List of minor planets named after people

This is a list of minor planets named after people, both real and fictional.

Amateur

 * 340 Eduarda (Heinrich Eduard von Lade, German)
 * 792 Metcalfia (Joel Hastings Metcalf, American)
 * 828 Lindemannia (Adolph Friedrich Lindemann, German-British)
 * 1906 Naef (Robert Adolf Naef, Swiss)
 * 1955 McMath (Robert Raynolds McMath, American)
 * 2602 Moore (Sir Patrick Moore)
 * 3184 Raab (Herbert Raab, Austrian)
 * 4143 Huziak (Richard Huziak, Canadian)
 * 6822 Horálek (Petr Horálek, Czech)
 * 9121 Stefanovalentini (Stefano Valentini, Italian)
 * 12787 Abetadashi (Tadashi Abe, Japanese)
 * 13624 Abeosamu (Osamu Abe, Japanese)
 * 16217 Peterbroughton (Peter Broughton, Canadian)
 * 23771 Emaitchar (Martin H. Robinson, British)
 * 22406 Garyboyle (Gary Boyle, Canadian)
 * 24898 Alanholmes (Alan W. Holmes, American)
 * 29483 Boeker (Karolin Kleemann-Boeker and Andreas Boeker, German)
 * 32622 Yuewaichun (Wai Chun Yue, Hongkonger)
 * 35461 Mazzucato (Michele T. Mazzucato, Italian)
 * 37729 Akiratakao (Akira Takao, Japanese)
 * 49109 Agnesraab (Agnes Raab, Austrian)
 * 60406 Albertosuci (Alberto Suci, Italian)
 * 103422 Laurisirén (Lauri Sirén, Finnish)
 * 117032 Davidlane (Dave Lane, Canadian)
 * 144907 Whitehorne (Mary Lou Whitehorne, Canadian)
 * 161693 Attilladanko (Attilla Danko, Canadian)
 * 171153 Allanrahill (Allan Rahill, Canadian)
 * 260235 Attwood (Randy Attwood, Canadian)
 * 263906 Yuanfengfang (Fengfang Yuan, Chinese)

Professional

 * 107 Camilla (Camille Flammarion; also Camilla, mythological Volscian queen)
 * 162 Laurentia (Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent)
 * 238 Hypatia (Hypatia)
 * 281 Lucretia (Caroline Lucretia Herschel)
 * 339 Dorothea (Dorothea Klumpke)
 * 349 Dembowska (Ercole Dembowski)
 * 366 Vincentina (Vincenzo Cerulli)
 * 511 Davida (David Peck Todd)
 * 676 Melitta (Philibert Jacques Melotte)
 * 729 Watsonia (James Craig Watson)
 * 761 Brendelia (Martin Brendel)
 * 767 Bondia (William Cranch Bond and George Phillips Bond)
 * 768 Struveana (Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve and Karl Hermann Struve)
 * 784 Pickeringia (Edward Charles Pickering and William Henry Pickering)
 * 786 Bredichina (Fyodor Aleksandrovich Bredikhin)
 * 806 Gyldenia (Hugo Gyldén)
 * 818 Kapteynia (Jacobus Kapteyn)
 * 819 Barnardiana (Edward Emerson Barnard)
 * 827 Wolfiana (Max Wolf)
 * 834 Burnhamia (Sherburne Wesley Burnham)
 * 854 Frostia (Edwin Brant Frost)
 * 855 Newcombia (Simon Newcomb)
 * 856 Backlunda (Oskar Backlund)
 * 857 Glasenappia (Sergey Glazenap)
 * 872 Holda (Edward S. Holden)
 * 892 Seeligeria (Hugo von Seeliger)
 * 914 Palisana (Johann Palisa)
 * 993 Moultona (Forest Ray Moulton)
 * 995 Sternberga (Pavel Shternberg)
 * 999 Zachia (Franz Xaver, Baron von Zach)
 * 1000 Piazzia (Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the asteroid 1 Ceres)
 * 1002 Olbersia (Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers)
 * 1004 Belopolskya (Aristarkh Belopolsky)
 * 1021 Flammario (Camille Flammarion)
 * 1024 Hale (George Ellery Hale)
 * 1040 Klumpkea (Dorothea Klumpke)
 * 1111 Reinmuthia (Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth)
 * 1120 Cannonia (Annie Jump Cannon)
 * 1123 Shapleya (Harlow Shapley)
 * 1129 Neujmina (Grigory Neujmin)
 * 1134 Kepler (Johannes Kepler)
 * 1186 Turnera (Herbert Hall Turner)
 * 1215 Boyer (Louis Boyer)
 * 1239 Queteleta (Adolphe Quetelet)
 * 1241 Dysona (Sir Frank Watson Dyson)
 * 1303 Luthera (Karl Theodor Robert Luther)
 * 1322 Coppernicus (Nicolaus Copernicus)
 * 1412 Lagrula (Joanny-Philippe Lagrula)
 * 1455 Mitchella (Maria Mitchell)
 * 1501 Baade (Walter Baade)
 * 1510 Charlois (Auguste Charlois)
 * 1529 Oterma (Liisi Oterma)
 * 1539 Borrelly (Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly)
 * 1551 Argelander (Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander)
 * 1573 Väisälä (Yrjö Väisälä)
 * 1578 Kirkwood (Daniel Kirkwood)
 * 1591 Baize (Paul Baize)
 * 1594 Danjon (André-Louis Danjon)
 * 1600 Vyssotsky (Emma T. R. Williams Vyssotsky)
 * 1601 Patry (André Patry)
 * 1614 Goldschmidt (Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt)
 * 1622 Chacornac (Jean Chacornac)
 * 1637 Swings (Pol Swings)
 * 1642 Hill (George William Hill)
 * 1655 Comas Solà (Josep Comas Solá)
 * 1686 De Sitter (Willem de Sitter)
 * 1677 Tycho Brahe (Tycho Brahe)
 * 1691 Oort (Jan Oort)
 * 1693 Hertzsprung (Ejnar Hertzsprung)
 * 1714 Sy (Frédéric Sy)
 * 1741 Giclas (Henry L. Giclas)
 * 1743 Schmidt (Bernhard Schmidt)
 * 1745 Ferguson (James Ferguson)
 * 1761 Edmondson (Frank K. Edmondson)
 * 1766 Slipher (V. M. Slipher and E. C. Slipher)
 * 1776 Kuiper (Gerard Kuiper)
 * 1778 Alfvén (Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén)
 * 1780 Kippes (Otto Kippes)
 * 1803 Zwicky (Fritz Zwicky)
 * 1830 Pogson (Norman Robert Pogson)
 * 1831 Nicholson (Seth Barnes Nicholson)
 * 1832 Mrkos (Antonín Mrkos)
 * 1846 Bengt (Bengt Strömgren)
 * 1850 Kohoutek (Luboš Kohoutek)
 * 1851 Lacroute (Pierre Lacroute French astronomer)
 * 1877 Marsden (Brian G. Marsden)
 * 1886 Lowell (Percival Lowell)
 * 1896 Beer (Wilhelm Beer)
 * 1913 Sekanina (Zdeněk Sekanina)
 * 1940 Whipple (Fred Lawrence Whipple)
 * 1965 van de Kamp (Peter van de Kamp)
 * 1983 Bok (Bart Bok)
 * 1995 Hajek (Tadeáš Hájek)
 * 1998 Titius (Johann Daniel Titius)
 * 1999 Hirayama (Kiyotsugu Hirayama)
 * 2000 Herschel (William Herschel)
 * 2003 Harding (Karl Ludwig Harding)
 * 2005 Hencke (Karl Ludwig Hencke)
 * 2012 Guo Shou-Jing (Guo Shoujing)
 * 2018 Schuster (Hans-Emil Schuster)
 * 2069 Hubble (Edwin Hubble)
 * 2074 Shoemaker (Eugene Shoemaker)
 * 2097 Galle (Johann Gottfried Galle)
 * 2099 Öpik (Ernst Julius Öpik)
 * 2126 Gerasimovich (Boris Gerasimovich)
 * 2136 Jugta (Jay U. Gunter)
 * 2165 Young (Charles Augustus Young)
 * 2198 Ceplecha (Zdeněk Ceplecha)
 * 2227 Otto Struve (Otto Struve)
 * 2234 Schmadel (Lutz Schmadel)
 * 2281 Biela (Wilhelm von Biela)
 * 2308 Schilt (Jan Schilt)
 * 2325 Chernykh (Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh and Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh)
 * 2383 Bradley (James Bradley)
 * 2439 Ulugbek (Ulugh Beg)
 * 2635 Huggins (William Huggins)
 * 2646 Abetti (Antonio Abetti and Giorgio Abetti)
 * 2650 Elinor (Elinor Gates, American astronomer)
 * 2688 Halley (Edmond Halley)
 * 2709 Sagan (Carl Sagan)
 * 2751 Campbell (William Wallace Campbell)
 * 2772 Dugan (Raymond Smith Dugan)
 * 2780 Monnig (Oscar Monnig)
 * 2801 Huygens (Christiaan Huygens)
 * 2813 Zappalà (Vincenzo Zappalà)
 * 2842 Unsöld (Albrecht Unsöld)
 * 2849 Shklovskij (Iosif Shklovsky)
 * 2874 Jim Young (James Whitney Young)
 * 2875 Lagerkvist (Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist)
 * 2897 Ole Römer (Ole Rømer)
 * 2900 Luboš Perek (Luboš Perek)
 * 2917 Sawyer Hogg (Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg)
 * 2996 Bowman (Fred N. Bowman)
 * 3070 Aitken (Robert Grant Aitken)
 * 3078 Horrocks (Jeremiah Horrocks)
 * 3095 Omarkhayyam (Omar Khayyám)
 * 3115 Baily (Francis Baily)
 * 3116 Goodricke (John Goodricke)
 * 3123 Dunham (David Waring Dunham)
 * 3169 Ostro (Steven J. Ostro)
 * 3174 Alcock (George Alcock)
 * 3216 Harrington (Robert Sutton Harrington)
 * 3236 Strand (Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand)
 * 3255 Tholen (David J Tholen)
 * 3267 Glo (Eleanor "Glo" Helin)
 * 3277 Aaronson (Marc Aaronson)
 * 3282 Spencer Jones (Harold Spencer Jones)
 * 3299 Hall (Asaph Hall)
 * 3337 Miloš (Miloš Tichý)
 * 3449 Abell (George O. Abell)
 * 3467 Bernheim (Robert Burnham Jr.)
 * 3487 Edgeworth (Kenneth Edgeworth)
 * 3506 French (Linda M. French)
 * 3507 Vilas (Faith Vilas)
 * 3545 Gaffey (Michael James Gaffey American Geologist)
 * 3549 Hapke (Bruce William Hapke)
 * 3594 Scotti (James V. Scotti)
 * 3673 Levy (David H. Levy)
 * 3722 Urata (Takeshi Urata)
 * 3808 Tempel (Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel)
 * 3847 Šindel (Jan Šindel)
 * 3866 Langley (Samuel Pierpont Langley)
 * 3936 Elst (Eric Walter Elst)
 * 3962 Valyaev (Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova)
 * 3999 Aristarchus (Aristarchus of Samos)
 * 4000 Hipparchus (Hipparchus)
 * 4001 Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy)
 * 4037 Ikeya (Kaoru Ikeya)
 * 4062 Schiaparelli (Giovanni Schiaparelli)
 * 4064 Marjorie (Marjorie Meinel)
 * 4151 Alanhale (Alan Hale)
 * 4169 Celsius (Anders Celsius)
 * 4279 De Gasparis (Annibale de Gasparis)
 * 4298 Jorgenúnez (Jorge Núnez, Spanish astronomer)
 * 4364 Shkodrov (Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov)
 * 4549 Burkhardt (Gernot Burkhardt)
 * 4567 Bečvář (Antonín Bečvář)
 * 4587 Rees (Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow)
 * 4593 Reipurth (Bo Reipurth, Danish astronomer)
 * 4602 Heudier (Jean-Louis Heudier, Français)
 * 4713 Steel (Duncan Steel)
 * 4790 Petrpravec (Petr Pravec)
 * 4859 Fraknoi (Andrew Fraknoi)
 * 4866 Badillo (Fr. Victor L. Badillo, Jesuit astronomer and former director of the Manila Observatory)
 * 5080 Oja (Tarmo Oja)
 * 5100 Pasachoff (Jay Pasachoff)
 * 5704 Schumacher (Heinrich Christian Schumacher)
 * 5035 Swift (Lewis Swift)
 * 5036 Tuttle (Horace Parnell Tuttle)
 * 5392 Parker (Donald C. Parker)
 * 5430 Luu (Jane Luu)
 * 5655 Barney (Ida Barney)
 * 5726 Rubin (Vera Rubin)
 * 5757 Tichá (Jana Tichá)
 * 5826 Bradstreet (David Bradstreet)
 * 5943 Lovi (George Lovi, astronomical columnist and planetarium educator)
 * 6006 Anaximandros (Anaximander)
 * 6075 Zajtsev (Alexander L. Zaitsev)
 * 6076 Plavec (Miroslav Plavec)
 * 6391 Africano (John L. Africano)
 * 6398 Timhunter (Tim Hunter)
 * 6696 Eubanks (Marshall Eubanks)
 * 6779 Perrine (Charles Dillon Perrine)
 * 7086 Bopp (Thomas Bopp)
 * 7291 Hyakutake (Yuji Hyakutake)
 * 7359 Messier (Charles Messier)
 * 7948 Whitaker (Ewen A. Whitaker)
 * 8068 Vishnureddy (Vishnu Reddy Indian Astronomer)
 * 8140 Hardersen (Paul Hardersen, American Astronomer/Planetary Scientist)
 * 8216 Melosh (H. Jay Melosh)
 * 8391 Kring (David A. Kring)
 * 8408 Strom (Robert G. Strom)
 * 8558 Hack (Margherita Hack)
 * 8690 Swindle (Timothy D. Swindle)
 * 8785 Boltwood (Paul Boltwood)
 * 9122 Hunten (Donald M. Hunten)
 * 9133 d'Arrest (Heinrich Louis d'Arrest)
 * 9134 Encke (Johann Franz Encke)
 * 9207 Petersmith (Peter H. Smith)
 * 9494 Donici (Nicolae Donici, Romanian astronomer)
 * 9531 Jean-Luc (Jean-Luc Margot)
 * 10633 Akimasa (Akimasa Nakamura, Japanese astronomer)
 * 10689 Pinillaalonso (Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, Spaniard astronomer/Planetary Scientist)
 * 10950 Albertjansen (Albert Jansen, German astronomer)
 * 10969 Perryman (Michael Perryman, British astronomer)
 * 11156 Al-Khwarismi (Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Persian astronomer)
 * 11577 Einasto (Jaan Einasto)
 * 11695 Mattei (Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer)
 * 11755 Paczynski (Bohdan Paczyński, Polish astronomer)
 * 11762 Vogel (Hermann Carl Vogel)
 * 12621 Alsufi (Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi / Azophi, Persian astronomer)
 * 12742 Delisle (Joseph-Nicolas Delisle)
 * 14124 Kamil (Kamil Hornoch)
 * 14120 Espenak (Fred Espenak)
 * 14322 Shakura (Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura)
 * 14335 Alexosipov and 152217 Akosipov (Alexandr Kuzmich Osipov, Russian-Ukrainian astronomer)
 * 14825 Fieber-Beyer (Sherry Fieber-Beyer, American Astronomer/Planetary Scientist)
 * 15395 Rükl (Antonín Rükl)
 * 15420 Aedouglass (Andrew Ellicott Douglass, American astronomer)
 * 15467 Aflorsch (Alphonse Florsch, French astronomer)
 * 15955 Johannesgmunden (John of Gmunden)
 * 15963 Koeberl (Christian Koeberl)
 * 16682 Donati (Giovanni Battista Donati)
 * 163640 Newberg (Heidi Jo Newberg, American astronomer)
 * 18150 Lopez-Moreno (José J. Lopez-Moreno, Spanish astronomer)
 * 18243 Gunn (James Edward Gunn, American astronomer)
 * 19139 Apian (Peter Apian)
 * 19875 Guedes (Leandro Guedes, Brazilian Astronomer)
 * 24988 Alainmilsztajn (Alain Milsztajn, French astronomer)
 * 28751 Eggl (Siegfried Eggl, Austrian/American astronomer and aerospace engineer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
 * 30785 Greeley (Ronald Greeley, American Planetary Geologist, Regents' Professor, Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona
 * 32200 Seiicyoshida (Seiichi Yoshida, Japanese astronomer)
 * 36445 Smalley (Kyle E. Smalley)
 * 68730 Straizys (Vytautas Straižys, Lithuanian astronomer, the founder of Vilnius photometric system)
 * 72021 Yisunji (Yi, Sunji, Korean astronomer in the 15th century)
 * 92893 Michaelperson (Michael Person, American astronomer)
 * 95593 Azusienis (Algimantas Ažusienis, Lithuanian astronomer)
 * 99503 Leewonchul (Lee, Wonchul, Korean astronomer)
 * 106817 Yubangtaek (Yu, Bangtaek, Korean astronomer in the 13th century)
 * 133008 Snedden (Stephanie Snedden, American astronomer)
 * 135979 Allam (Sahar Allam, Egyptian astronomer)
 * 165347 Philplait (Phil Plait, American astronomer, known as TheBadAstronomer)
 * 170010 Szalay (Alex Szalay, American astronomer)
 * 170022 Douglastucker (Douglas Tucker, American astronomer)
 * 234750 Amymainzer (Amy Mainzer, American astronomer)
 * 260906 Robichon (Noël Robichon, French astronomer)
 * 347940 Jorgezuluaga (Jorge I. Zuluaga Callejas, Colombian astronomer)

