H.G. Wells

40.7N

122.8E

114

Herbert George; British scientific writer (1866-1946).

Hadley

25.4N

2.7E

6

John; British instrument maker (1682-1793).

Hagecius

59.8S

46.6E

76

Hayek, Thaddaeus; Czechoslovakian astronomer, mathematician (1525-1600).

Hagen

48.3S

135.1E

55

Johann G.; Austrian astronomer (1847-1930).

Hahn

31.3N

73.6E

84

Friedrich von; German astronomer (1741-1805); Otto; German chemist (1879-1968).

Haidinger

39.2S

25.0W

22

Wilhelm Karl von; Austrian geologist, physicist (1795-1871).

Hainzel

41.3S

33.5W

70

Paul; German astronomer (?-fl. 1570).

Haldane

1.7S

84.1E

37

John Burdon Sanderson; British doctor (1892-1964).

Hale

74.2S

90.8E

83

George Ellery; American astronomer (1868-1938); William; British rocket scientist (1797-1870).

Hall

33.7N

37.0E

35

Asaph; American astronomer (1829-1907).

Halley

8.0S

5.7E

36

Edmond; British astronomer (1656-1742).

Hamilton

42.8S

84.7E

57

Sir William R.; Irish mathematician (1805-1865).

Hanno

56.3S

71.2E

56

Roman explorer (?-c. 500 B.C.).

Hansen

14.0N

72.5E

39

Peter Andreas; Danish astronomer (1795-1874).

Hansteen

11.5S

52.0W

44

Christopher; Norwegian astronomer (1784-1873).

Harden

5.5N

143.5E

15

Sir Arthur; British chemist; Nobel laureate (1865-1940).

Harding

43.5N

71.7W

22

Karl Ludwig; German astronomer (1765-1834).

Haret

58.4S

175.6W

29

Spiru; Rumanian astronomer (1851-1912).

Hargreaves

2.2S

64.0E

16

Frederick James; British astronomer, optician (1891-1970).

Harkhebi

39.6N

98.3E

237

Egyptian astronomer (c. 300 B.C.).

Harold

10.9S

6.0W

2

Scandinavian male name.

Harpalus

52.6N

43.4W

39

Greek astronomer (?-c. 460 B.C.).

Harriot

33.1N

114.3E

56

Thomas; British mathematician, astronomer (1560-1621).

Hartmann

3.2N

135.3E

61

Johannes D.; German astronomer (1865-1936).

Hartwig

6.1S

80.5W

79

Carl E.; German astronomer (1851-1923).

Harvey

19.5N

146.5W

60

William; British doctor (1578-1657).

Hase

29.4S

62.5E

83

Johann Matthias; German mathematician (1684-1742).

Hatanaka

29.7N

121.5W

26

Takeo; Japanese astronomer (1914-1963).

Hausen

65.0S

88.1W

167

Christian August; German astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1693-1743).

Hayford

12.7N

176.4W

27

John F.; American civil engineer (1868-1925).

Hayn

64.7N

85.2E

87

Friedrich; German astronomer (1863-1928).

Healy

32.8N

110.5W

38

Roy; American rocketry scientist (1915-1968).

Heaviside

10.4S

167.1E

165

Oliver; British mathematician, physicist (1850-1925).

Hecataeus

21.8S

79.4E

167

Greek geographer (?-c. 476 B.C.).

Hedervari

81.8S

84.0E

69

Peter; Hungarian geoscientist (1931-1984).

Hedin

2.0N

76.5W

150

Sven A.; Swedish explorer (1865-1952).

Heine

14.4S

132.0E

28

Heinrich; German poet and critic (1797-1856).

Heinrich

24.8N

15.3W

6

Wladimir W.; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1884-1965).

Heinsius

39.5S

17.7W

64

Gottfried; German astronomer (1709-1769).

Heis

32.4N

31.9W

14

Eduard; German astronomer (1806-1877).

Helberg

22.5N

102.2W

62

Robert J.; American aeronautical engineer (1906-1967).

Helicon

40.4N

23.1W

24

Greek astronomer, mathematician (?-c. 400 B.C.).

Hell

32.4S

7.8W

33

Maximilian; Hungarian astronomer (1720-1792).

Helmert

7.6S

87.6E

26

Friedrich Robert; German astronomer, geodesist (1843-1917).

Helmholtz

68.1S

64.1E

94

Hermann von; German physiologist and physicist, best known for his statement of the law of the conservation of energy (1821-1894).

Henderson

4.8N

152.1E

47

Thomas; Scottish astronomer (1798-1844).

Hendrix

46.6S

159.2W

18

Don O.; American optician (1905-1961).

Henry

24.0S

56.8W

41

Joseph; American physicist (1792-1878).

Henry Freres

23.5

S 58.9W

42

Named for the brothers (freres) Prosper; French astronomer (1849-1903); and Paul; French astronomer (1848-1905).

