List of minor planets named after people

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This is a list of minor planets named after people, both real and fictional.

Science[]

Astronomers[]

Amateur[]

  • 340 Eduarda (Heinrich Eduard von Lade, German)
  • 792 Metcalfia (Joel Hastings Metcalf, American)
  • 828 Lindemannia (Adolph Friedrich Lindemann, German-British)
  • 1955 McMath (Robert Raynolds McMath, American)
  • 2602 Moore (Sir Patrick Moore)
  • 3184 Raab (Herbert Raab, Austrian)
  • 4143 Huziak (Richard Huziak, Canadian)
  • 6822 Horálek (Petr Horálek, Czech)
  • 9121 Stefanovalentini (Stefano Valentini, Italian)
  • 12787 Abetadashi (Tadashi Abe, Japanese)
  • 13624 Abeosamu (Osamu Abe, Japanese)
  • 16217 Peterbroughton (Peter Broughton, Canadian)
  • 23771 Emaitchar (Martin H. Robinson, British)
  • 22406 Garyboyle (Gary Boyle, Canadian)
  • 24898 Alanholmes (Alan W. Holmes, American)
  • 29483 Boeker (Karolin Kleemann-Boeker and Andreas Boeker, German)
  • 32622 Yuewaichun (Wai Chun Yue, Hongkonger)
  • 35461 Mazzucato (, Italian)
  • 37729 Akiratakao (Akira Takao, Japanese)
  • 49109 Agnesraab (Agnes Raab, Austrian)
  • 60406 Albertosuci (Alberto Suci, Italian)
  • 103422 Laurisirén (Lauri Sirén, Finnish)
  • 117032 Davidlane (Dave Lane, Canadian)
  • 144907 Whitehorne (Mary Lou Whitehorne, Canadian)
  • 161693 Attilladanko (Attilla Danko, Canadian)
  • 171153 Allanrahill (Allan Rahill, Canadian)
  • 260235 Attwood (Randy Attwood, Canadian)
  • 263906 Yuanfengfang (Fengfang Yuan, Chinese)

Professional[]

  • 107 Camilla (Camille Flammarion; also Camilla, mythological Volscian queen)
  • 162 Laurentia (Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent)
  • 238 Hypatia (Hypatia)
  • 281 Lucretia (Caroline Lucretia Herschel)
  • 339 Dorothea (Dorothea Klumpke)
  • 349 Dembowska (Ercole Dembowski)
  • 366 Vincentina (Vincenzo Cerulli)
  • 511 Davida (David Peck Todd)
  • 676 Melitta (Philibert Jacques Melotte)
  • 729 Watsonia (James Craig Watson)
  • 761 Brendelia (Martin Brendel)
  • 767 Bondia (William Cranch Bond and George Phillips Bond)
  • 768 Struveana (Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve and Karl Hermann Struve)
  • 784 Pickeringia (Edward Charles Pickering and William Henry Pickering)
  • 786 Bredichina (Fyodor Aleksandrovich Bredikhin)
  • 806 Gyldenia (Hugo Gyldén)
  • 818 Kapteynia (Jacobus Kapteyn)
  • 819 Barnardiana (Edward Emerson Barnard)
  • 827 Wolfiana (Max Wolf)
  • 834 Burnhamia (Sherburne Wesley Burnham)
  • 854 Frostia (Edwin Brant Frost)
  • 855 Newcombia (Simon Newcomb)
  • 856 Backlunda (Oskar Backlund)
  • 857 Glasenappia (Sergey Glazenap)
  • 872 Holda (Edward S. Holden)
  • 892 Seeligeria (Hugo von Seeliger)
  • 914 Palisana (Johann Palisa)
  • 993 Moultona (Forest Ray Moulton)
  • 995 Sternberga (Pavel Shternberg)
  • 999 Zachia (Franz Xaver, Baron von Zach)
  • 1000 Piazzia (Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the asteroid 1 Ceres)
  • 1002 Olbersia (Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers)
  • 1004 Belopolskya (Aristarkh Belopolsky)
  • 1021 Flammario (Camille Flammarion)
  • 1024 Hale (George Ellery Hale)
  • 1040 Klumpkea (Dorothea Klumpke)
  • 1111 Reinmuthia (Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth)
  • 1120 Cannonia (Annie Jump Cannon)
  • 1123 Shapleya (Harlow Shapley)
  • 1129 Neujmina (Grigory Neujmin)
  • 1134 Kepler (Johannes Kepler)
  • 1186 Turnera (Herbert Hall Turner)
  • 1215 Boyer (Louis Boyer)
  • 1239 Queteleta (Adolphe Quetelet)
  • 1241 Dysona (Sir Frank Watson Dyson)
  • 1303 Luthera (Karl Theodor Robert Luther)
  • 1322 Coppernicus (Nicolaus Copernicus)
  • 1412 Lagrula (Joanny-Philippe Lagrula)
  • 1455 Mitchella (Maria Mitchell)
  • 1501 Baade (Walter Baade)
  • 1510 Charlois (Auguste Charlois)
  • 1529 Oterma (Liisi Oterma)
  • 1539 Borrelly (Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly)
  • 1551 Argelander (Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander)
  • 1573 Väisälä (Yrjö Väisälä)
  • 1578 Kirkwood (Daniel Kirkwood)
  • 1591 Baize (Paul Baize)
  • 1594 Danjon (André-Louis Danjon)
  • 1600 Vyssotsky (Emma T. R. Williams Vyssotsky)
  • 1601 Patry (André Patry)
  • 1614 Goldschmidt (Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt)
  • 1622 Chacornac (Jean Chacornac)
  • 1637 Swings (Pol Swings)
  • 1642 Hill (George William Hill)
  • 1655 Comas Solà (Josep Comas Solá)
  • 1686 De Sitter (Willem de Sitter)
  • 1677 Tycho Brahe (Tycho Brahe)
  • 1691 Oort (Jan Oort)
  • 1693 Hertzsprung (Ejnar Hertzsprung)
  • 1714 Sy (Frédéric Sy)
  • 1741 Giclas (Henry L. Giclas)
  • 1743 Schmidt (Bernhard Schmidt)
  • 1745 Ferguson (James Ferguson)
  • 1761 Edmondson (Frank K. Edmondson)
  • 1766 Slipher (V. M. Slipher and E. C. Slipher)
  • 1776 Kuiper (Gerard Kuiper)
  • 1778 Alfvén (Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén)
  • 1780 Kippes (Otto Kippes)
  • 1803 Zwicky (Fritz Zwicky)
  • 1830 Pogson (Norman Robert Pogson)
  • 1831 Nicholson (Seth Barnes Nicholson)
  • 1832 Mrkos (Antonín Mrkos)
  • 1846 Bengt (Bengt Strömgren)
  • 1850 Kohoutek (Luboš Kohoutek)
  • 1851 Lacroute ( French astronomer)
  • 1877 Marsden (Brian G. Marsden)
  • 1886 Lowell (Percival Lowell)
  • 1896 Beer (Wilhelm Beer)
  • 1913 Sekanina (Zdeněk Sekanina)
  • 1940 Whipple (Fred Lawrence Whipple)
  • 1965 van de Kamp (Peter van de Kamp)
  • 1983 Bok (Bart Bok)
  • 1995 Hajek (Tadeáš Hájek)
  • 1998 Titius (Johann Daniel Titius)
  • 1999 Hirayama (Kiyotsugu Hirayama)
  • 2000 Herschel (William Herschel)
  • 2003 Harding (Karl Ludwig Harding)
  • 2005 Hencke (Karl Ludwig Hencke)
  • 2012 Guo Shou-Jing (Guo Shoujing)
  • 2018 Schuster (Hans-Emil Schuster)
  • 2069 Hubble (Edwin Hubble)
  • 2074 Shoemaker (Eugene Shoemaker)
  • 2097 Galle (Johann Gottfried Galle)
  • 2099 Öpik (Ernst Julius Öpik)
  • 2126 Gerasimovich (Boris Gerasimovich)
  • 2136 Jugta (Jay U. Gunter)
  • 2165 Young (Charles Augustus Young)
  • 2198 Ceplecha (Zdeněk Ceplecha)
  • 2227 Otto Struve (Otto Struve)
  • 2234 Schmadel (Lutz Schmadel)
  • 2281 Biela (Wilhelm von Biela)
  • 2308 Schilt (Jan Schilt)
  • 2325 Chernykh (Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh and Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh)
  • 2383 Bradley (James Bradley)
  • 2439 Ulugbek (Ulugh Beg)
  • 2635 Huggins (William Huggins)
  • 2646 Abetti (Antonio Abetti and Giorgio Abetti)
  • 2650 Elinor (Elinor Gates, American astronomer)
  • 2688 Halley (Edmond Halley)
  • 2709 Sagan (Carl Sagan)
  • 2751 Campbell (William Wallace Campbell)
  • 2772 Dugan (Raymond Smith Dugan)
  • 2780 Monnig (Oscar Monnig)
  • 2801 Huygens (Christiaan Huygens)
  • 2813 Zappalà (Vincenzo Zappalà)
  • 2842 Unsöld (Albrecht Unsöld)
  • 2849 Shklovskij (Iosif Shklovsky)
  • 2874 Jim Young (James Whitney Young)
  • 2875 Lagerkvist (Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist)
  • 2897 Ole Römer (Ole Rømer)
  • 2900 Luboš Perek (Luboš Perek)
  • 2917 Sawyer Hogg (Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg)
  • 2996 Bowman ()
  • 3070 Aitken (Robert Grant Aitken)
  • 3078 Horrocks (Jeremiah Horrocks)
  • 3095 Omarkhayyam (Omar Khayyám)
  • 3115 Baily (Francis Baily)
  • 3116 Goodricke (John Goodricke)
  • 3123 Dunham ()
  • 3169 Ostro (Steven J. Ostro)
  • 3174 Alcock (George Alcock)
  • 3216 Harrington (Robert Sutton Harrington)
  • 3236 Strand (Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand)
  • 3255 Tholen (David J Tholen)
  • 3267 Glo (Eleanor "Glo" Helin)
  • 3277 Aaronson (Marc Aaronson)
  • 3282 Spencer Jones (Harold Spencer Jones)
  • 3299 Hall (Asaph Hall)
  • 3337 Miloš (Miloš Tichý)
  • 3449 Abell (George O. Abell)
  • 3467 Bernheim (Robert Burnham Jr.)
  • 3487 Edgeworth (Kenneth Edgeworth)
  • 3506 French ()
  • 3507 Vilas (Faith Vilas)
  • 3545 Gaffey (Michael James Gaffey American Geologist)
  • 3549 Hapke (Bruce William Hapke)
  • 3594 Scotti (James V. Scotti)
  • 3673 Levy (David H. Levy)
  • 3722 Urata (Takeshi Urata)
  • 3808 Tempel (Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel)
  • 3847 Šindel (Jan Šindel)
  • 3866 Langley (Samuel Pierpont Langley)
  • 3936 Elst (Eric Walter Elst)
  • 3962 Valyaev (Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova)
  • 3999 Aristarchus (Aristarchus of Samos)
  • 4000 Hipparchus (Hipparchus)
  • 4001 Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy)
  • 4037 Ikeya (Kaoru Ikeya)
  • 4062 Schiaparelli (Giovanni Schiaparelli)
  • 4151 Alanhale (Alan Hale)
  • 4169 Celsius (Anders Celsius)
  • 4279 De Gasparis (Annibale de Gasparis)
  • 4298 Jorgenúnez (, Spanish astronomer)
  • 4364 Shkodrov (Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov)
  • 4549 Burkhardt ()
  • 4567 Bečvář (Antonín Bečvář)
  • 4587 Rees (Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow)
  • 4593 Reipurth (, Danish astronomer)
  • 4713 Steel (Duncan Steel)
  • 4790 Petrpravec (Petr Pravec)
  • 4859 Fraknoi (Andrew Fraknoi)
  • 4866 Badillo (Fr. , Jesuit astronomer and former director of the Manila Observatory)
  • 5080 Oja (Tarmo Oja)
  • 5704 Schumacher (Heinrich Christian Schumacher)
  • 5035 Swift (Lewis Swift)
  • 5036 Tuttle (Horace Parnell Tuttle)
  • 5392 Parker (Donald C. Parker)
  • 5430 Luu (Jane Luu)
  • 5655 Barney (Ida Barney)
  • 5726 Rubin (Vera Rubin)
  • 5757 Tichá (Jana Tichá)
  • 5826 Bradstreet (David Bradstreet)
  • 5943 Lovi (George Lovi, astronomical columnist and planetarium educator)
  • 6006 Anaximandros (Anaximander)
  • 6075 Zajtsev (Alexander L. Zaitsev)
  • 6076 Plavec (Miroslav Plavec)
  • 6391 Africano ()
  • 6398 Timhunter (Tim Hunter)
  • 6696 Eubanks ()
  • 6779 Perrine (Charles Dillon Perrine)
  • 7086 Bopp (Thomas Bopp)
  • 7291 Hyakutake (Yuji Hyakutake)
  • 7359 Messier (Charles Messier)
  • 7948 Whitaker (Ewen A. Whitaker)
  • 8068 Vishnureddy ( Indian Astronomer)[1]
  • 8140 Hardersen (, American Astronomer/Planetary Scientist)[2]
  • 8216 Melosh (H. Jay Melosh)
  • 8391 Kring ()
  • 8408 Strom ()
  • 8558 Hack (Margherita Hack)
  • 8690 Swindle ()
  • 8785 Boltwood (Paul Boltwood)
  • 9122 Hunten ()
  • 9133 d'Arrest (Heinrich Louis d'Arrest)
  • 9134 Encke (Johann Franz Encke)
  • 9207 Petersmith (Peter H. Smith)
  • 9494 Donici (Nicolae Donici, Romanian astronomer)
  • 9531 Jean-Luc (Jean-Luc Margot)
  • 10633 Akimasa (Akimasa Nakamura, Japanese astronomer)
  • 10689 Pinillaalonso (Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, Spaniard astronomer/Planetary Scientist)
  • 10950 Albertjansen (Albert Jansen, German astronomer)
  • 10969 Perryman (Michael Perryman, British astronomer)
  • 11156 Al-Khwarismi (Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Persian astronomer)
  • 11577 Einasto (Jaan Einasto)
  • 11695 Mattei (Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer)
  • 11755 Paczynski (Bohdan Paczyński, Polish astronomer)
  • 11762 Vogel (Hermann Carl Vogel)
  • 12621 Alsufi (Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi / Azophi, Persian astronomer)
  • 12742 Delisle (Joseph-Nicolas Delisle)
  • 14124 Kamil (Kamil Hornoch)
  • 14120 Espenak (Fred Espenak)
  • 14322 Shakura (Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura)
  • 14335 Alexosipov and 152217 Akosipov (, Russian-Ukrainian astronomer)
  • 14825 Fieber-Beyer (, American Astronomer/Planetary Scientist)
  • 15395 Rükl (Antonín Rükl)
  • 15420 Aedouglass (Andrew Ellicott Douglass, American astronomer)
  • 15467 Aflorsch (Alphonse Florsch, French astronomer)
  • 15955 Johannesgmunden (John of Gmunden)
  • 15963 Koeberl (Christian Koeberl)
  • 16682 Donati (Giovanni Battista Donati)
  • 18150 Lopez-Moreno (, Spanish astronomer)
  • 19139 Apian (Peter Apian)
  • 24988 Alainmilsztajn (Alain Milsztajn, French astronomer)
  • 30785 Greeley (Ronald Greeley, American Planetary Geologist, Regents' Professor, Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona
  • 32200 Seiicyoshida (Seiichi Yoshida, Japanese astronomer)
  • 36445 Smalley (Kyle E. Smalley)
  • 68730 Straizys (Vytautas Straižys, Lithuanian astronomer, the founder of Vilnius photometric system)
  • 72021 Yisunji (, Korean astronomer in the 15th century)
  • 92893 Michaelperson (Michael Person, American astronomer)
  • 95593 Azusienis (Algimantas Ažusienis, Lithuanian astronomer)
  • 99503 Leewonchul (, Korean astronomer)
  • 106817 Yubangtaek (, Korean astronomer in the 13th century)
  • 165347 Philplait (Phil Plait, American astronomer, known as TheBadAstronomer)
  • 234750 Amymainzer (Amy Mainzer, American astronomer)
  • 260906 Robichon (, French astronomer)
  • 347940 Jorgezuluaga (, Colombian astronomer)

