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
Joseph-Louis Lagrange25 January 1736
Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist, Politician,
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
astronomer, rabbi, mathematician, philosopher
Hippolyte Fizeau23 September 1819
Physicist, Astronomer
Alexis Clairaut
Pierre Janssen
Charles Marie de La Condamine
Jérôme Lalande
Oronce Finé
Jean Picard
Pierre Méchain
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
Giovanni Cassini08 June 1625
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille15 March 1713
French astronomer
Pierre Jules César Janssen22 February 1824
French astronomer