Famous astronomers and astrophysicists include:
- Marc Aaronson (USA, 1950 - 1987)
- George Ogden Abell (USA, 1927 - 1983)
- John Couch Adams (Britain, 1819 - 1892)
- Walter Adams[?] (USA, 1876 - 1956)
- George Biddell Airy, (1801-1892)
- Albategnius (see Al-Batani)
- Al-Batani (Iraq, 850 - 929)
- Anders Ångström (Sweden, 1814 - 1874)
- Al-Khwarizmi, (780-850)
- Andronicus of Cyrrhus
- Dominique Arago (France, 1786 - 1853)
- Aristarchus (Samos, circa 310 BC - circa 230 BC)
- George Airy (England, 1801 - 1892)
- Hannes Alvén (Sweden, 1908 - 1995)
- Walter Baade[?] (Germany, 1893 - 1960)
- John Bahcall[?] (USA, 1934 - )
- Jean Sylvain Bailly (France, 1736-1793)
- Benjamin Banneker (USA, 1731 - 1806)
- Edward Barnard[?] (USA, 1857 - 1923)
- Johann Bayer (Germany, 1572 - 1625)
- Wilhelm Beer[?] (Germany, 1797 - 1850)
- Jocelyn Bell[?] (Ireland, 1943 - )
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (Germany, 1784 - 1846)
- Friedrich Bessel, (1784-1846)
- Johann Elert Bode (Germany, 1747 - 1826)
- Bart Bok[?] (Netherlands, 1906 - 1983)
- Charles Thomas Bolton[?] (USA, 1943 - )
- Ruđer Josip Bošković (Dalmatia, 1711 - 1787)
- James Bradley (England, 1693 - 1762)
- Tycho Brahe (Denmark, 1546 - 1601)
- Margaret Burbidge[?] (Britain, 1919 - )
- Galileo Galilei (Italy, 1564 - 1642)
- Johann Gottfried Galle (Germany, 1812 - 1910)
- George Gamow (Russia, USA, 1904 - 1968)
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (Germany, 1777 - 1855)
- Riccardo Giacconi (Italy, 1931 - )
- David Gill[?] (Britain, 1843 - 1914)
- Thomas Gold (USA, 1920 - )
- Paul Goldsmith[?] (USA, 1948 - )
- Alan Guth[?] (USA, 1947 - )
- George Ellery Hale[?] (USA, 1868 - 1938)
- Asaph Hall (USA, 1829 - 1907)
- Edmond Halley (England, 1656 - 1742)
- William Hartmann[?] (USA, 1939 - )
- Stephen Hawking (Britain, 1942 - )
- Thomas Henderson[?] (Scotland, 1798 - 1844)
- George Herbig[?] (USA, 1920 - )
- Caroline Herschel (Britain, 1750 - 1848)
- John Herschel (Britain, 1792 - 1871)
- William Herschel (Britain, 1738 - 1822)
- Ejnar Hertzsprung (Denmark, 1873 - 1967)
- Antony Hewish[?] (Britain, 1924 - )
- Hipparchus (Nicaea, circa 190 BC - 120 BC)
- Fred Hoyle (Britain, 1915 - 2001)
- Edwin Powell Hubble (USA, 1889 - 1953)
- William Huggins[?] (USA, 1824 - 1910)
- Russell Alan Hulse[?] (USA, 1950 - )
- Christiaan Huygens (Netherlands, 1629 - 1695)
- Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (France, 1713 - 1762)
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange (France, 1736 - 1813)
- Joseph Louis Lagrange, (1736-1813)
- Johann Heinrich Lambert (France, Germany, 1728 - 1777)
- Samuel Pierpont Langley
- Pierre Simon Laplace (France, 1749 - 1827)
- Pierre-Simon Laplace, (1749-1827)
- William Lassell[?] (Britain, 1799 - 1880)
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt[?] (USA, 1868 - 1921)
- Georges Lemaître (Belgium, 1894 - 1966)
- Urbain Leverrier (France, 1811 - 1877)
- Bertil Lindblad[?] (Sweden, 1895 - 1965)
- Joseph Lockyer[?] (Britain, 1836 - 1920)
- Percival Lowell (USA, 1855 - 1916)
- Bernard-Ferdinand Lyot[?] (France, 1897 - 1952)
- Carl Sagan (USA, 1934 - 1996)
- Edwin Salpeter[?] (Austria, Australia, USA, 1924 - )
- Allan Sandage[?] (1926 - )
- Bernhard Schmidt[?] (Estonia, Sweden, Germany, 1879 - 1935)
- Karl Schwarzchild[?] (Germany, 1873 - 1916)
- Carl Keenan Seyfert[?] (USA, 1911 - 1960)
- Maarten Schmidt[?] (1929 - )
- Harlow Shapley[?], (USA, 1885 - 1972)
- Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky[?] (Russia, 1916 - 1985)
- Eugene Shoemaker, (1928-1997)
- Vesto Slipher[?] (USA, 1875 - 1969)
- Mary Fairfax Sommerville[?]
- Edward James Stone, (1831 - 1897)
- Otto Struve[?] (Russia, USA, 1897 - 1963)
Other scientists whose work had an impact on A&A.
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