Datasets:
wikidata_id stringlengths 4 10 | name stringlengths 5 58 | birth_date stringlengths 10 10 ⌀ | death_date stringlengths 10 10 ⌀ | sex stringclasses 6
values | nationality stringclasses 290
values | employers stringlengths 3 342 ⌀ | awards stringlengths 8 1.49k ⌀ | fields_of_work stringlengths 3 298 ⌀ | birth_year float64 1.68k 2.01k ⌀ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q4540405 | 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Wafa'i | 1408-01-01 | 1471-01-01 | male | Egypt | null | null | null | null |
Q3600370 | A. David Andrews | 1933-01-01 | null | male | Ireland | Harvard University | null | null | 1,933 |
Q504404 | A. David Thackeray | 1910-06-19 | 1978-02-21 | male | United Kingdom | Radcliffe Observatory | null | astronomy; mathematics | 1,910 |
Q112525156 | A. G. Davis Philip | 1929-01-01 | 2016-01-01 | male | null | null | null | astronomy | 1,929 |
Q4647779 | A. G. Doroshkevich | 1937-01-22 | null | male | Soviet Union | Lebedev Physical Institute | null | cosmology; astrophysics | 1,937 |
Q7001884 | A. G. Samuel | null | null | male | Argentina | null | null | null | null |
Q15994374 | A. Grace Cook | 1887-02-18 | 1958-05-27 | female | United Kingdom | null | null | null | 1,887 |
Q125899103 | A. J. Frost | null | null | female | null | European Southern Observatory | null | null | null |
Q113544589 | A. K. Romer | null | null | null | null | University of Sussex | null | null | null |
Q19712719 | A. Lokalov | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q114423028 | A. Noriega-Crespo | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q106636358 | A. Surjalal Sharma | null | null | null | null | Cornell University; Ruhr University Bochum; University of Maryland; Royal Institute of Technology; Institute for Plasma Research | null | null | null |
Q102442785 | Aage Sandqvist | 1939-06-01 | null | male | null | null | null | null | 1,939 |
Q2291204 | Aarne Arvonen | 1897-08-04 | 2009-01-01 | male | Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic | null | null | null | 1,897 |
Q65264049 | Aarne Paul | 1959-01-01 | null | male | Estonia | null | null | null | 1,959 |
Q111975854 | Aaron C. Boley | null | null | male | null | University of British Columbia | null | null | null |
Q15626839 | Aaron Nichols Skinner | 1845-08-10 | 1918-08-14 | male | United States | null | null | null | 1,845 |
Q4662311 | Aaron Parsons | 1980-08-28 | null | male | United States | University of California, Berkeley | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers | null | 1,980 |
Q59675246 | Aaron Rizzuto | null | null | male | null | University of Texas at Austin | null | null | null |
Q56550402 | Aaron Robotham | null | null | male | null | University of St Andrews; University of Western Australia | Anne Green Prize | null | null |
Q88596974 | Aarynn Carter | null | null | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q30526969 | Abba Mari Halfon | null | null | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q4663651 | Abba Mari ben Eligdor | null | null | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q305975 | Abbas Ibn Firnas | 0810-01-01 | 0887-01-01 | male | null | null | null | physics | null |
Q4054386 | Abbas Wasim Efendi | 1689-01-01 | 1760-01-01 | male | Ottoman Empire | null | null | astronomy | 1,689 |
Q4664587 | Abd al-Rahman al-Fasi | 1631-01-01 | 1685-01-01 | male | Sharifian Empire | null | null | null | null |
Q4664586 | Abd al-Rahman al-Jadiri | 1375-01-01 | 1416-01-01 | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q11075 | Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi | 0903-12-12 | 0986-05-30 | male | Buyid dynasty | null | null | astronomy; mathematics; navigation; surveying | null |
Q12222908 | Abd as-Salam ibn Muhammad al-Alami | 1834-01-01 | 1895-01-01 | male | Morocco | null | null | null | 1,834 |
Q124607035 | Abdanour Irbah | null | null | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q131937467 | Abdelmjid Benhida | 1963-01-01 | null | male | Morocco | Cadi Ayyad University; Oukaïmden Observatory | null | null | 1,963 |
Q308164 | Abdias Trew | 1597-07-29 | 1669-04-12 | male | Germany | null | null | null | null |
