List of minor planets named after people
This is a list of minor planets named after people, both real and fictional.
Science
Astronomers
Amateur
- 340 Eduarda (Heinrich Eduard von Lade, German)
- 792 Metcalfia (Joel Hastings Metcalf, American)
- 828 Lindemannia (Adolph Friedrich Lindemann, German-British)
- 2602 Moore (Sir Patrick Moore)
- 9121 Stefanovalentini (Stefano Valentini, Italian)
- 12787 Abetadashi (Tadashi Abe, Japanese)
- 13624 Abeosamu (Osamu Abe, Japanese)
- 24898 Alanholmes (Alan W. Holmes, American)
- 37729 Akiratakao (Akira Takao, Japanese)
- 49109 Agnesraab (Agnes Raab, Austrian)
- 60406 Albertosuci (Alberto Suci, Italian)
- 103422 Laurisirén (Lauri Sirén, Finnish)
Professional
- 107 Camilla (Camille Flammarion; also Camilla, mythological Volscian queen)
- 162 Laurentia (A. Laurent)
- 238 Hypatia (Hypatia)
- 281 Lucretia (Caroline Lucretia Herschel)
- 339 Dorothea (Dorothea Klumpke)
- 349 Dembowska (Ercole Dembowski)
- 366 Vincentina (Vincenzo Cerulli)
- 511 Davida (David Peck Todd)
- 676 Melitta (Philibert Jacques Melotte)
- 729 Watsonia (James Craig Watson)
- 761 Brendelia (Martin Brendel)
- 767 Bondia (William Cranch Bond and George Phillips Bond)
- 768 Struveana (Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve and Karl Hermann Struve)
- 784 Pickeringia (Edward Charles Pickering and William Henry Pickering)
- 786 Bredichina (Fyodor Aleksandrovich Bredikhin)
- 806 Gyldenia (Hugo Gyldén)
- 818 Kapteynia (Jacobus Kapteyn)
- 819 Barnardiana (Edward Emerson Barnard)
- 827 Wolfiana (Max Wolf)
- 834 Burnhamia (Sherburne Wesley Burnham)
- 854 Frostia (Edwin Brant Frost)
- 855 Newcombia (Simon Newcomb)
- 856 Backlunda (Oskar Backlund)
- 857 Glasenappia (Sergey Glazenap)
- 872 Holda (Edward S. Holden)
- 892 Seeligeria (Hugo von Seeliger)
- 914 Palisana (Johann Palisa)
- 993 Moultona (Forest Ray Moulton)
- 995 Sternberga (Pavel Shternberg)
- 999 Zachia (Franz Xaver, Baron von Zach)
- 1000 Piazzia (Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the asteroid 1 Ceres)
- 1002 Olbersia (Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers)
- 1004 Belopolskya (Aristarkh Belopolsky)
- 1021 Flammario (Camille Flammarion)
- 1024 Hale (George Ellery Hale)
- 1040 Klumpkea (Dorothea Klumpke)
- 1111 Reinmuthia (Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth)
- 1120 Cannonia (Annie Jump Cannon)
- 1123 Shapleya (Harlow Shapley)
- 1129 Neujmina (Grigory Neujmin)
- 1134 Kepler (Johannes Kepler)
- 1186 Turnera (Herbert Hall Turner)
- 1215 Boyer (Louis Boyer)
- 1239 Queteleta (Adolphe Quetelet)
- 1241 Dysona (Sir Frank Watson Dyson)
- 1303 Luthera (Karl Theodor Robert Luther)
- 1412 Lagrula (Joanny-Philippe Lagrula)
- 1455 Mitchella (Maria Mitchell)
- 1501 Baade (Walter Baade)
- 1510 Charlois (Auguste Charlois)
- 1529 Oterma (Liisi Oterma)
- 1539 Borrelly (Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly)
- 1551 Argelander (Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander)
- 1573 Väisälä (Yrjö Väisälä)
- 1578 Kirkwood (Daniel Kirkwood)
- 1591 Baize (Paul Baize)
- 1594 Danjon (André-Louis Danjon)
- 1600 Vyssotsky (Emma T. R. Williams Vyssotsky)
- 1601 Patry (André Patry)
- 1614 Goldschmidt (Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt)