Planetarium directors

 * 4897 Tomhamilton (Thomas William Hamilton, American astronomer, author, and planetarium director)
 * 9108 Toruyusa (Toru Yusa, Japanese planetarium director and comet chaser)
 * 13123 Tyson (Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astronomer and planetarium director)
 * 17601 Sheldonschafer (Sheldon Schafer, Professor of astronomy and Director of the Riverview Museum Planetarium, Peoria, Illinois)

Relatives of astronomers

 * 42 Isis (Elizabeth Isis Pogson, daughter of the astronomer Norman Robert Pogson; also Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis)
 * 87 Sylvia (Sylvie Petiaux-Hugo Flammarion, first wife of the astronomer Camille Flammarion; also Rhea Sylvia, the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus)
 * 153 Hilda (Hilda von Oppolzer, daughter of the astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer)
 * 154 Bertha (Berthe Martin-Flammarion, sister of the astronomer Camille Flammarion)
 * 1280 Baillauda (Jules Baillaud, son of the astronomer Benjamin Baillaud)
 * 1563 Noël (Emanuel Arend, son of the astronomer Sylvain Julien Victor Arend)
 * 3664 Anneres (Anna Theresia ("Anneres") Schmadel, the wife of astronomer Lutz Schmadel)
 * 68109 Naomipasachoff (Naomi Pasachoff, a science writer and educator, and wife of astronomer Jay Pasachoff of Williams College 5100 Pasachoff)

Biologists

 * 1991 Darwin (Charles Darwin, an English naturalist, geologist and biologist)
 * 2496 Fernandus (Fernandus Payne, zoologist)
 * 2766 Leeuwenhoek (Anton van Leeuwenhoek, pioneering cell biologist)
 * 4804 Pasteur (Louis Pasteur, father of microbiology)
 * 7412 Linnaeus (Carl Linnaeus, father of modern taxonomy)
 * 8357 O'Connor (J. Dennis O'Connor, biological scientist and provost at the Smithsonian Institution)
 * 9364 Clusius (Carolus Clusius, botanist)
 * 15565 Benjaminsteele (Benjamin Steele, biologist)

Cartographers

 * 4798 Mercator (Gerardus Mercator)
 * 19139 Apian (Peter Apian)

Chemists

 * 1449 Virtanen (Artturi Ilmari Virtanen)
 * 2143 Jimarnold (James R. Arnold)
 * 2638 Gadolin (Johan Gadolin)
 * 2769 Mendeleev (Dmitri Mendeleev, father of the periodic table of the chemical elements)
 * 3069 Heyrovský (Jaroslav Heyrovský)
 * 3605 Davy (Humphry Davy)
 * 3676 Hahn (Otto Hahn), father of nuclear chemistry
 * 3899 Wichterle (Otto Wichterle)
 * 4564 Clayton (Robert Clayton)
 * 4674 Pauling (Linus Pauling)
 * 4716 Urey (Harold Urey)
 * 4856 Seaborg (Glenn T. Seaborg)
 * 5697 Arrhenius (Svante Arrhenius)
 * 6032 Nobel (Alfred Nobel)
 * 6826 Lavoisier (Antoine Lavoisier)
 * 9680 Molina (Mario Molina)
 * 11967 Boyle (Robert Boyle)
 * 12292 Dalton (John Dalton)

Computer scientists and programmers

 * 9121 Stefanovalentini (Stefano Valentini)
 * 9793 Torvalds (Linus Torvalds)
 * 9882 Stallman (Richard M. Stallman)
 * 21656 Knuth (Donald Knuth)
 * 27433 Hylak (Benjamin Hylak)
 * 90479 Donalek (Ciro Donalek)
 * 132718 Kemény (John George Kemeny)
 * 294727 Dennisritchie (Dennis Ritchie)
 * 300909 Kenthompson (Ken Thompson)

Mathematicians

 * 187 Lamberta (Johann Heinrich Lambert)
 * 843 Nicolaia (Thorvald Nicolai Thiele)
 * 1001 Gaussia (Carl Friedrich Gauss)
 * 1005 Arago (François Arago)
 * 1006 Lagrangea (Joseph-Louis Lagrange)
 * 1552 Bessel (Friedrich Bessel)
 * 1858 Lobachevskij (Nikolai Lobachevsky)
 * 1859 Kovalevskaya (Sofia Kovalevskaya)
 * 1888 Zu Chong-Zhi (Zu Chongzhi)
 * 1996 Adams (John Couch Adams)
 * 1997 Leverrier (Urbain Le Verrier)
 * 2002 Euler (Leonhard Euler)
 * 2010 Chebyshev (Pafnuti Chebyshev)
 * 2587 Gardner (Martin Gardner)
 * 3251 Eratosthenes (Eratosthenes)
 * 3600 Archimedes (Archimedes)
 * 4283 Stöffler (Johannes Stöffler)
 * 4354 Euclides (Euclid)
 * 4628 Laplace (Pierre-Simon Laplace)
 * 5956 d'Alembert (Jean le Rond d'Alembert)
 * 6143 Pythagoras (Pythagoras)
 * 6765 Fibonacci (Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa)
 * 7057 Al-Fārābī (Al-Farabi, scientist, cosmologist, mathematician and music scholar)
 * 7058 Al-Ṭūsī (Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Persian mathematician)
 * 7655 Adamries (Adam Ries, German mathematician)
 * 8128 Nicomachus (Nicomachus, ancient Greek mathematician)
 * 9689 Freudenthal (Hans Freudenthal)
 * 9936 Al-Biruni (Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī, Persian mathematician)
 * 9999 Wiles (Andrew Wiles)
 * 11156 Al-Khwarismi (Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Persian mathematician)
 * 12493 Minkowski (Hermann Minkowski)
 * 14100 Weierstrass (Karl Weierstrass)
 * 13498 Al Chwarizmi (Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Persian mathematician)
 * 16765 Agnesi (Maria Gaetana Agnesi)
 * 16856 Banach (Stefan Banach)
 * 19139 Apian (Peter Apian)
 * 27500 Mandelbrot (Benoît Mandelbrot)
 * 27947 Emilemathieu (Émile Léonard Mathieu)
 * 28516 Möbius (August Ferdinand Möbius)
 * 29552 Chern (Shiing-Shen Chern)
 * 38237 Roche (Édouard Roche)
 * 50033 Perelman (Grigori Perelman)
 * 59239 Alhazen (Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham, Arab Muslim scientist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher)

