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