List of medieval Hebrew astronomers
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{{See also|Hebrew astronomy}}
The following is a list of prominent Jewish astronomers of the Middle Ages, with the approximate periods of their activity, arranged in alphabetical order of first names.
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!Name!!Date!!Known for | ||
Abraham de Balmes | {{ntsh|1523 }} died 1523 | Translator |
Abraham ibn Ezra | {{ntsh|1168}} 1093-1168 | |
Abraham bar Hiyya Ha-Nasi | {{ntsh|1130}} 1130 | |
Abraham of Toledo | {{ntsh|1278}} 1278 | |
Abraham Zacuto ben Samuel | {{ntsh|1550}} 16th century | |
Andruzagar ben Zadi Faruch | {{ntsh|850}} 9th century | |
Augustinius Ricius | {{ntsh|1521}} 1521 | |
Baruch Sklow | {{ntsh|1777}} c. 1777 | |
Baruch ben Solomon ben Joab | {{ntsh|1457}} 1457 | |
Bianchino | {{ntsh|1450}} 15th century | |
Bonet de Lattes | {{ntsh|1506}} 1506 | |
Caleb Afendopolo | {{ntsh|1450}} 15th century | |
David Gans | {{ntsh|1613}} died 1613 | |
David Kalonymus ben Jacob | {{ntsh|1464}} 1464 | |
David ibn Nahmias | {{ntsh| }} | |
David Nieto | {{ntsh|1728}} died 1728 | |
Dayyan Ḥasan | {{ntsh|972}} 972 | |
Elijah Mizrachi | {{ntsh|1526}} died 1526 | |
Emanuel ben Jacob | {{ntsh|1365}} 1346-65 | |
Ephraim Mizraḥi | {{ntsh| }} | |
Farissol Moses Botarel | {{ntsh|1465}} 1465 | |
Hananeel ben Ḥushiel | {{ntsh|1020}} died 1020? | |
Ḥayyim Lisker | {{ntsh|1636}} 1612-36 | |
Ḥayyim Vital Calabrese | {{ntsh|1620}} died 1620 | |
Isaac ben Aaron | {{ntsh|1368}} 1368 | |
Isaac Abu al-Khair ben Samuel | {{ntsh|1340}} 1340 | |
Isaac Albalia ben Baruch | {{ntsh|1094}} 1035-94 | |
Isaac ibn al-Ḥadib | {{ntsh|1370}} 1370 | |
Isaac Israeli ben Joseph | {{ntsh|1330}} 1310-30 | |
Isaac ben Meir Spira | {{ntsh| }} | |
Isaac ben Moses Efodaeus, Proflat Duran | {{ntsh|1403}} 1392-1403 | |
Isaac ibn Sid | {{ntsh|1252}} 1252 | |
Israel Lyons | {{ntsh|1775}} died 1775 | |
Israel Samose | {{ntsh|1772}} died 1772 | |
Jacob Anatoli | {{ntsh|1232}} 1232 | |
Jacob Carsi (Jacob al-Corsono ben Abi Abraham Isaac) | {{ntsh|1376}} 1376 | |
Jacob ben David ben Yom-Ṭob Poel | {{ntsh|1361}} 1361 | |
Jacob ben Elia | {{ntsh| }} | |
Jacob ben Judah Cabret | {{ntsh|1382}} 1382 | |
Jacob ben Makir, Proflat Tibbon | {{ntsh|1303}} 1289-1303 | |
Jacob ben Samson | {{ntsh|1142}} 1123-42 | |
Jacob ben Tarik or Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq | {{ntsh|777}} 777 | Said to have founded a school of astrology and astronomy in Baghdad |
Jeremiah Cohen of Palermo | {{ntsh|1486}} 1486 | |
Joseph ben Eleazar | {{ntsh|1350}} 14th century | |
