List of minor planets named after people
This is a list of minor planets named after people, both real and fictional.
Science
Astronomers
Amateur
- 340 Eduarda
- 792 Metcalfia
- 828 Lindemannia
- 2602 Moore
- 3184 Raab
- 4143 Huziak
- 6822 Horálek
- 9121 Stefanovalentini
- 12787 Abetadashi
- 13624 Abeosamu
- 16217 Peterbroughton
- 23771 Emaitchar
- 22406 Garyboyle
- 24898 Alanholmes
- 29483 Boeker
- 32622 Yuewaichun
- 35461 Mazzucato
- 37729 Akiratakao
- 49109 Agnesraab
- 60406 Albertosuci
- 103422 Laurisirén
- 117032 Davidlane
- 144907 Whitehorne
- 161693 Attilladanko
- 171153 Allanrahill
- 260235 Attwood
- 263906 Yuanfengfang
Professional
- 107 Camilla
- 162 Laurentia
- 238 Hypatia
- 281 Lucretia
- 339 Dorothea
- 349 Dembowska
- 366 Vincentina
- 511 Davida
- 676 Melitta
- 729 Watsonia
- 761 Brendelia
- 767 Bondia
- 768 Struveana
- 784 Pickeringia
- 786 Bredichina
- 806 Gyldenia
- 818 Kapteynia
- 819 Barnardiana
- 827 Wolfiana
- 834 Burnhamia
- 854 Frostia
- 855 Newcombia
- 856 Backlunda
- 857 Glasenappia
- 872 Holda
- 892 Seeligeria
- 914 Palisana
- 993 Moultona
- 995 Sternberga
- 999 Zachia
- 1000 Piazzia
- 1002 Olbersia
- 1004 Belopolskya
- 1021 Flammario
- 1024 Hale
- 1040 Klumpkea
- 1111 Reinmuthia
- 1120 Cannonia
- 1123 Shapleya
- 1129 Neujmina
- 1134 Kepler
- 1186 Turnera
- 1215 Boyer
- 1239 Queteleta
- 1241 Dysona
- 1303 Luthera
- 1322 Coppernicus
- 1412 Lagrula
- 1455 Mitchella
- 1501 Baade
- 1510 Charlois
- 1529 Oterma
- 1539 Borrelly
- 1551 Argelander
- 1573 Väisälä
- 1578 Kirkwood
- 1591 Baize
- 1594 Danjon
- 1600 Vyssotsky
- 1601 Patry
- 1614 Goldschmidt
- 1622 Chacornac
- 1637 Swings
- 1642 Hill
- 1655 Comas Solá
- 1686 De Sitter
- 1677 Tycho Brahe
- 1691 Oort
- 1693 Hertzsprung
- 1714 Sy
- 1741 Giclas
- 1743 Schmidt
- 1745 Ferguson
- 1761 Edmondson
- 1766 Slipher
- 1776 Kuiper
- 1778 Alfvén
- 1780 Kippes
- 1803 Zwicky
- 1830 Pogson
- 1831 Nicholson
- 1832 Mrkos
- 1846 Bengt
- 1850 Kohoutek
- 1877 Marsden
- 1886 Lowell
- 1896 Beer
- 1913 Sekanina
- 1940 Whipple
- 1965 van de Kamp
- 1983 Bok
- 1995 Hajek
- 1998 Titius
- 1999 Hirayama
- 2000 Herschel
- 2003 Harding
- 2005 Hencke
- 2012 Guo Shou-Jing
- 2018 Schuster
- 2069 Hubble
- 2074 Shoemaker
- 2097 Galle
- 2099 Öpik
- 2126 Gerasimovich
- 2136 Jugta
- 2165 Young
- 2198 Ceplecha
- 2227 Otto Struve
- 2234 Schmadel
- 2281 Biela
- 2308 Schilt
- 2325 Chernykh
- 2383 Bradley
- 2439 Ulugbek
- 2635 Huggins
- 2646 Abetti
- 2650 Elinor
- 2688 Halley
- 2709 Sagan
- 2751 Campbell
- 2772 Dugan
- 2780 Monnig
- 2801 Huygens
- 2813 Zappalà
- 2842 Unsöld
- 2849 Shklovskij
- 2874 Jim Young
- 2875 Lagerkvist
- 2897 Ole Römer
- 2900 Luboš Perek
- 2917 Sawyer Hogg
- 2996 Bowman
- 3070 Aitken
- 3078 Horrocks
- 3095 Omarkhayyam
- 3115 Baily
- 3116 Goodricke
- 3123 Dunham
- 3169 Ostro
- 3174 Alcock
- 3216 Harrington
- 3236 Strand
- 3255 Tholen
- 3267 Glo
- 3277 Aaronson
- 3282 Spencer Jones
- 3299 Hall
- 3337 Miloš
- 3449 Abell
- 3467 Bernheim
- 3487 Edgeworth
- 3506 French
- 3507 Vilas
- 3545 Gaffey
- 3549 Hapke
- 3594 Scotti
- 3673 Levy
- 3722 Urata
- 3808 Tempel
- 3847 Šindel
- 3866 Langley
- 3936 Elst
- 3962 Valyaev
- 3999 Aristarchus
- 4000 Hipparchus
