The following is a list of astronomers, 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
Brief alphabetical list
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Q Adolphe Quetelet (Belgium, 1796–1874) Ali Qushji (Ottoman, 1403–1474) M. Shahid Qureshi (Pakistan)
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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 astronomer) James Clerk Maxwell (United Kingdom, 1831–1879), (physicist) Thomas Young (United Kingdom, 1773–1829), (physicist) Abdus Salam (1926–1996), (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
General sources Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Women in Astronomy