Q13059434 | Abdul Jabbar | 1915-01-01 | 1993-07-20 | male | Bangladesh | null | Ekushey Padak | null | 1,915 |
Q20411896 | Abdul Rahim Badr | 1920-01-01 | 1994-01-01 | male | Jordan | null | null | null | 1,920 |
Q6085074 | Abdullah Kızılırmak | 1925-02-16 | 1983-12-04 | male | Turkey | null | null | null | 1,925 |
Q61076777 | Abdülkadir Topkaç | 1954-01-01 | 2021-02-21 | male | Turkey | null | null | null | 1,954 |
Q1150151 | Abe no Seimei | 0921-03-03 | 1005-11-06 | male | Japan | shukeiryō; Onmyō-ryō | null | null | null |
Q100646151 | Abel Souchon | 1841-07-27 | 1906-01-03 | male | France | null | null | null | 1,841 |
Q2654469 | Abhas Mitra | 1955-06-03 | null | male | India | Homi Bhabha National Institute | null | null | 1,955 |
Q64867339 | Abhirup Datta | null | null | male | null | University of Colorado Boulder; Indian Institute of Technology Indore | null | null | null |
Q61813 | Abraham Gotthelf Kästner | 1719-09-27 | 1800-06-20 | male | Holy Roman Empire | University of Göttingen; Leipzig University | Fellow of the Royal Society | mathematics | 1,719 |
Q84681219 | Abraham Mahtessian | 1954-03-13 | null | male | Armenia | null | null | null | 1,954 |
Q6049455 | Abraham Pihl | 1756-10-03 | 1821-05-20 | male | Norway | null | Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog | null | 1,756 |
Q330614 | Abraham Sharp | 1653-01-01 | 1742-07-18 | male | Kingdom of England | Royal Observatory; HMNB Portsmouth | null | null | null |
Q330740 | Abraham Zacuto | 1450-08-21 | 1515-01-01 | male | Crown of Castile | University of Salamanca | null | astronomy; writer; Halakha; Talmud | null |
Q31439 | Abraham bar Hiyya | 1070-01-01 | 1136-01-01 | male | null | null | null | astronomy; mathematics; Judaism; Jewish philosophy; translation from Arabic | null |
Q200397 | Abraham de Moivre | 1667-05-26 | 1754-11-27 | male | France | null | null | astronomy; mathematics; statistics; probability theory | null |
Q270670 | Abraham ibn Ezra | 1092-01-01 | 1167-01-30 | male | null | null | null | poetry; Talmud; Halakha | null |
Q4669325 | Abrahão de Moraes | 1917-11-17 | 1970-12-11 | male | Brazil | University of São Paulo | null | null | 1,917 |
Q9561229 | Abraão Aben Zarsal | null | null | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q3603837 | Abu 'Ali al-Khaiyat | 0770-01-01 | 0835-01-01 | male | Abbasid Caliphate | null | null | astrology | null |
Q30595934 | Abu Ahmad Monajjem | 0856-01-01 | 0912-01-01 | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q3603835 | Abu Ali al-Hasan al-Murrakushi | null | 1262-01-01 | male | Morocco | null | null | null | null |
Q28655376 | Abu Ishaq al-Kubunani | null | 1481-01-01 | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q4055160 | Abu Ja'far ibn Habash | null | null | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q11373 | Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi | 0787-08-14 | 0886-01-01 | male | Abbasid Caliphate | null | null | astronomy; mathematics; astrology | null |
Q4670275 | Abu Muqri Mohammed al-Battiwi | null | null | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q2383120 | Abu Nasr Mansur | 0960-01-01 | 1036-01-01 | male | Ma'munids | null | null | astronomy; mathematics | null |
Q2822092 | Abu Sahl 'Isa ibn Yahya al-Masihi | 0970-01-01 | 1010-01-01 | male | Abbasid Caliphate | null | null | astronomy; poetry; philosophy; medicine | null |
Q335313 | Abu Sahl al-Quhi | 0940-01-01 | 1000-01-01 | male | null | Baghdad | null | astronomy; mathematics | null |
Q2822093 | Abu Said Gorgani | 0850-01-01 | 0845-01-01 | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q120758345 | Abu Uthman Sa'id ibn Ahmad ibn Abd Rabbih | null | null | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q4670408 | Abu Yahya Ibn al-Batriq | 0730-01-01 | 0815-01-01 | male | Abbasid Caliphate | null | null | null | null |
Q1186444 | Abu al-Salt | 1068-01-01 | 1134-10-30 | male | null | null | null | astronomy | null |
Q298439 | Abu al-Wafa Buzjani | 0940-06-15 | 0998-07-20 | male | null | null | null | astronomy; mathematics; trigonometry; arithmetic | null |
Q4668243 | Abu'l-Fadl Harawi | null | null | male | Iran | null | null | null | null |