- 4001 Ptolemaeus
- 4037 Ikeya
- 4062 Schiaparelli
- 4151 Alanhale
- 4169 Celsius
- 4279 De Gasparis
- 4298 Jorgenúnez
- 4364 Shkodrov
- 4549 Burkhardt
- 4567 Bečvář
- 4587 Rees
- 4593 Reipurth
- 4790 Petrpravec
- 4859 Fraknoi
- 4866 Badillo
- 5080 Oja
- 5704 Schumacher
- 5035 Swift
- 5036 Tuttle
- 5392 Parker
- 5430 Luu
- 5655 Barney
- 5726 Rubin
- 5757 Tichá
- 5826 Bradstreet
- 5943 Lovi
- 6006 Anaximandros
- 6075 Zajtsev
- 6076 Plavec
- 6391 Africano
- 6398 Timhunter
- 6696 Eubanks
- 6779 Perrine
- 7086 Bopp
- 7291 Hyakutake
- 7359 Messier
- 7948 Whitaker
- 8068 Vishnureddy
- 8140 Hardersen
- 8216 Melosh
- 8391 Kring
- 8408 Strom
- 8558 Hack
- 8690 Swindle
- 8785 Boltwood
- 9122 Hunten
- 9133 d'Arrest
- 9134 Encke
- 9207 Petersmith
- 9494 Donici
- 9531 Jean-Luc
- 10633 Akimasa
- 10689 Pinillaalonso
- 10950 Albertjansen
- 10969 Perryman
- 11156 Al-Khwarismi
- 11577 Einasto
- 11695 Mattei
- 11755 Paczynski
- 11762 Vogel
- 12621 Alsufi
- 12742 Delisle
- 14124 Kamil
- 14120 Espenak
- 14322 Shakura
- 14335 Alexosipov and 152217 Akosipov
- 14825 Fieber-Beyer
- 15395 Rükl
- 15420 Aedouglass
- 15467 Aflorsch
- 15955 Johannesgmunden
- 15963 Koeberl
- 16682 Donati
- 18150 López Moreno
- 19139 Apian
- 24988 Alainmilsztajn
- 30785 Greeley
- 36445 Smalley
- 68730 Straizys
- 72021 Yisunji
- 92893 Michaelperson
- 95593 Azusienis
- 99503 Leewonchul
- 106817 Yubangtaek
- 165347 Philplait
- 234750 Amymainzer
- 260906 Robichon
- 347940 Jorgezuluaga
Planetarium directors
- 4897 Tomhamilton
- 9108 Toruyusa
- 13123 Tyson
- 17601 Sheldonschafer
Relatives of astronomers
- 42 Isis
- 87 Sylvia
- 153 Hilda
- 154 Bertha
- 1280 Baillauda
- 1563 Noël
- 3664 Anneres
- 68109 Naomipasachoff
Biologists
- 1991 Darwin
- 2496 Fernandus
- 2766 Leeuwenhoek
- 4804 Pasteur
- 7412 Linnaeus
- 8357 O'Connor
- 9364 Clusius
- 15565 Benjaminsteele
Cartographers
- 4798 Mercator
- 19139 Apian
Chemists
- 1449 Virtanen
- 2143 Jimarnold
- 2638 Gadolin
- 2769 Mendeleev
- 3069 Heyrovský
- 3605 Davy
- 3676 Hahn, father of nuclear chemistry
- 3899 Wichterle
- 4564 Clayton
- 4674 Pauling
- 4716 Urey
- 4856 Seaborg
- 5697 Arrhenius
- 6032 Nobel
- 6826 Lavoisier
- 9680 Molina
- 11967 Boyle
- 12292 Dalton
Computer scientists and programmers
- 9121 Stefanovalentini
- 9793 Torvalds
- 9882 Stallman
- 21656 Knuth
- 27433 Hylak
- 90479 Donalek
- 132718 Kemény
- 294727 Dennisritchie
- 300909 Kenthompson
Mathematicians
- 187 Lamberta
- 843 Nicolaia
- 1001 Gaussia
- 1005 Arago
- 1006 Lagrangea
- 1552 Bessel
- 1858 Lobachevskij
- 1859 Kovalevskaya
- 1888 Zu Chong-Zhi
- 1996 Adams
- 1997 Leverrier
- 2002 Euler
- 2010 Chebyshev
- 2587 Gardner
- 3251 Eratosthenes
- 3600 Archimedes
- 4283 Stöffler
- 4354 Euclides
- 4628 Laplace
- 5956 d'Alembert
- 6143 Pythagoras
- 6765 Fibonacci
- 7057 Al-Fārābī
- 7058 Al-Ṭūsī
- 7655 Adamries
- 8128 Nicomachus
- 9689 Freudenthal
- 9936 Al-Biruni
- 9999 Wiles
- 11156 Al-Khwarismi
- 12493 Minkowski
- 14100 Weierstrass
- 13498 Al Chwarizmi
- 16765 Agnesi
- 16856 Banach
- 19139 Apian
- 27500 Mandelbrot
- 27947 Emilemathieu
- 28516 Möbius
- 29552 Chern
- 38237 Roche
- 50033 Perelman
- 59239 Alhazen
Physicists
- 697 Galilea
- 837 Schwarzschilda