Physicists

 * 697 Galilea (Galileo Galilei)
 * 837 Schwarzschilda (Karl Schwarzschild)
 * 1069 Planckia (Max Planck)
 * 1565 Lemaitre (Georges Lemaître)
 * 1979 Sakharov (Andrei Sakharov)
 * 2001 Einstein (Albert Einstein)
 * 2244 Tesla (Nikola Tesla)
 * 2352 Kurchatov (Igor Kurchatov)
 * 3069 Heyrovský (Jaroslav Heyrovský)
 * 3581 Alvarez (Luis Alvarez)
 * 3905 Doppler (Christian Doppler)
 * 3948 Bohr (Niels Bohr)
 * 3949 Mach (Ernst Mach)
 * 4065 Meinel (Aden Meinel)
 * 4530 Smoluchowski (Roman Smoluchowski)
 * 5103 Diviš (Prokop Václav Diviš)
 * 5224 Abbe (Ernst Abbe)
 * 5668 Foucault (Léon Foucault)
 * 6999 Meitner (Lise Meitner)
 * 7000 Curie (Maria Skłodowska-Curie)
 * 7279 Hagfors (Tor Hagfors)
 * 7495 Feynman (Richard Feynman)
 * 7672 Hawking (Stephen Hawking)
 * 8000 Isaac Newton (Isaac Newton)
 * 8103 Fermi (Enrico Fermi)
 * 9253 Oberth (Hermann Oberth)
 * 10506 Rydberg (Johannes Rydberg)
 * 10979 Fristephenson (Professor F. Richard Stephenson)
 * 11013 Kullander (Sven Kullander)
 * 11063 Poynting (John Henry Poynting)
 * 11150 Bragg (William Lawrence Bragg)
 * 11349 Witten (Edward Witten)
 * 11438 Zel'dovich (Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich)
 * 11451 Aarongolden (Aaron Golden, Irish astrophysicist)
 * 11528 Mie (Gustav Mie)
 * 11577 Einasto (Jaan Einasto)
 * 11779 Zernike (Frits Zernike)
 * 12301 Eötvös (Loránd Eötvös)
 * 12320 Loschmidt (Johann Josef Loschmidt)
 * 12423 Slotin (Louis Slotin)
 * 12628 Acworthorr (Mary Acworth Orr, solar physicist)
 * 12755 Balmer (Johann Jakob Balmer)
 * 12759 Joule (James Prescott Joule)
 * 12760 Maxwell (James Clerk Maxwell)
 * 12766 Paschen (Friedrich Paschen)
 * 12773 Lyman (Theodore Lyman)
 * 12774 Pfund (August Herman Pfund)
 * 12775 Brackett (Frederick Sumner Brackett)
 * 13092 Schrödinger (Erwin Schrödinger)
 * 13093 Wolfgangpauli (Wolfgang Pauli)
 * 13149 Heisenberg (Werner Heisenberg)
 * 13219 Cailletet (Louis Paul Cailletet)
 * 13478 Fraunhofer (Joseph von Fraunhofer)
 * 13531 Weizsäcker (Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker)
 * 13954 Born (Max Born)
 * 14413 Geiger (Hans Geiger)
 * 14468 Ottostern (Otto Stern)
 * 16583 Oersted (Hans Christian Ørsted)
 * 16761 Hertz (Heinrich Hertz)
 * 17649 Brunorossi (Bruno Rossi)
 * 18169 Amaldi (Edoardo Amaldi)
 * 19126 Ottohahn (Otto Hahn), father of nuclear fission
 * 19178 Walterbothe (Walther Bothe)
 * 20081 Occhialini (Giuseppe Occhialini)
 * 24988 Alainmilsztajn (Alain Milsztajn, French particle physicist)
 * 29137 Alanboss, (Alan Boss, American astrophysicist)
 * 29212 Zeeman (Pieter Zeeman)
 * 30828 Bethe (Hans Bethe)
 * 32809 Sommerfeld (Arnold Sommerfeld)
 * 37582 Faraday (Michael Faraday)
 * 48798 Penghuanwu (Peng Huanwu)
 * 52337 Compton (Arthur Compton)
 * 55753 Raman (C. V. Raman)
 * 58215 von Klitzing (Klaus von Klitzing)
 * 67085 Oppenheimer (J. Robert Oppenheimer)
 * 163244 Matthewhill (Matthew E. Hill)
 * 176867 Brianlee (Brian C. Lee)
 * 177770 Saulanwu (Sau Lan Wu)
 * 202930 Ivezic (Željko Ivezić, Croatian-American astrophysicist)

Physiologists

 * 1007 Pawlowia (Ivan Pavlov)
 * 15262 Abderhalden (Emil Abderhalden)
 * 117413 Ramonycajal (Santiago Ramón y Cajal)

Psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychoanalysts

 * 635 Vundtia (Wilhelm Wundt)
 * 4342 Freud (Sigmund Freud)
 * 11040 Wundt (Wilhelm Wundt)
 * 11041 Fechner (Gustav Fechner)
 * 11299 Annafreud (Anna Freud)
 * 11518 Jung (Carl Jung)
 * 11519 Adler (Alfred Adler)
 * 11520 Fromm (Erich Fromm)
 * 11521 Erikson (Erik Homburger Erikson)
 * 11582 Bleuler (Eugen Bleuler)
 * 11584 Ferenczi (Sándor Ferenczi)

Space exploration

 * Astrobiologists
 * 2410 Morrison (David Morrison)
 * 9826 Ehrenfreund (Pascale Ehrenfreund)
 * 12859 Marlamoore (Marla Moore)
 * Planetary scientists
 * 2710 Veverka (Joseph Veverka)
 * 4815 Anders (Edward Anders)
 * 7231 Porco (Carolyn Porco)
 * 8356 Wadhwa (Meenakshi Wadhwa, meteorite analyst)
 * 13358 Revelle (Douglas ReVelle)
 * 21774 O'Brien (David P. O'Brien)
 * 45690 Janiradebaugh (Jani Radebaugh)
 * 133432 Sarahnoble (Sarah K. Noble)
 * 274860 Emilylakdawalla (Emily Lakdawalla)
 * Rocket scientists
 * 1590 Tsiolkovskaja (Konstantin Tsiolkovsky)
 * 1855 Korolev (Sergei Korolev)
 * 8062 Okhotsymskij (Dmitry Okhotsimsky)
 * 9252 Goddard (Robert Goddard)
 * 25143 Itokawa (Hideo Itokawa)
 * Soyuz 11 crew members:
 * 1789 Dobrovolsky (Georgi Dobrovolski)
 * 1790 Volkov (Vladislav Volkov)
 * 1791 Patsayev (Viktor Patsayev)
 * Other USSR/Russian cosmonauts
 * 1772 Gagarin (Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space)
 * 1836 Komarov (Vladimir Komarov)
 * Apollo 11 crew members:
 * 6469 Armstrong (Neil Armstrong)
 * 6470 Aldrin ("Buzz" Aldrin)
 * 6471 Collins (Michael Collins)
 * STS-51-L crew members:
 * 3350 Scobee (Francis "Dick" Scobee)
 * 3351 Smith (Michael J. Smith)
 * 3352 McAuliffe (Christa McAuliffe)
 * 3353 Jarvis (Gregory Jarvis)
 * 3354 McNair (Ronald McNair)
 * 3355 Onizuka (Ellison Onizuka)
 * 3356 Resnik (Judith Resnik)
 * STS-107 crew members:
 * 51823 Rickhusband (Rick Husband)
 * 51824 Mikeanderson (Michael P. Anderson)
 * 51825 Davidbrown (David M. Brown)
 * 51826 Kalpanachawla (Kalpana Chawla)
 * 51827 Laurelclark (Laurel B. Clark)
 * 51828 Ilanramon (Ilan Ramon, first Israeli astronaut)
 * 51829 Williemccool (William C. McCool)
 * Other American astronauts:
 * 4763 Ride (Sally Ride)
 * 7749 Jackschmitt (Harrison H. Schmitt)
 * 12790 Cernan (Eugene Cernan)
 * 13606 Bean (Alan Bean)
 * 22442 Blaha (John E. Blaha)
 * Chinese astronauts:
 * 9512 Feijunlong (Fei Junlong)
 * 9517 Niehaisheng (Nie Haisheng)
 * 21064 Yangliwei (Yang Liwei)
 * Other astronauts:
 * 2552 Remek (Vladimír Remek, Czechoslovak cosmonaut)
 * 9496 Ockels (Wubbo Ockels, Dutch astronaut)
 * 14143 Hadfield (Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut)
 * 15006 Samcristoforetti (Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut)
 * 22901 Ivanbella (Ivan Bella, Slovak cosmonaut)
 * 37627 Lucaparmitano (Luca Parmitano, Italian astronaut)
 * 135268 Haigneré (Claudie and Jean-Pierre Haigneré, French astronauts)
 * 374354 Pesquet (Thomas Pesquet, French astronaut)

Other scientists, engineers and inventors

 * 335 Roberta (Carl Robert Osten-Sacken, entomologist)
 * 742 Edisona (Thomas Edison, inventor)
 * 775 Lumière (Auguste and Louis Lumière, cinematic pioneers)
 * 777 Gutemberga (Johannes Gutenberg, pioneer printer)
 * 2177 Oliver (Bernard M. Oliver, research scientist)
 * 2243 Lönnrot (Elias Lönnrot, physician, philologist, botanist, compiler of Kalevala)
 * 2784 Domeyko (Ignacy Domeyko, mineralogist)
 * 2809 Vernadskij (Vladimir Vernadsky, mineralogist, pioneer geochemist)
 * 3256 Daguerre (Louis Daguerre, photographic pioneer)
 * 3313 Mendel (Gregor Mendel, father of genetics)
 * 3701 Purkyně (Jan Evangelista Purkyně, physiologist)
 * 4217 Engelhardt (Wolf von Engelhardt, geologist)
 * 4565 Grossman (Lawrence Grossman, geochemist)
 * 5102 Benfranklin (Benjamin Franklin, scientist)
 * 5864 Montgolfier (Montgolfier brothers, hot air balloon pioneers)
 * 5958 Barrande (Joachim Barrande, geologist and paleontologist)
 * 6175 Cori (Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Theresa Cori, biochemists)
 * 7552 Sephton (Mark Sephton, geochemist)
 * 8373 Stephengould (Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionist and essayist)
 * 9969 Braille (Louis Braille, inventor of braille)
 * 10093 Diesel (Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine).
 * 13609 Lewicki (Chris Lewicki), spacecraft systems engineer
 * 14345 Gritsevich (Maria Gritsevich, research scientist)
 * 15465 Buchroeder (Richard A. Buchroeder, optical engineer)
 * 16518 Akihikoito (Akihiko Ito, Japanese CCD astrophotographer)
 * 20259 Alanhoffman (Alan Hoffman, pioneer in infrared detectors)
 * 29227 Wegener (Alfred Wegener, geologist and meteorologist)
 * 37683 Gustaveeiffel (Gustave Eiffel, a French civil engineer and architect)
 * 44103 Aldana (Fernando Aldana Mayor, electrical engineer, professor and politician)
 * 61404 Očenášek (Ludvík Očenášek, handyman who constructed a monoplane, a radial engine for airplanes, and two-stage rockets)
 * 73079 Davidbaltimore (David Baltimore, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate)
 * 172850 Coppens (Yves Coppens, paleoanthropologist)