Planetarium directors[]

  • 4897 Tomhamilton (Thomas William Hamilton, American astronomer, author, and planetarium director)
  • 9108 Toruyusa (Toru Yusa, Japanese planetarium director and comet chaser)
  • 13123 Tyson (Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astronomer and planetarium director)
  • 17601 Sheldonschafer (Sheldon Schafer, Professor of astronomy and Director of the Riverview Museum Planetarium, Peoria, IL)

Relatives of astronomers[]

  • 42 Isis (Elizabeth Isis Pogson, daughter of the astronomer Norman Robert Pogson; also Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis)
  • 87 Sylvia (, first wife of the astronomer Camille Flammarion; also Rhea Sylvia, the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus)
  • 153 Hilda (, daughter of the astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer)
  • 154 Bertha (Berthe Martin-Flammarion, sister of the astronomer Camille Flammarion)
  • 1280 Baillauda (Jules Baillaud, son of the astronomer Benjamin Baillaud)
  • 1563 Noël (, son of the astronomer Sylvain Julien Victor Arend)
  • 3664 Anneres (Anna Theresia ("Anneres") Schmadel, the wife of astronomer Lutz Schmadel)
  • 68109 Naomipasachoff (Naomi Pasachoff, a science writer and educator, and wife of astronomer Jay Pasachoff of Williams College 5100 Pasachoff)

Biologists[]

  • 1991 Darwin (Charles Darwin, an English naturalist, geologist and biologist)
  • 2496 Fernandus (Fernandus Payne, zoologist)
  • 2766 Leeuwenhoek (Anton van Leeuwenhoek, pioneering cell biologist)
  • 4804 Pasteur (Louis Pasteur, father of microbiology)
  • 7412 Linnaeus (Carl Linnaeus, father of modern taxonomy)
  • 8357 O'Connor (J. Dennis O'Connor, biological scientist and provost at the Smithsonian Institution)
  • 9364 Clusius (Carolus Clusius, botanist)
  • 15565 Benjaminsteele (, biologist)

Cartographers[]

  • 4798 Mercator (Gerardus Mercator)
  • 19139 Apian (Peter Apian)

Chemists[]

  • 1449 Virtanen (Artturi Ilmari Virtanen)
  • 2143 Jimarnold (James R. Arnold)
  • 2638 Gadolin (Johan Gadolin)
  • 2769 Mendeleev (Dmitri Mendeleev, father of the periodic table of the chemical elements)
  • 3069 Heyrovský (Jaroslav Heyrovský)
  • 3605 Davy (Humphry Davy)
  • 3676 Hahn (Otto Hahn), father of nuclear chemistry[dubious – discuss]
  • 3899 Wichterle (Otto Wichterle)
  • 4564 Clayton ()
  • 4674 Pauling (Linus Pauling)
  • 4716 Urey (Harold Urey)
  • 4856 Seaborg (Glenn T. Seaborg)
  • 5697 Arrhenius (Svante Arrhenius)
  • 6032 Nobel (Alfred Nobel)
  • 6826 Lavoisier (Antoine Lavoisier)
  • 9680 Molina (Mario Molina)
  • 11967 Boyle (Robert Boyle)
  • 12292 Dalton (John Dalton)

Computer scientists and programmers[]

  • 9121 Stefanovalentini (Stefano Valentini)
  • 9793 Torvalds (Linus Torvalds)
  • 9882 Stallman (Richard M. Stallman)
  • 21656 Knuth (Donald Knuth)
  • 27433 Hylak ()
  • 90479 Donalek ()
  • 132718 Kemény (John George Kemeny)
  • 294727 Dennisritchie (Dennis Ritchie)
  • 300909 Kenthompson (Ken Thompson)

Mathematicians[]

Physicists[]