- 1069 Planckia
- 1565 Lemaitre
- 1979 Sakharov
- 2001 Einstein
- 2244 Tesla
- 2352 Kurchatov
- 3069 Heyrovský
- 3581 Alvarez
- 3905 Doppler
- 3948 Bohr
- 3949 Mach
- 4065 Meinel
- 4530 Smoluchowski
- 5103 Diviš
- 5224 Abbe
- 5668 Foucault
- 6999 Meitner
- 7000 Curie
- 7279 Hagfors
- 7495 Feynman
- 7672 Hawking
- 8000 Isaac Newton
- 8103 Fermi
- 9253 Oberth
- 10506 Rydberg
- 10979 Fristephenson
- 11013 Kullander
- 11063 Poynting
- 11150 Bragg
- 11349 Witten
- 11438 Zel'dovich
- 11451 Aarongolden
- 11528 Mie
- 11577 Einasto
- 11779 Zernike
- 12301 Eötvös
- 12320 Loschmidt
- 12423 Slotin)
- 12628 Ackworthorr
- 12755 Balmer
- 12759 Joule
- 12760 Maxwell
- 12766 Paschen
- 12773 Lyman
- 12774 Pfund
- 12775 Brackett
- 13092 Schrödinger
- 13093 Wolfgangpauli
- 13149 Heisenberg
- 13219 Cailletet
- 13478 Fraunhofer
- 13531 Weizsäcker
- 13954 Born
- 14413 Geiger
- 14468 Ottostern
- 16583 Oersted
- 16761 Hertz
- 17649 Brunorossi
- 18169 Amaldi
- 19126 Ottohahn, father of nuclear fission
- 19178 Walterbothe
- 20081 Occhialini
- 24988 Alainmilsztajn
- 29137 Alanboss,
- 29212 Zeeman
- 30828 Bethe
- 32809 Sommerfeld
- 37582 Faraday
- 48798 Penghuanwu
- 52337 Compton
- 55753 Raman
- 58215 von Klitzing
- 67085 Oppenheimer
Physiologists
- 1007 Pawlowia
- 15262 Abderhalden
- 117413 Ramonycajal
Psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychoanalysts
- 635 Vundtia
- 4342 Freud
- 11040 Wundt
- 11041 Fechner
- 11299 Annafreud
- 11518 Jung
- 11519 Adler
- 11520 Fromm
- 11521 Erikson
- 11582 Bleuler
- 11584 Ferenczi
Space exploration
- Astrobiologists
- *2410 Morrison
- *9826 Ehrenfreund
- *12859 Marlamoore
- Planetary scientists
- *2710 Veverka
- *4815 Anders
- *7231 Porco
- *8356 Wadhwa
- *13358 Revelle
- *21774 O'Brien
- *133432 Sarahnoble
- *274860 Emilylakdawalla
- Rocket scientists
- *1590 Tsiolkovskaja
- *1855 Korolev
- *8062 Okhotsymskij
- *9252 Goddard
- *25143 Itokawa
- Soyuz 11 crew members:
- *1789 Dobrovolsky
- *1790 Volkov
- *1791 Patsayev
- Other USSR/Russian cosmonauts
- *1772 Gagarin
- *1836 Komarov
- Apollo 11 crew members:
- *6469 Armstrong
- *6470 Aldrin
- *6471 Collins
- STS-51-L crew members:
- *3350 Scobee
- *3351 Smith
- *3352 McAuliffe
- *3353 Jarvis
- *3354 McNair
- *3355 Onizuka
- *3356 Resnik
- STS-107 crew members:
- *51823 Rickhusband
- *51824 Mikeanderson
- *51825 Davidbrown
- *51826 Kalpanachawla
- *51827 Laurelclark
- *51828 Ilanramon
- *51829 Williemccool
- Other American astronauts:
- *4763 Ride
- *7749 Jackschmitt
- *12790 Cernan
- *13606 Bean
- *22442 Blaha
- Chinese astronauts:
- *9512 Feijunlong
- *9517 Niehaisheng
- *21064 Yangliwei
- Other astronauts:
- *2552 Remek
- *9496 Ockels
- *14143 Hadfield
- *15006 Samcristoforetti
- *22901 Ivanbella
- *37627 Lucaparmitano
- *135268 Haigneré
- *374354 Pesquet
Other scientists, engineers and inventors
- 335 Roberta
- 742 Edisona
- 775 Lumière
- 777 Gutemberga
- 2177 Oliver
- 2243 Lönnrot
- 2784 Domeyko
- 2809 Vernadskij
- 3256 Daguerre
- 3313 Mendel
- 3701 Purkyně
- 4217 Engelhardt
- 4565 Grossman
- 5102 Benfranklin
- 5864 Montgolfier
- 5958 Barrande
- 6175 Cori
- 7552 Sephton
- 8373 Stephengould
- 9969 Braille
- 10093 Diesel.
