Struve
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Struve may refer to one of the following:
- Astronomers:
- Jacob Struve (1755–1841)
- Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793–1864), son of the preceding
- Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819–1905), son of the preceding
- Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Struve (Ludwig Struve; 1858–1920), son of the preceding
- Karl Hermann Struve (Hermann Struve; 1870–1944), brother of the preceding
- Otto Struve (1897–1963), son of Ludwig
- Georg Otto Herman von Struve (Georg Struve; 1886–1933), son of Hermann
- Wilfried Struve (1914–1992), son of Georg (obtained a Ph.D. in astronomy in 1939, but after World War II became an acoustical engineer)
- Politicians:
- Gustav Struve (1805–1870), Prussian politician
- Peter Berngardovich Struve (1870–1944), Russian political economist, philosopher and editor, grandson of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm
- Things named after the Struve astronomers:
- 768 Struveana - asteroid named jointly after Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Otto Wilhem von Struve, and Karl Hermann Struve
- 2227 Otto Struve - asteroid named after Otto Struve
- Struve Double Star Catalog - compiled by F. G. W. Struve
- Struve 2398 - binary star system
- Struve (crater) - crater on the Moon
- Struve Geodetic Arc - a World Heritage Site
- Otto Struve Telescope - telescope of McDonald Observatory