Jeremiah Horrocks]] (United Kingdom, {{circa|1619}}–1641)
*[[Cornelis Johannes van Houten]] (Netherlands, 1920–2002)
*[[Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld]] (Netherlands, 1921–2015)
*[[Martin van den Hove]] (Netherlands, 1605–1639)
*[[Herbert Alonzo Howe]] (USA, 1858–1926)
*[[Fred Hoyle]] (United Kingdom, 1915–2001)
*[[Su-Shu Huang]] (China/USA, 1915-1977)
*[[Edwin Hubble|Edwin Powell Hubble]] (United States, 1889–1953)
*[[William Huggins]] (United Kingdom, 1824–1910)
*[[Russell Alan Hulse]] (United States, 1950–)
*[[Hendrik C. van de Hulst|Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst]] (Netherlands, 1918–2000)
*[[Milton Lasell Humason]] (United States, 1891–1972)
*[[Thomas John Hussey]] (England, 1792–1854)
*[[Christiaan Huygens]] (Netherlands, 1629–1695)
*[[Yuji Hyakutake]] (Japan, 1950–2002)
*[[J. Allen Hynek|Josef Allen Hynek]] (United States, 1910–1986)
*[[Hypatia]] ([[Egypt]], (born {{circa}} 350–370; died 415 AD)
*[[Christopher Hansteen]] (Norway, 1784–1873)
}}
===I===
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*[[Icko Iben|Icko Iben Jr.]] (United States, 1931–)
*[[Kaoru Ikeya]] (Japan, 1943–)
*[[Chris Impey]] (United Kingdom/United States, 1956–)
*[[Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes]] (Scotland/[[South Africa]], 1861–1933)
*[[Shigeru Inoda]] (Japan, 1955–2008)
*[[Jamal Nazrul Islam]] ([[Bangladesh]], 1939–2013)
*[[Edward Israel]] (United States, 1859–1884)
*[[Iwahashi Zenbei]] (Japan, 1756–1811)
*[[Masayuki Iwamoto]] (Japan, 1954–)
*[[Shun-ei Izumikawa]] (Japan)
}}
===J===
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*[[Cyril V. Jackson]] ([[South Africa]], 1903–1988)
*[[Karan Jani]] (India, 1988–)
*[[Pierre Jules César Janssen]] (France, 1824–1907)
*[[James Jeans]] (United Kingdom, 1877–1946)
*[[Benjamin Jekhowsky]] (Russia/France/[[Algeria]], 1881–1953)
*[[Louise Freeland Jenkins]] (United States, 1888–1970)
*[[David C. Jewitt]] (United Kingdom, 1958–)
*[[Jiao Bingzhen]] (China, 1689–1726)
*[[John Johnson (astronomer)|John A. Johnson]] (United States, 1977–)
*[[Alfred Harrison Joy]] (United States, 1882–1973)
*[[Vinod Johri]] (India, 1935–2014)
}}
===K===
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*[[Ali Kuşçu]] ([[Turkey]], 1403–1474)
*[[Tetsuo Kagawa]] (Japan, 1969–)
*[[Franz Kaiser]] (Germany, 1891–1962)
*[[Kiyotaka Kanai]] (Japan, 1951–)
*[[Hiroshi Kaneda]] (Japan, 1953–)
*[[Henry Kandrup]] (United States, 1955–2003)
*[[Jacobus Kapteyn]] (Netherlands, 1851–1922)
*[[Lyudmila Karachkina]] ([[Ukraine]], 1948–)
*[[Ghiyath al-Kashi]] (Persia, 1380–1429)
*[[Karlis Kaufmanis]] ([[Latvia]]/United States, 1910–2003
*[[Kōyō Kawanishi]] (Japan, 1959–)
*[[Nobuhiro Kawasato]] (Japan)
*[[James Edward Keeler]] (United States, 1857–1900)
*[[Paul Kempf (astronomer)|Paul Kempf]] (Germany, 1856–1920)
*[[Johannes Kepler]] (Germany, 1571–1630)
*[[Omar Khayyám]] (Persia, 1048–1131)
*[[Al-Khujandi]] (Persia, 10th century)
*[[Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī]], (Persia, 780–850)
*[[Kidinnu]] ([[Babylon]], 4th century BC; d. 330 BC?)
