Struve
Struve is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Astronomers
Further information: Struve family
- 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; 1854–1920), brother of the preceding
- Otto Struve (1897–1963), son of Ludwig
- Georg Hermann 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)
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 (crater) - crater on the Moon
- Struve Geodetic Arc - a World Heritage Site
- Otto Struve Telescope - telescope of McDonald Observatory
- Struve Double Star Catalog - compiled by F. G. W. Struve
- Struve Catalogue of Double Stars entries:
- Struve 2398 - binary star system
- Struve 1341 - binary star system with an extrasolar planet
Orientalists
- Vasily Vasilievich Struve (1889-1965), Soviet Orientalist
Politicians and journalists
- Gustav Struve (1805–1870), Southern German politician and revolutionary
- Karl de Struve (1835-1907), Russian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Tokyo, Washington, and the Hague
- 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
In Sports
- Stefan Struve (born 1988), Dutch mixed martial artist
See also
- The Struve function, named after Karl Hermann Struve.