TheFamousPeople

Find out more about the greatest Italian Astronomers, including Galileo Galilei, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Gerolamo Cardano, Giovanni Domenico Cassini and Giovanni Schiaparelli.

Famous Italian Astronomers

Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei
15 February 1564
Astronomer
Giovanni Domenico CassiniGiovanni Domenico Cassini
08 June 1625
Astronomer and Mathematician

Joseph Louis LagrangeJoseph Louis Lagrange
25 January 1736
Mathematician and Astronomer

Joseph-Louis LagrangeJoseph-Louis Lagrange
25 January 1736
Mathematician

Gerolamo CardanoGerolamo Cardano
24 September 1501
Polymath

Roger Joseph BoscovichRoger Joseph Boscovich
18 May 1711
Physicist
Giovanni SchiaparelliGiovanni Schiaparelli
14 March 1835
Astronomer

Gerard of CremonaGerard of Cremona
1114 AD
Italian scholar

Giuseppe PiazziGiuseppe Piazzi
16 July 1746
Astronomer, University teacher, Mathematician
Riccardo GiacconiRiccardo Giacconi
06 October 1931
Astrophysicist

Giovanni Alfonso BorelliGiovanni Alfonso Borelli
28 January 1608
Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Historian of
Annibale de GasparisAnnibale de Gasparis
09 November 1819
Astronomer

Angelo SecchiAngelo Secchi
28 June 1818
Astronomer

Aloysius LiliusAloysius Lilius
1510 AD
Astronomer

Giovanni Battista AmiciGiovanni Battista Amici
25 March 1786
Astronomer

Niccolò ZucchiNiccolò Zucchi
06 December 1586
Astronomer
Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht TempelErnst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel
04 December 1821
German astronomer

Giovanni Battista DonatiGiovanni Battista Donati
16 December 1826
Astronomer

Giuseppe CampaniGiuseppe Campani
1635 AD
Optician

Paolo FrisiPaolo Frisi
13 April 1728
Mathematician