*[[Hisashi Kimura]] (Japan, 1870–1943)
*[[Maria Margarethe Kirch]] (Germany, 1670–1720)
*[[Daniel Kirkwood]] (United States, 1814–1895)
*[[Robert Kirshner]] (United States, 1949–)
*[[Minoru Kizawa]] (Japan, 1947–)
*[[Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues]] (Germany, 1827–1884)
*[[Viktor Knorre]] (Russia, 1840–1919)
*[[Takao Kobayashi]] (Japan, 1961–)
*[[Toru Kobayashi]] (Japan)
*[[Luboš Kohoutek]] (1935–)
*[[Masahiro Koishikawa]] (Japan, 1952–2020)
*[[Nobuhisa Kojima]] (Japan, 1933–)
*[[Takuo Kojima]] (Japan, 1955–)
*[[Yoji Kondo]] (Japan, 1933–2017)
*[[Zdeněk Kopal]] (Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom, United States, 1914–1993)
*[[August Kopff]] (Germany, 1882–1960)
*[[Korado Korlević]] ([[Croatia]], 1958–)
*[[Hiroki Kosai]] (Japan, 1933–)
*[[Charles T. Kowal]] (United States, 1940–2011)
*[[Robert Kraft (astronomer)|Robert Kraft]] (United States, 1927–2015)
*[[Ľubor Kresák]] (Czechoslovakia, 1927–1994)
*[[Heinrich Kreutz]] (Germany, 1854–1927)
*[[Kazuo Kubokawa]] (Japan, 1903–1943)
*[[Marc Kuchner]] (United States, 1972–)
*[[Gerard Kuiper]] (Netherlands, United States, 1905–1973)
*[[Donald Kurtz]] (1948–)
*[[Reiki Kushida]] (Japan)
*[[Yoshio Kushida]] (Japan, 1957–)
*[[György Kulin]] ([[Austria-Hungary]], 1905–1989)
}}
===L===
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*[[Lagadha]] (India, 1st millennium BCE)
*[[Nicolas Louis de Lacaille]] (France, 1713–1762)
*[[Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist]] (Sweden, 1944–)
*[[Joseph Louis Lagrange|Joseph-Louis Lagrange]] (France, 1736–1813)
*[[Jérôme Lalande]] (France, 1732–1807)
*[[Johann Heinrich Lambert]] (France, Germany, 1728–1777)
*[[David J. Lane (astronomer)|David J. Lane]] (Canada, 1983–)
*[[Andrew E. Lange]] (United States, 1957–2010)
*[[Samuel Pierpont Langley]] (United States, 1834–1906)
*[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] (France, 1749–1827)
*[[Jacques Laskar]] (France, 1955–)
*[[William Lassell]] (United Kingdom, 1799–1880)
*[[Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent]] (France, fl. 1858)
*[[Henrietta Swan Leavitt]] (United States, 1868–1921)
*[[Typhoon Lee]] (United States and [[Taiwan]], 1948–)
*[[Guillaume Le Gentil]] (France, 1725–1792)
*[[Georges Lemaître]] (Belgium, 1894–1966)
*[[Pierre Lemonnier (physicist)|Pierre Lemonnier]] (France, 1715–1799)
*[[Frederick C. Leonard]] (United States, 1896–1960)
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*[[Armin Otto Leuschner|Armin Leuschner]] (US, 1868–1953)
*[[Geraint F. Lewis|Geraint Lewis]] (Australia, 1969–)
*[[Urbain Le Verrier]] (France, 1811–1877)
*[[Li Fan (Han Dynasty)|Li Fan]] (China, fl. 1st century AD)
*[[James Lind (naturalist)|James Lind]] (UK, 1736–1812)
*[[Bertil Lindblad]] (Sweden, 1895–1965)
*[[Adolph Friedrich Lindemann]] (Germany/[[UK]], 1846–1927)
*[[Chris Lintott]] (United Kingdom, 1980–)
*[[Joseph Johann Littrow]] (Austria, 1781–1840)
*[[Karl L. Littrow]] (Austria, 1811–1877)
*[[Liu Xin (scholar)|Liu Xin]] (China, fl. 1st century AD)
*[[Joseph Lockyer]] (United Kingdom, 1836–1920)
*[[Avi Loeb]] ([[Israel]], USA 1962–)
*[[Maurice Loewy]] (Austria/France, 1833–1907)
*[[Christian Sørensen Longomontanus]] (Denmark, 1562–1647)
*[[Percival Lowell]] (United States, 1855–1916)
*[[Ángel López (astronomer)|Ángel López]] (Spain, 1955–)
*[[Álvaro López-García]] (Spain, 1941–2019)
*[[John William Lubbock]] (United Kingdom, 1803–1865)
*[[Knut Lundmark]] (Sweden, 1889–1958)
*[[Robert Luther]] (Germany, 1822–1900)
*[[Lupitus of Barcelona]] (Spain)
*[[Jane Luu]] ([[South Vietnam]], United States 1965–)
*[[Willem Luyten]] ([[Dutch East Indies]], Netherlands, 1899–1994)
*[[Donald Lynden-Bell]] (United Kingdom, 1935–2018)
*[[Andrew Lyne]] (UK, 1942–)
*[[Bernard Lyot]] (France, 1897–1952)
}}
===M===
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*[[Mahendra Suri]] (India, 14th century CE)
*[[Ma Yize]] (China, 910–1005)