- 1622 Chacornac (Jean Chacornac)
- 1637 Swings (Pol Swings)
- 1642 Hill (George William Hill)
- 1655 Comas Solá (Josep Comas Solá)
- 1686 De Sitter (Willem de Sitter)
- 1677 Tycho Brahe (Tycho Brahe)
- 1691 Oort (Jan Oort)
- 1693 Hertzsprung (Ejnar Hertzsprung)
- 1714 Sy (Frédéric Sy)
- 1741 Giclas (Henry L. Giclas)
- 1743 Schmidt (Bernhard Schmidt)
- 1745 Ferguson (James Ferguson)
- 1761 Edmondson (Frank K. Edmondson)
- 1766 Slipher (V. M. Slipher and E. C. Slipher)
- 1776 Kuiper (Gerard Kuiper)
- 1778 Alfvén (Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén)
- 1780 Kippes (Otto Kippes)
- 1803 Zwicky (Fritz Zwicky)
- 1830 Pogson (Norman Robert Pogson)
- 1831 Nicholson (Seth Barnes Nicholson)
- 1832 Mrkos (Antonín Mrkos)
- 1846 Bengt (Bengt Strömgren)
- 1850 Kohoutek (Luboš Kohoutek)
- 1877 Marsden (Brian G. Marsden)
- 1886 Lowell (Percival Lowell)
- 1896 Beer (Wilhelm Beer)
- 1913 Sekanina (Zdeněk Sekanina)
- 1940 Whipple (Fred Lawrence Whipple)
- 1965 van de Kamp (Peter van de Kamp)
- 1983 Bok (Bart Bok)
- 1995 Hajek (Tadeáš Hájek)
- 1998 Titius (Johann Daniel Titius)
- 1999 Hirayama (Kiyotsugu Hirayama)
- 2000 Herschel (William Herschel)
- 2003 Harding (Karl Ludwig Harding)
- 2005 Hencke (Karl Ludwig Hencke)
- 2012 Guo Shou-Jing (Guo Shoujing)
- 2018 Schuster (Hans-Emil Schuster)
- 2069 Hubble (Edwin Hubble)
- 2074 Shoemaker (Eugene Shoemaker)
- 2097 Galle (Johann Gottfried Galle)
- 2099 Öpik (Ernst Julius Öpik)
- 2126 Gerasimovich (Boris Gerasimovich)
- 2136 Jugta (Jay U. Gunter)
- 2165 Young (Charles Augustus Young)
- 2198 Ceplecha (Zdeněk Ceplecha)
- 2227 Otto Struve (Otto Struve)
- 2281 Biela (Wilhelm von Biela)
- 2308 Schilt (Jan Schilt)
- 2325 Chernykh (Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh and Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh)
- 2383 Bradley (James Bradley)
- 2439 Ulugbek (Ulugh Beg)
- 2635 Huggins (William Huggins)
- 2646 Abetti (Antonio Abetti and Giorgio Abetti)
- 2688 Halley (Edmond Halley)
- 2709 Sagan (Carl Sagan)
- 2751 Campbell (William Wallace Campbell)
- 2772 Dugan (Raymond Smith Dugan)
- 2780 Monnig (Oscar Monnig)
- 2801 Huygens (Christiaan Huygens)
- 2813 Zappalà (Vincenzo Zappalà)
- 2842 Unsöld (Albrecht Unsöld)
- 2849 Shklovskij (Iosif Shklovsky)
- 2874 Jim Young (James Whitney Young)
- 2875 Lagerkvist (Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist)
- 2897 Ole Römer (Ole Rømer)
- 2900 Luboš Perek (Luboš Perek)
- 2917 Sawyer Hogg (Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg)
- 2996 Bowman (Fred N. Bowman)
- 3070 Aitken (Robert Grant Aitken)
- 3078 Horrocks (Jeremiah Horrocks)
- 3095 Omarkhayyam (Omar Khayyám)
- 3115 Baily (Francis Baily)
- 3116 Goodricke (John Goodricke)
- 3123 Dunham (David Waring Dunham)
- 3169 Ostro (Steven J. Ostro)
- 3174 Alcock (George Alcock)
- 3216 Harrington (Robert Sutton Harrington)
- 3236 Strand (Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand)
- 3255 Tholen (David J Tholen)
- 3267 Glo (Eleanor "Glo" Helin)
- 3277 Aaronson (Marc Aaronson)
- 3282 Spencer Jones (Harold Spencer Jones)
- 3299 Hall (Asaph Hall)
- 3337 Miloš (Miloš Tichý)
- 3449 Abell (George O. Abell)
- 3467 Bernheim (Robert Burnham, Jr.)