  • 697 Galilea (Galileo Galilei)
  • 837 Schwarzschilda (Karl Schwarzschild)
  • 1069 Planckia (Max Planck)
  • 1565 Lemaitre (Georges Lemaître)
  • 1979 Sakharov (Andrei Sakharov)
  • 2001 Einstein (Albert Einstein)
  • 2244 Tesla (Nikola Tesla)
  • 2352 Kurchatov (Igor Kurchatov)
  • 3069 Heyrovský (Jaroslav Heyrovský)
  • 3581 Alvarez (Luis Alvarez)
  • 3905 Doppler (Christian Doppler)
  • 3948 Bohr (Niels Bohr)
  • 3949 Mach (Ernst Mach)
  • 4065 Meinel (Aden Meinel)
  • 4530 Smoluchowski (Roman Smoluchowski)
  • 5103 Diviš (Prokop Václav Diviš)
  • 5224 Abbe (Ernst Abbe)
  • 5668 Foucault (Léon Foucault)
  • 6999 Meitner (Lise Meitner)
  • 7000 Curie (Maria Skłodowska-Curie)
  • 7279 Hagfors (Tor Hagfors)
  • 7495 Feynman (Richard Feynman)
  • 7672 Hawking (Stephen Hawking)
  • 8000 Isaac Newton (Isaac Newton)
  • 8103 Fermi (Enrico Fermi)
  • 9253 Oberth (Hermann Oberth)
  • 10506 Rydberg (Johannes Rydberg)
  • 10979 Fristephenson (Professor F. Richard Stephenson)
  • 11013 Kullander (Sven Kullander)
  • 11063 Poynting (John Henry Poynting)
  • 11150 Bragg (William Lawrence Bragg)
  • 11349 Witten (Edward Witten)
  • 11438 Zel'dovich (Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich)
  • 11451 Aarongolden (Aaron Golden, Irish astrophysicist)
  • 11528 Mie (Gustav Mie)
  • 11577 Einasto (Jaan Einasto)
  • 11779 Zernike (Frits Zernike)
  • 12301 Eötvös (Loránd Eötvös)
  • 12320 Loschmidt (Johann Josef Loschmidt)
  • 12423 Slotin) (Louis Slotin)
  • 12628 Ackworthorr (Mary Ackworth Orr, solar physicist)
  • 12755 Balmer (Johann Jakob Balmer)
  • 12759 Joule (James Prescott Joule)
  • 12760 Maxwell (James Clerk Maxwell)
  • 12766 Paschen (Friedrich Paschen)
  • 12773 Lyman (Theodore Lyman)
  • 12774 Pfund (August Herman Pfund)
  • 12775 Brackett (Frederick Sumner Brackett)
  • 13092 Schrödinger (Erwin Schrödinger)
  • 13093 Wolfgangpauli (Wolfgang Pauli)
  • 13149 Heisenberg (Werner Heisenberg)
  • 13219 Cailletet (Louis Paul Cailletet)
  • 13478 Fraunhofer (Joseph von Fraunhofer)
  • 13531 Weizsäcker (Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker)
  • 13954 Born (Max Born)
  • 14413 Geiger (Hans Geiger)
  • 14468 Ottostern (Otto Stern)
  • 16583 Oersted (Hans Christian Ørsted)
  • 16761 Hertz (Heinrich Hertz)
  • 17649 Brunorossi (Bruno Rossi)
  • 18169 Amaldi (Edoardo Amaldi)
  • 19126 Ottohahn (Otto Hahn), father of nuclear fission
  • 19178 Walterbothe (Walther Bothe)
  • 20081 Occhialini (Giuseppe Occhialini)
  • 24988 Alainmilsztajn (Alain Milsztajn, French particle physicist)
  • 29137 Alanboss, (Alan Boss, American astrophysicist)
  • 29212 Zeeman (Pieter Zeeman)
  • 30828 Bethe (Hans Bethe)
  • 32809 Sommerfeld (Arnold Sommerfeld)
  • 37582 Faraday (Michael Faraday)
  • 48798 Penghuanwu (Peng Huanwu)
  • 52337 Compton (Arthur Compton)
  • 55753 Raman (C. V. Raman)
  • 58215 von Klitzing (Klaus von Klitzing)
  • 67085 Oppenheimer (J. Robert Oppenheimer)
  • 163244 Matthewhill (Matthew E. Hill)

Physiologists[]

Psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychoanalysts[]

  • 635 Vundtia (Wilhelm Wundt)
  • 4342 Freud (Sigmund Freud)
  • 11040 Wundt (Wilhelm Wundt)
  • 11041 Fechner (Gustav Fechner)
  • 11299 Annafreud (Anna Freud)
  • 11518 Jung (Carl Jung)
  • 11519 Adler (Alfred Adler)
  • 11520 Fromm (Erich Fromm)
  • 11521 Erikson (Erik Homburger Erikson)
  • 11582 Bleuler (Eugen Bleuler)
  • 11584 Ferenczi (Sándor Ferenczi)

Space exploration[]

  • Astrobiologists
    • 2410 Morrison (David Morrison)
    • 9826 Ehrenfreund (Pascale Ehrenfreund)
    • 12859 Marlamoore (Marla Moore)
  • Planetary scientists
    • 2710 Veverka (Joseph Veverka)
    • 4815 Anders (Edward Anders)
    • 7231 Porco (Carolyn Porco)
    • 8356 Wadhwa (Meenakshi Wadhwa, meteorite analyst)
    • 13358 Revelle (Douglas ReVelle)
    • 21774 O'Brien (David P. O'Brien)
    • 133432 Sarahnoble (Sarah K. Noble)
    • 274860 Emilylakdawalla (Emily Lakdawalla)
  • Rocket scientists
    • 1590 Tsiolkovskaja (Konstantin Tsiolkovsky)
    • 1855 Korolev (Sergei Korolev)
    • 8062 Okhotsymskij (Dmitry Okhotsimsky)
    • 9252 Goddard (Robert Goddard)
    • 25143 Itokawa (Hideo Itokawa)
  • Soyuz 11 crew members:
    • 1789 Dobrovolsky (Georgi Dobrovolski)
    • 1790 Volkov (Vladislav Volkov)
    • 1791 Patsayev (Viktor Patsayev)
  • Other USSR/Russian cosmonauts
    • 1772 Gagarin (Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space)
    • 1836 Komarov (Vladimir Komarov)
  • Apollo 11 crew members:
    • 6469 Armstrong (Neil Armstrong)
    • 6470 Aldrin ("Buzz" Aldrin)
    • 6471 Collins (Michael Collins)
  • STS-51-L crew members:
    • 3350 Scobee (Francis "Dick" Scobee)
    • 3351 Smith (Michael J. Smith)
    • 3352 McAuliffe (Christa McAuliffe)
    • 3353 Jarvis (Gregory Jarvis)
    • 3354 McNair (Ronald McNair)
    • 3355 Onizuka (Ellison Onizuka)
    • 3356 Resnik (Judith Resnik)
  • STS-107 crew members:
    • 51823 Rickhusband (Rick Husband)
    • 51824 Mikeanderson (Michael P. Anderson)
    • 51825 Davidbrown (David M. Brown)
    • 51826 Kalpanachawla (Kalpana Chawla)
    • 51827 Laurelclark (Laurel B. Clark)
    • 51828 Ilanramon (Ilan Ramon, first Israeli astronaut)
    • 51829 Williemccool (William C. McCool)
  • Other American astronauts:
    • 4763 Ride (Sally Ride)
    • 7749 Jackschmitt (Harrison H. Schmitt)
    • 12790 Cernan (Eugene Cernan)
    • 13606 Bean (Alan Bean)
    • 22442 Blaha (John E. Blaha)
  • Chinese astronauts:
    • 9512 Feijunlong (Fei Junlong)
    • 9517 Niehaisheng (Nie Haisheng)
    • 21064 Yangliwei (Yang Liwei)
  • Other astronauts:
    • 2552 Remek (Vladimír Remek, Czechoslovak cosmonaut)
    • 9496 Ockels (Wubbo Ockels, Dutch astronaut)
    • 14143 Hadfield (Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut)
    • 15006 Samcristoforetti (Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut)
    • 22901 Ivanbella (Ivan Bella, Slovak cosmonaut)
    • 37627 Lucaparmitano (Luca Parmitano, Italian astronaut)
    • 135268 Haigneré (Claudie and Jean-Pierre Haigneré, French astronauts)
    • 374354 Pesquet (Thomas Pesquet, French astronaut)

Other scientists, engineers and inventors[]

  • 335 Roberta (Carl Robert Osten-Sacken, entomologist)
  • 742 Edisona (Thomas Edison, inventor)
  • 775 Lumière (Auguste and Louis Lumière, cinematic pioneers)
  • 777 Gutemberga (Johannes Gutenberg, pioneer printer)
  • 2177 Oliver (Bernard M. Oliver, research scientist)
  • 2243 Lönnrot (Elias Lönnrot, physician, philologist, botanist, compiler of Kalevala)
  • 2784 Domeyko (Ignacy Domeyko, mineralogist)
  • 2809 Vernadskij (Vladimir Vernadsky, mineralogist, pioneer geochemist)
  • 3256 Daguerre (Louis Daguerre, photographic pioneer)
  • 3313 Mendel (Gregor Mendel, father of genetics)
  • 3701 Purkyně (Jan Evangelista Purkyně, physiologist)
  • 4217 Engelhardt (Wolf von Engelhardt, geologist)
  • 4565 Grossman (, geochemist)
  • 5102 Benfranklin (Benjamin Franklin, scientist)
  • 5864 Montgolfier (Montgolfier brothers, hot air balloon pioneers)
  • 5958 Barrande (Joachim Barrande, geologist and paleontologist)
  • 6175 Cori (Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Theresa Cori, biochemists)
  • 7552 Sephton (, geochemist)
  • 8373 Stephengould (Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionist and essayist)
  • 9969 Braille (Louis Braille, inventor of braille)
  • 10093 Diesel (Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine).
  • 13609 Lewicki (), spacecraft systems engineer
  • 14345 Gritsevich (, research scientist)
  • 15465 Buchroeder (, optical engineer)
  • 16518 Akihikoito (Akihiko Ito, Japanese CCD astrophotographer)
  • 20259 Alanhoffman (Alan Hoffman, pioneer in infrared detectors)
  • 29227 Wegener (Alfred Wegener, geologist and meteorologist)
  • 37683 Gustaveeiffel (Gustave Eiffel, a French civil engineer and architect)
  • 44103 Aldana (, electrical engineer, professor and politician)[3]
  • 52270 Noamchomsky (Noam Chomsky, an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist)
  • 61404 Očenášek (Ludvík Očenášek, handyman who constructed a monoplane, a radial engine for airplanes, and two-stage rockets)
  • 73079 Davidbaltimore (David Baltimore, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate)
  • 172850 Coppens (Yves Coppens, paleoanthropologist)

Monarchs and royalty[]