*[[Adriaan van Maanen]] (United States, 1884–1946)
*[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] (United Kingdom, {{circa|1697}}–1764)
*[[Johann Heinrich von Mädler]] (Germany, 1794-1874)
*[[Amy Mainzer]] (United States, 1974–)
*[[Steve Mandel]] (United States)
*[[Geoff Marcy]] (United States, 1954–)
*[[Simon Marius]] (Germany, 1573–1624)
*[[Brian G. Marsden]] (United States, 1937–2010)
*[[Albert Marth]] (Germany, 1828–1897)
*[[Nevil Maskelyne]] (United Kingdom, 1732–1811)
*[[Charles Mason]] (United Kingdom, United States, 1730–1787)
*[[John C. Mather]] (United States, 1946–)
*[[Janet Akyüz Mattei]] ([[Turkey]]/United States, 1943–2004)
*[[Edward Walter Maunder]] (United Kingdom, 1851–1928)
*[[Pierre Louis Maupertuis]] (France, 1698–1759)
*[[Alain Maury]] (France, 1958–)
*[[Antonia Maury]] (United States, 1866–1952)
*[[Matthew Fontaine Maury]] (United States, 1806–1873)
*[[Brian May]] (United Kingdom, 1947–)
*[[Cornell Mayer]] (United States, 1922–2005)
*[[Tobias Mayer]] (Germany, 1723–1762)
*[[Michel Mayor]] (Switzerland, 1942–)
*[[Christopher McKee]] (United States, 1942–)
*[[Robert S. McMillan (astronomer)|Robert S. McMillan]] (United States)
*[[William H. McCrea]] (United Kingdom, 1904–1999)
*[[Bruce A. McIntosh]] (Canada, 1929–2015)
*[[Jess McIver]] (United States)
*[[Robert H. McNaught]] (Australia, 1956–)
*[[Pierre Méchain]] (France, 1744–1804)
*[[Thebe Medupe]] ([[South Africa]], 1973–)
*[[Karen Jean Meech]] (United States, 1956–)
*[[Aden Meinel|Aden Baker Meinel]] (United States, 1922–2011)
*[[Marjorie Meinel|Marjorie Pettit Meinel]] (United States, 1922–2008)
*[[Fulvio Melia]] (United States, 1956–)
*[[Philibert Jacques Melotte]] (United Kingdom, 1880–1961)
*[[Paul Merrill|Paul Willard Merrill]] (United States, 1887–1961)
*[[David Merritt]] (United States)
*[[Charles Messier]] (France, 1730–1817)
*[[Joel Hastings Metcalf]] (United States, 1866–1925)
*[[Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos]] (United States, 1947–1997)
*[[John Michell]] (United Kingdom, 1724–1793)
*[[Elia Millosevich]] (Italy, 1848–1919)
*[[Edward Arthur Milne]] (United Kingdom, 1896–1950)
*[[Rudolph Minkowski]] (Germany, 1895–1976)
*[[Marcel Minnaert|Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert]] (Belgium, Netherlands, 1893–1970)
*[[Maria Mitchell]] (United States, 1818–1889)
*[[Seidai Miyasaka]] (Japan, 1955–)
*[[Yoshikane Mizuno]] (Japan, 1954–)
*[[August Ferdinand Möbius]] (Germany, 1790–1868)
*[[Anthony Moffat]] (Canada)
*[[Johan Maurits Mohr]] (Netherlands, 1716–1775)
*[[Samuel Molyneux]] (United Kingdom, 1689–1728)
*[[Geminiano Montanari]] (Italy, 1633–1687)
*[[Patrick Moore]] (United Kingdom, 1923–2012)
*[[James Michael Moran]] (United States, 1943–)
*[[William Wilson Morgan]] (United States, 1906–1994)
*[[Hiroshi Mori (astronomer)|Hiroshi Mori]] (Japan, 1958–)
*[[Amédée Mouchez]] (France, 1821–1892)
*[[Antonín Mrkos]] (Czechoslovakia, 1918–1996)
*[[Jean Mueller]] (United States, 1950–)
*[[Masaru Mukai]] (Japan, 1949–)
*[[Christiaan Alexander Muller]] (Netherlands, 1923-2004)
*[[Gustav Müller (astronomer)|Gustav Müller]] (Germany, 1851–1925)
*[[Regiomontanus|Johannes Müller]] (Germany, 1436–1476)
*[[Carole Mundell]] (United Kingdom)
*[[Harutaro Murakami]] (Japan, 1872–1947)
*[[Osamu Muramatsu]] (Japan, 1949–)
*[[Tara Murphy]] (Australia)
*[[Ahmad bin Musa|bin Musa, Ahmad]] (Persia, 805–873)
*[[Hasan bin Musa|bin Musa, Hasan]] (Persia, 810–873)
*[[Muhammad bin Musa|bin Musa, Muhammad]] (Persia, (800–873)
*[[Nils Mustelin]] (Finland, 1931–2004)
}}
===N===
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*[[Nilakantha Somayaji]] (India, 1444–1544)
*[[Valentin Naboth]] (Germany, Italy, 1523–1593)
*[[Naburimannu]] ([[Babylonia]], sometime between 6th century BC and 2nd century BC)
*[[Takeshi Nagata]] (Japan, 1913–1991)
*[[Ahmad Nahavandi]] (Persia, 7th–8th century)
*[[Akimasa Nakamura]] (Japan, 1961–)
*[[Syuichi Nakano]] (Japan, 1947–)
