Others Who Had An Impact On Astronomy and Astrophysics
The following is a list of people who are not astronomers but made a contribution to the field of astronomy and astrophysics.
- Hans Bethe (1906 — 2005), (physicist)
- Niels Bohr (1885 — 1962), (physicist)
- Andreas Cellarius (Netherlands, Germany, 1596 — 1665), (cartographer)
- Freeman Dyson (1923 — ), (physicist)
- Albert Einstein (1879 — 1955), (physicist)
- Karl Guthe Jansky (USA, 1905 — 1950), (radio astronomer)
- James Clerk Maxwell (UK, 1831 — 1879), (physicist)
- Thomas Young (United Kingdom, 1773 — 1829), (physicist)
- Abdus Salam (1926 — 1996), (physicist)
- Riazuddin (1936 — ), (physicist)
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