Monarchs and royalty

 * 12 Victoria (officially named after the Roman goddess of victory, but also honours Queen Victoria)
 * 45 Eugenia (Empress Eugénie), with its moon Petit-Prince in part for her son Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial
 * 115 Thyra (Thyra, consort of King Gorm the Old of Denmark)
 * 216 Kleopatra (Cleopatra VII of Egypt)
 * 220 Stephania (Princess Stéphanie of Belgium)
 * 295 Theresia (Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire and Queen consort of Germany)
 * 326 Tamara (Queen Tamar of Georgia)
 * 344 Desiderata (Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway)
 * 359 Georgia (King George II of Great Britain)
 * 392 Wilhelmina (Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands)
 * 525 Adelaide (Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV of the United Kingdom)
 * 545 Messalina (Messalina, Roman empress)
 * 546 Herodias (Herodias, wife of Herod II and mother of Salome)
 * 562 Salome (Salome, daughter of Herod II and Herodias)
 * 598 Octavia (Octavia the Younger, sister of Augustus)
 * 650 Amalasuntha (Amalasuntha, queen of the Ostrogoths)
 * 653 Berenike (Berenice II, Egyptian queen)
 * 689 Zita (Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma)
 * 816 Juliana (Queen Juliana of the Netherlands)
 * 823 Sisigambis (Sisygambis, mother of Darius III of Persia)
 * 831 Stateira (Stateira, wife of Artaxerxes II of Persia)
 * 832 Karin (Karin Månsdotter, wife of Eric XIV of Sweden)
 * 888 Parysatis (Parysatis, wife of Darius II of Persia)
 * 911 Agamemnon (Agamemnon)
 * 1068 Nofretete (Nefertiti)
 * 1128 Astrid (Astrid of Sweden)
 * 2436 Hatshepsut (Pharaoh Hatshepsut)
 * 3362 Khufu (Pharaoh Khufu)
 * 4414 Sesostris (Greek version of Senusret, name of four pharaohs)
 * 4415 Echnaton (Pharaoh Akhenaten; German spelling of his name)
 * 4416 Ramses (Pharaoh Ramesses II)
 * 4568 Menkaure (Pharaoh Menkaure)
 * 4721 Atahualpa (Atahuallpa)
 * 4846 Tuthmosis (Thutmose, name of four pharaohs)
 * 4847 Amenhotep (Pharaoh Amenhotep IV)
 * 4848 Tutenchamun (Pharaoh Tutankhamun)
 * 4906 Seneferu (Pharaoh Sneferu)
 * 5009 Sethos (Greek version of Seti, name of two pharaohs)
 * 5010 Amenemhet (Amenemhet, name of four pharaohs)
 * 5242 Kenreimonin (Empress Dowager Kenrei)
 * 7117 Claudius (Emperor Claudius)
 * 7207 Hammurabi (Hammurabi)
 * 7208 Ashurbanipal (Ashurbanipal)
 * 7209 Cyrus (Cyrus II of Persia)
 * 7210 Darius (Darius I of Persia)
 * 7211 Xerxes (Xerxes I of Persia)
 * 7212 Artaxerxes (Artaxerxes II of Persia)
 * 8740 Václav (Václav I, Duke of Bohemia)
 * 10293 Pribina (Pribina, ruler of Nitrian Principality)
 * 11014 Svätopluk (Svätopluk, ruler of Great Moravia)
 * 16951 Carolus Quartus (Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia)
 * 18349 Dafydd (Dafydd ap Llywelyn, prince of Wales)
 * 20969 Samo (Samo, ruler of Samo's Empire)
 * 25340 Segoves (Segoves, Celtic duke)
 * 44613 Rudolf (Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary)
 * 48844 Belloves (Belloves, Celtic duke)
 * 53285 Mojmír (Mojmír I, ruler of Great Moravia)
 * 151834 Mongkut (King Mongkut, or Rama IV, the king of Siam)
 * 326290 Akhenaten (Akhenaten, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt)

Politicians and statespeople

 * 712 Boliviana (Simón Bolívar)
 * 852 Wladilena (Vladimir Lenin)
 * 886 Washingtonia (George Washington)
 * 932 Hooveria and 1363 Herberta (Herbert Hoover)
 * 944 Hidalgo (Miguel Hidalgo)
 * 1569 Evita (Eva Perón, former First Lady of Argentina)
 * 1841 Masaryk (Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st Czechoslovak president)
 * 2351 O'Higgins (Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean independence leader)
 * 3571 Milanštefánik (Milan Rastislav Štefánik)
 * 4317 Garibaldi (Giuseppe Garibaldi)
 * 4927 O'Connell (Daniel O'Connell)
 * 5102 Benfranklin (Benjamin Franklin, U.S. Ambassador to France)
 * 7586 Bismarck (Otto von Bismarck)
 * 9275 Persson (Jöran Persson)
 * 11830 Jessenius (Jan Jessenius)
 * 23238 Ocasio-Cortez (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) * Note: named prior to election to U.S. House of Representatives
 * 188693 Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)

High school/technical school teachers

 * 3352 McAuliffe (Christa McAuliffe, high school teacher from New Hampshire, U.S.A.)
 * 12787 Abetadashi (Tadashi Abe, high school teacher from Japan)
 * 13241 Biyo (Josette Biyo, high school teacher from Iloilo, Philippines)
 * 13928 Aaronrogers (Aaron Rogers, mathematics teacher from London, U.K.)
 * 14158 Alananderson (Alan Anderson, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
 * 14684 Reyes (Cynthia L. Reyes, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
 * 16265 Lemay (Ron LeMay, high school teacher from Wisconsin, U.S.A.)
 * 17225 Alanschorn (Alan Schorn, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 20341 Alanstack (Alan Stack, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 20342 Trinh (Jonathan Trinh, high school teacher from Texas, U.S.A.)
 * 20574 Ochinero (Marcia Collin Ochinero, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
 * 21395 Albertofilho (Alberto Filho, a technical school teacher from Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil)
 * 21435 Aharon (Terri Aharon, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 22619 Ajscheetz (A. J. Scheetz, high school teacher from Connecticut, U.S.A.)
 * 22993 Aferrari (Andrew Ferrari, high school teacher from North Carolina, U.S.A.)
 * 23017 Advincula (Rigoberto Advincula, high school teacher from Texas, U.S.A.)
 * 23975 Akran (Erkan Akran, middle school teacher from Arkansas, U.S.A.)
 * 24032 Aimeemcarthy (Aimee McCarthy, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.)
 * 24052 Nguyen (Thuy-Anh Nguyen, teacher at Challenger School in Sunnyvale, California, U.S.A.)
 * 24238 Adkerson (Timothy Adkerson, high school teacher from Missouri, U.S.A.)
 * 27286 Adedmondson (Adam Edmondson, high school teacher from Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
 * 27740 Obatomoyuki (Tomoyuki Oba, junior high school teacher and presenter at Geisei Observatory, Japan)
 * 27748 Lee (Thomas Lee, middle school teacher from California, U.S.A)

College/University professors

 * 6669 Obi (Shinya Obi, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and retired president of the University of the Air)
 * 10051 Albee (Arden L. Albee, professor of geology and planetary sciences and dean of graduate studies at the California Institute of Technology)
 * 15870 Oburka (Oto Oburka, professor at Brno University of Technology and founder of the Nicholas Copernicus Observatory)
 * 153298 Paulmyers (PZ Myers, American scientist and associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM).)

World War II heroes and veterans

 * 1793 Zoya (Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya)
 * 1907 Rudneva (Evgeniya Rudneva)
 * 2009 Voloshina (Vera Danilovna Voloshina, Russian partisan)
 * 2132 Zhukov (Georgy Zhukov)
 * 3348 Pokryshkin (Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin)
 * 11572 Schindler (Oskar Schindler, rescuer of 1,200 Jewish people)
 * 17038 Wake (Nancy Wake, who served as a British spy)
 * 19384 Winton (Nicholas Winton, rescuer of 669 Jewish children)
 * 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 (Jan Palach, Czech student who self-immolated in protest against Soviet occupation of his country)
 * 20164 Janzajíc (Jan Zajíc, Czech student who self-immolated in protest against Soviet occupation of his country)

Children who died in war

 * 2127 Tanya (Tanya Savicheva)
 * 5535 Annefrank (Anne Frank)
 * 50413 Petrginz (Petr Ginz, Jewish boy who was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp)

Religious figures

 * 89 Julia (Julia of Corsica, martyr and patron saint, 5th century)
 * 127 Johanna (believed to be named after Joan of Arc)
 * 330 Adalberta (Adalbert Merx, German theologian and orientalist)
 * 898 Hildegard (Hildegard of Bingen, abbess, composer and polymath)
 * 1840 Hus (John Huss, Czech Jan Hus, religious reformer)
 * 5275 Zdislava (Zdislava Berka, in Czech Zdislava z Lemberka)
 * 7100 Martin Luther (Martin Luther)
 * 7256 Bonhoeffer (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
 * 8661 Ratzinger (Joseph Alois Ratzinger – Pope Benedict XVI)
 * 20006 Albertus Magnus (Albertus Magnus, German theologian, philosopher and naturalist)
 * 326290 Akhenaten (Akhenaten, ancient Egyptian religious reformer)

Explorers

 * 54 Alexandra (Alexander von Humboldt, naturalist and explorer)
 * 327 Columbia (Christopher Columbus)
 * 853 Nansenia (Fridtjof Nansen, polar explorer)
 * 876 Scott (Robert Falcon Scott, polar explorer)
 * 1065 Amundsenia (Roald Amundsen, polar explorer)
 * 2473 Heyerdahl (Thor Heyerdahl, explorer and writer)
 * 2785 Sedov (Georgy Sedov, Arctic explorer)
 * 3130 Hillary (Edmund Hillary, mountaineer &#91;see Tenzing, below&#93;)
 * 3357 Tolstikov (Yevgeny Tolstikov, polar explorer)
 * 4055 Magellan (Ferdinand Magellan, circumnavigator)
 * 6481 Tenzing (Tenzing Norgay, Sherpa &#91;see Hillary, above&#93;)
 * 6542 Jacquescousteau (Jacques-Yves Cousteau, marine explorer)
 * 8291 Bingham (Hiram Bingham III, explorer)
 * 15425 Welzl (Jan Welzl, Arctic explorer)
 * 43806 Augustepiccard (Auguste Piccard, explorer)

Historians

 * 879 Ricarda (Ricarda Huch)
 * 3092 Herodotus (Herodotus)
 * 3097 Tacitus (Tacitus)
 * 5946 Hrozný (Bedřich Hrozný, archaeologist, orientalist, and linguist)
 * 6174 Polybius (Polybius)
 * 6304 Josephus Flavius (Josephus)
 * 16413 Abulghazi (Abulghazi Bahadur)
 * 40444 Palacký (František Pálacký)

Linguists

 * 1462 Zamenhof (L. L. Zamenhof, father of Esperanto)
 * 13916 Bernolák (Anton Bernolák, linguist)
 * 40440 Dobrovský (Josef Dobrovský, linguist)
 * 52270 Noamchomsky (Noam Chomsky, American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist)

Other

 * 1861 Komenský (Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius), teacher of nations)
 * 12838 Adamsmith (Adam Smith, economist and social philosopher)

