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<br />  Source of exploration''':''' the wonderful biographical dictionary compiled by the Cocks twins''': ''Who's Who on the Moon''''' (1995), and lots of additional sources from biographies on Wikipedia.<br />  Explored by <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Apr 29, 2017</small></span> since saturday the 29th of April 2017.<br /> <br /> '''Bold''': the Latinized or adjusted names (the way they appear in lunar atlases and maps)<br /> <br /> '''A'''<br /> '''Abenezra''': Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra<br /> '''Abulfeda''': Abu-al-Fida' Isma il ibn Ali'imad-al-Din<br /> '''Abul Wafa''': Abu'l al-Wafa al Buzjani / al-Hasib<br /> '''Agricola''' (of '''Montes Agricola''', and also of craterlet '''Agricola''' at the site of Apollo 17)''':''' Georg Bauer<br /> '''Agrippa''': Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, or... was Agrippa an (almost unknown) ancient Greek astronomer?<br /> '''Albategnius''': Muhammed Ben Geber Al-Batani<br /> '''Alfraganus''': Muhammed Ebn Ketir Al Fragani<br /> '''Alhazen''': Abu Ali Al-Hasen Ibn Al Haitham<br /> '''Aliacensis''': Pierre D'Ailly<br /> '''Almanon''': Abdalla Al-Mamun'''.''' Wikipedia''':''' Abū Jaʿfar Abdullāh al-Maʾmūn ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd<br /> '''Al-Marrakushi''': Ibn Al-Banna Al-Marrakushi / Abul-Abbas Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Uthman Al-Azdi<br /> '''Alpetragius''': Abu Ishaq Al-Bitruji Al-Ishbili<br /> '''Alphonsus''': Alfonso X<br /> '''Al-Tusi''' (see '''Nasireddin''') (both craters are named after one and the same person)<br /> '''Ansgarius''': Saint Ansgar / Anskar<br /> '''Apianus''': Peter Bienwitz Apiani<br /> '''Arzachel''': Al Zarkala / Al Zarqali<br /> '''Avicenna''': Abu Ali Ibn Sina<br /> '''Azophi''': Abderrahman Al-Sufi / Abd al-Rahman, Umar al-Sufi<br /> '''B'''<br /> '''Barocius''': Francesco Barozzi<br /> '''Bettinus''': Mario Bettini<br /> '''Blancanus''': Giuseppe Biancani<br /> '''Blanchinus''': Giovanni Bianchini<br /> '''Brenner''': Spiridon Gopcevic (his pseudonym was Leo Brenner)<br /> '''Bullialdus''': Ismael Boulliaud<br /> '''Byrgius''': Joost Burgi<br /> '''C'''<br /> '''Cabeus''': Niccolo Cabeo<br /> '''Capuanus''': Francesco Giovanni Battista Capuano di Manfredonia<br /> '''Cardanus''': Girolamo (or Geronimo) Cardano<br /> '''Casatus''': Paolo Casati<br /> '''Cavalerius''': Buonaventura Cavalieri<br /> '''Cichus''': Francesco Degli Stabili (Cecco d'Ascoli)<br /> '''Clavius''': Christopher Klau<br /> '''Columbo''': Christopher Columbus<br /> '''Curtius''': Albert Curtz<br /> '''Cusanus''': Nikolaus von Cusa<br /> '''Cyrillus''': Saint Cyril<br /> '''Cysatus''': Jean-Baptiste Cysat<br /> '''D'''<br /> '''E'''<br /> '''F'''<br /> '''Fabricius''': David Faber or David Goldschmidt (both names not mentioned in Who's Who on the Moon)<br /> '''Fernelius''': Jean Fernel<br /> '''Fracastorius''': Girolamo Fracastoro<br /> '''Furnerius''': Georges Fournier<br /> '''G'''<br /> '''Gauricus''': Luca Gaurico<br /> '''Geber''': Jabir Ibn Aflah Al-Ishbili, Abu Muhammad. Not to be confused with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabir_ibn_Hayyan Jabir ibn Hayyan] (also known as Geber). ibn Hayyan was the LTO-name for Zwicky N on the moon's farside. See also the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Geber Pseudo-Geber problem].