- 3487 Edgeworth (Kenneth Edgeworth)
- 3549 Hapke (Bruce William Hapke)
- 3594 Scotti (James V. Scotti)
- 3673 Levy (David H. Levy)
- 3722 Urata (Takeshi Urata)
- 3808 Tempel (Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel)
- 3847 Šindel (Jan Šindel)
- 3866 Langley (Samuel Pierpont Langley)
- 3936 Elst (Eric Walter Elst)
- 3999 Aristarchus (Aristarchus of Samos)
- 4000 Hipparchus (Hipparchus)
- 4001 Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy)
- 4037 Ikeya (Kaoru Ikeya)
- 4062 Schiaparelli (Giovanni Schiaparelli)
- 4169 Celsius (Anders Celsius)
- 4279 De Gasparis (Annibale de Gasparis)
- 4364 Shkodrov (Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov)
- 4549 Burkhardt (Gernot Burkhardt)
- 4567 Bečvář (Antonín Bečvář)
- 4587 Rees (Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow)
- 4593 Reipurth (Bo Reipurth, Danish astronomer)
- 4790 Petrpravec (Petr Pravec)
- 4866 Badillo (Fr. Victor L. Badillo, Jesuit astronomer and former director of the Manila Observatory)
- 5080 Oja (Tarmo Oja)
- 5704 Schumacher (Heinrich Christian Schumacher)
- 5035 Swift (Lewis Swift)
- 5036 Tuttle (Horace Parnell Tuttle)
- 5392 Parker (Donald C. Parker)
- 5726 Rubin (Vera Rubin)
- 5757 Tichá (Jana Tichá)
- 5943 Lovi (George Lovi, astronomical columnist and planetarium educator)
- 6006 Anaximandros (Anaximander)
- 6075 Zajtsev (Alexander L. Zaitsev)
- 6076 Plavec (Miroslav Plavec)
- 6391 Africano (John L. Africano)
- 6398 Timhunter (Tim Hunter)
- 6696 Eubanks (Marshall Eubanks)
- 6779 Perrine (Charles Dillon Perrine)
- 7086 Bopp (Thomas Bopp)
- 7291 Hyakutake (Yuji Hyakutake)
- 7359 Messier (Charles Messier)
- 7948 Whitaker (Ewen A. Whitaker)
- 8216 Melosh (H. Jay Melosh)
- 8391 Kring (David A. Kring)
- 8408 Strom (Robert G. Strom)
- 8690 Swindle (Timothy D. Swindle)
- 8785 Boltwood (Paul Boltwood)
- 9122 Hunten (Donald M. Hunten)
- 9133 d'Arrest (Heinrich Louis d'Arrest)
- 9134 Encke (Johann Franz Encke)
- 9207 Petersmith (Peter H. Smith)
- 9494 Donici (Nicolae Donici, Romanian astronomer)
- 10633 Akimasa (Akimasa Nakamura, Japanese astronomer)
- 10950 Albertjansen (Albert Jansen, German astronomer)
- 11577 Einasto (Jaan Einasto)
- 11762 Vogel (Hermann Carl Vogel)
- 12742 Delisle (Joseph-Nicolas Delisle)
- 14124 Kamil (Kamil Hornoch)
- 14120 Espenak (Fred Espenak)
- 14322 Shakura (Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura)
- 15395 Rükl (Antonín Rükl)
- 15420 Aedouglass (Andrew Ellicott Douglass, American astronomer)
- 15467 Aflorsch (Alphonse Florsch, French astronomer)
- 15955 Johannesgmunden (John of Gmunden)
- 16682 Donati (Giovanni Battista Donati)
- 18150 López Moreno (José Juan López Moreno, Spanish astronomer)
- 19139 Apian (Peter Apian)
- 24988 Alainmilsztajn (Alain Milsztajn, French astronomer)
- 36445 Smalley (Kyle E. Smalley)
- 68730 Straizys (Vytautas Straižys, Lithuanian astronomer, the founder of Vilnius photometric system)
- 72021 Yisunji (Yi, Sunji, Korean astronomer in 15th century)
- 92893 Michaelperson (Michael Person, American astronomer)
- 95593 Azusienis (Algimantas Ažusienis, Lithuanian astronomer)
- 99503 Leewonchul (Lee, Wonchul, Korean astronomer)
- 106817 Yubangtaek (Yu, Bangtaek, Korean astronomer in 13th century)
- 11156 Al-Khwarismi (Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Persian astronomer)
- 165347 Philplait (Phil Plait, American astronomer)
- 234750 Amymainzer (Amy Mainzer, American astronomer)
Planetarium directors
Relatives of astronomers
Biologists
Cartographers
Chemists
Computer scientists and programmers
Mathematicians
Physicists
Physiologists
Space exploration
Other scientists, engineers and inventors
- 335 Roberta (Carl Robert Osten-Sacken, entomologist)
- 635 Vundtia (Wilhelm Wundt, pioneer psychologist)
- 742 Edisona (Thomas Edison, inventor)
- 775 Lumière (Auguste and Louis Lumière, cinematic pioneers)
- 777 Gutemberga (Johannes Gutenberg, pioneer printer)
- 2177 Oliver (Bernard M. Oliver, research scientist)
- 3256 Daguerre (Louis Daguerre, photographic pioneer)
- 3313 Mendel (Gregor Mendel, father of genetics)
- 3701 Purkyně (Jan Evangelista Purkyně, physiologist)
- 4217 Engelhardt (Wolf von Engelhardt, geologist)
- 4342 Freud (Sigmund Freud, father of psychoanalysis)
- 4565 Grossman (Lawrence Grossman, geochemist)
- 5102 Benfranklin (Benjamin Franklin, scientist)
- 5864 Montgolfier (Montgolfier brothers, hot air balloon pioneers)
- 5958 Barrande (Joachim Barrande, geologist and paleontologist)
- 6175 Cori (Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Theresa Cori, biochemists)
- 7552 Sephton (Mark Sephton, geochemist)
- 8373 Stephengould (Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionist and essayist)
- 11519 Adler (Alfred Adler, psychologist)
- 15465 Buchroeder (Richard A. Buchroeder, optical engineer)
- 16518 Akihikoito (Akihiko Ito, Japanese CCD astrophotographer)