  • 12 Victoria (officially named after the Roman goddess of victory, but also honours Queen Victoria)
  • 45 Eugenia (Empress Eugénie), with its moon Petit-Prince in part for her son Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial
  • 115 Thyra (Thyra, consort of King Gorm the Old of Denmark)
  • 216 Kleopatra (Cleopatra VII of Egypt)
  • 220 Stephania (Princess Stéphanie of Belgium)
  • 295 Theresia (Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire and Queen consort of Germany)
  • 326 Tamara (Queen Tamar of Georgia)
  • 344 Desiderata (Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway)
  • 359 Georgia (King George II of Great Britain)
  • 392 Wilhelmina (Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands)
  • 525 Adelaide (Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV of the United Kingdom)
  • 545 Messalina (Messalina, Roman empress)
  • 546 Herodias (Herodias, wife of Herod II and mother of Salome)
  • 562 Salome (Salome, daughter of Herod II and Herodias)
  • 598 Octavia (Claudia Octavia, Roman empress)
  • 650 Amalasuntha (Amalasuntha, queen of the Ostrogoths)
  • 653 Berenike (Berenice II, Egyptian queen)
  • 689 Zita (Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma)
  • 816 Juliana (Queen Juliana of the Netherlands)
  • 823 Sisigambis (Sisygambis, mother of Darius III of Persia)
  • 831 Stateira (Stateira, wife of Artaxerxes II of Persia)
  • 832 Karin (Karin Månsdotter, wife of Eric XIV of Sweden)
  • 888 Parysatis (Parysatis, wife of Darius II of Persia)
  • 911 Agamemnon (Agamemnon)
  • 1068 Nofretete (Nefertiti)
  • 1128 Astrid (Astrid of Sweden)
  • 2436 Hatshepsut (Pharaoh Hatshepsut)
  • 3362 Khufu (Pharaoh Khufu)
  • 4414 Sesostris (Greek version of Senusret, name of four pharaohs)
  • 4415 Echnaton (Pharaoh Akhenaten; German spelling of his name)
  • 4416 Ramses (Pharaoh Ramses II)
  • 4568 Menkaure (Pharaoh Menkaure)
  • 4721 Atahualpa (Atahuallpa)
  • 4846 Tuthmosis (Thutmose, name of four pharaohs)
  • 4847 Amenhotep (Pharaoh Amenhotep IV)
  • 4848 Tutenchamun (Pharaoh Tutankhamun)
  • 4906 Seneferu (Pharaoh Sneferu)
  • 5009 Sethos (Greek version of Seti, name of two pharaohs)
  • 5010 Amenemhet (Amenemhet, name of four pharaohs)
  • 5242 Kenreimonin (Empress Dowager Kenrei)
  • 7117 Claudius (Emperor Claudius)
  • 7207 Hammurabi (Hammurabi)
  • 7208 Ashurbanipal (Ashurbanipal)
  • 7209 Cyrus (Cyrus II of Persia)
  • 7210 Darius (Darius I of Persia)
  • 7211 Xerxes (Xerxes I of Persia)
  • 7212 Artaxerxes (Artaxerxes II of Persia)
  • 8740 Václav (Václav I, Duke of Bohemia)
  • 10293 Pribina (Pribina, ruler of Nitrian Principality)
  • 11014 Svätopluk (Svätopluk, ruler of Great Moravia)
  • 16951 Carolus Quartus (Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia)
  • 18349 Dafydd (Dafydd ap Llywelyn, prince of Wales)
  • 20969 Samo (Samo, ruler of Samo's Empire)
  • 25340 Segoves (Segoves, Celtic duke)
  • 44613 Rudolf (Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary)
  • 48844 Belloves (Belloves, Celtic duke)
  • 53285 Mojmír (Mojmír I, ruler of Great Moravia)
  • 151834 Mongkut (King Mongkut, or Rama IV, the king of Siam)
  • 326290 Akhenaten (Akhenaten, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt)

Nobility[]

Politicians and statespeople[]

Teachers[]

High school/technical school teachers[]

  • 3352 McAuliffe (Christa McAuliffe, high school teacher from New Hampshire, U.S.A.)
  • 12787 Abetadashi (Tadashi Abe, high school teacher from Japan)
  • 13241 Biyo (Josette Biyo, high school teacher from Iloilo, Philippines)
  • 13928 Aaronrogers (Aaron Rogers, mathematics teacher from London, U.K.)
  • 14158 Alananderson (Alan Anderson, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
  • 14684 Reyes (Cynthia L. Reyes, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
  • 16265 Lemay (Ron LeMay, high school teacher from Wisconsin, U.S.A.)
  • 17225 Alanschorn (Alan Schorn, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.)
  • 20341 Alanstack (Alan Stack, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.)
  • 20342 Trinh (Jonathan Trinh, high school teacher from Texas, U.S.A.)
  • 20574 Ochinero (Marcia Collin Ochinero, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
  • 21395 Albertofilho (Alberto Filho, a technical school teacher from Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil)
  • 21435 Aharon (Terri Aharon, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.)
  • 22619 Ajscheetz (A. J. Scheetz, high school teacher from Connecticut, U.S.A.)
  • 22993 Aferrari (Andrew Ferrari, high school teacher from North Carolina, U.S.A.)
  • 23017 Advincula (Rigoberto Advincula, high school teacher from Texas, U.S.A.)
  • 23975 Akran (Erkan Akran, middle school teacher from Arkansas, U.S.A.)
  • 24032 Aimeemcarthy (Aimee McCarthy, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
  • 24052 Nguyen (Thuy-Anh Nguyen, teacher at Challenger School in Sunnyvale, California, U.S.A.)
  • 24238 Adkerson (Timothy Adkerson, high school teacher from Missouri, U.S.A.)
  • 27286 Adedmondson (Adam Edmondson, high school teacher from Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
  • 27740 Obatomoyuki (Tomoyuki Oba, junior high school teacher and presenter at Geisei Observatory, Japan)
  • (Thomas Lee, middle school teacher from California, U.S.A)

College/University professors[]

  • 6669 Obi (Shinya Obi, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and retired president of the University of the Air)
  • 10051 Albee (Arden L. Albee, professor of geology and planetary sciences and dean of graduate studies at the California Institute of Technology)
  • 15870 Oburka (Oto Oburka, professor at Brno University of Technology and founder of the Nicholas Copernicus Observatory)
  • 153298 Paulmyers (PZ Myers, American scientist and associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM).)

War heroes and veterans[]

World War II heroes and veterans[]

  • 1793 Zoya (Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya)
  • 1907 Rudneva (Evgeniya Rudneva)
  • 2009 Voloshina (Vera Danilovna Voloshina, Russian partisan)
  • 2132 Zhukov (Georgy Zhukov)
  • 3348 Pokryshkin (Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin)
  • 11572 Schindler (Oskar Schindler, rescuer of 1,200 Jewish people)
  • 17038 Wake (Nancy Wake, who served as a British spy)
  • 19384 Winton (Nicholas Winton, rescuer of 669 Jewish children)
  • 99949 Miepgies (Miep Gies, hid Anne Frank during World War II and discovered and preserved Anne's diary after her arrest and deportation.

Other war heroes[]

  • 1834 Palach (Jan Palach, Czech student who self-immolated in protest against Soviet occupation of his country)
  • 20164 Janzajíc (Jan Zajíc, Czech student who self-immolated in protest against Soviet occupation of his country)

Children who died in war[]

  • 2127 Tanya (Tanya Savicheva)
  • 5535 Annefrank (Anne Frank)
  • 50413 Petrginz (Petr Ginz, Jewish boy who was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp)

Religion[]

  • 89 Julia (Julia of Corsica, martyr and patron saint, 5th century)
  • 127 Johanna (believed to be named after Joan of Arc)
  • 330 Adalberta (Adalbert Merx, German theologian and orientalist)
  • 898 Hildegard (Hildegard of Bingen, abbess, composer and polymath)
  • 1840 Hus (John Huss, Czech Jan Hus, religious reformer)
  • 5275 Zdislava (Zdislava Berka, in Czech )
  • 7100 Martin Luther (Martin Luther)
  • 7256 Bonhoeffer (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
  • 8661 Ratzinger (Joseph Alois Ratzinger – Pope Benedict XVI)
  • 20006 Albertus Magnus (Albertus Magnus, German theologian, philosopher and naturalist)

Explorers[]

  • 54 Alexandra (Alexander von Humboldt, naturalist and explorer)
  • 327 Columbia (Christopher Columbus)
  • 853 Nansenia (Fridtjof Nansen, polar explorer)
  • 876 Scott (Robert Falcon Scott, polar explorer)
  • 1065 Amundsenia (Roald Amundsen, polar explorer)
  • 2473 Heyerdahl (Thor Heyerdahl, explorer and writer)
  • 2785 Sedov (Georgy Sedov, Arctic explorer)
  • 3130 Hillary (Edmund Hillary, mountaineer [see Tenzing, below])
  • 3357 Tolstikov (Yevgeny Tolstikov, polar explorer)
  • 4055 Magellan (Ferdinand Magellan, circumnavigator)
  • 6481 Tenzing (Tenzing Norgay, Sherpa [see Hillary, above])
  • 6542 Jacquescousteau (Jacques-Yves Cousteau, marine explorer)
  • 8291 Bingham (Hiram Bingham III, explorer)
  • 15425 Welzl (Jan Welzl, Arctic explorer)
  • 43806 Augustepiccard (Auguste Piccard, explorer)

Historians[]

Other social scientists[]

Philosophers[]

  • 238 Hypatia (Hypatia of Alexandria)
  • 423 Diotima (Diotima of Mantinea)
  • 2431 Skovoroda (Hryhorii Skovoroda)
  • 2755 Avicenna (Avicenna)
  • 2807 Karl Marx (Karl Marx)
  • 2940 Bacon (Francis Bacon)
  • 2950 Rousseau (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
  • 5102 Benfranklin (Benjamin Franklin)
  • 5148 Giordano (Giordano Bruno)
  • 5329 Decaro (Mario De Caro)
  • 5450 Sokrates (Socrates)
  • 5451 Plato (Plato)
  • 6001 Thales (Thales)
  • 6123 Aristoteles (Aristotle)
  • 6629 Kurtz (Paul Kurtz)
  • 7009 Hume (David Hume)
  • 7010 Locke (John Locke)
  • 7012 Hobbes (Thomas Hobbes)
  • 7014 Nietzsche (Friedrich Nietzsche)
  • 7015 Schopenhauer (Arthur Schopenhauer)
  • 7056 Kierkegaard (Søren Kierkegaard)
  • 7083 Kant (Immanuel Kant)
  • 7142 Spinoza (Baruch Spinoza)
  • 8318 Averroes (Averroes or Ibn Rushd)
  • 14845 Hegel (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)
  • 16561 Rawls (John Rawls)
  • 15911 Davidgauthier (David Gauthier)
  • 19730 Machiavelli (Niccolò Machiavelli)
  • 21665 Frege (Gottlob Frege)
  • 22356 Feyerabend (Paul Feyerabend)
  • 48435 Jaspers (Karl Jaspers)
  • 73687 Thomas Aquinas (Thomas Aquinas)
  • 90481 Wollstonecraft (Mary Wollstonecraft)
  • 100027 Hannaharendt (Hannah Arendt)

The arts[]

Literature[]

General authors[]