*[[Jayant Narlikar]] (India, 1938–)
*[[Naubakht]] (Persia, d. 776)
*[[Al-fadl ibn Naubakht]] (Persia, 8th century)
*[[Otto Neugebauer]] (Germany, United States, 1899–1990)
*[[G. N. Neujmin|Grigoriy Nikolaevich Neujmin]] (Russia, 1886–1946)
*[[Simon Newcomb]] (United States, 1835–1909)
*[[Isaac Newton]] (United Kingdom, 1643–1727)
*[[Seth Barnes Nicholson]] (United States, 1891–1963)
*[[Albertus Antonie Nijland]] (Netherlands, 1868–1936)
*[[Tsuneo Niijima]] (Japan, 1955–)
*[[Peter Nilson]] (Sweden, 1937–1998)
*[[Hōei Nojiri]] (Japan, 1885–1977)
*[[Jaime Nomen]] (Spain, 1960–)
*[[Toshiro Nomura]] (Japan, 1954–)
}}
===O===
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*[[Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard]] (Norway, 1966–)
*[[Okuro Oikawa]] (Japan, 1896–1970)
*[[Tarmo Oja]] (Sweden, 1934–2024)
*[[Tomimaru Okuni]] (Japan, 1931–)
*[[Nicolaus Olahus]] ([[Hungarian people|Hungarian]], 1493–1568)
*[[Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers]] (Germany, 1758–1840)
*[[Gerard K. O'Neill|Gerard O'Neill]] (United States, 1927–1992)
*[[Jan Hendrik Oort]] (Netherlands, 1900–1992)
*[[Pieter Oosterhoff]] (Netherlands, 1904–1978)
*[[Ernst Öpik]] ([[Estonia]], Ireland, 1893–1985)
*[[José Luis Ortiz Moreno]] (Spain, 1967–)
*[[Yoshiaki Oshima]] (Japan, 1952–)
*[[Donald Edward Osterbrock]], United States, 1924–2007)
*[[Liisi Oterma]] (Finland, 1915–2001)
*[[Satoru Otomo]] (Japan, 1957–)
*[[Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans]] (Netherlands, 1827–1906)
}}
===P===
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*[[Rafael Pacheco]] (Spain, 1954–)
*[[Bohdan Paczyński]] (Poland, 1940–2007)
*[[Ľudmila Pajdušáková]] (Czechoslovakia, 1916–1979)
*[[Johann Palisa]] (Austria, 1848–1925)
*[[Johann Palitzsch]] (Germany, 1723–1788)
*[[Anton Pannekoek]] (Netherlands, 1873–1960)
*[[Eugene Parker]] (United States, 1927–2022)
*[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] (United Kingdom, {{circa|1697}}–1764)
*[[William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse|William Parsons, Lord Rosse]] (Ireland, 1800–1867)
*[[André Patry]] (France, 1902–1960)
*[[Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin]] (United Kingdom, United States, 1900–1979)
*[[Ruby Payne-Scott]] (Australia, 1912–1981)
*[[Jean-Claude Pecker]] (France, 1923–2020)
*[[Jim Peebles|James Peebles]] (Canada, United States, 1935–)
*[[Cuthbert Peek|Sir Cuthbert Peek, 2nd Baronet]] (UK, 1855–1901)
*[[Manuel Peimbert]] (Mexico, 1941–)
*[[Leslie Peltier|Leslie Copus Peltier]] (United States, 1900–1980)
*[[Roger Penrose]] (United Kingdom, 1931–)
*[[Arno Penzias]] (United States, Germany, 1933–2024)
*[[Luboš Perek]] (Czech Republic, 1919–2020)
*[[Saul Perlmutter]] (United States, 1959–)
*[[Charles Dillon Perrine]] (United States, Argentina, 1867–1951)
*[[Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin]] (France, 1845–1904)
*[[Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters]] (Germany, United States, 1813–1890)
*[[George Henry Peters]] (United States, 1863–1947)
*[[Mark M. Phillips]] (United States, 1951–)
*[[Giuseppe Piazzi]] (Italy, 1746–1826)
*[[Edward Charles Pickering]] (United States, 1846–1919)
*[[William Henry Pickering]] (United States, 1858–1938)
*[[Phil Plait]] (United States, 1964–)
*[[Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana]] (Italy, 1781–1864)
*[[Petrus Plancius]] (Netherlands, 1552–1622)
*[[John Stanley Plaskett]] (Canada, 1865–1941)
*[[Norman Robert Pogson]] (United Kingdom, 1829–1891)
*[[Christian Pollas]] (France, 1947–)
*[[John Pond]] (England, 1767–1836)
*[[Jean-Louis Pons]] (France, 1761–1831)
*[[Carolyn Porco]] (United States, 1953–)
*[[Vladimír Porubčan]] (Czechoslovakia, 1940–)
*[[Charles Pritchard]] (United Kingdom, 1808–1893)
*[[Richard Proctor]] (England, 1837–1888)
*[[Milorad B. Protić]] ([[Serbia]], 1911– 2001)
*[[Antoni Przybylski]] (Poland, Australia, 1913–1985)