- 20259 Alanhoffman (Alan Hoffman, pioneer in infrared detectors)
- 29227 Wegener (Alfred Wegener, geologist and meteorologist)
- 61404 Ocenásek (Ludvík Ocenásek, handyman who constructed a monoplane, a radial engine for airplanes, and two-stage rockets)
- 73079 Davidbaltimore (David Baltimore, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate)
Monarchs and royalty
- 12 Victoria (officially named after the Roman goddess of victory, but also honours Queen Victoria)
- 45 Eugenia (Empress Eugénie), with its moon Petit-Prince in part for her son Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial
- 115 Thyra (Thyra, consort of King Gorm the Old of Denmark)
- 216 Kleopatra (Cleopatra VII of Egypt)
- 220 Stephania (Princess Stéphanie of Belgium)
- 295 Theresia (Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire and Queen consort of Germany)
- 326 Tamara (Queen Tamar of Georgia)
- 344 Desiderata (Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway)
- 359 Georgia (King George II of Great Britain)
- 392 Wilhelmina (Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands)
- 525 Adelaide (Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV of the United Kingdom)
- 545 Messalina (Messalina, Roman empress)
- 546 Herodias (Herodias, wife of Herod II and mother of Salome)
- 562 Salome (Salome, daughter of Herod II and Herodias)
- 598 Octavia (Claudia Octavia, Roman empress)
- 650 Amalasuntha (Amalasuntha, queen of the Ostrogoths)
- 653 Berenike (Berenice II, Egyptian queen)
- 689 Zita (Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma)
- 816 Juliana (Queen Juliana of the Netherlands)
- 823 Sisigambis (Sisygambis, mother of Darius III of Persia)
- 831 Stateira (Stateira, wife of Artaxerxes II of Persia)
- 832 Karin (Karin Månsdotter, wife of Eric XIV of Sweden)
- 888 Parysatis (Parysatis, wife of Darius II of Persia)
- 911 Agamemnon (Agamemnon)
- 1068 Nofretete (Nefertiti)
- 1128 Astrid (Astrid of Sweden)
- 2436 Hatshepsut (Pharaoh Hatshepsut)
- 3362 Khufu (Pharaoh Khufu)
- 4414 Sesostris (Greek version of Senusret, name of three pharaohs)
- 4415 Echnaton (Pharaoh Akhenaten; German spelling of his name)
- 4416 Ramses (pharaoh Ramses II)
- 4568 Menkaure (Pharaoh Menkaure)
- 4721 Atahualpa (Atahuallpa)
- 4846 Tuthmosis (Thutmose, name of four pharaohs)
- 4847 Amenhotep (pharaoh Amenhotep IV)
- 4848 Tutenchamun (pharaoh Tutankhamun)
- 4906 Seneferu (Pharaoh Sneferu)
- 5009 Sethos (Greek version of Seti, name of two pharaohs)
- 5010 Amenemhet (Amenemhet, name of four pharaohs)
- 5242 Kenreimonin (Empress Dowager Kenrei)
- 7117 Claudius (Emperor Claudius)
- 7207 Hammurabi (Hammurabi)
- 7208 Ashurbanipal (Ashurbanipal)
- 7209 Cyrus (Cyrus II of Persia)
- 7210 Darius (Darius I of Persia)
- 7211 Xerxes (Xerxes I of Persia)
- 7212 Artaxerxes (Artaxerxes II of Persia)
- 8740 Václav (Václav I, Duke of Bohemia, of Václav)
- 10293 Pribina (Pribina, ruler of Nitrian Principality)
- 11014 Svätopluk (Svätopluk, ruler of Great Moravia)
- 16951 Carolus Quartus (Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia)
- 18349 Dafydd (Dafydd ap Llywelyn, prince of Wales)
- 20969 Samo (Samo, ruler of Samo’s Empire)
- 25340 Segoves (Segoves, Celtic duke)
- 44613 Rudolf (Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary)
- 48844 Belloves (Belloves, Celtic duke)
- 53285 Mojmír (Mojmír I, ruler of Great Moravia)
Nobility
Politicians and Statesmen
Teachers
High school/technical school teachers
- 3352 McAuliffe (Christa McAuliffe, high school teacher from New Hampshire, U.S.A.)
- 12787 Abetadashi (Tadashi Abe, high school teacher from Japan)
- 13241 Biyo (Josette Biyo, high school teacher from Iloilo, Philippines)
- 13928 Aaronrogers (Aaron Rogers, mathematics teacher from London, U.K.)
- 14158 Alananderson (Alan Anderson, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
- 14684 Reyes (Cynthia L. Reyes, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
- 17225 Alanschorn (Alan Schorn, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.)
- 20341 Alanstack (Alan Stack, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.)
- 20574 Ochinero (Marcia Collin Ochinero, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
- 21395 Albertofilho (Alberto Filho, a technical school teacher from Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil)
- 21435 Aharon (Terri Aharon, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.)
- 22619 Ajscheetz (A. J. Scheetz, high school teacher from Connecticut, U.S.A.)
- 22993 Aferrari (Andrew Ferrari, high school teacher from North Carolina, U.S.A.)
- 23017 Advincula (Rigoberto Advincula, high school teacher from Texas, U.S.A.)
- 23975 Akran (Erkan Akran, middle school teacher from Arkansas, U.S.A.)
- 24032 Aimeemcarthy (Aimee McCarthy, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
- 24238 Adkerson (Timothy Adkerson, high school teacher from Missouri, U.S.A.)