Q122722594 | Abu'l-Ghana'im Muslim ibn Mahmud al-Shayzari | null | null | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q335123 | Abu-Mahmud Khojandi | 0940-01-01 | 1000-01-01 | male | Buyid dynasty | Buyid dynasty | null | astronomy; mathematics | null |
Q131580195 | Abubakr Ibrahim | null | null | male | Sudan | null | null | null | null |
Q311462 | Abulfeda | 1273-11-01 | 1331-11-04 | male | null | null | null | geography; Islamic philosophy; history of Islam | null |
Q5655551 | Abú Hasán Alí | null | 1399-01-01 | male | Morocco | null | null | null | null |
Q11133 | Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī | 1027-01-01 | 1100-01-01 | male | al-Andalus | null | null | astronomy; astrolabe | null |
Q5984305 | Abū Ja'far Aḥmad ibn al‐Kammād | null | 1195-01-01 | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q2991000 | Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin | 0900-01-01 | 0971-01-01 | male | null | null | null | astronomy; mathematics | null |
Q970628 | Abū Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdānī | 0893-05-10 | 0945-01-01 | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q28716319 | Abū al-ʿAnbas al-Ṣaymarī | 0828-01-01 | 0889-01-01 | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q4670817 | Abū al‐ʿUqūl | null | null | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q293520 | Abū Ḥanīfa Dīnawarī | 0828-01-01 | 0895-01-01 | male | Abbasid Caliphate | null | null | botany; geography; philology | null |
Q2823095 | Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour | 1734-01-11 | 1794-08-22 | male | France | null | null | null | 1,734 |
Q2823109 | Achille Tondu | 1760-04-18 | 1787-01-01 | male | France | null | null | null | 1,760 |
Q340320 | Achilles Tatius | null | null | male | Ancient Rome | null | null | null | null |
Q16874275 | Achim Schwenk | 2000-01-01 | null | male | Germany | Technical University of Darmstadt | Fellow of the American Physical Society | nuclear physics | 2,000 |
Q2046105 | Achyuta Pisharati | 1550-01-01 | 1621-01-01 | male | India | null | null | null | null |
Q342138 | Acoreus | -0100-01-0 | -0100-01-0 | male | null | null | null | null | null |
Q41554978 | Ada Margaret Brayton | null | null | female | United States | null | null | null | null |
Q29968326 | Adalat Atai | 1951-08-15 | 2024-08-04 | male | Azerbaijan | Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory | null | null | 1,951 |
Q66428 | Adalbert Krueger | 1832-12-09 | 1896-04-21 | male | Kingdom of Prussia | University of Bonn; Kiel University | null | astronomy | 1,832 |
Q100905509 | Adalbert Pauldrach | 1958-08-31 | 2020-04-25 | male | Germany | null | null | null | 1,958 |
Q347620 | Adalbert Prey | 1873-10-16 | 1949-12-22 | male | Austria | Charles University; University of Vienna; University of Innsbruck | null | null | 1,873 |
Q61197915 | Adalbert von Kunesch | 1817-11-29 | 1895-08-27 | male | null | null | null | null | 1,817 |
Q13368220 | Adam Abrahám | 1901-01-19 | 1986-06-12 | male | Czechoslovakia | null | null | null | 1,901 |
Q57076757 | Adam Amara | null | null | male | null | University of Hong Kong; CEA Saclay; University of Portsmouth | null | null | null |
Q123734748 | Adam B. Smith | null | null | male | null | Gemini Observatory | null | null | null |
Q348779 | Adam Bittner | 1777-10-19 | 1844-09-03 | male | Germany | Charles University | null | astronomy; mathematics | 1,777 |
Q3604971 | Adam Block | 1973-01-01 | null | male | United States | null | null | null | 1,973 |
Q114339548 | Adam D. Hincks | null | null | male | Canada | University of Toronto; University of British Columbia | null | physical cosmology | null |
Q55903596 | Adam Ehregott Schön | 1725-11-25 | 1805-07-11 | male | null | null | null | null | 1,725 |
Q4679069 | Adam Frank | 1962-08-01 | null | male | United States | University of Rochester; University of Minnesota | Joseph A. Burton Forum Award; Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science | astronomy; physics; astrophysics | 1,962 |
Q9139586 | Adam Giedrys | 1918-03-26 | 1997-12-26 | male | Poland | null | Army Medal for War 1939-45 | null | 1,918 |
Q110127088 | Adam J. McKay | 1986-01-01 | null | male | null | null | null | null | 1,986 |
Astronomer Database
Part of the Astronomy Datasets collection on Hugging Face.