*[[Ptolemy]] of Alexandria ([[Roman Egypt]], {{circa|85}}–165)
*[[Pierre Puiseux]] (France, 1855–1928)
*[[Georg Purbach]] (Germany, 1423–1461)
*[[Pythagoras]] of Samos (Greece, 580 BC–500 BC)
*[[Paris Pişmiş]] (Armenia/Mexico, 1911–1999)
}}
===Q===
*[[Adolphe Quetelet]] (Belgium, 1796–1874)
*[[Ali Qushji]] ([[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]], 1403–1474)
*[[M. Shahid Qureshi]] (Pakistan)

===R===
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*[[David L. Rabinowitz|David Lincoln Rabinowitz]] (United States, 1960–)
*[[Grote Reber]] (United States, 1911–2002)
*[[Martin Rees]] (United Kingdom, 1942–)
*[[Hubert Reeves]] (Canada, 1932–)
*[[Regiomontanus]] (Johannes Müller) (Germany, 1436–1476)
*[[Julius Reichelt]] (Germany, 1637–1717)
*[[Erasmus Reinhold]] ([[Duchy of Prussia|Prussia]], Germany, 1511–1553)
*[[Karl Reinmuth]] (Germany, 1892–1979)
*[[Pieter Johannes van Rhijn]] (Netherlands, 1886–1960)
*[[Giovanni Battista Riccioli]] (Italy, 1598–1671)
*[[Mercedes Richards]] (Jamaica, 1955–2016)
*[[Jean Richer]] (France, 1630–1696)
*[[Edward Riddle]] (England, 1788–1854)
*[[Adam Riess]] (United States, 1969–)
*[[Fernand Rigaux]] (Belgium, 1905–1962)
*[[George Willis Ritchey]] (United States, 1864–1945)
*[[David Rittenhouse]] (United States, 1732–1796)
*[[Hans-Walter Rix]] (Germany, 1964–)
*[[Arjen Roelofs]] (Netherlands, 1754–1824)
*[[Nancy G. Roman]] (United States, 1925–2018)
*[[Elizabeth Roemer]] (United States, 1929–2016)
*[[Gustavo E. Romero]] (Argentina, (1964–)
*[[Roger of Hereford]] (England, {{circa|1176}}–1198)
*[[Ole Rømer|Ole Christensen Rømer]] (Denmark, 1644–1710)
*[[Otto A. Rosenberger]] (Germany, 1800–1890)
*[[Svein Rosseland]] (Norway, 1894–1985)
*[[Bruno Rossi]] (Italy, 1905–1993)
*[[Marta Graciela Rovira]] (Argentina)
*[[Vera Rubin]] (United States, 1928–2016)
*[[Henry Chamberlain Russell]] (Australia, 1836–1907)
*[[Henry Norris Russell]] (United States, 1877–1957)
*[[Martin Ryle]] (United Kingdom, 1918–1984)
}}
===S===
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*Sir [[Edward Sabine]] (Ireland, 1788–1883)
*[[Carl Sagan]] (United States, 1934–1996)
*[[Megh Nad Saha]] (India, 1893–1956)
*[[Edwin Ernest Salpeter]] (Austria, Australia, United States, 1924–2008)
*[[Allan Rex Sandage]] (United States, 1926–2010)
*[[H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen|Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen]] (Netherlands, 1838–1923)
*[[Wallace Leslie William Sargent]] (United Kingdom, United States, 1935–2012)
*[[Anneila Sargent]] (United Kingdom, United States, 1942–)
*[[Naoto Sato]] (Japan, 1953–)
*[[Alexandre Schaumasse]] (France, 1882–1958)
*[[Giovanni Schiaparelli]] (Italy, 1835–1910)
*[[Frank Schlesinger]] (United States, 1871–1943)
*[[Bernhard Schmidt]] ([[Estonia]], Sweden, Germany, 1879–1935)
*[[Brian P. Schmidt]] (United States, 1967–)
*[[Maarten Schmidt]] (Netherlands, 1929–)
*[[Robert Schommer]] (United States, 1946–2001)
*[[Johann Hieronymus Schröter]] (Germany, 1745–1816)
*[[Lipót Schulhof]] (Hungary, 1847–1921)
*[[Heinrich Christian Schumacher]] (Germany, 1780–1850)
*[[Hans-Emil Schuster]] (Germany, 1934–)
*[[Samuel Heinrich Schwabe]] (Germany, 1789–1875)
*[[Karl Schwarzschild]] (Germany, 1873–1916)
*[[Martin Schwarzschild]] (Germany, United States, 1912–1997)
*[[Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann]] (Germany, 1870–1964)
*[[James Vernon Scotti]] (United States, 1960–)
*[[Frederick Hanley Seares]] (United States, 1873–1964)
*[[George Mary Searle]] (United States, 1839–1918)
*[[Angelo Secchi]] (Italy, 1818–1878)
*[[Sadao Sei]] (Japan)
*[[Waltraut Seitter]] (Germany, 1930–2007)
*[[Tsutomu Seki]] (Japan, 1930–)
*[[Carl Keenan Seyfert]] (United States, 1911–1960)
*[[Grigory Abramovich Shajn]] (Russia, 1892–1956)
*[[Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn]] (Russia, 1894–1956)
*[[Harlow Shapley]] (United States, 1885–1972)
*[[Richard Sheepshanks]] (United Kingdom, 1794–1855)