Henyey

13.5N

151.6W

63

Louis G.; American astronomer (1910-1970).

Heraclitus

49.2S

6.2E

90

Greek philosopher (c. 540-480 B.C.).

Hercules

46.7N

39.1E

69

Greek mythological hero.

Herigonius

13.3S

33.9W

15

Herigone, Pierre; French mathematician, astronomer (fl. 1644).

Hermann

0.9S

57.0W

15

Jacob; Swiss mathematician (1678-1733).

Hermite

86.0N

89.9W

104

Charles; French mathematician (1822-1901).

Herodotus

23.2N

49.7W

34

Herodotus Of Halikarnassus; Greek historian (c. 484-408 B.C.).

Heron (Hero)

0.7N

119.8E

24

Egyptian inventor (?-c. 100 B.C.).

Herschel

5.7S

2.1W

40

William; British astronomer (1738-1822).

Hertz

13.4N

104.5E

90

Heinrich R.; German physicist (1857-1894).

Hertzsprung

2.6N

129.2W

591

Hertzsprung, Ejnar; Danish astronomer (1873-1967).

Hesiodus

29.4S

16.3W

42

Hesiod; Greek humanitarian (c. 735 B.C.).

Hess

54.3S

174.6E

88

Victor F.; American physicist (1883-1964); Harry H.; American geologist (1906-1969).

Hevelius

2.2N

67.6W

115

Howelcke, Johann; Polish astronomer (1611-1687).

Heymans

75.3N

144.1W

50

Corneille J. F.; Belgian physiologist; Nobel laureate (1892-1968).

Heyrovsky

39.6S

95.3W

16

Jaroslav; Czechoslovakian chemist (1890-1967).

Hilbert

17.9S

108.2E

151

David; German mathematician (1862-1943).

Hill

20.9N

40.8E

16

George William; American astronomer, mathematician (1838-1914).

Hind

7.9S

7.4E

29

John Russell; British astronomer (1823-1895).

Hippalus

24.8S

30.2W

57

Greek explorer (?-c. 120).

Hipparchus

5.1S

5.2E

138

Greek astronomer (?-fl. 140 B.C.).

Hippocrates

70.7N

145.9W

60

Greek doctor (c. 460-377 B.C.).

Hirayama

6.1S

93.5E

132

Kiyotsugu; Japanese astronomer (1874-1943); Shin; Japanese astronomer (1867-1945).

Hoffmeister

15.2N

136.9E

45

Cuno; German astronomer (1892-1968).

Hogg

33.6N

121.9E

38

Arthur R.; Australian astronomer (1903-1966); Frank S.; Canadian astronomer (1904-1951).

Hohmann

17.9S

94.1W

16

Walter; German space flight engineer (1880-1945).

Holden

19.1S

62.5E

47

Edward Singleton; American astronomer (1846-1914).

Holetschek

27.6S

150.9E

38

Johann; Austrian astronomer (1846-1923).

Homer

24.3S

133.6E

0

Greek epic poet (8th or 9th century B.C.).

Hommel

54.7S

33.8E

126

Johann; Greek astronomer, mathematician (1518-1562).

Hooke

41.2N

54.9E

36

Robert; British physicist, inventor (1635-1703).

Hopmann

50.8S

160.3E

88

Josef; Austrian astronomer (1890-1975).

Hornsby

23.8N

12.5E

3

Thomas; British astronomer (1733-1810).

Horrebow

58.7N

40.8W

24

Peder; Danish astronomer (1679-1764).

Horrocks

4.0S

5.9E

30

Jeremiah; British astronomer (1619-1641).

Hortensius

6.5N

28.0W

14

Hove, Martin van den; Dutch astronomer (1605-1639).

Houtermans

9.4S

87.2E

29

Friedrich Georg; German physicist (1903-1966).

Houzeau

17.1S

123.5W

71

Jean C. (De Lehaie); Belgian astronomer (1820-1888).

Hubble

22.1N

86.9E

80

Edwin P.; American astronomer (1889-1953).

Huggins

41.1S

1.4W

65

Sir William; British astronomer (1824-1910).

Hugo

0.7S

92.9E

24

Victor; French writer, dramatist, poet (1802-1885).

Humason

30.7N

56.6W

4

Milton L.; American astronomer (1891-1972).

Humboldt

27.0S

80.9E

189

Wilhelm von; German philologist (1767-1835).

Hume

4.7S

90.4E

23

David; Scottish philosopher (1711-1776).

Hussein

12.3N

38.0E

6

Taha; Egyptian author (1889-1973).

Hutton

37.3N

168.7E

50

James; Scottish geologist (1726-1797).

Huxley

20.2N

4.5W

4

Thomas Henry; British biologist (1825-1895).

Hyginus

7.8N

6.3E

9

Caius Julius; Spanish astronomer (?-c. A.D. 100).

Hypatia

4.3S

22.6E

40

Egyptian mathematician (?-A.D. 415).

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