Complete database of astronomers throughout history — 11,543 individuals from 290 countries, sourced from Wikidata.
Dataset description
From ancient stargazers to modern astrophysicists, this dataset captures the lives and work of astronomers across the ages. It spans from historical figures like Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler to contemporary researchers studying gravitational waves, exoplanets, and the large-scale structure of the universe.
The dataset includes birth/death dates, sex, nationality, employer history (universities, observatories, research institutions), awards received (Nobel Prize, etc.), and fields of work (cosmology, planetary science, stellar physics, etc.). This enables historical analysis of the astronomy profession, diversity-in-STEM research, and bibliometric studies of scientific communities.
Sourced from Wikidata's structured knowledge base (property P106=Q11063 for occupation: astronomer), which is maintained by the Wikipedia/Wikidata community and updated continuously.
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
wikidata_id |
string | Wikidata entity ID (e.g. Q935) |
name |
string | Full name |
birth_date |
string | Date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD) |
death_date |
string | Date of death if deceased |
sex |
string | Sex (male/female) |
nationality |
string | Nationality |
employers |
string | Employers, semicolon-separated (universities, observatories, institutes) |
awards |
string | Awards received, semicolon-separated |
fields_of_work |
string | Fields of work, semicolon-separated (e.g. astrophysics, cosmology) |
birth_year |
int | Year of birth (derived) |
Quick stats
- 11,543 astronomers from 290 countries
- 9,625 male, 1,386 female
- 3,025 with recorded fields of work
- 2,465 with recorded awards
- Top nationalities: United States (1,499), Germany (565), France (551), United Kingdom (331), Italy (246)
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("juliensimon/astronomer-database", split="train")
df = ds.to_pandas()
# Astronomers by nationality
print(df["nationality"].value_counts().head(10))
# Female astronomers
female = df[df["sex"] == "female"]
print(f"{len(female):,} female astronomers")
# Astronomers by field
cosmologists = df[df["fields_of_work"].str.contains("cosmology", case=False, na=False)]
print(f"{len(cosmologists):,} cosmologists")
# Award winners
nobel = df[df["awards"].str.contains("Nobel", na=False)]
print(f"{len(nobel):,} Nobel Prize recipients")
# University affiliation
cambridge = df[df["employers"].str.contains("Cambridge", na=False)]
print(f"{len(cambridge):,} Cambridge-affiliated astronomers")
Data source
Wikidata SPARQL endpoint. Astronomers identified via property P106 (occupation) = Q11063 (astronomer). Data is community-curated and updated continuously by Wikipedia editors worldwide.
Update schedule
Quarterly (January, April, July, October). Re-run manually at any time to pick up new entries.
Related datasets
- astronaut-database — Every person who has traveled to space
- observatory-database — Astronomical observatories worldwide
Pipeline
Source code: juliensimon/space-datasets
Support
If you find this dataset useful, please give it a ❤️ on the dataset page and share feedback in the Community tab! Also consider giving a ⭐️ to the space-datasets repo.
Citation
@dataset{astronomer_database,
author = {Simon, Julien},
title = {Astronomer Database},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Hugging Face},
url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/juliensimon/astronomer-database},
note = {Sourced from Wikidata (CC0)}
}
License
CC0-1.0 (Wikidata content is public domain)
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