Find out more about the greatest French Astronomers, including Pierre-Simon Laplace, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Pope Sylvester II, Charles Messier and Pierre Janssen.
Pierre-Simon Laplace23 March 1749
Scientist
Charles Messier26 June 1730
Astronomer
Johann Heinrich Lambert26 August 1728
Mathematician, Physicist and Astronomer
Joseph Louis Lagrange25 January 1736
Mathematician and Astronomer
Guillaume Le Gentil
Siméon Denis Poisson21 June 1781
Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist, University
François Arago26 February 1786
Astronomer, Mathematician, Physicist, Politician,
Pierre Gassendi22 January 1592
Philosopher, Mathematician, Astronomer, Professor,
Urbain Le Verrier11 March 1811
Astronomer, Mathematician, Politician
Jean Sylvain Bailly15 September 1736
Astronomer, Politician, Mathematician
Camille Flammarion26 February 1842
astronomer, writer, balloonist, science fiction
Pierre Louis Maupertuis17 July 1698
astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, physicist
Jean-Baptiste Biot21 April 1774
Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer, Civil
Gersonides1288 AD
Philosopher
Hippolyte Fizeau23 September 1819
Physicist, Astronomer
Alexis Clairaut13 May 1713
Mathematician
Pierre Janssen22 February 1824
Astronomer
Charles Marie de La Condamine28 January 1701
Explorer
Jérôme Lalande11 July 1732
Astronomer
Oronce Finé
Jean Picard
Pierre Méchain16 August 1744
Astronomer
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
Giovanni Cassini08 June 1625
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille15 March 1713
French astronomer