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.

Name | Date | Known for

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

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Astronomy". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.