List of astrophysicists
The list of astrophysicists leads to the biographies of the main personalities who have made significant contributions to the field of astrophysics. The focus is more on the connection between the theoretical or experimental physics with problems of the cosmos, but the transitions to astronomy fluently. The list of astronomers leads to the corresponding biographies.
The list is sorted alphabetically by last name.
- Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (Sweden, 1908-1995 )
- Viktor Ambarzumjan (Armenia, 1908-1996 )
- William Anderson (Estonia, Germany, 1880-1940 )
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (India, USA, 1910-1995 )
- Robert F. Christy ( USA, 1916-2012 )
- Herbert Dingle ( USA, 1890-1978 )
- Frank Drake (USA, 1930)
- Freeman John Dyson (England, USA, 1923)
- Arthur Eddington (England, 1882-1944 )
- Jürgen Ehlers ( Germany, 1929-2008 )
- Jaan Einasto (Estonia, 1929)
- Thomas Gold ( USA, 1920-2004 )
- Walter Grotrian ( Germany, 1890-1954 )
- Stephen Hawking (England, 1942)
- Klaus Katterbach ( Germany, 1908-1971 )
- Hans Kienle ( Germany, 1895-1975 )
- Samuel Pierpont Langley ( USA, 1834-1906 )
- Reimar Lüst ( Germany, 1923)
- William McCrea (Ireland, 1904-1999 )
- Milutin Milankovitch (Yugoslavia, 1879-1958 )
- Igor Dmitrievich Novikov (Russia, 1935)
- Jeremiah P. Ostriker (USA, 1937)
- Anton Pannekoek (Netherlands, 1873-1960 )
- Hubert Reeves (Canada, 1932)
- Arnulf Schlüter ( Germany, 1922-2011 )
- David Schramm ( USA, 1945-1997 )
- Yakov Borisovich Seldowitsch ( Z'eldovich ) (Russia, 1914-1987 )