*[[Shen Kuo]] (China, 1031–1035)
*[[Shi Shen]] (China, fl. 4th century BC)
*[[Shibukawa Shunkai]] (Japan, 1639–1715)
*[[Yoshisada Shimizu]] (Japan, 1943–)
*[[Shinzo Shinjo]] (Japan, 1873–1938)
*[[Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi|Qutb eddin Shirazi]] (Persia, 1236–1311)
*[[Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky]] (Russia, 1916–1985)
*[[Vladimir Shkodrov]] ([[Bulgaria]], 1930–2010)
*[[Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker]] (United States, 1929–2021)
*[[Eugene Merle Shoemaker]] (United States, 1928–1997)
*[[Seth Shostak]] (United States, 1943–)
*[[Andrew Siemion]] (United States, 1980–)
*[[Willem de Sitter]] (Netherlands, 1872–1934)
*[[Charlotte Moore Sitterly]] (United States, 1898–1990)
*[[Brian A. Skiff]] (United States)
*[[John Francis Skjellerup]] (Australia, [[South Africa]], 1875–1952)
*[[Vesto Melvin Slipher]] (United States, 1875–1969)
*[[William Marshall Smart]] (United Kingdom, 1889–1975)
*[[Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (astronomer)|Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova]] (Russia, 1935–2001)
*[[George Smoot]] (United States, 1945–)
*[[William Henry Smyth]] (United Kingdom, 1788–1865)
*[[Willebrord Snellius]] (Netherlands, 1580–1626)
*[[Mary Fairfax Somerville]] (United Kingdom, 1780–1872)
*Sir [[James South]] (United Kingdom, 1785–1867)
*Sir [[Harold Spencer Jones]] (United Kingdom, 1890–1960)
*[[Lyman Spitzer]] (United States, 1914–1997)
*[[Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer]] (Germany, 1822–1895)
*[[Rainer Spurzem]] (Germany, 1956–)
*[[Anton Staus]] (Germany, 1872–1955)
*[[Joel Stebbins]] (United States, 1878–1966)
*[[Milan Rastislav Štefánik]] (Czechoslovakia, 1880-1919)
*[[Johan Stein]] (Netherlands, 1871–1951)
*[[Carl August Steinheil|Karl August von Steinheil]], (Germany, 1801–1870)
*[[Édouard Stephan]] (France, 1837–1923)
*[[Denise Stephens]] (United States)
*[[Charles Bruce Stephenson]] (United States, 1929–2001))
*[[David J. Stevenson]] (New Zealand, 1948–)
*[[Edward James Stone]] (1831–1897)
*[[F. J. M. Stratton]] (United Kingdom, 1881–1960)
*[[Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren]] (Denmark, 1908–1987)
*[[Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve|Friedrich Georg Wilhelm (von) Struve]] (Germany, Russia, 1793–1864)
*[[Karl Hermann Struve]] (Russia, Germany, 1854–1920)
*[[Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Struve]] (Russia, 1858–1920)
*[[Otto Struve]] (Russia, United States, 1897–1963)
*[[Otto Wilhelm von Struve|Otto Wilhelm (von) Struve]] (Russia, 1819–1905)
*[[Su Song]] (China, 1020–1101)
*[[Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]] (Persia, 903–986)
*[[Matsuo Sugano]] (Japan, 1939–)
*[[Atsushi Sugie]] (Japan)
*[[Nicholas Suntzeff]] (United States, 1952–)
*[[Rashid Alievich Sunyaev]] ([[Uzbekistan]] Russia Germany, 1943–)
*[[Shohei Suzuki]] (Japan)
*[[Lewis A. Swift]] (United States, 1820–1913)
*[[Frédéric Sy]] (France)
}}
===T===
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*[[Akihiko Tago]] (Japan, 1932–)
*[[Atsushi Takahashi]] (Japan, 1965–)
*[[Kesao Takamizawa]] (Japan, 1952–)
*[[Jill Tarter]] (United States, 1944–)
*[[Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.]] (United States, 1941–)
*[[John Tebbutt]] (Australia, 1834–1916)
*[[Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel]] (Germany, 1821–1889)
*[[Thabit ibn Qurra]] ([[Iraq]], 826–901)
*[[Thorvald Nicolai Thiele]] (Denmark, 1838–1910)
*[[Louis Thollon]] (France, 1829–1887)
*[[Norman G. Thomas]] (United States, 1930–2020)
*[[John M. Thome|John Thome]] (United States, Argentina, 1843–1908)
*[[Kip Stephen Thorne]] (United States, 1940–)
*[[Friedrich Tietjen]] (Germany, 1834–1895)
*[[Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley]] (New Zealand, United States, 1941–1981)
*[[François Félix Tisserand]] (France, 1845–1896)
*[[Johann Daniel Titius]] (Germany, 1729–1796)