<br /> '''Gemma Frisius''': Jemme Reinerszoon (not mentioned in Who's Who on the Moon)<br /> '''Goclenius''': Rudolf Gockel<br /> '''H'''<br /> '''Hagecius''': Thaddaeus Hayek / Hagek<br /> '''Herigonius''': Pierre Herigone<br /> '''Hevelius''': Johann Hewelcke<br /> '''Hortensius''': Maarten van den Hove<br /> '''I'''<br /> '''Ibn-Rushd''' (also known as Averroes)<br /> '''Isidorus''': Saint Isidore of Seville<br /> '''J'''<br /> '''K'''<br /> '''Kidinnu''': Cidenas<br /> '''L'''<br /> '''Langrenus''': Michel Florent van Langren<br /> '''Lansberg''': Philippe van Lansbergen<br /> '''Licetus''': Fortunio Liceto<br /> '''Lilius''': Luigi Giglio/ Aloysius Lilio<br /> '''Longomontanus''': Christian Severin / Christian Sorensen Longberg<br /> '''M'''<br /> '''Magelhaens''': Ferdinand Magellan<br /> '''Maginus''': Giovanni Antonio Magini<br /> '''Manzinus''': Carlo Antonio Mancini<br /> '''Marius''': Simon Mayer<br /> '''Maurolycus''': Francesco Maurolico<br /> '''Mercator''': Gerard de Kremer (or Gerard de Kremer van Rupelmonde)<br /> '''Mersenius''': Marin Mersenne<br /> '''Messala''': Masha'allah<br /> '''Metius''': Adriaan Adriaanszoon<br /> '''Milichius''': Jacob Milich<br /> '''Mutus''': Vincente Mut / Muth<br /> '''N'''<br /> '''Nasireddin''': Nasir-Al-Din, Mohammed Ibn Hassan. From Wikipedia''':''' Khawaja Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī (which means that the nearside crater known as '''Nasireddin''' is named after the same person of the farside crater '''''Al-Tusi''''', officially known as '''King Y''').<br /> '''Nearch''': Nearkhos of Crete<br /> '''Nonius''': Pedro Nunez<br /> '''O'''<br /> '''Oken''': Lorenz Okenfuss<br /> '''Omar Khayyam''': Ghiyathuddin Afbifath Omar Al Khayyami<br /> '''Orontius''': Oronce Fine<br /> '''P'''<br /> '''Paracelsus''': Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim<br /> '''Peirescius''': Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc<br /> '''Petavius''': Denis Petau<br /> '''Phocylides''': Jan Fokkesz / Jan Fokker / Johann Holwarda / Johannes Fokkes Holwarda / Jan Fokkens Holwarda / Jan Fokkes van haylen<br /> '''Pitatus''': Pietro Pitati<br /> '''Pontanus''': Giovanni Gioviani Pontano<br /> '''Q'''<br /> '''R'''<br /> '''Rabbi Levi''': Levi Ben Gershon<br /> '''Regiomontanus''' ("King's mountain"): Johann Muller<br /> '''Reimarus''': Nicolai Reymers Baer<br /> '''Reiner''': Vincenzo Reinieri<br /> '''Rhaeticus''': Georg Joachim de Porris / Georg Joachim von Lauchen / Georg Joachim von Iserin<br /> '''Riccius''': Matteo Ricci, and also Augustine Ricci<br /> '''S'''<br /> '''Sacrobosco''': John of Holywood<br /> '''Shirakatsi''': Anania Shiracunensis ("The calculator"). Seems to be an Armenian name. I thought it was Japanese.<br /> '''Sirsalis''': Girolamo Sersale<br /> '''Snellius''': Willebrord van Royen Snell<br /> '''Stadius''': Jan Stade<br /> '''Steno''': Niels Stensen<br /> '''Stiborius''': Andreas Stoberl<br /> '''T'''<br /> '''Tannerus''': Adam Tanner<br /> '''Thebit''': Thabit ibn Qurra, al-Sabi al-Harrani<br /> '''Theon Junior''': Theon of Alexandria<br /> '''Theon Senior''': Theon of Smyrna<br /> '''U'''<br /> '''V'''<br /> '''Vendelinus''': Gottfried Wendelin<br /> '''Vesalius''': Andries van Wesele (not mentioned in Who's Who on the Moon)<br /> '''Vitello''': Erazmus Ciokek Witelo<br /> '''W'''<br /> '''Wilhelm''': Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse<br /> '''Wurzelbauer''': Johann Philipp von Wurzelbau<br /> '''X'''<br /> '''Y'''<br /> '''Z'''<br /> '''Zagut''': Abraham Ben Samuel Zaguth<br /> '''Zucchius''': Niccolo Zucchi<br /> '''Zupus''': Giovanni Battista Zupi </div>