- 13609 Lewicki, spacecraft systems engineer
- 14345 Gritsevich
- 15465 Buchroeder
- 16518 Akihikoito
- 20259 Alanhoffman
- 29227 Wegener
- 37683 Gustaveeiffel
- 44103 Aldana
- 52270 Noamchomsky
- 61404 Ocenásek
- 73079 Davidbaltimore
- 172850 Coppens
Monarchs and royalty
- 12 Victoria
- 45 Eugenia, with its moon Petit-Prince in part for her son Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial
- 115 Thyra
- 216 Kleopatra
- 220 Stephania
- 295 Theresia
- 326 Tamara
- 344 Desiderata
- 359 Georgia
- 392 Wilhelmina
- 525 Adelaide
- 545 Messalina
- 546 Herodias
- 562 Salome
- 598 Octavia
- 650 Amalasuntha
- 653 Berenike
- 689 Zita
- 816 Juliana
- 823 Sisigambis
- 831 Stateira
- 832 Karin
- 888 Parysatis
- 911 Agamemnon
- 1068 Nofretete
- 1128 Astrid
- 2436 Hatshepsut
- 3362 Khufu
- 4414 Sesostris
- 4415 Echnaton
- 4416 Ramses
- 4568 Menkaure
- 4721 Atahualpa
- 4846 Tuthmosis
- 4847 Amenhotep
- 4848 Tutenchamun
- 4906 Seneferu
- 5009 Sethos
- 5010 Amenemhet
- 5242 Kenreimonin
- 7117 Claudius
- 7207 Hammurabi
- 7208 Ashurbanipal
- 7209 Cyrus
- 7210 Darius
- 7211 Xerxes
- 7212 Artaxerxes
- 8740 Václav
- 10293 Pribina
- 11014 Svätopluk
- 16951 Carolus Quartus
- 18349 Dafydd
- 20969 Samo
- 25340 Segoves
- 44613 Rudolf
- 48844 Belloves
- 53285 Mojmír
- 151834 Mongkut
- 326290 Akhenaten
Nobility
- 17702 Kryštofharant
Politicians and statespeople
- 712 Boliviana
- 852 Wladilena
- 886 Washingtonia
- 932 Hooveria and 1363 Herberta
- 944 Hidalgo
- 1569 Evita
- 1841 Masaryk
- 2351 O'Higgins
- 3571 Milanštefánik
- 4317 Garibaldi
- 4927 O'Connell
- 5102 Benfranklin
- 7586 Bismarck
- 9275 Persson
- 11830 Jessenius
- 23238 Ocasio-Cortez * Note: earned prior to election to U.S. House of Representatives
- 188693 Roosevelt
Teachers
High school/technical school teachers
- 3352 McAuliffe
- 12787 Abetadashi
- 13241 Biyo
- 13928 Aaronrogers
- 14158 Alananderson
- 14684 Reyes
- 16265 Lemay
- 17225 Alanschorn
- 20341 Alanstack
- 20342 Trinh
- 20574 Ochinero
- 21395 Albertofilho
- 21435 Aharon
- 22619 Ajscheetz
- 22993 Aferrari
- 23017 Advincula
- 23975 Akran
- 24032 Aimeemcarthy
- 24052 Nguyen
- 24238 Adkerson
- 27286 Adedmondson
- 27740 Obatomoyuki
- 27748 Lee
College/University professors
- 6669 Obi
- 10051 Albee
- 15870 Oburka
- 153298 Paulmyers
War heroes and veterans
World War II heroes and veterans
- 1793 Zoya
- 1907 Rudneva
- 2009 Voloshina
- 2132 Zhukov
- 3348 Pokryshkin
- 11572 Schindler
- 19384 Winton
- 99949 Miepgies (Miep Gies, hid Anne Frank during World War II and discovered and preserved Anne's diary after her arrest and deportation.