  • 254 Augusta (Auguste von Littrow)
  • 1931 Čapek (Karel Čapek)
  • 2428 Kamenyar (Ivan Franko)
  • 2616 Lesya (Lesya Ukrainka)
  • 2681 Ostrovskij (Nikolai Ostrovsky)
  • 3047 Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
  • 3412 Kafka (Franz Kafka)
  • 4112 Hrabal (Bohumil Hrabal)
  • 5418 Joyce (James Joyce)
  • 5535 Annefrank (Anne Frank)
  • 5666 Rabelais (François Rabelais)
  • 5676 Voltaire (Voltaire)
  • 6984 Lewiscarroll (Lewis Carroll or Charles Dodgson)
  • 7328 Casanova (Giacomo Casanova)
  • 8315 Bajin (Bajin)
  • 8379 Straczynski (J. Michael Straczynski)
  • 8382 Mann (brothers Heinrich Mann and Thomas Mann)
  • 13406 Sekora (Ondřej Sekora)
  • 26314 Škvorecký (Josef Škvorecký)
  • 40106 Erben (Karel Jaromír Erben)
  • 44597 Thoreau (Henry David Thoreau)
  • 79144 Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes)
  • 91007 Ianfleming (Ian Lancaster Fleming, creator of the character James Bond ("007"))
  • 308306 Dainere ()

Novelists[]

  • 348 May (Karl May)
  • 2362 Mark Twain (Mark Twain)
  • 2448 Sholokhov (Mikhail Sholokhov)
  • 2578 Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
  • 2625 Jack London (Jack London)
  • 2675 Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien)
  • 2817 Perec (Georges Perec)
  • 3204 Lindgren (Astrid Lindgren)
  • 3453 Dostoevsky (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
  • 3479 Malaparte (Curzio Malaparte)
  • 3628 Božněmcová (Božena Němcová)
  • 3836 Lem (Stanisław Lem)
  • 4124 Herriot (James Herriot)
  • 4266 Waltari (Mika Waltari)
  • 4370 Dickens (Charles Dickens)
  • 4474 Proust (Marcel Proust)
  • 4923 Clarke (Arthur C. Clarke)
  • 5020 Asimov (Isaac Asimov)
  • 5099 Iainbanks (Iain Banks)
  • 6223 Dahl (Roald Dahl)
  • 6440 Ransome (Arthur Ransome)
  • 7016 Conandoyle (Arthur Conan Doyle)
  • 7232 Nabokov (Vladimir Nabokov)
  • 7390 Kundera (Milan Kundera)
  • 7644 Cslewis (C. S. Lewis)
  • 7758 Poulanderson (Poul Anderson)
  • 9766 Bradbury (Ray Bradbury)
  • 10177 Ellison (Harlan Ellison)
  • 10251 Mulisch (Harry Mulisch)
  • 10733 Georgesand (George Sand)
  • 10930 Jinyong (Jinyong)
  • 11020 Orwell (George Orwell)
  • 11379 Flaubert (Gustave Flaubert)
  • 12284 Pohl (Frederik Pohl)
  • 17776 Troska (J. M. Troska)
  • 25399 Vonnegut (Kurt Vonnegut)
  • 25924 Douglasadams (Douglas Adams)
  • 39415 Janeausten (Jane Austen)
  • 39427 Charlottebrontë (Charlotte Brontë)
  • 39428 Emilybrontë (Emily Brontë)
  • 39429 Annebrontë (Anne Brontë)
  • 77185 Cherryh (C. J. Cherryh)
  • 127005 Pratchett (Terry Pratchett)
  • 227641 Nothomb (Amélie Nothomb)

Poets[]

  • 1875 Neruda (Jan Neruda)
  • 2106 Hugo (Victor Hugo)
  • 2208 Pushkin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
  • 2222 Lermontov (Mikhail Lermontov)
  • 2427 Kobzar (Taras Shevchenko)
  • 2604 Marshak (Samuil Marshak)
  • 3067 Akhmatova (Anna Akhmatova)
  • 3112 Velimir (Velimir Khlebnikov)
  • 4110 Keats (John Keats)
  • 4369 Seifert (Jaroslav Seifert)
  • 4635 Rimbaud (Arthur Rimbaud)
  • 7855 Tagore (Rabindranath Tagore)
  • 9495 Eminescu (Mihai Eminescu)
  • 11306 Åkesson (Sonja Åkesson)
  • 12163 Manilius (Marcus Manilius)
  • 18624 Prévert (Jacques Prévert)
  • 59830 Reynek (Bohuslav Reynek)
  • 110288 Libai (Li Bai)
  • 110289 Dufu (Du Fu)

Playwrights[]

  • 496 Gryphia (Andreas Gryphius)
  • 615 Roswitha (Hrotsvitha)
  • 2930 Euripides (Euripides)
  • 2985 Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
  • 2921 Sophocles (Sophocles)
  • 2934 Aristophanes (Aristophanes)
  • 3046 Molière (Molière, French playwright)
  • 3079 Schiller (Friedrich Schiller, German playwright)
  • 5696 Ibsen (Henrik Ibsen)

Satirists[]

Other[]

  • 4049 Noragal' (Nora Gal, Russian translator)
  • 12608 Aesop (Aesop, fabulist)

Visual arts[]

  • 2730 Barks (Carl Barks, cartoonist)
  • 3001 Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti, painter and sculptor)
  • 3246 Bidstrup (Herluf Bidstrup, caricaturist)
  • 3566 Levitan (Isaac Levitan, painter)
  • 4426 Roerich (Nicholas Roerich, painter)
  • 4457 van Gogh (Vincent van Gogh, painter)
  • 4511 Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn, painter)
  • 4671 Drtikol (František Drtikol, photographer)
  • 4691 Toyen, (Toyen), painter and graphic artist)
  • 4942 Munroe (Randall Munroe, former NASA roboticist and cartoonist, creator of webcomic xkcd)
  • 5055 Opekushin (Alexander Opekushin, sculptor)
  • 5122 Mucha (Alfons Mucha, painter and graphic artist)
  • 5363 Kupka (František Kupka, painter and graphic artist)
  • 5800 Pollock (Jackson Pollock, painter)
  • 6056 Donatello (Donatello, painter)
  • 6584 Ludekpesek (Ludek Pesek, painter)
  • 6592 Goya (Francisco Goya, painter)
  • 6674 Cézanne (Paul Cézanne, painter)
  • 6676 Monet (Claude Monet, painter)
  • 6677 Renoir (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter)
  • 6701 Warhol (Andy Warhol, artist)
  • 6768 Mathiasbraun (Mathias Braun, also known as Matyáš Braun, sculptor and carver)
  • 6769 Brokoff (Johann Brokoff, also known as Jan Brokoff, sculptor and carver)
  • 7701 Zrzavý (Jan Zrzavý, painter)
  • 7867 Burian (Zdeněk Burian, painter and book illustrator)
  • 8236 Gainsborough (Thomas Gainsborough, landscape and portrait artist)
  • 8237 Constable (John Constable, painter)
  • 8240 Matisse (Henri Matisse, painter)
  • 10189 Normanrockwell (Norman Rockwell, artist)
  • 10218 Bierstadt (Albert Bierstadt, Landscape artist)
  • 10343 Church (Frederick Edwin Church, painter)
  • 10372 Moran (Thomas Moran, landscape artist)
  • 10404 McCall (Robert T. McCall, space artist)
  • 13227 Poor (Kim Poor, space artist)
  • 13329 Davidhardy (David A. Hardy, space artist)
  • 13330 Dondavis (Don Davis, astronomical artist)
  • 13543 Butler (, space artist)
  • 13562 Bobeggleton (Bob Eggleton, painter)
  • 14976 Josefčapek (Josef Čapek, painter and writer)
  • 17625 Joseflada (Josef Lada, painter)
  • 17806 Adolfborn (Adolf Born, painter)
  • 20364 Zdeněkmiler (Zdeněk Miler, animator and illustrator)
  • 21501 Acevedo (Tony Acevedo, multimedia graphic designer)
  • 29490 Myslbek (Josef Václav Myslbek, sculptor)
  • 43724 Pechstein (Max Pechstein, painter)
  • 43775 Tiepolo (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, painter)
  • 46280 Hollar (Václav Hollar, graphic artist and painter)
  • 48434 Maxbeckmann (Max Beckmann, painter)
  • 85411 Paulflora (Paul Flora, graphic artist)
  • 98127 Vilgusová (Hedvika Vilgusová, painter and illustrator of books for children)
  • 184878 Gotlib (Marcel Gottlieb, cartoonist)

Architects[]

  • 3062 Wren (Christopher Wren)
  • 5318 Dientzenhofer (Dientzenhofer family or architects, like Christoph Dientzenhofer and his son Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer)
  • 6055 Brunelleschi (Filippo Brunelleschi)
  • 6266 Letzel (Jan Letzel)
  • 6550 Parléř (Peter Parler, Czech: Petr Parléř)
  • 19129 Loos (Adolf Loos)
  • 24666 Miesvanrohe (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe)
  • 35233 Krčín (Jakub Krčín)

Classical music[]

Composers[]

