List of minor planets named after people
This is a list of minor planets named after people, both real and fictional.
Scientists
Astronomers
Amateur
- 340 Eduarda
- 792 Metcalfia
- 828 Lindemannia
- 1906 Naef
- 1955 McMath
- 2602 Moore
- 3184 Raab
- 3696 Herald
- 4143 Huziak
- 6822 Horálek
- 9121 Stefanovalentini
- 12787 Abetadashi
- 13624 Abeosamu
- 16217 Peterbroughton
- 23771 Emaitchar
- 22406 Garyboyle
- 24898 Alanholmes
- 29483 Boeker
- 32622 Yuewaichun
- 33748 Davegault
- 35461 Mazzucato
- 37729 Akiratakao
- 49109 Agnesraab
- 60406 Albertosuci
- 103422 Laurisirén
- 117032 Davidlane
- 144907 Whitehorne
- 161693 Attilladanko
- 171153 Allanrahill
- 260235 Attwood
- 263906 Yuanfengfang
- 714378 Char
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 Solà
- 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
- 1851 Lacroute
- 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
- 4064 Marjorie
- 4151 Alanhale
- 4169 Celsius
- 4279 De Gasparis
- 4298 Jorgenúnez
- 4364 Shkodrov
- 4549 Burkhardt
- 4567 Bečvář
- 4587 Rees
- 4593 Reipurth
- 4602 Heudier
- 4713 Steel
- 4790 Petrpravec
- 4859 Fraknoi
- 4866 Badillo
- 5080 Oja
- 5100 Pasachoff
- 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
- 163640 Newberg
- 18150 Lopez-Moreno
- 18243 Gunn
- 19139 Apian
- 19875 Guedes
- 24988 Alainmilsztajn
- 28751 Eggl
- 30785 Greeley
- 36445 Smalley
- 68730 Straizys
- 72021 Yisunji
- 92893 Michaelperson
- 95593 Azusienis
- 99503 Leewonchul
- 106817 Yubangtaek
- 133008 Snedden
- 135979 Allam
- 165347 Philplait
- 170010 Szalay
- 170022 Douglastucker
- 234750 Amymainzer
- 260906 Robichon
- 265380 Terzan
- 347940 Jorgezuluaga
- 738926 Nitschelm
Planetarium directors
Relatives of astronomers
Biologists
- 1991 Darwin
- 2496 Fernandus
- 2766 Leeuwenhoek
- 4804 Pasteur
- 7412 Linnaeus
- 8357 O'Connor
- 9364 Clusius
- 15565 Benjaminsteele
Cartographers
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
- 314159 Mattparker
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
- 6384 Kervin
- 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 Acworthorr
- 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
- 163244 Matthewhill
- 176867 Brianlee
- 177770 Saulanwu
- 202930 Ivezić
Physiologists
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
- * 27347 Dworkin
- Planetary scientists
- * 2710 Veverka
- * 4815 Anders
- * 7231 Porco
- * 8356 Wadhwa
- * 13358 Revelle
- * 21774 O'Brien
- * 45690 Janiradebaugh
- * 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
- 4082 Swann
- 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
- 61404 Očenášek
- 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
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: named 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
War heroes and veterans
World War II heroes and veterans
- 1793 Zoya
- 1907 Rudneva
- 2009 Voloshina
- 2132 Zhukov
- 3348 Pokryshkin
- 11572 Schindler
- 17038 Wake
- 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
Children who died in war
Religious figures
- 89 Julia
- 127 Johanna
- 330 Adalberta
- 898 Hildegard
- 1840 Hus
- 5275 Zdislava
- 7100 Martin Luther
- 7256 Bonhoeffer
- 8661 Ratzinger
- 20006 Albertus Magnus
- 326290 Akhenaten
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
- 8291 Bingham
- 15425 Welzl
- 43806 Augustepiccard
Social scientists
Historians
- 879 Ricarda
- 3092 Herodotus
- 3097 Tacitus
- 5946 Hrozný
- 6174 Polybius
- 6304 Josephus Flavius
- 16413 Abulghazi
- 40444 Palacký
Linguists
Other
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
- 7853 Confucius
- 7854 Laotse
- 8318 Averroes
- 14845 Hegel
- 16561 Rawls
- 15911 Davidgauthier
- 19730 Machiavelli
- 21665 Frege
- 22356 Feyerabend
- 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
Other
Visual arts
- 2730 Barks
- 3001 Michelangelo
- 3246 Bidstrup
- 3566 Levitan
- 4426 Roerich
- 4457 van Gogh
- 4511 Rembrandt
- 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
- 85411 Paulflora
- 98127 Vilgusová
- 184878 Gotlib
Architects
- 3062 Wren
- 5318 Dientzenhofer
- 6055 Brunelleschi
- 6266 Letzel
- 6550 Parléř
- 19129 Loos
- 24666 Miesvanrohe
- 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
- 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
Opera Singers
Other
- 644 Cosima
- 677 Aaltje
- 5184 Cavaillé-Coll
- 8471 Obrant
- 9914 Obukhova
- 11305 Ahlqvist
- 58373 Albertoalonso
Entertainment
Popular music
- 1889 Pakhmutova
- 2620 Santana
- 2644 Víctor 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
- 10026 Sophiexeon
- 10313 Vanessa-Mae
- 10731 Dollyparton
- 12272 Geddylee
- 13644 Lynnanderson
- 14024 Procol Harum
- 15092 Beegees
- 16155 Buddy
- 17059 Elvis
- 17473 Freddiemercury
- 18132 Spector
- 18125 Brianwilson
- 19155 Lifeson
- 19367 Pink Floyd
- 19383 Rolling Stones
- 19398 Creedence
- 21891 Andreabocelli
- 22521 ZZ Top
- 23469 Neilpeart
- 23990 Springsteen
- 24997 Petergabriel
- 28151 Markknopfler
- 34760 Ciccone
- 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
- 52665 Brianmay
- 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
- 257248 Chouchiehlun
- 274213 Satriani
- 292872 Anoushankar
- 327695 Yokoono
- 337044 Bobdylan
- 342843 Davidbowie
- 365443 Holiday
- 495181 Rogerwaters
- 495253 Hanszimmer
- 601916 Sting, an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, who also co-founded the rock band "The Police".
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
- 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
- 132904 Notkin
- 133161 Ruttkai
- 166614 Zsazsa
- 224693 Morganfreeman
- 231307 Peterfalk
- 261690 Jodorowsky
- 262876 Davidlynch
- 332324 Bobmcdonald
- 343662 Robmorgan
- 550525 Sigourneyweaver
- 560354 Chrisnolan
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
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
- * 28511 Marggraff
- * 28538 Ruisong
- 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
Philanthropists
Others
- 83 Beatrix
- 156 Xanthippe
- 609 Fulvia
- 3018 Godiva
- 3147 Samantha
- 4318 Baťa
- 4487 Pocahontas
- 4987 Flamsteed
- 6235 Burney
- 7166 Kennedy
- 10003 Caryhuang
- 17702 Kryštofharant
- 19718 Albertjarvis
- 69275 Wiesenthal
- 80652 Albertoangela
- 241528 Tubman
- 249521 Truth
- 316201 Malala
Fictional characters
Characters in classic fiction
- 92 Undina
- 171 Ophelia
- 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
- 12448 Mr. Tompkins
- 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
- 697402 Ao
- Petit-Prince, moon of 45 Eugenia