Philosophers

 * 238 Hypatia (Hypatia of Alexandria)
 * 423 Diotima (Diotima of Mantinea)
 * 2431 Skovoroda (Hryhorii Skovoroda)
 * 2755 Avicenna (Avicenna)
 * 2807 Karl Marx (Karl Marx)
 * 2940 Bacon (Francis Bacon)
 * 2950 Rousseau (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
 * 5102 Benfranklin (Benjamin Franklin)
 * 5148 Giordano (Giordano Bruno)
 * 5329 Decaro (Mario De Caro)
 * 5450 Sokrates (Socrates)
 * 5451 Plato (Plato)
 * 6001 Thales (Thales)
 * 6123 Aristoteles (Aristotle)
 * 6629 Kurtz (Paul Kurtz)
 * 7009 Hume (David Hume)
 * 7010 Locke (John Locke)
 * 7012 Hobbes (Thomas Hobbes)
 * 7014 Nietzsche (Friedrich Nietzsche)
 * 7015 Schopenhauer (Arthur Schopenhauer)
 * 7056 Kierkegaard (Søren Kierkegaard)
 * 7083 Kant (Immanuel Kant)
 * 7142 Spinoza (Baruch Spinoza)
 * 7853 Confucius (Confucius)
 * 7854 Laotse (Laozi)
 * 8318 Averroes (Averroes or Ibn Rushd)
 * 14845 Hegel (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)
 * 16561 Rawls (John Rawls)
 * 15911 Davidgauthier (David Gauthier)
 * 19730 Machiavelli (Niccolò Machiavelli)
 * 21665 Frege (Gottlob Frege)
 * 22356 Feyerabend (Paul Feyerabend)
 * 48435 Jaspers (Karl Jaspers)
 * 73687 Thomas Aquinas (Thomas Aquinas)
 * 90481 Wollstonecraft (Mary Wollstonecraft)
 * 100027 Hannaharendt (Hannah Arendt)

General authors

 * 254 Augusta (Auguste von Littrow)
 * 1931 Čapek (Karel Čapek)
 * 2428 Kamenyar (Ivan Franko)
 * 2616 Lesya (Lesya Ukrainka)
 * 2681 Ostrovskij (Nikolai Ostrovsky)
 * 3047 Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
 * 3412 Kafka (Franz Kafka)
 * 4112 Hrabal (Bohumil Hrabal)
 * 5418 Joyce (James Joyce)
 * 5535 Annefrank (Anne Frank)
 * 5666 Rabelais (François Rabelais)
 * 5676 Voltaire (Voltaire)
 * 6984 Lewiscarroll (Lewis Carroll or Charles Dodgson)
 * 7328 Casanova (Giacomo Casanova)
 * 8315 Bajin (Ba Jin)
 * 8379 Straczynski (J. Michael Straczynski)
 * 8382 Mann (brothers Heinrich Mann and Thomas Mann)
 * 13406 Sekora (Ondřej Sekora)
 * 26314 Škvorecký (Josef Škvorecký)
 * 40106 Erben (Karel Jaromír Erben)
 * 44597 Thoreau (Henry David Thoreau)
 * 79144 Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes)
 * 91007 Ianfleming (Ian Lancaster Fleming, creator of James Bond)
 * 308306 Dainere (Dainere Anthoney)

Novelists

 * 348 May (Karl May)
 * 2362 Mark Twain (Mark Twain)
 * 2448 Sholokhov (Mikhail Sholokhov)
 * 2578 Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
 * 2625 Jack London (Jack London)
 * 2675 Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien)
 * 2817 Perec (Georges Perec)
 * 3204 Lindgren (Astrid Lindgren)
 * 3453 Dostoevsky (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
 * 3479 Malaparte (Curzio Malaparte)
 * 3628 Božněmcová (Božena Němcová)
 * 3836 Lem (Stanisław Lem)
 * 4124 Herriot (James Herriot)
 * 4266 Waltari (Mika Waltari)
 * 4370 Dickens (Charles Dickens)
 * 4474 Proust (Marcel Proust)
 * 4923 Clarke (Arthur C. Clarke)
 * 5020 Asimov (Isaac Asimov)
 * 5099 Iainbanks (Iain Banks)
 * 6223 Dahl (Roald Dahl)
 * 6440 Ransome (Arthur Ransome)
 * 7016 Conandoyle (Arthur Conan Doyle)
 * 7232 Nabokov (Vladimir Nabokov)
 * 7390 Kundera (Milan Kundera)
 * 7644 Cslewis (C. S. Lewis)
 * 7758 Poulanderson (Poul Anderson)
 * 9766 Bradbury (Ray Bradbury)
 * 10177 Ellison (Harlan Ellison)
 * 10251 Mulisch (Harry Mulisch)
 * 10733 Georgesand (George Sand)
 * 10930 Jinyong (Jinyong)
 * 11020 Orwell (George Orwell)
 * 11379 Flaubert (Gustave Flaubert)
 * 12284 Pohl (Frederik Pohl)
 * 17776 Troska (J. M. Troska)
 * 25399 Vonnegut (Kurt Vonnegut)
 * 25924 Douglasadams (Douglas Adams)
 * 39415 Janeausten (Jane Austen)
 * 39427 Charlottebrontë (Charlotte Brontë)
 * 39428 Emilybrontë (Emily Brontë)
 * 39429 Annebrontë (Anne Brontë)
 * 77185 Cherryh (C. J. Cherryh)
 * 127005 Pratchett (Terry Pratchett)
 * 227641 Nothomb (Amélie Nothomb)

Poets

 * 1875 Neruda (Jan Neruda)
 * 2106 Hugo (Victor Hugo)
 * 2208 Pushkin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
 * 2222 Lermontov (Mikhail Lermontov)
 * 2427 Kobzar (Taras Shevchenko)
 * 2604 Marshak (Samuil Marshak)
 * 3067 Akhmatova (Anna Akhmatova)
 * 3112 Velimir (Velimir Khlebnikov)
 * 4110 Keats (John Keats)
 * 4369 Seifert (Jaroslav Seifert)
 * 4635 Rimbaud (Arthur Rimbaud)
 * 7855 Tagore (Rabindranath Tagore)
 * 9495 Eminescu (Mihai Eminescu)
 * 11306 Åkesson (Sonja Åkesson)
 * 12163 Manilius (Marcus Manilius)
 * 18624 Prévert (Jacques Prévert)
 * 59830 Reynek (Bohuslav Reynek)
 * 110288 Libai (Li Bai)
 * 110289 Dufu (Du Fu)

Playwrights

 * 496 Gryphia (Andreas Gryphius)
 * 615 Roswitha (Hrotsvitha)
 * 2930 Euripides (Euripides)
 * 2985 Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
 * 2921 Sophocles (Sophocles)
 * 2934 Aristophanes (Aristophanes)
 * 3046 Molière (Molière, French playwright)
 * 3079 Schiller (Friedrich Schiller, German playwright)
 * 5696 Ibsen (Henrik Ibsen)

Satirists

 * 2734 Hašek (Jaroslav Hašek)
 * 3244 Petronius (Petronius)
 * 3668 Ilfpetrov (Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov)
 * 15017 Cuppy (Will Cuppy)
 * 15946 Satinský (Július Satinský)

Other

 * 4049 Noragalʹ (Nora Galʹ, Russian translator)
 * 12608 Aesop (Aesop, fabulist)

Visual arts

 * 2730 Barks (Carl Barks, cartoonist)
 * 3001 Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti, painter and sculptor)
 * 3246 Bidstrup (Herluf Bidstrup, caricaturist)
 * 3566 Levitan (Isaac Levitan, painter)
 * 4426 Roerich (Nicholas Roerich, painter)
 * 4457 van Gogh (Vincent van Gogh, painter)
 * 4511 Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn, painter)
 * 4671 Drtikol (František Drtikol, photographer)
 * 4691 Toyen, (Toyen), painter and graphic artist)
 * 4942 Munroe (Randall Munroe, former NASA roboticist and cartoonist, creator of webcomic xkcd)
 * 5055 Opekushin (Alexander Opekushin, sculptor)
 * 5122 Mucha (Alfons Mucha, painter and graphic artist)
 * 5363 Kupka (František Kupka, painter and graphic artist)
 * 5800 Pollock (Jackson Pollock, painter)
 * 6056 Donatello (Donatello, painter)
 * 6584 Ludekpesek (Ludek Pesek, painter)
 * 6592 Goya (Francisco Goya, painter)
 * 6674 Cézanne (Paul Cézanne, painter)
 * 6676 Monet (Claude Monet, painter)
 * 6677 Renoir (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter)
 * 6701 Warhol (Andy Warhol, artist)
 * 6768 Mathiasbraun (Mathias Braun, also known as Matyáš Braun, sculptor and carver)
 * 6769 Brokoff (Johann Brokoff, also known as Jan Brokoff, sculptor and carver)
 * 7701 Zrzavý (Jan Zrzavý, painter)
 * 7867 Burian (Zdeněk Burian, painter and book illustrator)
 * 8236 Gainsborough (Thomas Gainsborough, landscape and portrait artist)
 * 8237 Constable (John Constable, painter)
 * 8240 Matisse (Henri Matisse, painter)
 * 10189 Normanrockwell (Norman Rockwell, artist)
 * 10218 Bierstadt (Albert Bierstadt, Landscape artist)
 * 10343 Church (Frederick Edwin Church, painter)
 * 10372 Moran (Thomas Moran, landscape artist)
 * 10404 McCall (Robert T. McCall, space artist)
 * 13227 Poor (Kim Poor, space artist)
 * 13329 Davidhardy (David A. Hardy, space artist)
 * 13330 Dondavis (Don Davis, astronomical artist)
 * 13543 Butler (Chris Butler, space artist)
 * 13562 Bobeggleton (Bob Eggleton, painter)
 * 14976 Josefčapek (Josef Čapek, painter and writer)
 * 17625 Joseflada (Josef Lada, painter)
 * 17806 Adolfborn (Adolf Born, painter)
 * 20364 Zdeněkmiler (Zdeněk Miler, animator and illustrator)
 * 21501 Acevedo (Tony Acevedo, multimedia graphic designer)
 * 29490 Myslbek (Josef Václav Myslbek, sculptor)
 * 43724 Pechstein (Max Pechstein, painter)
 * 43775 Tiepolo (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, painter)
 * 46280 Hollar (Václav Hollar, graphic artist and painter)
 * 48434 Maxbeckmann (Max Beckmann, painter)
 * 85411 Paulflora (Paul Flora, graphic artist)
 * 98127 Vilgusová (Hedvika Vilgusová, painter and illustrator of books for children)
 * 184878 Gotlib (Marcel Gottlieb, cartoonist)

Architects

 * 3062 Wren (Christopher Wren)
 * 5318 Dientzenhofer (Dientzenhofer family or architects, like Christoph Dientzenhofer and his son Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer)
 * 6055 Brunelleschi (Filippo Brunelleschi)
 * 6266 Letzel (Jan Letzel)
 * 6550 Parléř (Peter Parler, Petr Parléř)
 * 19129 Loos (Adolf Loos)
 * 24666 Miesvanrohe (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe)
 * 35233 Krčín (Jakub Krčín)

