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)

• Orientalists:

  Vasily Vasilievich Struve (1889-1965), Soviet Orientalist

• Politicians and journalists:

  Gustav Struve (1805–1870), Prussian politician

  Peter Berngardovich Struve (1870–1944), Russian political economist, philosopher and editor, grandson of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm

  Gleb Struve (1898-1985), Russian-American poet and literary historian, son of Peter

  Nikita Struve (born 1931), Russian-French editor specializing in Russian literature, nephew of Gleb and grandson of Peter

• 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