List of Famous people with last name Hevelius

Johannes Hevelius

First Name Johannes

Last Name Hevelius

Born on January 28, 1611

Died on January 28, 1687 (aged 76)

Born in Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Johannes Hevelius was a councillor and mayor of Danzig (Gdańsk), Kingdom of Poland. As an astronomer, he gained a reputation as "the founder of lunar topography", and described ten new constellations, seven of which are still used by astronomers.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Elisabeth Hevelius

First Name Elisabeth

Born on January 17, 1647

Died on December 22, 1693 (aged 46)

Born in Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Elisabeth Catherina Koopmann-Hevelius is considered one of the first female astronomers. She is from Danzig and contributed to improve the work and observations done together with her husband Johannes Hevelius.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

    index: 1x 0.021023035049438s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.014592885971069s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.014528036117554s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0067830085754395s
t_/blocks/person-card: 2x 0.0065882205963135s
router_page: 1x 0.0057628154754639s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0056719779968262s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0048048496246338s
headline: 2x 0.0019869804382324s
qids: 2x 0.0013487339019775s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00033378601074219s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00033307075500488s
head-facts: 1x 0.0003049373626709s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.5020370483398E-5s
related: 1x 5.0067901611328E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 0s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-06-10 10:56:06)  -----