Composers

 * 734 Benda (Karel Bendl)
 * 1034 Mozartia (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
 * 1059 Mussorgskia (Modest Mussorgsky)
 * 1405 Sibelius (Jean Sibelius)
 * 1814 Bach (member of Bach family, probably Johann Sebastian Bach)
 * 1815 Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven)
 * 1818 Brahms (Johannes Brahms)
 * 2047 Smetana (Bedřich Smetana)
 * 2055 Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák)
 * 2073 Janáček (Leoš Janáček)
 * 2205 Glinka (Mikhail Glinka)
 * 2266 Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
 * 2420 Čiurlionis (Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis)
 * 2523 Ryba (Jakub Jan Ryba)
 * 2669 Shostakovich (Dmitri Shostakovich)
 * 3081 Martinůboh (Bohuslav Martinů)
 * 3590 Holst (Gustav Holst)
 * 3592 Nedbal (Oskar Nedbal)
 * 3784 Chopin (Frédéric Chopin)
 * 3826 Handel (George Frideric Handel)
 * 3917 Franz Schubert (Franz Schubert)
 * 3941 Haydn (Joseph Haydn)
 * 3954 Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn)
 * 3955 Bruckner (Anton Bruckner)
 * 3975 Verdi (Giuseppe Verdi)
 * 3992 Wagner (Richard Wagner)
 * 4003 Schumann (probably Robert Schumann)
 * 4040 Purcell (Henry Purcell)
 * 4079 Britten (Benjamin Britten)
 * 4132 Bartók (Béla Bartók)
 * 4134 Schütz (Heinrich Schütz)
 * 4330 Vivaldi (Antonio Vivaldi)
 * 4345 Rachmaninoff (Sergei Rachmaninoff)
 * 4382 Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky)
 * 4406 Mahler (Gustav Mahler)
 * 4492 Debussy (Claude Debussy)
 * 4515 Khrennikov (Tikhon Khrennikov)
 * 4527 Schoenberg (Arnold Schoenberg)
 * 4528 Berg (Alban Berg)
 * 4529 Webern (Anton Webern)
 * 4532 Copland (Aaron Copland)
 * 4534 Rimskij-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
 * 4546 Franck (César Franck)
 * 4559 Strauss (Johann Strauss family or Richard Strauss)
 * 4579 Puccini (Giacomo Puccini)
 * 4625 Shchedrin (Rodion Shchedrin)
 * 4727 Ravel (Maurice Ravel)
 * 4734 Rameau (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
 * 4802 Khatchaturian (Aram Khatchaturian)
 * 4818 Elgar (Edward Elgar)
 * 4850 Palestrina (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
 * 4972 Pachelbel (Johann Pachelbel)
 * 5004 Bruch (Max Bruch)
 * 5063 Monteverdi (Claudio Monteverdi)
 * 5157 Hindemith (Paul Hindemith)
 * 5177 Hugowolf (Hugo Wolf)
 * 5210 Saint-Saëns (Camille Saint-Saëns)
 * 6354 Vangelis (Vangelis Papathanassiou)
 * 6480 Scarlatti (Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti)
 * 6549 Skryabin (Alexander Scriabin)
 * 6777 Balakirev (Mily Balakirev)
 * 6780 Borodin (Alexander Borodin)
 * 6798 Couperin (François Couperin)
 * 7622 Pergolesi (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi)
 * 7624 Gluck (Christoph Willibald Gluck)
 * 7625 Louisspohr (Louis Spohr)
 * 7903 Albinoni (Tomaso Albinoni)
 * 8181 Rossini (Gioacchino Rossini)
 * 8249 Gershwin (George Gershwin)
 * 8877 Rentaro (Taki Rentaro)
 * 9438 Satie (Erik Satie)
 * 9493 Enescu (George Enescu)
 * 9912 Donizetti (Gaetano Donizetti)
 * 9913 Humperdinck (Engelbert Humperdinck)
 * 10055 Silcher (Friedrich Silcher)
 * 10116 Robertfranz (Robert Franz)
 * 10186 Albéniz (Isaac Albéniz, Spanish Catalan composer and pianist)
 * 10820 Offenbach (Jacques Offenbach)
 * 10875 Veracini (Francesco Maria Veracini)
 * 11050 Messiaen (Olivier Messiaen)
 * 11289 Frescobaldi (Girolamo Frescobaldi)
 * 11530 d'Indy (Vincent d'Indy)
 * 11899 Weill (Kurt Weill)
 * 12782 Mauersberger (Brothers Rudolf and Erhard Mauersberger, composers and conductors)
 * it:14403 de Machault (Guillaume de Machaut)
 * 15808 Zelter (Carl Friedrich Zelter)
 * 16590 Brunowalter (Bruno Walter, composer and conductor)
 * 17509 Ikumadan (Ikuma Dan)
 * 53159 Mysliveček (Josef Mysliveček)
 * 69288 Berlioz (Hector Berlioz)
 * 300128 Panditjasraj (Pandit Jasraj)

Conductors

 * 5230 Asahina (Takashi Asahina)
 * 6432 Temirkanov (Yuri Temirkanov)
 * 11201 Talich (Václav Talich)
 * 21801 Ančerl (Karel Ančerl)
 * 21804 Václavneumann (Václav Neumann)
 * 36226 Mackerras (Charles Mackerras)

Opera Singers

 * 218 Bianca (Bertha Schwarz, stage name Bianca Bianchi)
 * 5203 Pavarotti (Luciano Pavarotti)
 * 6583 Destinn (Ema Destinnová, also known as Emmy Destinn)
 * 18460 Pecková (Dagmar Pecková)
 * 37573 Enricocaruso (Enrico Caruso)
 * 260508 Alagna (Roberto Alagna)

Other

 * 644 Cosima (Cosima Wagner, director of the Bayreuth Festival and wife of Richard Wagner)
 * 677 Aaltje (Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius, soprano)
 * 5184 Cavaillé-Coll (Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Organ builder)
 * 8471 Obrant (Arkadij Efimovich Obrant, ballet-master, producer, and teacher-humanist)
 * 9914 Obukhova (Nadezhda Andreevna Obukhova, soloist at the Bolshoj Theater and People's Artist of the U.S.S.R.)
 * 11305 Ahlqvist (David Ahlqvist, Swedish artist, author, and musician)
 * 58373 Albertoalonso (Alberto Alonso, Cuban choreographer and dance visionary)

Popular music

 * 1889 Pakhmutova (Aleksandra Pakhmutova, composer)
 * 2620 Santana (Carlos Santana, musician)
 * 2644 Víctor Jara (Víctor Jara, musician)
 * 3738 Ots (Georg Ots, musician)
 * 3834 Zappafrank (Frank Zappa, musician)
 * 8749 Beatles (The Beatles, band). In addition, there are four consecutively numbered minor planets named after the individual members of The Beatles:
 * 4147 Lennon (John Lennon)
 * 4148 McCartney (Paul McCartney)
 * 4149 Harrison (George Harrison)
 * 4150 Starr (Ringo Starr)
 * 4305 Clapton (Eric Clapton, musician)
 * 4422 Jarre (Maurice Jarre and Jean Michel Jarre, French composers)
 * 4442 Garcia (Jerry Garcia, musician)
 * 4738 Jimihendrix (Jimi Hendrix, musician)
 * 4749 Ledzeppelin (Led Zeppelin, the UK band)
 * 5656 Oldfield (Mike Oldfield, composer)
 * 5892 Milesdavis (Miles Davis, musician)
 * 5945 Roachapproach (Steve Roach, musician)
 * 6354 Vangelis (Vangelis Papathanassiou, composer)
 * 6433 Enya (Enya, musician)
 * 7226 Kryl (Karel Kryl, musician)
 * 7707 Yes (Yes, band)
 * 7934 Sinatra (Frank Sinatra, vocalist)
 * 8249 Gershwin (George Gershwin, composer)
 * 9179 Satchmo (Louis Armstrong, musician)
 * 10026 Sophiexeon (Sophie Xeon, a Scottish electronic producer)
 * 10313 Vanessa-Mae (Vanessa-Mae, musician)
 * 10731 Dollyparton (Dolly Parton, musician)
 * 12272 Geddylee (Geddy Lee, Canadian musician)
 * 13644 Lynnanderson (Lynn Anderson, an American country music singer)
 * 14024 Procol Harum (Procol Harum, band)
 * 15092 Beegees (Bee Gees, band)
 * 16155 Buddy (Buddy Holly, musician)
 * 17059 Elvis (Elvis Presley, musician)
 * 17473 Freddiemercury (Freddie Mercury, musician)
 * 18132 Spector (Phil Spector, musician)
 * 18125 Brianwilson (Brian Wilson, musician)
 * 19155 Lifeson (Alex Lifeson, Canadian musician)
 * 19367 Pink Floyd (Pink Floyd, band)
 * 19383 Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones, band)
 * 19398 Creedence (Creedence Clearwater Revival, band)
 * 21891 Andreabocelli (Andrea Bocelli, tenor singer)
 * 22521 ZZ Top (ZZ Top, band)
 * 23469 Neilpeart (Neil Peart, Canadian musician)
 * 23990 Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen, musician)
 * 24997 Petergabriel (Peter Gabriel, musician)
 * 28151 Markknopfler (Mark Knopfler, a Scottish composer)
 * 40248 Yukikajiura (Yuki Kajiura, a Japanese composer)
 * 40775 Kalafina (Kalafina, a Japanese vocal group). In addition, there are four minor planets named after the individual members and former member of Kalafina:
 * 41199 Wakanaootaki (Wakana Ootaki)
 * 42271 Keikokubota (Keiko Kubota)
 * 44475 Hikarumasai (Hikaru Masai)
 * 47466 Mayatoyoshima (Maya Toyoshima – former member)
 * 41981 Yaobeina (Yao Beina, singer)
 * 42522 Chuckberry (Chuck Berry, an American guitarist, singer and songwriter)
 * 44016 Jimmypage (Jimmy Page, musician)
 * 52344 Yehudimenuhin (Yehudi Menuhin, violist and conductor)
 * 52665 Brianmay (Brian May, musician, member of the band Queen)
 * 65769 Mahalia, (Mahalia Jackson, singer)
 * 72801 Manzanera, (Phil Manzanera, musician)
 * 72802 Wetton, (John Wetton, musician)
 * 79896 Billhaley (Bill Haley, musician)
 * 81947 Fripp (Robert Fripp, musician, leader of the band King Crimson)
 * 81948 Eno (Brian Eno, musician)
 * 90125 Chrissquire (Chris Squire, musician, member of the band Yes)
 * 91287 Simon-Garfunkel (Simon and Garfunkel, band)
 * 94291 Django (Django Reinhardt, musician)
 * 110393 Rammstein (Rammstein, band)
 * 144296 Steviewonder (Stevie Wonder, a blind American songwriter and singer)
 * 242516 Lindseystirling (Lindsey Stirling, an American violinist)
 * 243002 Lemmy (Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, British rock musician, member of Hawkwind, The Head Cat, and Motörhead)
 * 249516 Aretha (Aretha Franklin, musician)
 * 250840 Motörhead (The British heavy metal group Motörhead)
 * 257248 Chouchiehlun (Chou Chieh Lun, mostly referred to as Jay Chou, a Taiwanese musician and singer-songwriter)
 * 274213 Satriani (Joe Satriani, guitarist)
 * 292872 Anoushankar (Anoushka Shankar, a sitar musician)
 * 327695 Yokoono (Yoko Ono, musician)
 * 337044 Bobdylan (Bob Dylan, musician)
 * 342843 Davidbowie (David Bowie, musician)
 * 365443 Holiday (Billie Holiday, jazz musician)
 * 495181 Rogerwaters (Roger Waters, musician, one of Pink Floyd founders)
 * 495253 Hanszimmer (Hans Zimmer, a German composer)
 * 601916 Sting (Sting (Gordon M. Sumner), an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, who also co-founded the rock band "The Police".