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<br />  Source of exploration''':''' the wonderful biographical dictionary compiled by the Cocks twins''': ''Who's Who on the Moon''''' (1995), and lots of additional sources from biographies on Wikipedia.<br />  Explored by <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Apr 29, 2017</small></span> since saturday the 29th of April 2017.<br /> <br /> '''Bold''': the Latinized or adjusted names (the way they appear in lunar atlases and maps)<br /> <br /> '''A'''<br /> '''Abenezra''': Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra<br /> '''Abulfeda''': Abu-al-Fida' Isma il ibn Ali'imad-al-Din<br /> '''Abul Wafa''': Abu'l al-Wafa al Buzjani / al-Hasib<br /> '''Agricola''' (of '''Montes Agricola''', and also of craterlet '''Agricola''' at the site of Apollo 17)''':''' Georg Bauer<br /> '''Agrippa''': Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, or... was Agrippa an (almost unknown) ancient Greek astronomer?<br /> '''Albategnius''': Muhammed Ben Geber Al-Batani<br /> '''Alfraganus''': Muhammed Ebn Ketir Al Fragani<br /> '''Alhazen''': Abu Ali Al-Hasen Ibn Al Haitham<br /> '''Aliacensis''': Pierre D'Ailly<br /> '''Almanon''': Abdalla Al-Mamun'''.''' Wikipedia''':''' Abū Jaʿfar Abdullāh al-Maʾmūn ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd<br /> '''Al-Marrakushi''': Ibn Al-Banna Al-Marrakushi / Abul-Abbas Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Uthman Al-Azdi<br /> '''Alpetragius''': Abu Ishaq Al-Bitruji Al-Ishbili<br /> '''Alphonsus''': Alfonso X<br /> '''Al-Tusi''' (see '''Nasireddin''') (both craters are named after one and the same person)<br /> '''Ansgarius''': Saint Ansgar / Anskar<br /> '''Apianus''': Peter Bienwitz Apiani<br /> '''Arzachel''': Al Zarkala / Al Zarqali<br /> '''Avicenna''': Abu Ali Ibn Sina<br /> '''Azophi''': Abderrahman Al-Sufi / Abd al-Rahman, Umar al-Sufi<br /> '''B'''<br /> '''Barocius''': Francesco Barozzi<br /> '''Bettinus''': Mario Bettini<br /> '''Blancanus''': Giuseppe Biancani<br /> '''Blanchinus''': Giovanni Bianchini<br /> '''Brenner''': Spiridon Gopcevic (his pseudonym was Leo Brenner)<br /> '''Bullialdus''': Ismael Boulliaud<br /> '''Byrgius''': Joost Burgi<br /> '''C'''<br /> '''Cabeus''': Niccolo Cabeo<br /> '''Capuanus''': Francesco Giovanni Battista Capuano di Manfredonia<br /> '''Cardanus''': Girolamo (or Geronimo) Cardano<br /> '''Casatus''': Paolo Casati<br /> '''Cavalerius''': Buonaventura Cavalieri<br /> '''Cichus''': Francesco Degli Stabili (Cecco d'Ascoli)<br /> '''Clavius''': Christopher Klau<br /> '''Columbo''': Christopher Columbus<br /> '''Curtius''': Albert Curtz<br /> '''Cusanus''': Nikolaus von Cusa<br /> '''Cyrillus''': Saint Cyril<br /> '''Cysatus''': Jean-Baptiste Cysat<br /> '''D'''<br /> '''E'''<br /> '''F'''<br /> '''Fabricius''': David