List of astrophysicists
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An astrophysicist is a person who professionally studies and conducts research in astrophysics.
[edit] Famous astrophysicists
- Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (Sweden, 1908 – 1995)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (India, USA, 1910 – 1995)
- Robert Henry Dicke (USA, 1916 – 1997)
- Herbert Dingle (United Kingdom, 1890 – 1978)
- Frank Drake (USA, 1930 – )
- Freeman John Dyson (United Kingdom, USA, 1923 – )
- Arthur Eddington (United Kingdom, 1882 – 1944)
- Jaan Einasto (Estonia, 1929 – )
- Henry Gale (USA, 1874 – 1942)
- Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg (Russia, 1916 – )
- Thomas Gold (USA, 1920 – 2004)
- Stephen Hawking (United Kingdom, 1942 – )
- Antony Hewish (United Kingdom, 1924 – )
- Fred Hoyle (United Kingdom, 1915 – 2001)
- Mario Livio (USA, 1945 – )
- Chris Lintott (United Kingdom, 1980 – )
- William McCrea (Republic of Ireland, 1904 – 1999)
- Igor Dmitrievich Novikov (Russia, 1935 – )
- Jan Oort (Netherlands, 1900 – 1992)
- Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, (USA, Greece 1947 – 1997)
- Jeremiah P. Ostriker (USA, 1937 – )
- Philip James Edwin Peebles (Canada, 1935 – )
- Saul Rappaport (USA, 1941 – )
- Hubert Reeves (Canada, 1932 – )
- Martin Ryle (United Kingdom, 1918 – 1984)
- Dimitar Sasselov (Bulgaria, USA, 1961 –)
- David Schramm (USA, 1945 – 1997)
- F.J.M. Stratton (United Kingdom, 1881 – 1960)
- Kip Thorne (USA, 1940 – )
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (USA, 1958 – )
- Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich (Russia, 1914 – 1987)
- Fritz Zwicky (Switzerland, 1898 – 1974)