  • 734 Benda (Karel Bendl)
  • 1034 Mozartia (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • 1059 Mussorgskia (Modest Mussorgsky)
  • 1405 Sibelius (Jean Sibelius)
  • 1814 Bach (member of Bach family, probably Johann Sebastian Bach)
  • 1815 Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven)
  • 1818 Brahms (Johannes Brahms)
  • 2047 Smetana (Bedřich Smetana)
  • 2055 Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák)
  • 2073 Janáček (Leoš Janáček)
  • 2205 Glinka (Mikhail Glinka)
  • 2266 Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
  • 2420 Čiurlionis (Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis)
  • 2523 Ryba (Jakub Jan Ryba)
  • 2669 Shostakovich (Dmitri Shostakovich)
  • 3081 Martinůboh (Bohuslav Martinů)
  • 3590 Holst (Gustav Holst)
  • 3592 Nedbal (Oskar Nedbal)
  • 3784 Chopin (Frédéric Chopin)
  • 3826 Handel (George Frideric Handel)
  • 3917 Franz Schubert (Franz Schubert)
  • 3941 Haydn (Joseph Haydn)
  • 3954 Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn)
  • 3955 Bruckner (Anton Bruckner)
  • 3975 Verdi (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • 3992 Wagner (Richard Wagner)
  • 4003 Schumann (probably Robert Schumann)
  • 4040 Purcell (Henry Purcell)
  • 4079 Britten (Benjamin Britten)
  • 4132 Bartók (Béla Bartók)
  • 4134 Schütz (Heinrich Schütz)
  • 4330 Vivaldi (Antonio Vivaldi)
  • 4345 Rachmaninoff (Sergei Rachmaninoff)
  • 4382 Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky)
  • 4406 Mahler (Gustav Mahler)
  • 4492 Debussy (Claude Debussy)
  • 4515 Khrennikov (Tikhon Khrennikov)
  • 4527 Schoenberg (Arnold Schoenberg)
  • 4528 Berg (Alban Berg)
  • 4529 Webern (Anton Webern)
  • 4532 Copland (Aaron Copland)
  • 4534 Rimskij-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
  • 4546 Franck (César Franck)
  • 4559 Strauss (Johann Strauss family or Richard Strauss)
  • 4579 Puccini (Giacomo Puccini)
  • 4625 Shchedrin (Rodion Shchedrin)
  • 4727 Ravel (Maurice Ravel)
  • 4734 Rameau (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
  • 4802 Khatchaturian (Aram Khatchaturian)
  • 4818 Elgar (Edward Elgar)
  • 4850 Palestrina (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
  • 4972 Pachelbel (Johann Pachelbel)
  • 5004 Bruch (Max Bruch)
  • 5063 Monteverdi (Claudio Monteverdi)
  • 5157 Hindemith (Paul Hindemith)
  • 5177 Hugowolf (Hugo Wolf)
  • 5210 Saint-Saëns (Camille Saint-Saëns)
  • 6354 Vangelis (Vangelis Papathanassiou)
  • 6480 Scarlatti (Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti)
  • 6549 Skryabin (Alexander Scriabin)
  • 6777 Balakirev (Mily Balakirev)
  • 6780 Borodin (Alexander Borodin)
  • 6798 Couperin (François Couperin)
  • 7622 Pergolesi (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi)
  • 7624 Gluck (Christoph Willibald Gluck)
  • 7625 Louisspohr (Louis Spohr)
  • 7903 Albinoni (Tomaso Albinoni)
  • 8181 Rossini (Gioacchino Rossini)
  • 8249 Gershwin (George Gershwin)
  • 8877 Rentaro (Taki Rentaro)
  • 9438 Satie (Erik Satie)
  • 9493 Enescu (George Enescu)
  • 9912 Donizetti (Gaetano Donizetti)
  • 9913 Humperdinck (Engelbert Humperdinck)
  • 10055 Silcher (Friedrich Silcher)
  • 10116 Robertfranz (Robert Franz)
  • 10186 Albéniz (Isaac Albéniz, Spanish Catalan composer and pianist)
  • 10820 Offenbach (Jacques Offenbach)
  • 10875 Veracini (Francesco Maria Veracini)
  • 11050 Messiaen (Olivier Messiaen)
  • 11289 Frescobaldi (Girolamo Frescobaldi)
  • 11530 d'Indy (Vincent d'Indy)
  • 11899 Weill (Kurt Weill)
  • 12782 Mauersberger (Brothers Rudolf and Erhard Mauersberger, composers and conductors)
  • it:14403 de Machault (Guillaume de Machaut)
  • 15808 Zelter (Carl Friedrich Zelter)
  • 16590 Brunowalter (Bruno Walter, composer and conductor)
  • 17509 Ikumadan (Ikuma Dan)
  • 53159 Mysliveček (Josef Mysliveček)
  • 69288 Berlioz (Hector Berlioz)
  • 300128 Panditjasraj (Pandit Jasraj)

Conductors[]

Opera Singers[]

Others[]

  • 644 Cosima (Cosima Wagner, director of the Bayreuth Festival and wife of Richard Wagner)
  • 677 Aaltje (Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius, soprano)
  • 5184 Cavaillé-Coll (Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Organ builder)
  • 8471 Obrant (Arkadij Efimovich Obrant, ballet-master, producer, and teacher-humanist)
  • 9914 Obukhova (Nadezhda Andreevna Obukhova, soloist at the Bolshoj Theater and People's Artist of the U.S.S.R.)
  • 11305 Ahlqvist (David Ahlqvist, Swedish artist, author, and musician)
  • 33434 Scottmanley (Scott Manley)
  • 58373 Albertoalonso (Alberto Alonso, Cuban choreographer and dance visionary)

Entertainment[]

Popular music[]

  • 1889 Pakhmutova (Aleksandra Pakhmutova, composer)
  • 2620 Santana (Carlos Santana, musician)
  • 2644 Victor Jara (Víctor Jara, musician)
  • 3738 Ots (Georg Ots, musician)
  • 3834 Zappafrank (Frank Zappa, musician)
  • 8749 Beatles (The Beatles, band). In addition, there are four consecutively numbered minor planets named after the individual members of The Beatles:
    • 4147 Lennon (John Lennon)
    • 4148 McCartney (Paul McCartney)
    • 4149 Harrison (George Harrison)
    • 4150 Starr (Ringo Starr)
  • 4305 Clapton (Eric Clapton, musician)
  • 4422 Jarre (Maurice Jarre and Jean Michel Jarre, French composers)
  • 4442 Garcia (Jerry Garcia, musician)
  • 4738 Jimihendrix (Jimi Hendrix, musician)
  • 4749 Ledzeppelin (Led Zeppelin, the UK band)
  • 5656 Oldfield (Mike Oldfield, composer)
  • 5892 Milesdavis (Miles Davis, musician)
  • 5945 Roachapproach (Steve Roach, musician)
  • 6354 Vangelis (Vangelis Papathanassiou, composer)
  • 6433 Enya (Enya, musician)
  • 7226 Kryl (Karel Kryl, musician)
  • 7707 Yes (Yes, band)
  • 7934 Sinatra (Frank Sinatra, vocalist)
  • 8249 Gershwin (George Gershwin, composer)
  • 9179 Satchmo (Louis Armstrong, musician)
  • 10313 Vanessa-Mae (Vanessa-Mae, musician)
  • 12272 Geddylee (Geddy Lee, Canadian musician)
  • 13644 Lynnanderson (Lynn Anderson, an American country music singer)
  • 14024 Procol Harum (Procol Harum, band)
  • 15092 Beegees (Bee Gees, band)
  • 16155 Buddy (Buddy Holly, musician)
  • 17059 Elvis (Elvis Presley, musician)
  • 17473 Freddiemercury (Freddie Mercury, musician)
  • 18132 Spector (Phil Spector, musician)
  • 18125 Brianwilson (Brian Wilson, musician)
  • 19155 Lifeson (Alex Lifeson, Canadian musician)
  • 19367 Pink Floyd (Pink Floyd, band)
  • 19383 Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones, band)
  • 19398 Creedence (Creedence Clearwater Revival, band)
  • 21891 Andreabocelli (Andrea Bocelli, tenor singer)
  • 22521 ZZ Top (ZZ Top, band)
  • 23469 Neilpeart (Neil Peart, Canadian musician)
  • 23990 Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen, musician)
  • 24997 Petergabriel (Peter Gabriel, musician)
  • 28151 Markknopfler (Mark Knopfler, a Scottish composer)
  • 40248 Yukikajiura (Yuki Kajiura, a Japanese composer)
  • 40775 Kalafina (Kalafina, a Japanese vocal group). In addition, there are four minor planets named after the individual members and former member of Kalafina:
    • 41199 Wakanaootaki (Wakana Ootaki)
    • 42271 Keikokubota (Keiko Kubota)
    • 44475 Hikarumasai (Hikaru Masai)
    • 47466 Mayatoyoshima ( – former member)
  • 41981 Yaobeina (Yao Beina, singer)
  • 42522 Chuckberry (Chuck Berry, an American guitarist, singer and songwriter)
  • 44016 Jimmypage (Jimmy Page, musician)
  • 52344 Yehudimenuhin (Yehudi Menuhin, violist and conductor)
  • 52665 Brianmay (Brian May, musician, a member of band Queen (band))
  • 65769 Mahalia, (Mahalia Jackson, singer)
  • 72801 Manzanera, (Phil Manzanera, musician)
  • 72802 Wetton, (John Wetton, musician)
  • 79896 Billhaley (Bill Haley, musician)
  • 81947 Fripp (Robert Fripp, musician, leader of King Crimson)
  • 81948 Eno (Brian Eno, musician)
  • 90125 Chrissquire (Chris Squire, musician, a member of band Yes (band))
  • 91287 Simon-Garfunkel (Simon and Garfunkel, band)
  • 94291 Django (Django Reinhardt, musician)
  • 110393 Rammstein (Rammstein, band)
  • 144296 Steviewonder (Stevie Wonder, a blind American songwriter and singer)
  • 242516 Lindseystirling (Lindsey Stirling, an American violinist)
  • 243002 Lemmy (Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, British rock musician, member of Hawkwind, The Head Cat, and Motörhead)
  • 249516 Aretha (Aretha Franklin, musician)
  • 250840 Motörhead (The British heavy metal group Motörhead)
  • 257248 Chouchiehlun (Chou Chieh Lun, mostly referred to as Jay Chou, a Taiwanese musician and singer-songwriter)
  • 274213 Satriani (Joe Satriani, guitarist)
  • 292872 Anoushankar (Anoushka Shankar, a sitar musician)
  • 327695 Yokoono (Yoko Ono, musician)
  • 337044 Bobdylan (Bob Dylan, musician)
  • 342843 Davidbowie (David Bowie, musician)
  • 365443 Holiday (Billie Holiday, jazz musician)
  • 495181 Rogerwaters (Roger Waters, musician, one of Pink Floyd founders)
  • 495253 Hanszimmer (Hans Zimmer, a German composer)

Film, TV and Theatre[]

