Famous Astronomers - List of Famous Astronomers - page 3
Kids have always looked up at the sky and wondered what those glimmering lights, lighting up the night sky are? Some of these kids grow fascinated by the glimmering lights and grow up to make these lights their life’s work. We call them astronomers; people who study the stars, planets, galaxies and even the asteroids. These scientists have existed for countless years and have made a considerable impact on the world we live in; it was the Mayan astronomers who gave us the famous Mayan calendar according to which, the world would have ended on the 21st of December 2012. It was astronomers who first suggested the theory that the earth revolved around the sun and not the other way around and the earth was not the center of the universe or our galaxy, for that matter. The invaluable work that astronomers do is dedicated to better understanding the universe, of which the earth is a part. This work has, at times, incurred the wrath of the people because at one time the understanding of the science was not as explicit as it is today and neither was the awareness about it.
The Most Famous Astronomers | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Jabir Ibn Hayyan | 721 | Iranian | Jabir Ibn Hayyan was a medieval era polymath |
Isaac Newton | January 4, 1643 | British | Isaac Newton was an English scientist and mathematician, who discovered gravitation and Newtonian Mechanics |
Giovanni Domenico Cassini | June 8, 1625 | Italian | Giovanni Cassini was a 17th century Italian mathematician, astronomer and astrologer |
Brahmagupta | 598 | Indian | Brahmagupta was a highly accomplished ancient Indian astronomer and mathematician |
Henrietta Swan Leavitt | July 4, 1868 | American | Henrietta Swan Leavitt was an American astronomer |
Carl F. Gauss | April 30, 1777 | German | Carl F |
Galileo Galilei | February 15, 1564 | Italian | Galileo Galilei was an Italian Astronomer and Scientist |
Omar Khayyam | May 18, 1048 | Iranian | Omar Khayyám was an extremely talented and famous Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and poet |
Tycho Brahe | December 14, 1546 | Danish | Tycho Brahe was a Danish nobleman who made important contributions to astronomy |
Hipparchus | 190 BC | Greek | Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer and mathematician |
Willebrord Snell
Willebrord Snel van Royen was a 17thcentury Dutch astronomer and mathematician
Edwin Powell Hubble
Edwin Powell Hubble was one of the world’s most famous astronomers of the 20th century
William Herschel
William Herschel was a German–British composer and astronomer, best known for his discovery of the planet Uranus
Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley was a British astronomer and mathematician, known for calculating the orbit of Halley’s Comet
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a famous German astronomer, mathematician and astrologer
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke FRS was a 17th century English scientist, architect and polymath
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus, the famous mathematician and astronomer was the first to discover that the earth revolves around the sun and not the other way round
Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel was a German astronomer who contributed significantly in the field of astronomy
Charles Messier
Charles Messier was a noted French astronomer, who discovered the nebulae and star clusters