*[[Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)|Yasuo Tanaka]] (Japan, 1931–2018)
*[[Clyde Tombaugh]] (United States, 1906–1997)
*[[Kōichirō Tomita]] (Japan, 1925–2006)
*[[Richard Tousey]] (United States, 1908–1997)
*[[Charles Townes]] (United States, 1915–2015)
*[[Virginia Trimble]] (United States, 1943–)
*[[Chad Trujillo]] (United States, 1973–)
*[[Robert Julius Trumpler]] (United States, 1886–1956)
*[[R. Brent Tully]] (United States, 1943–)
*[[Herbert Hall Turner]] (England, 1861–1930)
*[[Nasir al-Din Tusi]] (Persia, 1201–1274)
*[[Horace Parnell Tuttle]] (United States, 1839–1923)
*[[Neil deGrasse Tyson]] (United States, 1958–)
}}
===U===
{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|
*[[Seiji Ueda]] (Japan, 1952–)
*[[Ulugh Beg]] ([[Uzbekistan]], 1394–1449)
*[[Antonio de Ulloa]] (Spain), 1716–1795)
*[[Anne Barbara Underhill]] (Canada, 1920–2003)
*[[Albrecht Unsöld]] (Germany, 1905–1995)
*[[Takeshi Urata]] (Japan, 1947–2012)
*[[Mo'ayyeduddin Urdi|Mu’ayyad al-Din al-’Urdi]] (Persia d. 1266)
*[[Fumiaki Uto]] (Japan)
}}
===V===
{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|
*[[Yrjö Väisälä]] (Finland, 1891–1971)
*[[Benjamin Valz]] (France, 1787–1867)
*[[James Van Allen]] (United States, 1914–2006)
*[[George Van Biesbroeck]] (Belgium, United States, 1880–1974)
*[[Hendrik C. van de Hulst|Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst]] (Netherlands, 1918–2000)
*[[Peter van de Kamp]] (United States, 1901–1995)
*[[Sidney van den Bergh]] (Canada, 1929–)
*[[Martin van den Hove]] (Netherlands, 1605–1639)
*[[H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen|Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen]] (Netherlands, 1838–1923)
*[[Hendrik van Gent]] (Netherlands, [[South Africa]], 1900–1947)
*[[Cornelis Johannes van Houten]] (Netherlands, 1920–2002)
*[[Pieter Johannes van Rhijn]] (Netherlands, 1886–1960)
*[[Gérard de Vaucouleurs]] (France, United States, 1918–1995)
*[[Zdeňka Vávrová]] (Czechoslovakia, 1945–)
*[[Jean-Pierre Verdet]] (France, 1932–)
*[[Philippe Véron]] (France, 1939–2014)
*[[Frank Washington Very]] (United States, 1852–1927)
*[[Yvon Villarceau]] (France, 1813–1883)
*[[Julie Vinter Hansen]] (Denmark), 1890–1960)
*[[Hermann Carl Vogel]] (Germany, 1841–1907)
*[[Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve]] (Germany, Russia, 1793–1864)
*[[Otto Wilhelm von Struve]] (Russia, 1819–1905)
*[[Alexander N. Vyssotsky]] (Russia/United States, 1888–1973)
*[[Emma Vyssotsky]] (United States, 1894–1975)
}}
===W===
{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|
*[[Arno Arthur Wachmann]] (Germany, 1902–1990)
*[[Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī|Abul Wáfa]] (Persia, 940–997/998)
*[[Walcher of Malvern]] (England d. 1135)
*[[George Wallerstein]] (1930–2021)
*[[William Wales (astronomer)|William Wales]] (United Kingdom, {{circa|1734}}–1798)
*[[Dennis Walsh]] (United Kingdom, 1933–2005)
*[[Qingde Wang]] (United States/China)
*[[Brian Warner (astronomer)]] (United Kingdom, 1939–)
*[[Brian D. Warner]] (United States, 1952–)
*[[Kazuro Watanabe]] (Japan, 1955–)
*[[James Craig Watson]] (United States, 1838–1880)
*[[Edmund Weaver (astronomer)|Edmund Weaver]] (United Kingdom, 1663–1748)
*[[Kim Weaver]] (United States, 1969–)
*[[Thomas William Webb]] (United Kingdom, 1807–1885)
*[[Rachel Webster]] (Australia, 1951–)
*[[Alfred Lothar Wegener]] (Germany, 1880–1930)
*[[Gary A. Wegner]] (United States, 1944–)
*[[Wei Pu]] (China, 960–1279)
*[[Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker|Karl von Weizsäcker]] (Germany, 1912–2007)
*[[Godefroy Wendelin]] (Belgium, 1580–1667)
*[[Richard M. West]] (Denmark, 1941–)
*[[Gart Westerhout]] (Netherlands, United States, 1927–2012)
*[[Bengt Westerlund]] (Sweden, 1921–2008)
*[[J. G. Westphal]] (Germany, 1824–1859)
*[[Johann Heinrich Westphal]] (Germany, Italy, 1794–1831)
*[[George Wetherill]] (1925–2006)