Faber or David Goldschmidt (both names not mentioned in Who's Who on the Moon)<br /> '''Fernelius''': Jean Fernel<br /> '''Fracastorius''': Girolamo Fracastoro<br /> '''Furnerius''': Georges Fournier<br /> '''G'''<br /> '''Gauricus''': Luca Gaurico<br /> '''Geber''': Jabir Ibn Aflah Al-Ishbili, Abu Muhammad. Not to be confused with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabir_ibn_Hayyan Jabir ibn Hayyan] (also known as Geber). ibn Hayyan was the LTO-name for Zwicky N on the moon's farside. See also the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Geber Pseudo-Geber problem].<br /> '''Gemma Frisius''': Jemme Reinerszoon (not mentioned in Who's Who on the Moon)<br /> '''Goclenius''': Rudolf Gockel<br /> '''H'''<br /> '''Hagecius''': Thaddaeus Hayek / Hagek<br /> '''Herigonius''': Pierre Herigone<br /> '''Hevelius''': Johann Hewelcke<br /> '''Hortensius''': Maarten van den Hove<br /> '''I'''<br /> '''Ibn-Rushd''' (also known as Averroes)<br /> '''Isidorus''': Saint Isidore of Seville<br /> '''J'''<br /> '''K'''<br /> '''Kidinnu''': Cidenas<br /> '''L'''<br /> '''Langrenus''': Michel Florent van Langren<br /> '''Lansberg''': Philippe van Lansbergen<br /> '''Licetus''': Fortunio Liceto<br /> '''Lilius''': Luigi Giglio/ Aloysius Lilio<br /> '''Longomontanus''': Christian Severin / Christian Sorensen Longberg<br /> '''M'''<br /> '''Magelhaens''': Ferdinand Magellan<br /> '''Maginus''': Giovanni Antonio Magini<br /> '''Manzinus''': Carlo Antonio Mancini<br /> '''Marius''': Simon Mayer<br /> '''Maurolycus''': Francesco Maurolico<br /> '''Mercator''': Gerard de Kremer (or Gerard de Kremer van Rupelmonde)<br /> '''Mersenius''': Marin Mersenne<br /> '''Messala''': Masha'allah<br /> '''Metius''': Adriaan Adriaanszoon<br /> '''Milichius''': Jacob Milich<br /> '''Mutus''': Vincente Mut / Muth<br /> '''N'''<br /> '''Nasireddin''': Nasir-Al-Din, Mohammed Ibn Hassan. From Wikipedia''':''' Khawaja Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī (which means that the nearside crater known as '''Nasireddin''' is named after the same person of the farside crater '''''Al-Tusi''''', officially known as '''King Y''').<br /> '''Nearch''': Nearkhos of Crete<br /> '''Nonius''': Pedro Nunez<br /> '''O'''<br /> '''Oken''': Lorenz Okenfuss<br /> '''Omar Khayyam''': Ghiyathuddin Afbifath Omar Al Khayyami<br /> '''Orontius''': Oronce Fine<br /> '''P'''<br /> '''Paracelsus''': Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim<br /> '''Peirescius''': Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc<br /> '''Petavius''': Denis Petau<br /> '''Phocylides''': Jan Fokkesz / Jan Fokker / Johann Holwarda / Johannes Fokkes Holwarda / Jan Fokkens Holwarda / Jan Fokkes van haylen<br /> '''Pitatus''': Pietro Pitati<br /> '''Pontanus''': Giovanni Gioviani Pontano<br /> '''Q'''<br /> '''R'''<br /> '''Rabbi Levi''': Levi Ben Gershon<br /> '''Regiomontanus''' ("King's mountain"): Johann Muller<br /> '''Reimarus''': Nicolai Reymers Baer<br /> '''Reiner''': Vincenzo Reinieri<br /> '''Rhaeticus''': Georg Joachim de Porris / Georg Joachim von Lauchen / Georg Joachim von Iserin<br /> '''Riccius''': Matteo Ricci, and also Augustine Ricci<br /> '''S'''<br /> '''Sacrobosco''': John of Holywood<br /> '''Shirakatsi''': Anania Shiracunensis ("The calculator"). Seems to be an Armenian name. I thought it was Japanese.