List of medieval Hebrew astronomers
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 (Nismes) | ||
| 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 |
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Astronomy". Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.
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