List of astrophysicists
The list of astrophysicists leads to the biographies of the most important personalities who have made significant contributions to the field of astrophysics . The focus is more on the connection of theoretical or experimental physics with problems of the cosmos , but the transitions to astronomy are fluid. The list of astronomers leads to the corresponding biographies.
The list is sorted alphabetically by last name.
- Charles Greeley Abbot ( US , 1872–1973)
- Hannes Alfvén ( Sweden , 1908–1995)
- Viktor Ambarzumjan ( Armenia , 1908–1996)
- Wilhelm Anderson ( Estonia , Germany , 1880-1940)
- Robin M. Canup (USA, 1968)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ( India , US, 1910-1995)
- Robert F. Christy (US, 1916–2012)
- Herbert Dingle (United States, 1890–1978)
- Frank Drake (USA, 1930)
- Freeman Dyson ( England , USA, 1923-2020)
- Arthur Eddington (England, 1882–1944)
- Jürgen Ehlers (Germany, 1929-2008)
- Jaan Einasto (Estonia, 1929)
- Anna Frebel (Germany, 1980)
- Margaret Geller , (USA, 1947)
- Thomas Gold (USA, 1920-2004)
- Walter Grotrian (Germany, 1890–1954)
- Margherita Hack ( Italy , 1922-2013)
- Stephen Hawking (England, 1942-2018)
- Klaus Katterbach (Germany, 1908–1971)
- Hans Kienle (Germany, 1895–1975)
- Margaret Kivelson (US, 1928)
- Samuel Pierpont Langley (US, 1834–1906)
- Reimar Lüst (Germany, 1923-2020)
- William McCrea ( Ireland , 1904-1999)
- Milutin Milanković ( Yugoslavia , 1879–1958)
- Igor Novikov ( Russia , 1935)
- Jeremiah P. Ostriker (USA, 1937)
- Anton Pannekoek ( Netherlands , 1873-1960)
- Elma Parsamjan (Armenia, 1929)
- Hubert Reeves ( Canada , 1932)
- Sally Ride (US, 1951–2012)
- Arnulf Schlueter (Germany, 1922–2011)
- David Schramm (USA, 1945-1997)
- Jakow Seldowitsch (Russia, 1914–1987)
- Albrecht Unsöld (Germany, 1905-1995)
- Mark Vogelsberger (Germany, 1978)