Joseph ben Isaac ben Moses ibn Wakkar | {{ntsh|1357}} c. 1357 | |
Joseph ben Israeli ben Isaac | {{ntsh|1331}} died 1331 | |
Joseph ibn Nahmias | {{ntsh|1330}} 1300-30 | |
Joseph Parsi | {{ntsh| }} | |
Joseph Taytazak | {{ntsh|1520}} c. 1520 | |
Judah Farissol | {{ntsh|1499}} 1499 | |
Judah ha-Levi | {{ntsh|1140}} 1140 | |
Judah ben Israeli | {{ntsh|1339}} 1339 | |
Judah ben Moses Cohen | {{ntsh|1256}} 1256 | |
Judah ben Rakufial | {{ntsh|1130}} before 1130 | |
Judah ben Samuel Shalom | {{ntsh|1450}} 15th century | |
Judah ben Solomon Cohen | {{ntsh|1247}} 1247 | |
Judah ibn Verga | {{ntsh|1457}} 1457 | |
Kalonymus ben David of Naples | {{ntsh|1528}} 1528 | |
Kalonymus ben Kalonymus | {{ntsh|1328}} 1286-1328 | |
Levi ben Abraham ben Ḥayyim | {{ntsh|1316}} 1299-1316 | |
Levi ben Gershon (Gersonides) | {{ntsh|1344}} 1327-44 | |
Maimon of Montpellier. | {{ntsh| }} | |
Manoah ben Shemariyah | {{ntsh|1612}} died 1612 | |
Mashallah | {{ntsh|813}} 754-813 | |
Mattathia Delacrut | {{ntsh|1550}} c. 1530-50 | |
Meier Neumark | {{ntsh|1703}} 1703 | |
Meir Spira | {{ntsh|1350}} 14th century? | |
Menahem (Emanuel) Zion Porto | {{ntsh|1640}} 1636-40 | |
Meshullam Kalonymus | {{ntsh| }} | |
Mordecai Comtino | {{ntsh|1485}} 1460-85 | |
Mordecai Finzi | {{ntsh|1446}} 1440-46 | |
Moses ben Abraham of Nîmes | {{ntsh| }} | |
Moses Almosnino | {{ntsh|1580}} died c. 1580 | |
Moses Galeno ben Elia | {{ntsh|1550}} 16th century | |
Moses Goli ben Judah | {{ntsh| }} | |
Moses Ḥandali | {{ntsh| }} | |
Moses Isserles | {{ntsh|1573}} died 1573 | |
Moses ibn Tibbon | {{ntsh|1274}} 1244-74 | |
Nathan Hamati ben Eliezer | {{ntsh|1283}} 1279-83 | |
Raphael Leki Hannover | {{ntsh|1734}} 1734 | |
Sahl (Rabban) al-Ṭabari | {{ntsh|800}} 800 | |
Samuel ibn Abbas ben Judah | {{ntsh|1163}} 1163 | |
Samuel Abulafia | {{ntsh|1278}} 1278 | |
Samuel Ha-Levi | {{ntsh|1284}} 1280-84 | |
Samuel ben Judah of Marseilles | {{ntsh|1331}} 1331 | |
Shalom ben Joseph | {{ntsh|1460}} 1450-60 | |
Shalom ben Solomon Yerushalmi | {{ntsh|1487}} 1482-87 | |
Shabbethai Donnolo | {{ntsh|982}} 913-982 | |
Sheshet ben Isaac ben Gerundi | {{ntsh|1320}} 1320 | |
Sind ben Ali | {{ntsh|833}} 829-833 | |
Solomon Abigdor ben Abraham | {{ntsh|1399}} 1399 | |
Solomon Davin of Rodez | {{ntsh|1350}} 14th century | |
Solomon ben Elijah | {{ntsh|1386}} 1344-86 | |
Solomon Esobi (Azubius) | {{ntsh|1633}} 1633 | |
Solomon ben Moses Melgueil | {{ntsh|1250}} 1250 | |
Solomon ibn Pater Cohen of Burgos | {{ntsh|1322}} 1322 | |
Solomon Shalom ben Moses | {{ntsh|1486}} 1441-86 | |
Tobias Cohen | {{ntsh|1708}} 1708 |
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