Other war heroes
- 1834 Palach
- 20164 Janzajíc
Children died in war
- 2127 Tanya
- 5535 Annefrank
- 50413 Petrginz
Religion
- 89 Julia
- 127 Johanna
- 898 Hildegard
- 1840 Hus
- 5275 Zdislava
- 7100 Martin Luther
- 7256 Bonhoeffer
- 8661 Ratzinger
- 20006 Albertus Magnus
Explorers
- 54 Alexandra
- 327 Columbia
- 853 Nansenia
- 876 Scott
- 1065 Amundsenia
- 2473 Heyerdahl
- 2785 Sedov
- 3130 Hillary
- 3357 Tolstikov
- 4055 Magellan
- 6481 Tenzing
- 6542 Jacquescousteau
- 6942 Jordan
- 8291 Bingham
- 15425 Welzl
- 43806 Augustepiccard
Historians
- 879 Ricarda
- 3092 Herodotus
- 3097 Tacitus
- 5946 Hrozný
- 6174 Polybius
- 6304 Josephus Flavius
- 16413 Abulghazi
- 40444 Palacký
Other social scientists
- 1861 Komenský
- 12838 Adamsmith
- 13916 Bernolák
- 40440 Dobrovský
Philosophers
- 238 Hypatia
- 423 Diotima
- 2431 Skovoroda
- 2755 Avicenna
- 2807 Karl Marx
- 2940 Bacon
- 2950 Rousseau
- 5102 Benfranklin
- 5148 Giordano
- 5329 Decaro
- 5450 Sokrates
- 5451 Plato
- 6001 Thales
- 6123 Aristoteles
- 6629 Kurtz
- 7009 Hume
- 7010 Locke
- 7012 Hobbes
- 7014 Nietzsche
- 7015 Schopenhauer
- 7056 Kierkegaard
- 7083 Kant
- 7142 Spinoza
- 8318 Averroes
- 14845 Hegel
- 15911 Davidgauthier
- 19730 Machiavelli
- 21665 Frege
- 48435 Jaspers
- 73687 Thomas Aquinas
- 90481 Wollstonecraft
- 100027 Hannaharendt
The arts
Literature
General authors
- 254 Augusta
- 1931 Čapek
- 2428 Kamenyar
- 2616 Lesya
- 2681 Ostrovskij
- 3047 Goethe
- 3412 Kafka
- 4112 Hrabal
- 5418 Joyce
- 5535 Annefrank
- 5666 Rabelais
- 5676 Voltaire
- 6984 Lewiscarroll
- 7328 Casanova
- 8315 Bajin
- 8379 Straczynski
- 8382 Mann
- 13406 Sekora
- 26314 Škvorecký
- 40106 Erben
- 44597 Thoreau
- 79144 Cervantes
- 91007 Ianfleming
- 308306 Dainere
Novelists
- 348 May
- 2362 Mark Twain
- 2448 Sholokhov
- 2578 Saint-Exupéry
- 2625 Jack London
- 2675 Tolkien
- 2817 Perec
- 3204 Lindgren
- 3453 Dostoevsky
- 3479 Malaparte
- 3628 Božněmcová
- 3836 Lem
- 4124 Herriot
- 4266 Waltari
- 4370 Dickens
- 4474 Proust
- 4923 Clarke
- 5020 Asimov
- 5099 Iainbanks
- 6223 Dahl
- 6440 Ransome
- 7016 Conandoyle
- 7232 Nabokov
- 7390 Kundera
- 7644 Cslewis
- 7758 Poulanderson
- 9766 Bradbury
- 10177 Ellison
- 10251 Mulisch
- 10733 Georgesand
- 10930 Jinyong
- 11020 Orwell
- 11379 Flaubert
- 12284 Pohl
- 17776 Troska
- 25399 Vonnegut
- 25924 Douglasadams
- 39415 Janeausten
- 39427 Charlottebrontë
- 39428 Emilybrontë
- 39429 Annebrontë
- 77185 Cherryh
- 127005 Pratchett
- 227641 Nothomb
Poets
- 1875 Neruda
- 2106 Hugo
- 2208 Pushkin
- 2222 Lermontov
- 2427 Kobzar
- 2604 Marshak
- 3067 Akhmatova
- 3112 Velimir
- 4110 Keats
- 4369 Seifert
- 4635 Rimbaud
- 7855 Tagore
- 9495 Eminescu
- 11306 Åkesson
- 12163 Manilius
- 18624 Prévert
- 59830 Reynek
- 110288 Libai
- 110289 Dufu
Playwrights
- 496 Gryphia
- 615 Roswitha
- 2930 Euripides
- 2985 Shakespeare
- 2921 Sophocles
- 2934 Aristophanes
- 3046 Molière
- 3079 Schiller
- 5696 Ibsen
Satirists
- 2734 Hašek
- 3244 Petronius
- 15017 Cuppy
- 15946 Satinský
Other
- 4049 Noragal'
- 12608 Aesop
Visual arts
- 2730 Barks
- 3001 Michelangelo
- 3246 Bidstrup
- 3566 Levitan
- 4511 Rembrandt
- 4457 van Gogh
- 4671 Drtikol
- 4691 Toyen,
- 4942 Munroe
- 5055 Opekushin
- 5122 Mucha
- 5363 Kupka
- 5800 Pollock
- 6056 Donatello
- 6584 Ludekpesek
- 6592 Goya
- 6674 Cézanne
- 6676 Monet
- 6677 Renoir
- 6701 Warhol
- 6768 Mathiasbraun
- 6769 Brokoff
- 7701 Zrzavý
- 7867 Burian
- 8236 Gainsborough