- 27286 Adedmondson (Adam Edmondson, high school teacher from Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
- 27740 Obatomoyuki (Tomoyuki Oba, junior high school teacher and presenter at Geisei Observatory, Japan)
College/University professors
War heroes and veterans
World War II heroes and veterans
Other war heroes
Children died in war
Religion
- 89 Julia (Julia of Corsica, martyr and patron saint, 5th century)
- 127 Johanna (believed to be named after Joan of Arc)
- 873 Mechthild (Mechthild of Magdeburg, medieval mystic)
- 898 Hildegard (Hildegard of Bingen, abbess, composer and polymath)
- 1840 Hus (John Huss, Czech Jan Hus, religious reformer)
- 5275 Zdislava (Zdislava Berka, in Czech Zdislava z Lemberka)
- 7100 Martin Luther (Martin Luther)
- 7256 Bonhoeffer (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
- 8661 Ratzinger (Joseph Alois Ratzinger – Pope Benedict XVI)
- 20006 Albertus Magnus (Albertus Magnus, German theologian, philosopher and naturalist)
Explorers
- 54 Alexandra (Alexander von Humboldt, naturalist and explorer)
- 327 Columbia (Christopher Columbus)
- 853 Nansenia (Fridtjof Nansen, polar explorer)
- 876 Scott (Robert Falcon Scott, polar explorer)
- 1065 Amundsenia (Roald Amundsen, polar explorer)
- 2473 Heyerdahl (Thor Heyerdahl, explorer and writer)
- 2785 Sedov (Georgy Sedov, Arctic explorer)
- 3130 Hillary (Edmund Hillary, mountaineer [see Tenzing, below])
- 3357 Tolstikov (Yevgeny Tolstikov, polar explorer)
- 4055 Magellan (Ferdinand Magellan, circumnavigator)
- 6481 Tenzing (Tenzing Norgay, Sherpa [see Hillary, above])
- 6542 Jacquescousteau (Jacques-Yves Cousteau, marine explorer)
- 8291 Bingham (Hiram Bingham III, explorer)
- 15425 Welzl (Jan Welzl, Arctic explorer)
Historians
Other social scientists
Philosophers
The arts
Literature
General authors
Novelists
Poets
Playwrights
Satirists
Other
Visual arts
- 2730 Barks (Carl Barks, cartoonist)
- 3001 Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti, painter and sculptor)
- 3246 Bidstrup (Herluf Bidstrup, caricaturist)
- 3566 Levitan (Isaac Levitan, painter)
- 4511 Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn, painter)
- 4671 Drtikol (František Drtikol, photographer)
- 4691 Toyen, (Toyen), painter and graphic artist)
- 5055 Opekushin (Alexander Opekushin, sculptor)
- 5122 Mucha (Alfons Mucha, painter and graphic artist)
- 5363 Kupka (František Kupka, painter and graphic artist)
- 5800 Pollock (Jackson Pollock, painter)
- 6056 Donatello (Donatello, painter)
- 6592 Goya (Francisco Goya, painter)
- 6674 Cézanne (Paul Cézanne, painter)
- 6676 Monet (Claude Monet, painter)
- 6677 Renoir (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter)
- 6701 Warhol (Andy Warhol, artist)
- 6768 Mathiasbraun (Mathias Braun, also known as Matyáš Braun, sculptor and carver)
- 6769 Brokoff (Johann Brokoff, also known as Jan Brokoff, sculptor and carver)
- 7701 Zrzavý (Jan Zrzavý, painter)
- 7867 Burian (Zdeněk Burian, painter and book illustrator)
- 8236 Gainsborough (Thomas Gainsborough, landscape and portrait artist)
- 8237 Constable (John Constable, painter)
- 8240 Matisse (Henri Matisse, painter)
- 10189 Normanrockwell (Norman Rockwell, artist)
- 10218 Bierstadt (Albert Bierstadt, Landscape artist)
- 10343 Church (Federic Edward Church, painter)
- 10372 Moran (Thomas Moran, landscape artist)
- 10404 McCall (Robert T. McCall, space artist)
- 13227 Poor (Kim Poor, space artist)
- 13329 Davidhardy (David A. Hardy, space artist)
- 13330 Dondavis (Don Davis, astronomical artist)
- 13543 Butler (Chris Butler, space artist)
- 13562 Bobeggleton (Bob Eggleton, painter)
- 14976 Josefčapek (Josef Čapek, painter and writer)
- 17625 Joseflada (Josef Lada, painter)
- 17806 Adolfborn (Adolf Born, painter)
- 20364 Zdeněkmiler (Zdeněk Miler, animator and illustrator)
- 21501 Acevedo (Tony Acevedo, multimedia graphic designer)
- 29490 Myslbek (Josef Václav Myslbek, sculptor)
- 46280 Hollar (Václav Hollar, graphic artist and painter)
- 98127 Vilgusová (Hedvika Vilgusová, painter and illustrator of books for children)
Architects
Classical music
Composers
Conductors
Others
- 218 Bianca (Bertha Schwarz, stage name Bianca Bianchi, opera singer)
- 644 Cosima (Cosima Wagner, director of the Bayreuth Festival and wife of Richard Wagner)
- 677 Aaltje (Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius, soprano)
- 5203 Pavarotti (Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer)
- 6583 Destinn (Ema Destinnová, also known as Emmy Destinn, opera singer)
- 8471 Obrant (Arkadij Efimovich Obrant, ballet-master, producer, and teacher-humanist)
- 9914 Obukhova (Nadezhda Andreevna Obukhova, soloist at the Bolshoj Theater and People's Artist of the U.S.S.R.)