Film, TV and Theatre

 * 2374 Vladvysotskij, (Vladimir Vysotsky, singer, poet, writer, movie and theatre actor)
 * 2816 Pien, (Armand Pien (1920–2003), Belgian TV weatherman)
 * 3252 Johnny (Johnny Carson, Talk Show Host)
 * 3768 Monroe (Marilyn Monroe, an American actress, model, and singer)
 * 3998 Tezuka (Osamu Tezuka, pioneering Japanese comic artist and animator)
 * 4238 Audrey (Audrey Hepburn, actress)
 * 4495 Dassanowsky (Elfi Dassanowsky, Austrian-born singer, studio founder, producer)
 * 4535 Adamcarolla (Adam Carolla, comedian, television and radio host)
 * 4536 Drewpinsky (Drew Pinsky, television and radio host, actor)
 * 4659 Roddenberry (Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator)
 * 4864 Nimoy (Leonard Nimoy, of Star Trek fame)
 * 4901 Ó Briain (Dara Ó Briain, comedian and science presenter)
 * 5608 Olmos (Edward James Olmos, actor)
 * 6318 Cronkite (Walter Cronkite, TV newsreader)
 * 6377 Cagney (James Cagney, actor)
 * 6546 Kaye (Danny Kaye, actor and comedian)
 * 7032 Hitchcock (Alfred Hitchcock, film director)
 * 7037 Davidlean (David Lean, film director)
 * 7307 Takei (George Takei, actor)
 * 8299 Téaleoni (Téa Leoni, actress)
 * 8347 Lallaward (Lalla Ward, actress)
 * 8353 Megryan (Meg Ryan, actress)
 * 8664 Grigorijrichters (Grigorij Richters, film director and co-founder of Asteroid Day)
 * 8883 Miyazakihayao (Hayao Miyazaki, animator)
 * 9081 Hideakianno (Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, film director and actor)
 * 9341 Gracekelly (Grace Kelly, actress)
 * 9342 Carygrant (Cary Grant, actor)
 * Monty Python members:
 * 9617 Grahamchapman (Graham Chapman)
 * 9618 Johncleese (John Cleese)
 * 9619 Terrygilliam (Terry Gilliam)
 * 9620 Ericidle (Eric Idle)
 * 9621 Michaelpalin (Michael Palin)
 * 9622 Terryjones (Terry Jones)
 * 9974 Brody (Adrien Brody)
 * 10221 Kubrick (Stanley Kubrick)
 * 10378 Ingmarbergman (Ingmar Bergman, film director)
 * 11333 Forman (Miloš Forman, film director)
 * 11548 Jerrylewis (Jerry Lewis, comedian and actor)
 * 12561 Howard (Ron Howard, actor, director, producer)
 * 12562 Briangrazer (Brian Grazer, producer)
 * 12818 Tomhanks (Tom Hanks, actor, producer)
 * 12820 Robinwilliams (Robin Williams, actor, comedian)
 * 13070 Seanconnery (Sean Connery, actor)
 * 13441 Janmerlin (Jan Merlin, actor and author)
 * 15131 Alanalda (Alan Alda, actor, director, screenwriter, author)
 * 17023 Abbott (Bud Abbott, actor, producer, comedian)
 * 17062 Bardot (Brigitte Bardot, a French former actress, singer and fashion model)
 * 17744 Jodiefoster (Jodie Foster, actress)
 * 19291 Karelzeman (Karel Zeman, film director)
 * 19578 Kirkdouglas (Kirk Douglas, actor)
 * 19695 Billnye (Bill Nye, TV science educator)
 * 22903 Georgeclooney (George Clooney, actor)
 * 25930 Spielberg (Steven Spielberg, American film director)
 * 26733 Nanavisitor (Nana Visitor, actress)
 * 26734 Terryfarrell (Terry Farrell, actress)
 * 26858 Misterrogers (Fred Rogers, US children's television host)
 * 27899 Letterman (David Letterman, talk show host)
 * 29132 Bradpitt (Brad Pitt, actor)
 * 28600 Georgelucas (George Lucas, American film director and creator of Star Wars)
 * 28980 Chowyunfat (Chow Yun-fat, actor)
 * 31556 Shatner (William Shatner, actor)
 * 38461 Jiřítrnka (Jiří Trnka, puppet maker and puppet-film director)
 * 39557 Gielgud (John Gielgud, actor)
 * 64291 Anglee (Ang Lee, film director)
 * 68410 Nichols (Nichelle Nichols, actress)
 * 71000 Hughdowns (Hugh Downs, Television and radio anchorman)
 * 78453 Bullock (Sandra Bullock, an American actress and producer)
 * 110026 Hamill (Mark Hamill, actor)
 * 116939 Jonstewart (Jon Stewart, comedian and TV host)
 * 132874 Latinovits (Zoltán Latinovits, actor)
 * 132904 Notkin (Geoffrey Notkin, TV science educator, film producer)
 * 133161 Ruttkai (Éva Ruttkai, actress)
 * 166614 Zsazsa (Zsa Zsa Gábor, actress and socialite)
 * 224693 Morganfreeman (Morgan Freeman, actor)
 * 231307 Peterfalk (Peter Falk, actor)
 * 261690 Jodorowsky (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French filmmaker)
 * 262876 Davidlynch (David Lynch, American filmmaker)
 * 332324 Bobmcdonald (Bob McDonald, Canadian science broadcaster and writer)
 * 343662 Robmorgan (Robmorgan, an American actor)
 * 550525 Sigourneyweaver (Sigourney Weaver, an American actress)
 * 560354 Chrisnolan (Christopher Nolan, film director)

Olympic medalists

 * 1740 Nurmi (Paavo Nurmi, middle- and long-distance runner)
 * 5910 Zátopek (Emil Zátopek, long-distance runner)
 * 8217 Dominikhašek (Dominik Hašek, ice hockey player)
 * 9224 Železný (Jan Železný, javelin thrower)
 * 26986 Čáslavská (Věra Čáslavská, gymnast)
 * 128036 Rafaelnadal (Rafael Nadal Parera, tennis player)
 * 151659 Egerszegi (Krisztina Egerszegi, swimmer)
 * 175281 Kolonics (György Kolonics, canoeist)
 * 230975 Rogerfederer (Roger Federer, tennis player)

Other sports

 * 1909 Alekhin (Alexander Alekhine, chess world champion)
 * 4538 Vishyanand (Viswanathan Anand, chess world champion)
 * 2472 Bradman (Donald Bradman, cricketer)
 * 3027 Shavarsh (Shavarsh Karapetyan, finswimmer)
 * 5891 Gehrig (Lou Gehrig, baseball player)
 * 6758 Jesseowens (Jesse Owens, athlete)
 * 7835 Myroncope (Myron Cope, sportscaster and journalist)
 * 10634 Pepibican (Josef Bican, called "Pepi", football player)
 * 10675 Kharlamov (Valeri Kharlamov, hockey player)
 * 12373 Lancearmstrong (Lance Armstrong, cyclist)
 * 12413 Johnnyweir (Johnny Weir, figure skater)
 * 12414 Bure (Pavel Bure, ice hockey player)
 * 14282 Cruijff (Johan Cruijff, Dutch football player)
 * 33179 Arsènewenger (Arsène Wenger, football manager)
 * 78071 Vicent (Francesc Vicent, chess writer)
 * 79647 Ballack (Michael Ballack, German footballer)
 * 82656 Puskás (Ferenc Puskás, football player)
 * 85386 Payton (Walter Payton, American football player)
 * 90414 Karpov (Anatoly Karpov, chess world champion)
 * 316020 Linshuhow (Jeremy Lin, basketball player)

Other entertainers

 * 3163 Randi (James Randi, magician and skeptic)
 * 33434 Scottmanley (Scott Manley, YouTube science communicator and gamer)

Broadcom MASTERS

 * 2015 winner
 * 31641 Cevasco (Hannah Olivia Cevasco, a middle school student from California, U.S.A)

Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge

 * 2001 winners
 * 15155 Ahn (Ryan J. Ahn, a middle school student from Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
 * 15559 Abigailhines (Abigail M. Hines, a middle school student from Indiana, U.S.A.)
 * 2002 winners
 * 13434 Adamquade (Adam Robert Quade, a middle school student from Minnesota, U.S.A.)
 * 2003 winners
 * 19564 Ajburnetti (Anthony James Burnetti, a middle school student from Maryland, U.S.A.)
 * 2004 winners
 * 20503 Adamtazi (Adam Ryoma Tazi, a middle school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
 * 2005 winners
 * 21850 Abshir (Iftin Mohamed Abshir, a middle school student from Colorado, U.S.A.)
 * 21933 Aaronrozon (Aaron Alexander Rozon, a middle school student from Hawaii, U.S.A.)
 * 2006 winners
 * 22638 Abdulla (Almas Ugurgizi Abdulla, a middle school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
 * 22656 Aaronburrows (Aaron Phillip Burrows, a middle school student from Texas, U.S.A.)
 * 22786 Willipete (William Garrett Pete, a middle school student from Minnesota, U.S.A.)
 * 2007 winners
 * 23768 Abu-Rmaileh (Muhammad Akef Abu-Rmaileh, a middle school student from Arkansas, U.S.A.)
 * 23924 Premt (Prem Thottumkara, a middle school student from Illinois, U.S.A)

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

 * 2002 winners
 * 10237 Adzic (Vladislav Adzic, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 11685 Adamcurry (Adam Michael Curry, high school student from Colorado, U.S.A.)
 * 11697 Estrella (Allan Noriel Estrella, high school student from Manila, Philippines)
 * 12088 Macalintal (Jeric Valles Macalintal, high school student from Manila, Philippines)
 * 12522 Rara (Prem Vilas Fortran Rara, high school student from Iligan, Philippines)
 * 12553 Aaronritter (Aaron M. Ritter, high school student from Indiana, U.S.A.)
 * 13241 Biyo (Josette Biyo, high school teacher from Iloilo, Philippines, former executive director of the Philippine Science High School System)
 * 2003 winners
 * 16999 Ajstewart (Andrew James Stewart, high school student from NSW, Australia)
 * 17984 Ahantonioli (Alexandra Hope Antonioli, high school student from Montana, U.S.A.)
 * 18084 Adamwohl (Adam Richard Wohl, high school student from North Dakota, U.S.A.)
 * 18142 Adamsidman (Adam Daniel Sidman, high school student from Colorado, U.S.A.)
 * 18796 Acosta (Iyen Abdon Acosta, high school student from Maryland, U.S.A.)
 * 19444 Addicott (Charles Michael Addicott, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
 * 19488 Abramcoley (Abram Levi Coley, high school student from Montana, U.S.A.)
 * 21395 Albertofilho (Alberto Filho, a technical school teacher from Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil)
 * 2004 winners
 * 20779 Xiajunchao (Junchao Xia, high school student from Shanghai, China)
 * 20780 Chanyikhei (Chan Yik Hei, high school student from Hong Kong, China)
 * 20813 Aakashshah (Aakash Shah, high school student from New Jersey, U.S.A.)
 * 2005 winners
 * 21483 Abdulrasool (Ameen Abdulrasool, high school student from Illinois, U.S.A.)
 * 21712 Obaid (Sami Obaid, college student from Quebec, Canada.)
 * 21758 Adrianveres (Adrian Veres, high school student from Quebec, Canada)
 * 2006 winners
 * 21400 Ahdout (Zimra Payvand Ahdout, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 21623 Albertshieh (Albert David Shieh, high school student from Arizona, U.S.A.)
 * 21725 Zhongyuechen (Zhong Yuechen, Middle School student from Beijing, China)
 * 2007 winners
 * 23113 Aaronhakim (Aaron Hakim, high school student from Ontario, Canada)
 * 23238 Ocasio-Cortez (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 23306 Adamfields (Adam Chaplin Fields, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 2008 winners
 * 24520 Abramson (Ronit Batya Roth Abramson, high school student from California, U.S.A.)
 * 24346 Lehienphan (Le Hien Thi Phan, high school student from Georgia, U.S.A.)
 * 2009 winners
 * 25638 Ahissar (Shira Ahissar, high school student from Rehovot, Israel.)
 * 25642 Adiseshan (Tara Anjali Adiseshan, high school student from Virginia, U.S.A.)
 * 25677 Aaronenten (Aaron Christopher Enten, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
 * 2010 winners
 * 26386 Adelinacozma (Adelina Corina Cozma, high school student from Ontario, Canada)
 * 26447 Akrishnan (Akash Krishnan, high school student from Oregon, U.S.A.)
 * 26462 Albertcui (Albert Cui, high school student from Utah, U.S.A.)
 * 26544 Ajjarapu (Avanthi Sai Ajjarapu, high school student from Iowa, U.S.A.)
 * 26557 Aakritijain (Aakriti Jain, high school student from California, U.S.A.)
 * 26737 Adambradley (Adam Bradley Halverson, high school student from South Dakota, U.S.A.)
 * 26740 Camacho (Martin Ayalde Camacho, high school student from Minnesota, U.S.A.)
 * 28400 Morgansinko (Morgan Walker Sinko, high school student from Texas. U.S.A.)
 * 2011 winners
 * 28167 Andrewkim (Andrew Wooyoung Kim, high school student from Georgia, U.S.A.)
 * 28439 Miguelreyes (Miguel Arnold Silverio Reyes, high school student from Quezon City, Philippines)
 * 28442 Nicholashuey (Nicholas Michael Huey, high school student from Missouri, U.S.A.)
 * 28443 Crisara (Alexander Raymond Crisara, high school student from Texas, U.S.A.)
 * 28444 Alexrabii (Jahan Rabii, high school student from Texas, U.S.A.)
 * 28446 Davlantes (Christopher Joseph Davlantes, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
 * 28447 Arjunmathur (Arjun Mathur, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.)
 * 28449 Ericlau (Eric Lau, high school student from Georgia, U.S.A.)
 * 28450 Saravolz (Sara Ellen Volz, high school student from Colorado, U.S.A.)
 * 28451 Tylerhoward (Tyler Trettel Howard, high school student from Kansas, U.S.A.)
 * 28452 Natkondamuri (Nathan Sai Kondamuri, high school student from Indiana, U.S.A.)
 * 28453 Alexcecil (Alexander Michael Cecil, high school student from North Carolina, U.S.A.)
 * 28511 Marggraff (Blake Christopher Marggraff, high school student from California, U.S.A.)
 * 28538 Ruisong (Rui Song, high school student from Saskatchewan, Canada)
 * 2014 winners
 * Justin Lafazan, (high school student from Syosset, New York)
 * 31460 Jongsowfei, (Faye Jong Sow Fei, high school student from Sarawak, Malaysia)