*[[John Archibald Wheeler]] (United States, 1911–2008)
*[[Fred Lawrence Whipple]] (United States, 1906–2004)
*[[Albert Whitford (astronomer)|Albert Whitford]] (United States, 1905–2002)
*[[Mary Watson Whitney]] (United States, 1847–1921)
*[[Chandra Wickramasinghe]] (United Kingdom, 1939–)
*[[Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer)|Paul Wild]] (Switzerland, 1925–2014)
*[[Olin C. Wilson]] (United States, 1909–1994)
*[[Ida E. Woods]] (United States, 1870–1940)
*[[Robert Woodrow Wilson|Robert Wilson]] (United States, 1936–)
*[[Rogier Windhorst]] (United States, 1955–)
*[[Vincent Wing]] (UK, 1619–1668)
*[[Anna Winlock]] (United States, 1857–1904)
*[[Henry "Trae" Winter]] (United States, 1972)
*[[John Winthrop (educator)|John Winthrop]] ([[Massachusetts Bay Colony]], 1714–1779)
*[[Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke]] (Germany, 1835–1897)
*[[Carl Wirtanen]] (United States, 1910–1990)
*[[Jack Wisdom]] (United States, 1953–)
*[[Gustav Witt]] (Germany, 1866–1946)
*[[Maximilian Wolf]] (Germany, 1863–1932)
*[[Aleksander Wolszczan]] (Poland, 1946–)
*[[Edith Jones Woodward]] (United States), (1914–2002)
*[[Richard van der Riet Woolley]] (United Kingdom, 1906–1986)
*[[Frances Woodworth Wright]] (United States, 1897–1989)
*[[Thomas Wright (astronomer)|Thomas Wright]] (United Kingdom, 1711–1786)
*[[Gillian Wright (Astronomer)|Gillian Wright]] (United Kingdom)
*[[Arthur Bambridge Wyse]] (United States, 1909–1942)
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===Y===
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*[[Issei Yamamoto]] (Japan, 1889–1959)
*[[Masayuki Yanai]] (Japan, 1959–)
*[[Yi Xing]] (China, 683–727)
*[[Anne Sewell Young]] (United States, 1871–1961)
*[[Charles Augustus Young]] (United States, 1834–1908)
*[[James Whitney Young]] (United States, 1941–)
*[[Judith Young (astronomer)|Judith Young]] (United States, 1952–2014)
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===Z===
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*[[Franz Xaver von Zach]] (Germany, 1753–1832)
*[[Abraham Zacuto]] (Spain/[[Portugal]], 1450–1510)
*[[John Zarnecki]] (UK, 1949–)
*[[Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich]] ([[Soviet Union|USSR]], 1914–1987)
*[[Zhang Daqing]] (China, 1969–)
*[[Zhang Heng]] (China, 78–139)
*[[Zhang Yuzhe]] (China, 1902–1986)
*[[Lyudmila Vasil'evna Zhuravleva]] (Russia/[[Ukraine]], 1946–)
*[[Felix Ziegel]] ([[Soviet Union]], 1920–1988)
*[[Zu Chongzhi]] (China, 429–500)
*[[Fritz Zwicky]] (Switzerland, United States, 1898–1974)
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==Others who influenced astronomy and astrophysics==
The following is a list of people who are not astronomers but made a contribution to the field of astronomy and astrophysics.
*[[Hans Bethe]] (1906–2005), (physicist)
*[[Niels Bohr]] (1885–1962), (physicist)
*[[Andreas Cellarius]] (Netherlands, Germany, 1596–1665), ([[cartographer]])
*[[Freeman Dyson]] (1923–2020), (physicist)
*[[Albert Einstein]] (1879–1955), (physicist)
*[[Karl Guthe Jansky]] (United States, 1905–1950), ([[Radio astronomy|radio astronomer]])
*[[James Clerk Maxwell]] (United Kingdom, 1831–1879), (physicist)
*[[Thomas Young (scientist)|Thomas Young]] (United Kingdom, 1773–1829), (physicist)
*[[Abdus Salam]] (1926–1996), (physicist)
*[[Riazuddin (physicist)|Riazuddin]] (1936–2013), (physicist)

==See also==
*[[List of astronomical instrument makers]]
*[[List of women astronomers]]
*[[List of Russian astronomers and astrophysicists]]
*[[List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects]]

==References==
===Citations===
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===General sources===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070202111707/http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/womenast_bib.html Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Women in Astronomy]

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