- 18460 Pecková (Dagmar Pecková, opera singer)
- 11305 Ahlqvist (David Ahlqvist, Swedish artist, author, and musician)
- 58373 Albertoalonso (Alberto Alonso, Cuban choreographer and dance visionary)
Entertainment
Popular music
- 1889 Pakhmutova (Aleksandra Pakhmutova, composer)
- 2620 Santana (Carlos Santana, musician)
- 2644 Victor Jara (Víctor Jara, musician)
- 3738 Ots (Georg Ots, musician)
- 3834 Zappafrank (Frank Zappa, musician)
- Beatles members:
- 4305 Clapton (Eric Clapton, musician)
- 4422 Jarre (Maurice Jarre and Jean Michel Jarre, French composers)
- 4442 Garcia (Jerry Garcia, musician)
- 5656 Oldfield (Mike Oldfield, composer)
- 5945 Roachapproach (Steve Roach, musician)
- 6354 Vangelis (Vangelis Papathanassiou, composer)
- 6433 Enya (Enya, musician)
- 7226 Kryl (Karel Kryl, musician)
- 7707 Yes (Yes, band)
- 7934 Sinatra (Frank Sinatra, vocalist)
- 8249 Gershwin (George Gershwin, composer)
- 9179 Satchmo (Louis Armstrong, musician)
- 10313 Vanessa-Mae (Vanessa-Mae, musician)
- 14024 Procol Harum (Procol Harum, band)
- 15092 Beegees (Bee Gees, band)
- 16155 Buddy (Buddy Holly, musician)
- 17059 Elvis (Elvis Presley, musician)
- 18132 Spector (Phil Spector, musician)
- 18125 Brianwilson (Brian Wilson, musician)
- 19367 Pink Floyd (Pink Floyd, band)
- 19383 Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones, band)
- 23990 Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen, musician)
- 44016 Jimmypage (Jimmy Page, musician)
- 79896 Billhaley (Bill Haley, musician)
- 110393 Rammstein (Rammstein, band)
Film, TV and Theatre
- 2374 Vladvysotskij, (Vladimir Vysotsky, singer, poet, writer, movie and theatre actor)
- 2816 Pien, (Armand Pien (1920–2003), Belgian TV weatherman)
- 3252 Johnny (Johnny Carson, Talk Show Host)
- 3998 Tezuka (Osamu Tezuka, pioneering Japanese comic artist and animator)
- 4238 Audrey (Audrey Hepburn, actress)
- 4535 Adamcarolla (Adam Carolla, comedian, television and radio host)
- 4536 Drewpinsky (Drew Pinsky, television and radio host, actor)
- 4659 Roddenberry (Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator)
- 5608 Olmos (Edward James Olmos, actor)
- 6318 Cronkite (Walter Cronkite, TV newsreader)
- 6377 Cagney (James Cagney, actor)
- 6546 Kaye (Danny Kaye, actor and comedian)
- 7032 Hitchcock (Alfred Hitchcock, film director)
- 7037 Davidlean (David Lean, film director)
- 7307 Takei (George Takei, actor)
- 8299 Téaleoni (Téa Leoni, actress)
- 8347 Lallaward (Lalla Ward, actress)
- 8353 Megryan (Meg Ryan, actress
- 8883 Miyazakihayao (Hayao Miyazaki, animator)
- 9341 Gracekelly (Grace Kelly, actress)
- 9342 Carygrant (Cary Grant, actor)
- Monty Python members:
- 10221 Kubrick (Stanley Kubrick)
- 10378 Ingmarbergman (Ingmar Bergman, film director)
- 11333 Forman (Miloš Forman, film director)
- 11548 Jerrylewis (Jerry Lewis, comedian and actor)
- 12561 Howard (Ron Howard, actor, director, producer)
- 12562 Briangrazer (Brian Grazer, producer)
- 12818 Tomhanks (Tom Hanks, actor, producer)
- 12820 Robinwilliams (Robin Williams, actor, comedian)
- 13070 Seanconnery (Sean Connery, actor)
- 13441 Janmerlin (Jan Merlin, actor and author)
- 15131 Alanalda (Alan Alda, actor, director, screenwriter, author)
- 17023 Abbott (Bud Abbott, actor, producer, comedian)
- 17744 Jodiefoster (Jodie Foster, actress)
- 19291 Karelzeman (Karel Zeman, film director)
- 19578 Kirkdouglas (Kirk Douglas, actor)
- 26733 Nanavisitor (Nana Visitor, actress)
- 26734 Terryfarrell (Terry Farrell, actress)
- 26858 Misterrogers (Fred Rogers, US children's television host)
- 38461 Jiřítrnka (Jiří Trnka, puppet maker and puppet-film director)
- 68410 Nichols (Nichelle Nichols, actress)
- 71000 Hughdowns (Hugh Downs, Television and radio anchorman)
- 116939 Jonstewart (Jon Stewart, comedian and TV host)
Sports
Olympic medalists
Other sports
- 1909 Alekhin (Alexander Alekhine, chess world champion)
- 2472 Bradman (Donald Bradman, cricketer)
- 3027 Shavarsh (Shavarsh Karapetyan, finswimmer)
- 5891 Gehrig (Lou Gehrig, baseball player)
