:List of astronomical instrument makers
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The following is a list of astronomical instrument makers, along with lifespan and country of work, if available.
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| Abiyun al-Bitriq
|fl. 630 | |
| Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber)
|c. 1100–1150 |
| Bhāskara II
|c. 1114-1185 |
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| James Gilbert Baker
|1914–2005 |US |
| George Bass
|early 18th century |England |
| John Bird
|18th century |England |
| Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī
|973–1048 |
| Tycho Brahe
|1546–1601 |
| John Brashear
|1840–1920 |US |
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| Giuseppe Campani
|1635–1715 |
| Matteo Campani-Alimenis
|17th century |
| Robert-Aglaé Cauchoix
|1776–1845 |
| Henri Chrétien
|1879–1956 |France |
| Alvan Clark
|1804–1887 |US |
| Alvan Graham Clark
|1832–1897 |US |
| George Bassett Clark
|1827–1891 |US |
| Thomas Cooke
|1807–1868 |England |
| Robert E. Cox
|1917–1989 |US |
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| John Henry Dallmeyer
|1830–1883 |England / Germany |
| John Dobson
|1915–2014 |US |
| John Dollond
|1706–1761 |England |
| Henry Draper
|1837–1882 |US |
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| Henry Fitz
|1808–1863 |US |
| Joseph von Fraunhofer
|1787–1826 |Germany |
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| Vilem Gajdusek
|1895–1977 |
| Galileo Galilei
|1564–1642 |
| James Gregory
|1638–1675 |
| Howard Grubb
|1844–1931 |
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| George Ellery Hale
|1868–1938 |US |
| Frederick James Hargreaves
|1891–1970 |England |
| Caroline Herschel
|1750–1848 |England |
| William Herschel
|1738–1822 |England |
| Henry Hindley
|1701–1771 |England |
| Robert Hooke
|1635–1703 |England |
| Christiaan Huygens
|1629–1695 |
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| Albert Graham Ingalls
|1888–1958 |US |
| Zenbei Iwahashi
|1756–1811 |Japan |
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| Zacharias Janssen
| c.1580–c.1638 |
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| Jamshīd al-Kāshī
|c. 1380–1429 |
| Al-Khazini
|fl. 1115–1130 |
| Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi
|c. 940–1000 |
| Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (Algoritmi)
|780–850 |Iraq |
| Gottfried Kirch
|1639–1710 |Germany |
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| Lala Balhumal Lahori
| c. 1842 | India |
| Hans Lippershey
| 1570–1619 |
| Ali Kashmiri ibn Luqman
| fl. 1589–1590 |
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| Dmitri Maksutov
|1896–1964 |
| Jacob Metius
|c.1575–1628 |
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| Isaac Newton
|1643–1727 |UK |
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| William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
|1800–1867 |
| Francis G. Pease
|1881–1938 |US |
| Richard Scott Perkin
|1906–1969 |US |
| John M. Pierce
|1886–1958 |US |
| Russell W. Porter
|1871–1949 |US |
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| Regiomontanus
|1436–1476 |
| Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach
|1772–1826 |Germany |
| George Willis Ritchey
|1864–1945 |US |
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| George N. Saegmuller
|1847–1934 |US |
| Bernhard Schmidt
|1879–1935 |Germany |
| Ibn al-Shatir
|1304–1375 |
| James Short
|1710–1768 |England |
| James Simms
|1828–1915 |England |
| William Simms
|1793–1860 |England |
| Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi){{cite thesis|last=Hafez|first=Ihsan|title= Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi and his book of the fixed stars: a journey of re-discovery |date=2010 |url=https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/28854/|page=VI|publisher=James Cook University |doi=10.25903/6xsf-aa64 |quote="He also contributed to the building of an important observatory in the city of Shiraz as well as constructing many astronomical instruments such as astrolabes and celestial globes."}}
|903–986 |
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| Muhammad Saleh Thattvi
|fl. 1659–1660 |
| Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf
|1526–1585 |
| Edward Troughton
|1753–1835 |England |
| Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūsī
|1135–1213 |Iraq |
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| Cornelius Varley
|1781–1873 |England |
| Yrjö Väisälä
|1891–1971 |
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| James Watt
|1736–1819 |
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| Abraham Zacuto
| c. 1450–1510 | Spain and Portugal |
| Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (Arzachel)
|1028–1087 |
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