- 8237 Constable
- 8240 Matisse
- 10189 Normanrockwell
- 10218 Bierstadt
- 10343 Church
- 10372 Moran
- 10404 McCall
- 13227 Poor
- 13329 Davidhardy
- 13330 Dondavis
- 13543 Butler
- 13562 Bobeggleton
- 14976 Josefčapek
- 17625 Joseflada
- 17806 Adolfborn
- 20364 Zdeněkmiler
- 21501 Acevedo
- 29490 Myslbek
- 43724 Pechstein
- 43775 Tiepolo
- 46280 Hollar
- 48434 Maxbeckmann
- 98127 Vilgusová
- 184878 Gotlib
Architects
- 3062 Wren
- 5318 Dientzenhofer
- 6055 Brunelleschi
- 6266 Letzel
- 6550 Parléř
- 19129 Loos
- 35233 Krčín
Classical music
Composers
- 734 Benda
- 1034 Mozartia
- 1059 Mussorgskia
- 1405 Sibelius
- 1814 Bach
- 1815 Beethoven
- 1818 Brahms
- 2047 Smetana
- 2055 Dvořák
- 2073 Janáček
- 2205 Glinka
- 2266 Tchaikovsky
- 2420 Čiurlionis
- 2523 Ryba
- 2669 Shostakovich
- 3081 Martinůboh
- 3159 Prokof'ev
- 3590 Holst
- 3592 Nedbal
- 3784 Chopin
- 3826 Handel
- 3917 Franz Schubert
- 3941 Haydn
- 3954 Mendelssohn
- 3955 Bruckner
- 3975 Verdi
- 3992 Wagner
- 4003 Schumann
- 4040 Purcell
- 4079 Britten
- 4132 Bartók
- 4134 Schütz
- 4330 Vivaldi
- 4345 Rachmaninoff
- 4382 Stravinsky
- 4406 Mahler
- 4492 Debussy
- 4515 Khrennikov
- 4527 Schoenberg
- 4528 Berg
- 4529 Webern
- 4532 Copland
- 4534 Rimskij-Korsakov
- 4546 Franck
- 4559 Strauss
- 4579 Puccini
- 4625 Shchedrin
- 4727 Ravel
- 4734 Rameau
- 4802 Khatchaturian
- 4818 Elgar
- 4850 Palestrina
- 4972 Pachelbel
- 5004 Bruch
- 5063 Monteverdi
- 5157 Hindemith
- 5177 Hugowolf
- 5210 Saint-Saëns
- 6354 Vangelis
- 6480 Scarlatti
- 6549 Skryabin
- 6777 Balakirev
- 6780 Borodin
- 6798 Couperin
- 7622 Pergolesi
- 7624 Gluck
- 7625 Louisspohr
- 7903 Albinoni
- 8181 Rossini
- 8249 Gershwin
- 8877 Rentaro
- 9438 Satie
- 9493 Enescu
- 9912 Donizetti
- 9913 Humperdinck
- 10055 Silcher
- 10116 Robertfranz
- 10186 Albéniz
- 10820 Offenbach
- 10875 Veracini
- 11050 Messiaen
- 11289 Frescobaldi
- 11530 d'Indy
- 11899 Weill
- 12782 Mauersberger
- :it:14403 de Machault
- 15808 Zelter
- 16590 Brunowalter
- 17509 Ikumadan
- 53159 Mysliveček
- 69288 Berlioz
- 300128 Panditjasraj
Conductors
- 5230 Asahina
- 6432 Temirkanov
- 11201 Talich
- 21801 Ančerl
- 21804 Václavneumann
- 36226 Mackerras
Opera Singers
- 218 Bianca
- 5203 Pavarotti
- 6583 Destinn
- 18460 Pecková
- 37573 Enricocaruso
- 260508 Alagna
Others
- 644 Cosima
- 677 Aaltje
- 5184 Cavaillé-Coll
- 8471 Obrant
- 9914 Obukhova
- 11305 Ahlqvist
- 33434 Scottmanley
- 58373 Albertoalonso
Entertainment
Popular music
- 1889 Pakhmutova
- 2620 Santana
- 2644 Victor Jara
- 3738 Ots
- 3834 Zappafrank
- 8749 Beatles. In addition, there are four consecutively numbered minor planets named after the individual members of The Beatles:
- *4147 Lennon
- *4148 McCartney
- *4149 Harrison
- *4150 Starr
- 4305 Clapton
- 4422 Jarre
- 4442 Garcia
- 4738 Jimihendrix
- 4749 Ledzeppelin
- 5656 Oldfield
- 5892 Milesdavis
- 5945 Roachapproach
- 6354 Vangelis
- 6433 Enya
- 7226 Kryl
- 7707 Yes
- 7934 Sinatra
- 8249 Gershwin
- 9179 Satchmo
- 10313 Vanessa-Mae
- 13644 Lynnanderson
- 14024 Procol Harum
- 15092 Beegees
- 16155 Buddy
- 17059 Elvis
- 17473 Freddiemercury
- 18132 Spector
- 18125 Brianwilson
- 19367 Pink Floyd
- 19383 Rolling Stones
- 19398 Creedence
- 21891 Andreabocelli
- 22521 ZZ Top
- 23990 Springsteen
- 24997 Petergabriel
- 28151 Markknopfler
- 40248 Yukikajiura
- 40775 Kalafina. In addition, there are four minor planets named after the individual members and former member of Kalafina:
