Famous Astronomes

This list currently contains 22 personalities

† at 67 years

François Arago

1786 • 1853

† at 54 years

1546 • 1601

Nicolas Copernic

† at 70 years

Nicolas Copernic

1473 • 1543

Pierre-Simon de Laplace

† at 77 years

Pierre-Simon de Laplace

1749 • 1827

† at ~82 years

~-276 • ~-194

† at 48 years

1819 • 1868

Carl Friedrich Gauss

† at 77 years

Carl Friedrich Gauss

1777 • 1855

† at 77 years

1564 • 1642

Pierre Gassendi

† at 73 years

Pierre Gassendi

1592 • 1665

† at 85 years

1656 • 1742

† at ~61 years

~78 • ~139

William Herschel

† at 83 years

William Herschel

1738 • 1822

† at ~70 years

~-190 • ~-120

† at 63 years

1889 • 1953

Christian Huygens

† at 66 years

Christian Huygens

1629 • 1695

Johannes Kepler

† at 58 years

Johannes Kepler

1571 • 1630

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

† at 77 years

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

1736 • 1813

Georges Lemaître

† at 71 years

Georges Lemaître

1894 • 1966

† at 84 years

1643 • 1727

Claude Ptolémée

† at ~68 years

Claude Ptolémée

~100 • ~168

† at 62 years

1934 • 1996

† at ~49 years

1880 • ~1930