List of Famous people with last name Brahe

Tycho Brahe

First Name Tycho
Died on October 24, 1601

Tycho Brahe was a Danish nobleman, astronomer, and writer known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical observations. He was born in the then-Danish peninsula of Scania. Tycho was well known in his lifetime as an astronomer, astrologer, and alchemist. He has been described as "the first competent mind in modern astronomy to feel ardently the passion for exact empirical facts". Most of his observations were more accurate than the best available observations at the time.

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Steen Brahe

First Name Steen
Last Name Brahe
Born on December 21, 1547
Died on April 11, 1620 (aged 72)

Steen Ottesen Brahe was a Danish privy counsellor and landowner.

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Otte Brahe

First Name Otte
Last Name Brahe
Born on October 2, 1518
Died on May 19, 1571 (aged 52)

Otte Brahe was a Danish (Scanian) nobleman and statesman, who served on the privy council. He was married to Beate Clausdatter Bille and was the father of astronomers Tycho and Sophia Brahe.

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Ebba Brahe

First Name Ebba
Born on March 16, 1596
Died on January 5, 1674 (aged 77)

Ebba Magnusdotter Brahe was a Swedish countess, landowner, and courtier. She is foremost known for being the love object of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and because he wished to marry her prior to his marriage, plans which were however never realized. Their love affair has been famous in the Swedish romantic history and the subject of fiction, and are documented in their preserved correspondence.

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Axel Ottesen Brahe

First Name Axel
Last Name Brahe
Born on May 28, 1550
Died on August 14, 1616 (aged 66)
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Sophia Brahe

First Name Sophia
Last Name Brahe
Died on January 1, 1643

Sophia or Sophie Brahe or after marriage Sophie Thott Lange, was a Danish noble woman and horticulturalist with knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, and medicine. She worked alongside her brother Tycho Brahe in making astronomical observations.

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Nils Brahe

First Name Nils
Born on October 14, 1604
Died on November 21, 1632 (aged 28)

Count Nils Brahe was a Swedish soldier and younger brother of Per Brahe and Margareta Brahe. He served with distinction under King Gustavus Adolphus, who regarded him as the best general in the Swedish army after Lennart Torstenson.

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Margareta Brahe

First Name Margareta
Died on January 1, 1669

Margareta Abrahamsdotter Brahe was a Swedish aristocrat and court official, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. She aroused a lot of attention with her marriages, which were considered scandalous.

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Sophie Axelsdatter Brahe

First Name Sophie
Last Name Brahe
Born on May 11, 1578
Died on December 21, 1646 (aged 68)
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Jørgen Ottesen Brahe

First Name Jørgen
Born on February 19, 1554
Died on February 4, 1601 (aged 46)
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