List of women astronomers
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable women who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.
A
- Maggie Aderin-Pocock
- Aglaonike
- Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs
- Elizabeth Alexander
- Leah Allen
- Anja Cetti Andersen
- Farzana Aslam
- Annapurni Subramaniam[1]
B
- Neta Bahcall
- Odette Bancilhon
- Amy Barger
- Nadine G. Barlow
- Jill Bechtold
- Reta Beebe
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- Erika Böhm-Vitense
- Priscilla Fairfield Bok
- Tabetha S. Boyajian
- Sophia Brahe
- Carolyn Brinkworth
- Margaret Burbidge
- Marta Burgay
- Mary E. Byrd
- Mary Adela Blagg
C
- Annie Jump Cannon
- Robin M. Canup
- Catherine Cesarsky
- Merieme Chadid
- Kyongae Chang
- Nancy Chanover
- Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen
- Jun Chen
- Lyudmila Chernykh
- Agnes Mary Clerke
- Anita L. Cochran
- Judith Cohen
- Janine Connes
- France A. Córdova
- Heather Couper
- Carolin Crawford
- Lucy D’Escoffier Crespo da Silva
- Maria Cunitz
D
- Ruth A. Daly
- Laura Danly
- Marie-Jeanne de Lalande
- Audrey C. Delsanti
- Anlaug Amanda Djupvik
- Deborah L. Domingue
- Vibert Douglas
- Jeanne Dumée
- Andrea Dupree
E
F
- Sandra Faber
- Annette Ferguson
- Laura Ferrarese
- Debra Fischer
- Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion
- Williamina Fleming
- Anna Frebel
- Wendy Freedman
- Katherine Freese
- Linda M. French
- Caroline Furness
G
- Catharine Garmany
- Pamela L. Gay
- Dawn M. Gelino
- Margaret Geller
- Andrea M. Ghez
- Tapasi Ghosh
- Agnes Giberne
- Andreja Gomboc
- Eva Grebel
- Lucie Green
H
Caroline Herschel (1750–1848)
- Heidi Hammel
- Fiona A. Harrison
- Marjorie Hall Harrison
- Lisa Harvey-Smith
- Morag Hastie
- Martha P. Haynes
- Mary Lea Heger
- Eleanor F. Helin
- Amanda Hendrix
- Caroline Herschel
- Elisabeth Hevelius
- Catherine Heymans
- Sarah J. Hill
- Joannah Hinz
- Dorrit Hoffleit
- Helen Sawyer Hogg
- Joan Horvath
- Ellen Howell
- Margaret Lindsay Huggins
- Hypatia
I
J
K
- Lyudmila Karachkina
- Victoria Kaspi
- Lisa Kewley
- Rosemary M. Killen
- Pamela M. Kilmartin
- Maria Margarethe Kirch
- Margaret G. Kivelson
- Dorothea Klumpke
- Gillian Knapp
- Bärbel Koribalski
- Lenka Kotková
- Reiki Kushida
- Karen B. Kwitter
L
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868–1921)
- Nicole-Reine Lepaute
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt
- Isabel Martin Lewis
- Helen Calvert Lines
- Sarah Lee Lippincott
- Jane Luu
M
- Maeriam al-Ijliya al-Astrulabi
- Merieme Chadid
- Amy Mainzer
- Rosemary Mardling
- Janet Akyüz Mattei
- Antonia Maury
- Claire Ellen Max
- Margaret Mayall
- Lucy-Ann A. McFadden
- Karen Jean Meech
- Maria Mitchell
- Beatrice Mueller
- Jean Mueller
N
O
P
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
- Louise du Pierry
- Carle Pieters
- Paris Pişmiş
- Elena V. Pitjeva
- Carolyn Porco
- Mary Proctor
- Priyamvatha Natarajan
R
S
- Penny Sackett
- Anneila Sargent
- Ruby Payne-Scott
- Sara Seager
- Waltraut Seitter
- Muriel Mussells Seyfert
- Pelageya Shajn
- Carolyn S. Shoemaker
- Amy A. Simon-Miller
- Charlotte Moore Sitterly
- Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova
- Alicia M. Soderberg
- Mary Somerville
- Ann L. Sprague
- Karlina Leksono Supelli
- Jean Swank
- Henrietta Hill Swope
- Paula Szkody
T
- Jill Tarter
- Alenush Terian
- Michelle Thaller
- Beatrice Tinsley
- Maura Tombelli
- Christy A. Tremonti
- Virginia Louise Trimble
- Margaret Turnbull
V
W
- Wang Zhenyi
- Kim Weaver
- Alycia J. Weinberger
- Donna J. Weistrop
- Mareta West
- Sarah Frances Whiting
- Mary Watson Whitney
- Belinda Wilkes
- Anna Winlock
- Jennifer Wiseman
- Rosemary Wyse
Y
Z
See also
- List of astronomers
- List of astronomical instrument makers
- List of Russian astronomers and astrophysicists
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