Snellius

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Snellius may refer to:

  • Rudolph Snellius (15461613), a Dutch linguist and mathematician at the Universities of Marburg and Leiden
  • Snellius (crater), a lunar crater located near the southeast limb of the Moon
  • Vallis Snellius, a linear valley on the near side of the Moon
  • Willebrord Snellius (15801626), a Dutch astronomer and mathematician, most famous for the law of refraction now known as Snell's law
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