- 6758 Jesseowens (Jesse Owens, athlete)
- 7835 Myroncope (Myron Cope, sportscaster and journalist)
- 10634 Pepibican (Josef Bican, called "Pepi", football player)
- 10675 Kharlamov (Valeri Kharlamov, hockey player)
- 12373 Lancearmstrong (Lance Armstrong, cyclist)
- 12413 Johnnyweir (Johnny Weir, figure skater)
- 12414 Bure (Pavel Bure, ice hockey player)
- 78071 Vicent (Francesc Vicent, chess writer)
- 82656 Puskás (Ferenc Puskás, football player)
- 90414 Karpov (Anatoly Karpov, chess world champion)
Other entertainers
Contest winners
- 13434 Adamquade (Adam Robert Quade, a middle school student from Minnesota, U.S.A. and 2002 winner)
- 15155 Ahn (Ryan J. Ahn, a middle school student from Pennsylvania, U.S.A. and 2001 winner)
- 15559 Abigailhines (Abigail M. Hines, a middle school student from Indiana, U.S.A. and 2001 winner)
- 19564 Ajburnetti (Anthony James Burnetti, a middle school student from Maryland, U.S.A. and 2003 winner)
- 20503 Adamtazi (Adam Ryoma Tazi, a middle school student from Florida, U.S.A. and 2004 winner)
- 21850 Abshir (Iftin Mohamed Abshir, a middle school student from Colorado, U.S.A. and 2005 winner)
- 21933 Aaronrozon (Aaron Alexander Rozon, a middle school student from Hawaii, U.S.A. and 2005 winner)
- 22638 Abdulla (Almas Ugurgizi Abdulla, a middle school student from Florida, U.S.A. and 2006 winner)
- 22656 Aaronburrows (Aaron Phillip Burrows, a middle school student from Texas, U.S.A. and 2006 winner)
- 23768 Abu-Rmaileh (Muhammad Akef Abu-Rmaileh, a middle school student from Arkansas, U.S.A. and 2007 winner)
- 2002 winners
- 10237 Adzic (Vladislav Adzic, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
- 11685 Adamcurry (Adam Michael Curry, high school student from Colorado, U.S.A.)
- 11697 Estrella (Allan Noriel Estrella, high school student from Manila, Philippines)
- 12088 Macalintal (Jeric Valles Macalintal, high school student from Manila, Philippines)
- 12522 Rara (Prem Vilas Fortran Rara, high school student from Iligan, Philippines)
- 12553 Aaronritter (Aaron M. Ritter, high school student from Indiana, U.S.A.)
- 13241 Biyo (Josette Biyo, high school teacher from Iloilo, Philippines)
- 2003 winners
- 16999 Ajstewart (Andrew James Stewart, high school student from NSW, Australia)
- 17984 Ahantonioli (Alexandra Hope Antonioli, high school student from Montana, U.S.A.)
- 18084 Adamwohl (Adam Richard Wohl, high school student from North Dakota, U.S.A.)
- 18142 Adamsidman (Adam Daniel Sidman, high school student from Colorado, U.S.A.)
- 18796 Acosta (Iyen Abdon Acosta, high school student from Maryland, U.S.A.)
- 19444 Addicott (Charles Michael Addicott, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
- 19488 Abramcoley (Abram Levi Coley, high school student from Montana, U.S.A.)
- 21395 Albertofilho (Alberto Filho, a technical school teacher from Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil)
- 2006 winners
- 21400 Ahdout (Zimra Payvand Ahdout, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
- 21623 Albertshieh (Albert David Shieh, high school student from Arizona, U.S.A.)
- 2008 winners
- 24520 Abramson (Ronit Batya Roth Abramson, high school student from California, U.S.A.)
- 2009 winners
- 25638 Ahissar (Shira Ahissar, high school student from Rehovot, Israel.)
- 25642 Adiseshan (Tara Anjali Adiseshan, high school student from Virginia, U.S.A.)
- 25677 Aaronenten (Aaron Christopher Enten, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
- 2010 winners
- 26386 Adelinacozma (Adelina Corina Cozma, high school student from Ontario, Canada)
- 26447 Akrishnan (Akash Krishnan, high school student from Oregon, U.S.A.)
- 26462 Albertcui (Albert Cui, high school student from Utah, U.S.A.)
- 26544 Ajjarapu (Avanthi Sai Ajjarapu, high school student from Iowa, U.S.A.)
- 26557 Aakritijain (Aakriti Jain, high school student from California, U.S.A.)
- 26737 Adambradley (Adam Bradley Halverson, high school student from South Dakota, U.S.A.)
- 26740 Camacho (Martin Ayalde Camacho, high school student from Minnesota, U.S.A.)