  • 2374 Vladvysotskij, (Vladimir Vysotsky, singer, poet, writer, movie and theatre actor)
  • 2816 Pien, (Armand Pien (1920–2003), Belgian TV weatherman)
  • 3252 Johnny (Johnny Carson, Talk Show Host)
  • 3768 Monroe (Marilyn Monroe, an American actress, model, and singer)
  • 3998 Tezuka (Osamu Tezuka, pioneering Japanese comic artist and animator)
  • 4238 Audrey (Audrey Hepburn, actress)
  • 4495 Dassanowsky (Elfi Dassanowsky, Austrian-born singer, studio founder, producer)
  • 4535 Adamcarolla (Adam Carolla, comedian, television and radio host)
  • 4536 Drewpinsky (Drew Pinsky, television and radio host, actor)
  • 4659 Roddenberry (Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator)
  • 4864 Nimoy (Leonard Nimoy, of Star Trek fame)
  • 4901 Ó Briain (Dara Ó Briain, comedian and science presenter)
  • 5608 Olmos (Edward James Olmos, actor)
  • 6318 Cronkite (Walter Cronkite, TV newsreader)
  • 6377 Cagney (James Cagney, actor)
  • 6546 Kaye (Danny Kaye, actor and comedian)
  • 7032 Hitchcock (Alfred Hitchcock, film director)
  • 7037 Davidlean (David Lean, film director)
  • 7307 Takei (George Takei, actor)
  • 8299 Téaleoni (Téa Leoni, actress)
  • 8347 Lallaward (Lalla Ward, actress)
  • 8353 Megryan (Meg Ryan, actress)
  • 8664 Grigorijrichters (Grigorij Richters, film director and co-founder of Asteroid Day)
  • 8883 Miyazakihayao (Hayao Miyazaki, animator)
  • 9081 Hideakianno (Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, film director and actor)
  • 9341 Gracekelly (Grace Kelly, actress)
  • 9342 Carygrant (Cary Grant, actor)
  • Monty Python members:
    • 9617 Grahamchapman (Graham Chapman)
    • 9618 Johncleese (John Cleese)
    • 9619 Terrygilliam (Terry Gilliam)
    • 9620 Ericidle (Eric Idle)
    • 9621 Michaelpalin (Michael Palin)
    • 9622 Terryjones (Terry Jones)
  • 9974 Brody (Adrien Brody)
  • 10221 Kubrick (Stanley Kubrick)
  • 10378 Ingmarbergman (Ingmar Bergman, film director)
  • 11333 Forman (Miloš Forman, film director)
  • 11548 Jerrylewis (Jerry Lewis, comedian and actor)
  • 12561 Howard (Ron Howard, actor, director, producer)
  • 12562 Briangrazer (Brian Grazer, producer)
  • 12818 Tomhanks (Tom Hanks, actor, producer)
  • 12820 Robinwilliams (Robin Williams, actor, comedian)
  • 13070 Seanconnery (Sean Connery, actor)
  • 132904 Notkin (Geoffrey Notkin, TV science educator, film producer)
  • 13441 Janmerlin (Jan Merlin, actor and author)
  • 15131 Alanalda (Alan Alda, actor, director, screenwriter, author)
  • 17023 Abbott (Bud Abbott, actor, producer, comedian)
  • 17062 Bardot (Brigitte Bardot, a French former actress, singer and fashion model)
  • 17744 Jodiefoster (Jodie Foster, actress)
  • 19291 Karelzeman (Karel Zeman, film director)
  • 19578 Kirkdouglas (Kirk Douglas, actor)
  • 19695 Billnye (Bill Nye, TV science educator)
  • 22903 Georgeclooney (George Clooney, actor)
  • 25930 Spielberg (Steven Spielberg, American film director)
  • 26733 Nanavisitor (Nana Visitor, actress)
  • 26734 Terryfarrell (Terry Farrell, actress)
  • 26858 Misterrogers (Fred Rogers, US children's television host)
  • 27899 Letterman (David Letterman, talk show host)
  • 29132 Bradpitt (Brad Pitt, actor)
  • 28600 Georgelucas (George Lucas, the director of the films American Graffiti and Star Wars)
  • 28980 Chowyunfat (Chow Yun-fat, actor)
  • 31556 Shatner (William Shatner, actor)
  • 38461 Jiřítrnka (Jiří Trnka, puppet maker and puppet-film director)
  • 39557 Gielgud (John Gielgud, actor)
  • 64291 Anglee (Ang Lee, film director)
  • 68410 Nichols (Nichelle Nichols, actress)
  • 71000 Hughdowns (Hugh Downs, Television and radio anchorman)
  • 78453 Bullock (Sandra Bullock, an American actress and producer)
  • 110026 Hamill (Mark Hamill, actor)
  • 116939 Jonstewart (Jon Stewart, comedian and TV host)
  • 132874 Latinovits (Zoltán Latinovits, actor)
  • 133161 Ruttkai (Éva Ruttkai, actress)
  • 166614 Zsazsa (Zsa Zsa Gábor, actress and socialite)
  • 224693 Morganfreeman (Morgan Freeman, actor)
  • 231307 Peterfalk (Peter Falk, actor)
  • 261690 Jodorowsky (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French filmmaker)
  • 262876 Davidlynch (David Lynch, American filmmaker)
  • 560354 Chrisnolan (Christopher Nolan, film director)

Sports[]

Olympic medalists[]

Other sports[]

  • 1909 Alekhin (Alexander Alekhine, chess world champion)
  • 4538 Vishyanand (Viswanathan Anand, chess world champion)[4]
  • 2472 Bradman (Donald Bradman, cricketer)
  • 3027 Shavarsh (Shavarsh Karapetyan, finswimmer)
  • 5891 Gehrig (Lou Gehrig, baseball player)
  • 6758 Jesseowens (Jesse Owens, athlete)
  • 7835 Myroncope (Myron Cope, sportscaster and journalist)
  • 10634 Pepibican (Josef Bican, called "Pepi", football player)
  • 10675 Kharlamov (Valeri Kharlamov, hockey player)
  • 12373 Lancearmstrong (Lance Armstrong, cyclist)
  • 12413 Johnnyweir (Johnny Weir, figure skater)
  • 12414 Bure (Pavel Bure, ice hockey player)
  • 14282 Cruijff (Johan Cruijff, Dutch football player)
  • 33179 Arsènewenger (Arsène Wenger, football manager)
  • 78071 Vicent (Francesc Vicent, chess writer)
  • 79647 Ballack (Michael Ballack, German footballer)
  • 82656 Puskás (Ferenc Puskás, football player)
  • 85386 Payton (Walter Payton, American football player)
  • 90414 Karpov (Anatoly Karpov, chess world champion)
  • 316020 Linshuhow (Jeremy Lin, basketball player)

Other entertainers[]

  • 3163 Randi (James Randi, magician and skeptic)

Contest winners[]

Broadcom MASTERS[]

  • 2015 winner
    • 31641 Cevasco (Hannah Olivia Cevasco, a middle school student from California, U.S.A)

Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge[]

  • 2001 winners
    • 15155 Ahn (Ryan J. Ahn, a middle school student from Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
    • 15559 Abigailhines (Abigail M. Hines, a middle school student from Indiana, U.S.A.)
  • 2002 winners
    • 13434 Adamquade (Adam Robert Quade, a middle school student from Minnesota, U.S.A.)
  • 2003 winners
    • 19564 Ajburnetti (Anthony James Burnetti, a middle school student from Maryland, U.S.A.)
  • 2004 winners
    • 20503 Adamtazi (Adam Ryoma Tazi, a middle school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
  • 2005 winners
    • 21850 Abshir (Iftin Mohamed Abshir, a middle school student from Colorado, U.S.A.)
    • 21933 Aaronrozon (Aaron Alexander Rozon, a middle school student from Hawaii, U.S.A.)
  • 2006 winners
    • 22638 Abdulla (Almas Ugurgizi Abdulla, a middle school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
    • 22656 Aaronburrows (Aaron Phillip Burrows, a middle school student from Texas, U.S.A.)
    • 22786 Willipete (William Garrett Pete, a middle school student from Minnesota, U.S.A.)
  • 2007 winners
    • 23768 Abu-Rmaileh (Muhammad Akef Abu-Rmaileh, a middle school student from Arkansas, U.S.A.)
    • 23924 Premt (Prem Thottumkara, a middle school student from Illinois, U.S.A)

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair[]

  • 2002 winners
    • 10237 Adzic (Vladislav Adzic, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
    • 11685 Adamcurry (Adam Michael Curry, high school student from Colorado, U.S.A.)
    • 11697 Estrella (Allan Noriel Estrella, high school student from Manila, Philippines)
    • 12088 Macalintal (Jeric Valles Macalintal, high school student from Manila, Philippines)
    • 12522 Rara (Prem Vilas Fortran Rara, high school student from Iligan, Philippines)
    • 12553 Aaronritter (Aaron M. Ritter, high school student from Indiana, U.S.A.)
    • 13241 Biyo (Josette Biyo, high school teacher from Iloilo, Philippines, former Executive Director of the Philippine Science High School System)
  • 2003 winners
    • 16999 Ajstewart (Andrew James Stewart, high school student from NSW, Australia)
    • 17984 Ahantonioli (Alexandra Hope Antonioli, high school student from Montana, U.S.A.)
    • 18084 Adamwohl (Adam Richard Wohl, high school student from North Dakota, U.S.A.)
    • 18142 Adamsidman (Adam Daniel Sidman, high school student from Colorado, U.S.A.)
    • 18796 Acosta (Iyen Abdon Acosta, high school student from Maryland, U.S.A.)
    • 19444 Addicott (Charles Michael Addicott, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
    • 19488 Abramcoley (Abram Levi Coley, high school student from Montana, U.S.A.)
    • 21395 Albertofilho (Alberto Filho, a technical school teacher from Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil)
  • 2004 winners
    • 20779 Xiajunchao (Junchao Xia, high school student from Shanghai, China)
    • 20780 Chanyikhei (Chan Yik Hei, high school student from Hong Kong, China)
    • 20813 Aakashshah (Aakash Shah, high school student from New Jersey, U.S.A.)
  • 2005 winners
    • 21483 Abdulrasool (Ameen Abdulrasool, high school student from Illinois, U.S.A.)
    • 21712 Obaid (Sami Obaid, college student from Quebec, Canada.)
    • 21758 Adrianveres (Adrian Veres, high school student from Quebec, Canada)
  • 2006 winners
    • 21400 Ahdout (Zimra Payvand Ahdout, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
    • 21623 Albertshieh (Albert David Shieh, high school student from Arizona, U.S.A.)
    • 21725 Zhongyuechen (Zhong Yuechen, Middle School student from Beijing, China)
  • 2007 winners
    • 23113 Aaronhakim (Aaron Hakim, high school student from Ontario, Canada)
    • 23238 Ocasio-Cortez (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
    • 23306 Adamfields (Adam Chaplin Fields, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
  • 2008 winners
    • 24520 Abramson (Ronit Batya Roth Abramson, high school student from California, U.S.A.)
    • 24346 Lehienphan (Le Hien Thi Phan, high school student from Georgia, U.S.A.)
  • 2009 winners
    • 25638 Ahissar (Shira Ahissar, high school student from Rehovot, Israel.)
    • 25642 Adiseshan (Tara Anjali Adiseshan, high school student from Virginia, U.S.A.)
    • 25677 Aaronenten (Aaron Christopher Enten, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
  • 2010 winners
    • 26386 Adelinacozma (Adelina Corina Cozma, high school student from Ontario, Canada)
    • 26447 Akrishnan (Akash Krishnan, high school student from Oregon, U.S.A.)
    • 26462 Albertcui (Albert Cui, high school student from Utah, U.S.A.)
    • 26544 Ajjarapu (Avanthi Sai Ajjarapu, high school student from Iowa, U.S.A.)
    • 26557 Aakritijain (Aakriti Jain, high school student from California, U.S.A.)
    • 26737 Adambradley (Adam Bradley Halverson, high school student from South Dakota, U.S.A.)
    • 26740 Camacho (Martin Ayalde Camacho, high school student from Minnesota, U.S.A.)
    • 28400 Morgansinko (Morgan Walker Sinko, high school student from Texas. U.S.A.)
  • 2011 winners
    • 28167 Andrewkim (Andrew Wooyoung Kim, high school student from Georgia, U.S.A.)
    • 28439 Miguelreyes (Miguel Arnold Silverio Reyes, high school student from Quezon City, Philippines)
    • 28442 Nicholashuey (Nicholas Michael Huey, high school student from Missouri, U.S.A.)
    • 28443 Crisara (Alexander Raymond Crisara, high school student from Texas, U.S.A.)
    • 28444 Alexrabii (Jahan Rabii, high school student from Texas, U.S.A.)
    • 28446 Davlantes (Christopher Joseph Davlantes, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
    • 28447 Arjunmathur (Arjun Mathur, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
    • 28449 Ericlau (Eric Lau, high school student from Georgia, U.S.A.)
    • 28450 Saravolz (Sara Ellen Volz, high school student from Colorado, U.S.A.)
    • 28451 Tylerhoward (Tyler Trettel Howard, high school student from Kansas, U.S.A.)
    • 28452 Natkondamuri (Nathan Sai Kondamuri, high school student from Indiana, U.S.A.)
    • 28453 Alexcecil (Alexander Michael Cecil, high school student from North Carolina, U.S.A.)
    • 28511 Marggraff (Blake Christopher Marggraff, high school student from California, U.S.A.)[5]
    • 28538 Ruisong (Rui Song, high school student from Saskatchewan, Canada)
  • 2014 winners
    • , (high school student from Syosset, New York) [6]
    • 31460 Jongsowfei, (Faye Jong Sow Fei, high school student from Sarawak, Malaysia)[7]

