nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
3800 | Karayusuf | Named in honor of Alford S. Karayusuf, M.D., in recognition of his enthusiasm and dedication for the |
4103 | Chahine | Named in honor of Moustafa Chahine, chief scientist of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he coord |
5270 | Kakabadze | David Kakabadze (1889-1952) was a world-famous Georgian painter and avantgardist. During 1918-1927 |
6142 | Tantawi | Muhammad Tantawi (1845-1889) was an Egyptian astronomer and mathematician, who was born in Tanta and |
7057 | Al-Fārābī | Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Fārābī (c. 872-c. 951) spent much of his life in Baghdad as a promine |
7058 | Al-Ṭūsī | Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135-c. 1213) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer who invented the lin |
7060 | Al-'Ijliya | Also known as Al-Asturlabiya, Al-'Ijliya was an astrolabe maker who worked in the court of Sayf Al-D |
9936 | Al-Biruni | The Persian scientist Al-Biruni (973-1048) made important contributions to anthropology, mathematics |
10478 | Alsabti | Abdul Athem Alsabti (b. 1945) introduced astronomy teaching into Iraq in 1970, was project leader in |
14611 | Elsaadawi | Nawal El Saadawi (1931) is a medical doctor, graduated from the University of Cairo, and writer. Fro |
59239 | Alhazen | Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham (965-1040) was an astronomer, mathematician, doctor, philosopher and |
79086 | Gorgasali | King Vakhtang Gorgasali (440-502) of Kartli (Iberia) was the founder of Tbilisi, the capital of Geor |
82656 | Puskás | The legendary left foot of Ferenc Puskás (b. 1927) scored 349 goals for Budapesti Honvéd in 358 majo |
166614 | Zsazsa | Zsa Zsa Gábor (b. 1917) is a Hungarian-American actress and socialite. She was named Miss Hungary in |
199838 | Hafili | Mohamed Ali Hafili (b. 1980) is an amateur astronomer from Marrakech. He has organized several astro |
266854 | Sezenaksu | Sezen Aksu (Fatma Sezen Yildirim, b. 1954) is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer. |
299020 | Chennaoui | Hasnaa Chennaoui (b. 1964) is a Moroccan geochemist at Hassan II University in Casablanca. She is a |
304788 | Cresques | Cresques Abraham (1325-1387) was a Majorcan Jewish geographer and cartographer. His Catalan Atlas |
313921 | Daassou | Ahmed Daassou (b. 1976) has been an administrator at the Oukaimeden observatory since 2011. |
316201 | Malala | Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) is a Pakistani human rights activist who advocates for the rights of wome |
321357 | Mirzakhani | Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017), a professor at Stanford, was an outstanding Iranian-born mathematicia |
362238 | Shisseh | Taha Shisseh (b. 1990) is a Moroccan geochemist and meteorites specialist at Hassan II University in |
368588 | Lazrek | Mohamed Lazrek (b. 1958) is a researcher in Cadi Ayyad University's department of physics in Marrake |
399745 | Ouchaou | Omar Ouchaou (b. 1968) is the Oukaimeden observatory caretaker, as well as a skiing and climbing ins |