- *41199 Wakanaootaki
- *42271 Keikokubota
- *44475 Hikarumasai
- *47466 Mayatoyoshima
- 41981 Yaobeina
- 42522 Chuckberry
- 44016 Jimmypage
- 52344 Yehudimenuhin
- 65769 Mahalia,
- 72801 Manzanera,
- 72802 Wetton,
- 79896 Billhaley
- 81947 Fripp
- 81948 Eno
- 90125 Chrissquire
- 91287 Simon-Garfunkel
- 94291 Django
- 110393 Rammstein
- 144296 Steviewonder
- 242516 Lindseystirling
- 243002 Lemmy
- 249516 Aretha
- 250840 Motörhead
- 274213 Satriani
- 292872 Anoushankar
- 327695 Yokoono
- 337044 Bobdylan
- 342843 Davidbowie
- 365443 Holiday
- 495181 Rogerwaters
- 495253 Hanszimmer
Film, TV and Theatre
- 2374 Vladvysotskij,
- 2816 Pien,
- 3252 Johnny
- 3768 Monroe
- 3998 Tezuka
- 4238 Audrey
- 4495 Dassanowsky
- 4535 Adamcarolla
- 4536 Drewpinsky
- 4659 Roddenberry
- 4864 Nimoy
- 4901 Ó Briain
- 5608 Olmos
- 6318 Cronkite
- 6377 Cagney
- 6546 Kaye
- 7032 Hitchcock
- 7037 Davidlean
- 7307 Takei
- 8299 Téaleoni
- 8347 Lallaward
- 8353 Megryan
- 8664 Grigorijrichters
- 8883 Miyazakihayao
- 9081 Hideakianno
- 9341 Gracekelly
- 9342 Carygrant
- Monty Python members:
- *9617 Grahamchapman
- *9618 Johncleese
- *9619 Terrygilliam
- *9620 Ericidle
- *9621 Michaelpalin
- *9622 Terryjones
- 9974 Brody
- 10221 Kubrick
- 10378 Ingmarbergman
- 11333 Forman
- 11548 Jerrylewis
- 12561 Howard
- 12562 Briangrazer
- 12818 Tomhanks
- 12820 Robinwilliams
- 13070 Seanconnery
- 132904 Notkin
- 13441 Janmerlin
- 15131 Alanalda
- 17023 Abbott
- 17062 Bardot
- 17744 Jodiefoster
- 19291 Karelzeman
- 19578 Kirkdouglas
- 19695 Billnye
- 22903 Georgeclooney
- 25930 Spielberg
- 26733 Nanavisitor
- 26734 Terryfarrell
- 26858 Misterrogers
- 27899 Letterman
- 29132 Bradpitt
- 28600 Georgelucas
- 28980 Chowyunfat
- 31556 Shatner
- 38461 Jiřítrnka
- 39557 Gielgud
- 64291 Anglee
- 68410 Nichols
- 71000 Hughdowns
- 78453 Bullock
- 110026 Hamill
- 116939 Jonstewart
- 132874 Latinovits
- 133161 Ruttkai
- 166614 Zsazsa
- 224693 Morganfreeman
- 231307 Peterfalk
- 261690 Jodorowsky
- 262876 Davidlynch
Sports
Olympic medalists
- 1740 Nurmi
- 5910 Zátopek
- 8217 Dominikhašek
- 9224 Železný
- 26986 Čáslavská
- 128036 Rafaelnadal
- 151659 Egerszegi
- 175281 Kolonics
- 230975 Rogerfederer
Other sports
- 1909 Alekhin
- 4538 Vishyanand
- 2472 Bradman
- 3027 Shavarsh
- 5891 Gehrig
- 6758 Jesseowens
- 7835 Myroncope
- 10634 Pepibican
- 10675 Kharlamov
- 12373 Lancearmstrong
- 12413 Johnnyweir
- 12414 Bure
- 14282 Cruijff
- 33179 Arsènewenger
- 78071 Vicent
- 79647 Ballack
- 82656 Puskás
- 85386 Payton
- 90414 Karpov
- 316020 Linshuhow
Other entertainers
- 3163 Randi
Contest winners
[Broadcom MASTERS]
- 2015 winner
- *31641 Cevasco
[Discovery Channel [Young Scientist Challenge]]
- 2001 winners
- *15155 Ahn
- *15559 Abigailhines
- 2002 winners
- *13434 Adamquade
- 2003 winners
- *19564 Ajburnetti
- 2004 winners
- *20503 Adamtazi
- 2005 winners
- *21850 Abshir
- *21933 Aaronrozon
- 2006 winners
- *22638 Abdulla
- *22656 Aaronburrows
- *22786 Willipete
- 2007 winners
- *23768 Abu-Rmaileh
- *23924 Premt
[Intel International [Science and Engineering Fair]]
- 2002 winners
- *10237 Adzic
- *11685 Adamcurry
- *11697 Estrella
- *12088 Macalintal
- *12522 Rara
- *12553 Aaronritter
- *13241 Biyo
- 2003 winners
- *16999 Ajstewart
- *17984 Ahantonioli
- *18084 Adamwohl
- *18142 Adamsidman
- *18796 Acosta
- *19444 Addicott
- *19488 Abramcoley
- *21395 Albertofilho
- 2004 winners
- *20779 Xiajunchao
