With 531 biographies, Astronomers are the 27th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Businesspeople, Skiers, and Social Activists.
Pantheon has 571 people classified as astronomers born between 520 BC and 2000. Of these 571, 96 (16.81%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living astronomers include Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and Robert Woodrow Wilson. The most famous deceased astronomers include Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Johannes Kepler. As of April 2022, 39 new astronomers have been added to Pantheon including Roger Joseph Boscovich, Andronicus of Cyrrhus, and Christine Kirch.
1958 - Present
HPI: 69.43
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.68
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.38
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.16
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.61
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.97
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.13
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.13
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.59
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.59
1564 - 1642
HPI: 94.55
1473 - 1543
HPI: 91.59
1571 - 1630
HPI: 87.17
100 - 170
HPI: 85.61
1548 - 1600
HPI: 85.43
1546 - 1601
HPI: 79.61
1701 - 1744
HPI: 79.08
1738 - 1822
HPI: 75.68
311 BC - 230 BC
HPI: 75.56
1889 - 1953
HPI: 75.32
1394 - 1449
HPI: 74.68
190 BC - 120 BC
HPI: 74.29
1711 - 1787
HPI: 66.90
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 50.38
1697 - 1782
HPI: 49.76
1525 - 1600
HPI: 49.73
1598 - 1675
HPI: 49.60
1561 - 1632
HPI: 49.45
78 BC - 37 BC
HPI: 49.35
1732 - 1796
HPI: 48.74
1921 - 2021
HPI: 48.42
1650 - 1695
HPI: 48.06
1861 - 1942
HPI: 47.62
1908 - 1983
HPI: 47.42
Most astronomers were born in United States (125), Germany (69), and United Kingdom (68). By city, the most common birth places were New York City (15), Paris (11), and Berlin (8).The most common death places of astronomers were United States (120), Germany (63), and United Kingdom (53). By city, these were Paris (23), Cambridge, Massachusetts (10), and London (10).
The earliest biographies classified as astronomers in Pantheon are Gan De, Oenopides, and Cleostratus. The concentration of astronomers was largest during the Newspaper Era, which lasted from 1700 to 1899. Some birth or death locations for earlier astronomers are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Which Astronomers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Astronomers since 1700.
Astronomers are found within the Science & Technology domain which also includes Biologists, Mathematicians, Physicists, Chemists, and Physicians.