Intel Science Talent Search

 * 2002 Winners
 * 16113 Ahmed (Tahir Ahmed, high school student from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 16215 Venkatraman (Dheera Venkatraman, high school senior)
 * 16214 Venkatachalam (Vivek Venkatachalam, high school senior)
 * 16238 Chappe (Sean Chappe, high school teacher from New Jersey, U.S.A.)
 * 2003 Winners
 * 15421 Adammalin (Adam Mikah Malin, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 2005 Winners
 * 21411 Abifraeman (Abigail Ann Fraeman, a high school senior from Maryland, U.S.A.)
 * 21413 Albertsao (Albert Tsao, a high school senior from Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
 * 2006 Winners
 * 22551 Adamsolomon (Adam Ross Solomon, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 2008 Winners
 * 24121 Achandran (Ashok Chandran, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 2009 Winners
 * 25410 Abejar (Patrick Jeffrey Abejar, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 25422 Abigreene (Abigail Sara Greene, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 2010 Winners
 * 25966 Akhilmathew (Akhil Mathew, a high school senior from New Jersey, U.S.A.)
 * 25979 Alansage (Alan Robert Sage, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)
 * 27239 O'Dorney (Evan Michael O'Dorney, a high school senior from California, U.S.A.)
 * 2011 Winners
 * 27072 Aggarwal (Amol Aggarwal, a high school senior from California, U.S.A.)
 * 27257 Tang-Quan (David Tang-Quan, a high school senior from California, U.S.A)
 * 2012 Winners
 * 26200 Van Doren (Benjamin Van Doren, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)

Editors and publishers

 * 305 Gordonia (James Gordon Bennett Jr., publisher of the New York Herald)
 * 6282 Edwelda (Edwin L. Aguirre and Imelda B. Joson, Filipino editors of Sky & Telescope)
 * Editors of the Japanese monthly astronomical magazine Gekkan Tenmon Guide:
 * 9067 Katsuno (Gentaro Katsuno)
 * 11928 Akimotohiro (Hiroyuki Akimoto)

Discoverers' relatives

 * 2839 Annette (Annette Tombaugh, the discoverer's daughter)
 * 3044 Saltykov (Nikita Saltykov, one of the discoverers' grandfathers)
 * 10588 Adamcrandall (Adam Crandall Rees, the discoverer's stepson)
 * 12848 Agostino (Agostino Boattini, the discoverer's father)
 * 13691 Akie (Akie Asami, the discoverer's wife)
 * 19524 Acaciacoleman (Acacia Coleman, the discoverer's granddaughter)
 * 60001 Adélka (Adélka Kotková, the discoverer's daughter)

Philanthropists

 * 323 Brucia (Catherine Wolfe Bruce, astronomical philanthropist)
 * 719 Albert (Albert Salomon von Rothschild, banker and benefactor of the Vienna Observatory)
 * 904 Rockefellia (John D. Rockefeller, philanthropist)
 * 1038 Tuckia (Edward Tuck, philanthropist)

Others

 * 83 Beatrix (Beatrice Portinari, immortalized in Dante's Divine Comedy)
 * 156 Xanthippe (Xanthippe, wife of Socrates)
 * 609 Fulvia (Fulvia, wife of Mark Antony)
 * 3018 Godiva (Lady Godiva)
 * 3147 Samantha (Samantha Smith, peace activist)
 * 4318 Baťa (Tomáš Baťa, founder of the Bata Shoes Company)
 * 4487 Pocahontas (Pocahontas)
 * 4987 Flamsteed (Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, a direct descendant of the brother of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal of England)
 * 6235 Burney (Venetia Burney, suggested the name "Pluto" for the planet discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930)
 * 7166 Kennedy (Malcolm Kennedy, secretary of the Astronomical Society of Glasgow)
 * 10003 Caryhuang (Co-creator of The Scale of the Universe)
 * 17702 Kryštofharant (Kryštof Harant, Czech nobleman)
 * 19718 Albertjarvis (Albert G. Jarvis, inventor)
 * 69275 Wiesenthal (Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter)
 * 80652 Albertoangela (Alberto Angela, Italian science writer)
 * 241528 Tubman (Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist)
 * 249521 Truth (Sojurner Truth, American abolitionist)
 * 316201 Malala (Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for female education)

Characters in classic fiction

 * 92 Undina (Undine, heroine of the novella Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué)
 * 171 Ophelia (Ophelia, love interest of Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare's Hamlet)
 * 211 Isolda (Iseult, lover of the Arthurian knight Tristan)
 * 264 Libussa (Libuše, mythical Bohemian prophetess)
 * 588 Achilles (Achilles, Greek hero of the Iliad)
 * 617 Patroclus (Patroclus, Greek hero of the Iliad)
 * 624 Hektor (Hector, Trojan hero of the Iliad)
 * 911 Agamemnon (Agamemnon, Greek hero of the Iliad)
 * 1143 Odysseus (Odysseus, legendary king of Ithaca)
 * 1172 Äneas (Aeneas, prince of Troy)
 * 1966 Tristan (Arthurian knight)
 * 2041 Lancelot (Arthurian knight)
 * 2054 Gawain (Arthurian knight)
 * 2082 Galahad (Arthurian knight)
 * 2095 Parsifal (Arthurian knight)
 * 2483 Guinevere (Guinevere, King Arthur's queen)
 * 2597 Arthur (King Arthur, legendary king of England)
 * 2598 Merlin (Merlin, wizard who helped King Arthur)
 * 3102 Krok (Krok, mythical Bohemian duke, father of Libuše, Kazi and Teta)
 * 3180 Morgan (Morgan le Fay, enchantress in Arthurian legend)
 * 3552 Don Quixote (Don Quixote, hero of the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes)
 * 5797 Bivoj (Bivoj, mythical Bohemian hero)
 * 7695 Přemysl (Přemysl the Ploughman, mythical founder of the Přemyslid dynasty)
 * 9551 Kazi (Kazi, Bohemian mythical female healer)
 * 9713 Oceax (Oceax, son of Nauplius of Euboea and brother of Palamedes)
 * 10764 Rübezahl (Rübezahl, Czech Krakonoš, giant ruler of the Giant Mountains)
 * 12927 Pinocchio (Pinocchio, a fictional character and the main protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by the Italian writer Carlo Collodi.
 * 15374 Teta (Teta, mythical Bohemian prophetess)
 * 24601 Valjean (Jean Valjean, protagonist of the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo)
 * 38086 Beowulf (Beowulf)

Characters in modern fiction

 * 1683 Castafiore (Bianca Castafiore, the diva in Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin)
 * 2309 Mr. Spock (Mr. Spock, the famous Vulcan, by way of the discoverer's cat)
 * 2521 Heidi (title character in Johanna Spyri's well-known book Heidi)
 * 2991 Bilbo (Bilbo Baggins, hero of The Hobbit)
 * 4512 Sinuhe (title hero of The Egyptian by Mika Waltari)
 * Characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle:
 * 5048 Moriarty (Professor Moriarty, archenemy of Sherlock Holmes)
 * 5049 Sherlock (Sherlock Holmes, detective)
 * 5050 Doctorwatson (Doctor Watson, sidekick of Sherlock Holmes)
 * Characters created by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland:
 * 6042 Cheshirecat (the Cheshire cat)
 * 6735 Madhatter (the Mad Hatter)
 * 6736 Marchare (the March Hare)
 * Fabulous beasts described or mentioned by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky:
 * 7470 Jabberwock (the Jabberwock)
 * 7796 Járacimrman (Jára Cimrman, a fictional Czech genius)
 * 7896 Švejk (Josef Švejk, the good soldier)
 * 9007 James Bond (James Bond, fictional spy created by Ian Fleming)
 * 10160 Totoro (Totoro, character in the 1988 Japanese animated film My Neighbor Totoro)
 * 12410 Donald Duck (Donald Duck, animal cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions)
 * 12448 Mr. Tompkins (Mr. Tompkins, hero of science books by George Gamow)
 * 12796 Kamenrider (Kamen Rider, Japanese hero created by Shotaro Ishinomori)
 * 18610 Arthurdent (Arthur Dent, hapless protagonist in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series)
 * 18996 Torasan (Tora-san, vagabond protagonist of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo film series)
 * 20496 Jeník (Jeník, hero of Bedřich Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride)
 * 20497 Mařenka (Mařenka, hero of Bedřich Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride)
 * Comic strip characters by Goscinny and Uderzo:
 * 29401 Asterix (Asterix)
 * 29402 Obelix (Obélix)
 * 29471 Spejbl (Spejbl, popular puppet character created by Josef Skupa)
 * 29472 Hurvínek (Hurvínek, son of Spejbl, popular puppet character created by Josef Skupa)
 * 33377 Večerníček (Večerníček, animated character inviting Czech children to watch evening TV fairytale)
 * 46737 Anpanman (hero of the Japanese Anpanman picture book series whose head is made of bread filled with sweet bean paste)
 * 58345 Moomintroll (Moomintroll, hero of books by Tove Jansson)
 * 98494 Marsupilami (Marsupilami, character created by André Franquin)
 * Petit-Prince, moon of 45 Eugenia (The Little Prince, hero of book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)