- *20780 Chanyikhei
- *20813 Aakashshah
- 2005 winners
- *21483 Abdulrasool
- *21712 Obaid
- *21758 Adrianveres
- 2006 winners
- *21400 Ahdout
- *21623 Albertshieh
- *21725 Zhongyuechen
- 2007 winners
- *23113 Aaronhakim
- *23238 Ocasio-Cortez
- *23306 Adamfields
- 2008 winners
- *24520 Abramson
- *24346 Lehienphan
- 2009 winners
- *25638 Ahissar
- *25642 Adiseshan
- *25677 Aaronenten
- 2010 winners
- *26386 Adelinacozma
- *26447 Akrishnan
- *26462 Albertcui
- *26544 Ajjarapu
- *26557 Aakritijain
- *26737 Adambradley
- *26740 Camacho
- *28400 Morgansinko
- 2011 winners
- *28167 Andrewkim
- *28439 Miguelreyes
- *28442 Nicholashuey
- *28443 Crisara
- *28444 Alexrabii
- *28446 Davlantes
- *28447 Arjunmathur
- *28449 Ericlau
- *28450 Saravolz
- *28451 Tylerhoward
- *28452 Natkondamuri
- *28453 Alexcecil
- *
- 2014 winners
- *Justin Lafazan,
- *31460 Jongsowfei,
[Intel Science Talent Search]
- 2002 Winners
- *16113 Ahmed
- *16215 Venkatraman
- *16214 Venkatachalam
- *16238 Chappe
- 2003 Winners
- *15421 Adammalin
- 2005 Winners
- *21411 Abifraeman
- *21413 Albertsao
- 2006 Winners
- *22551 Adamsolomon
- 2008 Winners
- *24121 Achandran
- 2009 Winners
- *25410 Abejar
- *25422 Abigreene
- 2010 Winners
- *25966 Akhilmathew
- *25979 Alansage
- *27239 O'Dorney
- 2011 Winners
- *27072 Aggarwal
- *27257 Tang-Quan
- 2012 Winners
- *26200 Van Doren
Editors and publishers
- 305 Gordonia
- 6282 Edwelda
- Editors of the Japanese monthly astronomical magazine Gekkan Tenmon Guide:
- *9067 Katsuno
- *11928 Akimotohiro
Discoverers' relatives
- 2839 Annette
- 3044 Saltykov
- 10588 Adamcrandall
- 12848 Agostino
- 13691 Akie
- 19524 Acaciacoleman
- 60001 Adélka
Others
- 83 Beatrix
- 156 Xanthippe
- 323 Brucia
- 609 Fulvia
- 719 Albert
- 904 Rockefellia
- 1038 Tuckia
- 1462 Zamenhof
- 3018 Godiva
- 3147 Samantha
- 4318 Baťa
- 4487 Pocahontas
- 4987 Flamsteed
- 6235 Burney
- 7166 Kennedy
- 19718 Albertjarvis
- 69275 Wiesenthal
- 80652 Albertoangela
- 241528 Tubman
- 249521 Truth
- 316201 Malala
Fictional characters
Characters in classic fiction
- 92 Undina
- 211 Isolda
- 264 Libussa
- 588 Achilles
- 617 Patroclus
- 624 Hektor
- 911 Agamemnon
- 1143 Odysseus
- 1172 Äneas
- 1966 Tristan
- 2041 Lancelot
- 2054 Gawain
- 2082 Galahad
- 2095 Parsifal
- 2483 Guinevere
- 2597 Arthur
- 2598 Merlin
- 3102 Krok
- 3180 Morgan
- 3552 Don Quixote
- 5797 Bivoj
- 7695 Přemysl
- 9551 Kazi
- 9713 Oceax
- 10764 Rübezahl
- 12927 Pinocchio by the Italian writer Carlo Collodi.
- 15374 Teta
- 24601 Valjean
- 38086 Beowulf
Characters in modern fiction
- 1683 Castafiore
- 2309 Mr. Spock
- 2521 Heidi
- 2991 Bilbo
- 4512 Sinuhe
- Characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle:
- *5048 Moriarty
- *5049 Sherlock
- *5050 Doctorwatson
- Characters created by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland:
- *6042 Cheshirecat
- *6735 Madhatter
- *6736 Marchare
- Fabulous beasts described or mentioned by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky:
- *7470 Jabberwock
- 7796 Járacimrman
- 7896 Švejk
- 9007 James Bond
- 10160 Totoro
- 12410 Donald Duck
- 12796 Kamenrider
- 18610 Arthurdent
- 18996 Torasan
- 20496 Jeník
- 20497 Mařenka
- Comic strip characters by Goscinny and Uderzo:
- *29401 Asterix
- *29402 Obelix
- 29471 Spejbl
- 29472 Hurvínek
- 33377 Večerníček
- 46737 Anpanman
- 58345 Moomintroll
- 98494 Marsupilami
- 99942 Apophis
- Petit-Prince, moon of 45 Eugenia