Intel Science Talent Search[]

  • 2002 Winners
    • 16113 Ahmed (Tahir Ahmed, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
    • 16215 Venkatraman (Dheera Venkatraman, high school senior)
    • 16214 Venkatachalam (Vivek Venkatachalam, high school senior)
    • 16238 Chappe (Sean Chappe, high school teacher from New Jersey, U.S.A.)
  • 2003 Winners
    • 15421 Adammalin (Adam Mikah Malin, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
  • 2005 Winners
    • 21411 Abifraeman (Abigail Ann Fraeman, a high school senior from Maryland, U.S.A.)
    • 21413 Albertsao (Albert Tsao, a high school senior from Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
  • 2006 Winners
    • 22551 Adamsolomon (Adam Ross Solomon, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
  • 2008 Winners
    • 24121 Achandran (Ashok Chandran, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
  • 2009 Winners
    • 25410 Abejar (Patrick Jeffrey Abejar, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
    • 25422 Abigreene (Abigail Sara Greene, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
  • 2010 Winners
    • 25966 Akhilmathew (Akhil Mathew, a high school senior from New Jersey, U.S.A.)
    • 25979 Alansage (Alan Robert Sage, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
    • 27239 O'Dorney (Evan Michael O'Dorney, a high school senior from California, U.S.A.)
  • 2011 Winners
    • 27072 Aggarwal (Amol Aggarwal, a high school senior from California, U.S.A.)
    • 27257 Tang-Quan (David Tang-Quan, a high school senior from California, U.S.A)
  • 2012 Winners
    • 26200 Van Doren (Benjamin Van Doren, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)

Editors and publishers[]

  • 305 Gordonia (James Gordon Bennett Jr., publisher of the New York Herald)
  • 6282 Edwelda (Edwin L. Aguirre and Imelda B. Joson, Filipino editors of Sky & Telescope)
  • Editors of the Japanese monthly astronomical magazine Gekkan Tenmon Guide:
    • 9067 Katsuno (Gentaro Katsuno)
    • 11928 Akimotohiro (Hiroyuki Akimoto)

Discoverers' relatives[]

  • 2839 Annette (Annette Tombaugh, the discoverer's daughter)
  • 3044 Saltykov (Nikita Saltykov, one of the discoverers' grandfathers)
  • 10588 Adamcrandall (Adam Crandall Rees, the discoverer's stepson)
  • 12848 Agostino (Agostino Boattini, the discoverer's father)
  • 13691 Akie (Akie Asami, the discoverer's wife)
  • 19524 Acaciacoleman (Acacia Coleman, the discoverer's granddaughter)
  • 60001 Adélka (Adélka Kotková, the discoverer's daughter)

Others[]

  • 83 Beatrix (Beatrice Portinari, immortalized in Dante's Divine Comedy)
  • 156 Xanthippe (Xanthippe, wife of Socrates)
  • 323 Brucia (Catherine Wolfe Bruce, astronomical philanthropist)
  • 609 Fulvia (Fulvia, wife of Mark Antony)
  • 719 Albert (Albert Salomon von Rothschild, banker and benefactor of the Vienna Observatory)
  • 904 Rockefellia (John D. Rockefeller, philanthropist)
  • 1038 Tuckia (Edward Tuck, philanthropist)
  • 1462 Zamenhof (L. L. Zamenhof, father of Esperanto)
  • 3018 Godiva (Lady Godiva)
  • 3147 Samantha (Samantha Smith, peace activist)
  • 4318 Baťa (Tomáš Baťa, founder of the Bata Shoes Company)
  • 4487 Pocahontas (Pocahontas)
  • 4987 Flamsteed (Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, a direct descendant of the brother of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal of England)
  • 6235 Burney (Venetia Burney, suggested the name "Pluto" for the planet discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930)
  • 7166 Kennedy (Malcolm Kennedy, secretary of the Astronomical Society of Glasgow)
  • 19718 Albertjarvis (Albert G. Jarvis, inventor)
  • 69275 Wiesenthal (Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter)
  • 80652 Albertoangela (Alberto Angela, Italian science writer)
  • 241528 Tubman (Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist)
  • 249521 Truth (Sojurner Truth, American abolitionist)
  • 316201 Malala (Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for female education)

Fictional characters[]

Characters in classic fiction[]

  • 92 Undina (Undine, heroine of the novella Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué)
  • 171 Ophelia (Ophelia, love interest of Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet)
  • 211 Isolda (Iseult, lover of the Arthurian knight Tristan)
  • 264 Libussa (Libuše, mythical Bohemian prophetess)
  • 588 Achilles (Achilles, Greek hero of the Iliad)
  • 617 Patroclus (Patroclus, Greek hero of the Iliad)
  • 624 Hektor (Hector, Trojan hero of the Iliad)
  • 911 Agamemnon (Agamemnon, Greek hero of the Iliad)
  • 1143 Odysseus (Odysseus, legendary king of Ithaca)
  • 1172 Äneas (Aeneas, prince of Troy)
  • 1966 Tristan (Arthurian knight)
  • 2041 Lancelot (Arthurian knight)
  • 2054 Gawain (Arthurian knight)
  • 2082 Galahad (Arthurian knight)
  • 2095 Parsifal (Arthurian knight)
  • 2483 Guinevere (Guinevere, King Arthur's queen)
  • 2597 Arthur (King Arthur, legendary king of England)
  • 2598 Merlin (Merlin, wizard who helped King Arthur)
  • 3102 Krok (Krok, mythical Bohemian duke, father of Libuše, and )
  • 3180 Morgan (Morgan le Fay, enchantress in Arthurian legend)
  • 3552 Don Quixote (Don Quixote, hero of the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes)
  • 5797 Bivoj (Bivoj, mythical Bohemian hero)
  • 7695 Přemysl (Přemysl the Ploughman, mythical founder of the Přemyslid dynasty)
  • 9551 Kazi (, Bohemian mythical female healer)
  • 9713 Oceax (Oceax, son of Nauplius of Euboea and brother of Palamedes)
  • 10764 Rübezahl (Rübezahl, Czech Krakonoš, giant ruler of the Giant Mountains)
  • 12927 Pinocchio (Pinocchio, a fictional character and the main protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by the Italian writer Carlo Collodi.
  • 15374 Teta (, mythical Bohemian prophetess)
  • 24601 Valjean (Jean Valjean, protagonist of the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo)
  • 38086 Beowulf (Beowulf)

Characters in modern fiction[]

  • 1683 Castafiore (Bianca Castafiore, the diva in Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin)
  • 2309 Mr. Spock (Mr. Spock, the famous Vulcan, by way of the discoverer's cat)
  • 2521 Heidi (title character in Johanna Spyri's well-known book Heidi)
  • 2991 Bilbo (Bilbo Baggins, hero of The Hobbit)
  • 4512 Sinuhe (title hero of The Egyptian by Mika Waltari)
  • Characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle:
    • 5048 Moriarty (Professor Moriarty, archenemy of Sherlock Holmes)
    • 5049 Sherlock (Sherlock Holmes, detective)
    • 5050 Doctorwatson (Doctor Watson, sidekick of Sherlock Holmes)
  • Characters created by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland:
    • 6042 Cheshirecat (the Cheshire cat)
    • 6735 Madhatter (the Mad Hatter)
    • 6736 Marchare (the March Hare)
  • Fabulous beasts described or mentioned by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky:
    • 7470 Jabberwock (the Jabberwock)
  • 7796 Járacimrman (Jára Cimrman, a fictional Czech genius)
  • 7896 Švejk (Josef Švejk, the good soldier)
  • 9007 James Bond (James Bond, fictional spy created by Ian Fleming)
  • 10160 Totoro (Totoro, character in the 1988 Japanese animated film My Neighbor Totoro)
  • 12410 Donald Duck (Donald Duck, a funny animal cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions
  • 12448 Mr. Tompkins (Mr. Tompkins, hero of science books by George Gamow)
  • 12796 Kamenrider (Kamen Rider, Japanese hero created by Shotaro Ishinomori)
  • 18610 Arthurdent (Arthur Dent, hapless protagonist in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series)
  • 18996 Torasan (Tora-san, vagabond protagonist of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo film series)
  • 20496 Jeník (Jeník, hero of Bedřich Smetana’s opera The Bartered Bride)
  • 20497 Mařenka (Mařenka, hero of Bedřich Smetana’s opera The Bartered Bride)
  • Comic strip characters by Goscinny and Uderzo:
    • 29401 Asterix (Asterix)
    • 29402 Obelix (Obélix)
  • 29471 Spejbl (Spejbl, popular puppet character created by Josef Skupa)
  • 29472 Hurvínek (Hurvínek, son of Spejbl, popular puppet character created by Josef Skupa)
  • 33377 Večerníček (Večerníček, animated character inviting Czech children to watch evening TV fairytale)
  • 46737 Anpanman (hero of the Japanese Anpanman picture book series whose head is made of bread filled with sweet bean paste)
  • 58345 Moomintroll (Moomintroll, hero of books by Tove Jansson)
  • 98494 Marsupilami (Marsupilami, character created by André Franquin)
  • 99942 Apophis (Apophis, character from sci-fi TV show Stargate SG-1)
  • Petit-Prince, moon of 45 Eugenia (The Little Prince, hero of book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

See also[]

References[]

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  6. ^ High School Students Win Big at Intel ISEF
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