- 2002 Winners
- 16113 Ahmed (Tahir Ahmed, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
- 2003 Winners
- 15421 Adammalin (Adam Mikah Malin, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
- 2005 Winners
- 21411 Abifraeman (Abigail Ann Fraeman, a high school senior from Maryland, U.S.A.)
- 21413 Albertsao (Albert Tsao, a high school senior from Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
- 2006 Winners
- 2008 Winners
- 24121 Achandran (Ashok Chandran, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
- 2009 Winners
- 25410 Abejar (Patrick Jeffrey Abejar, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
- 25422 Abigreene (Abigail Sara Greene, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
- 2010 Winners
- 25966 Akhilmathew (Akhil Mathew, a high school senior from New Jersey, U.S.A.)
- 25979 Alansage (Alan Robert Sage, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
- 27239 O'Dorney (Evan Michael O'Dorney, a high school senior from California, U.S.A.)
- 2011 Winners
- 27072 Aggarwal (Amol Aggarwal, a high school senior from California, U.S.A.)
Editors and publishers
Discoverers' relatives
Others
- 83 Beatrix (Beatrice Portinari, immortalized in Dante's Divine Comedy)
- 156 Xanthippe (Xanthippe, wife of Socrates)
- 323 Brucia (Catherine Wolfe Bruce, astronomical philanthropist)
- 609 Fulvia (Fulvia, wife of Mark Antony)
- 719 Albert (Albert Salomon von Rothschild, banker and benefactor of the Vienna Observatory)
- 904 Rockefellia (John D. Rockefeller, philanthropist]]
- 1038 Tuckia (Edward Tuck, philanthropist)
- 1462 Zamenhof (L. L. Zamenhof, father of Esperanto)
- 3018 Godiva (Lady Godiva)
- 3147 Samantha (Samantha Smith, peace activist)
- 4318 Baťa (Tomáš Baťa, founder of the Bata shoe company)
- 4487 Pocahontas (Pocahontas)
- 4987 Flamsteed (Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, a direct descendant of the brother of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal of England)
- 7166 Kennedy (Malcolm Kennedy, secretary of the Astronomical Society of Glasgow)
- 19718 Albertjarvis (Albert G. Jarvis, inventor)
- 69275 Wiesenthal (Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter)
- 80652 Albertoangela (Alberto Angela, Italian science writer)
Fictional characters
Characters in classic fiction
- 92 Undina (Undine, heroine of the novella Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué)
- 264 Libussa (Libuše, mythical Bohemian prophetess)
- 1143 Odysseus (Odysseus, legendary king of Ithaca)
- 2041 Lancelot (Arthurian knight)
- 2082 Galahad (Arthurian knight)
- 2483 Guinevere (Guinevere, King Arthur's queen)
- 2597 Arthur (King Arthur, legendary king of England)
- 2598 Merlin (Merlin, wizard who helped King Arthur)
- 3102 Krok (Krok, mythical Bohemian duke, father of Libuše, Kazi and Teta)
- 3552 Don Quixote (Don Quixote, hero of the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes)
- 5797 Bivoj (Bivoj, mythical Bohemian hero)
- 7695 Přemysl (Přemysl the Ploughman, mythical founder of the Přemyslid dynasty)
- 9551 Kazi (Kazi, Bohemian mythical female healer)
- 9713 Oceax (Oceax, son of Nauplius of Euboea and brother of Palamedes)
- 10764 Rübezahl (Rübezahl, Czech Krakonoš, giant ruler of the Giant Mountains)
- 15374 Teta (Teta, mythical Bohemian prophetess)
- 38086 Beowulf (Beowulf)
Characters in modern fiction
- 1683 Castafiore (the diva in Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin)
- 2309 Mr. Spock (Mr. Spock, the famous Vulcan, by way of the discoverer's cat)
- 2521 Heidi (title character in Johanna Spyri's well-known book Heidi)
- 4512 Sinuhe (title hero of The Egyptian by Mika Waltari)
- Characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle:
- Characters created by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland:
- Fabulous beasts described or mentioned by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky:
- 7796 Járacimrman (Jára Cimrman, a fictional Czech genius)
- 7896 Švejk (Josef Švejk, the good soldier)
- 9007 James Bond (James Bond, fictional spy created by Ian Fleming)
- 12448 Mr. Tompkins (Mr. Tompkins, hero of science books by George Gamow)
- 12796 Kamenrider (Kamen Rider, Japanese hero created by Shotaro Ishinomori)
- 18610 Arthurdent (Arthur Dent, hapless protagonist in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series)
- 20496 Jeník (Jeník, hero of Bedřich Smetana’s opera Bartered Bride)
- 20497 Mařenka (Mařenka, hero of Bedřich Smetana’s opera Bartered Bride)
- Comic strip characters by Goscinny and Uderzo:
- 29471 Spejbl (Spejbl, popular puppet character created by Josef Skupa)
- 29472 Hurvínek (Hurvínek, son of Spejbl, popular puppet character created by Josef Skupa)
- 33377 Večerníček (Večerníček, animated character inviting Czech children to watch evening TV fairytale)
- Petit-Prince, moon of 45 Eugenia (The Little Prince, hero of book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
- 99942 Apophis (Apophis, character from sci-fi TV show Stargate SG-1)
See also
References