<br /> '''Sirsalis''': Girolamo Sersale<br /> '''Snellius''': Willebrord van Royen Snell<br /> '''Stadius''': Jan Stade<br /> '''Steno''': Niels Stensen<br /> '''Stiborius''': Andreas Stoberl<br /> '''T'''<br /> '''Tannerus''': Adam Tanner<br /> '''Thebit''': Thabit ibn Qurra, al-Sabi al-Harrani<br /> '''Theon Junior''': Theon of Alexandria<br /> '''Theon Senior''': Theon of Smyrna<br /> '''U'''<br /> '''V'''<br /> '''Vendelinus''': Gottfried Wendelin<br /> '''Vesalius''': Andries van Wesele (not mentioned in Who's Who on the Moon)<br /> '''Vitello''': Erazmus Ciokek Witelo<br /> '''W'''<br /> '''Wilhelm''': Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse<br /> '''Wurzelbauer''': Johann Philipp von Wurzelbau<br /> '''X'''<br /> '''Y'''<br /> '''Z'''<br /> '''Zagut''': Abraham Ben Samuel Zaguth<br /> '''Zucchius''': Niccolo Zucchi<br /> '''Zupus''': Giovanni Battista Zupi </div>

Latest revision as of 16:55, 15 April 2018

Alphabetic list of Latinized crater names, and other more-or-less adjusted names


Source of exploration: the wonderful biographical dictionary compiled by the Cocks twins: Who's Who on the Moon (1995), and lots of additional sources from biographies on Wikipedia.
Explored by - DannyCaes Apr 29, 2017 since saturday the 29th of April 2017.

Bold: the Latinized or adjusted names (the way they appear in lunar atlases and maps)

A
Abenezra: Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra
Abulfeda: Abu-al-Fida' Isma il ibn Ali'imad-al-Din
Abul Wafa: Abu'l al-Wafa al Buzjani / al-Hasib
Agricola (of Montes Agricola, and also of craterlet Agricola at the site of Apollo 17): Georg Bauer
Agrippa: Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, or... was Agrippa an (almost unknown) ancient Greek astronomer?
Albategnius: Muhammed Ben Geber Al-Batani
Alfraganus: Muhammed Ebn Ketir Al Fragani
Alhazen: Abu Ali Al-Hasen Ibn Al Haitham
Aliacensis: Pierre D'Ailly
Almanon: Abdalla Al-Mamun. Wikipedia: Abū Jaʿfar Abdullāh al-Maʾmūn ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd
Al-Marrakushi: Ibn Al-Banna Al-Marrakushi / Abul-Abbas Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Uthman Al-Azdi
Alpetragius: Abu Ishaq Al-Bitruji Al-Ishbili
Alphonsus: Alfonso X
Al-Tusi (see Nasireddin) (both craters are named after one and the same person)
Ansgarius: Saint Ansgar / Anskar
Apianus: Peter Bienwitz Apiani
Arzachel: Al Zarkala / Al Zarqali
Avicenna: Abu Ali Ibn Sina
Azophi: Abderrahman Al-Sufi / Abd al-Rahman, Umar al-Sufi
B
Barocius: Francesco Barozzi
Bettinus: Mario Bettini
Blancanus: Giuseppe Biancani
Blanchinus: Giovanni Bianchini
Brenner: Spiridon Gopcevic (his pseudonym was Leo Brenner)
Bullialdus: Ismael Boulliaud
Byrgius: Joost Burgi
C
Cabeus: Niccolo Cabeo
Capuanus: Francesco Giovanni Battista Capuano di Manfredonia
Cardanus: Girolamo (or Geronimo) Cardano
Casatus: Paolo Casati
Cavalerius: Buonaventura Cavalieri
Cichus: Francesco Degli Stabili (Cecco d'Ascoli)
Clavius: Christopher Klau
Columbo: Christopher Columbus
Curtius: Albert Curtz
Cusanus: Nikolaus von Cusa
Cyrillus: Saint Cyril
Cysatus: Jean-Baptiste Cysat
D
E
F
Fabricius: David Faber or David Goldschmidt (both names not mentioned in Who's Who on the Moon)
Fernelius: Jean Fernel
Fracastorius: Girolamo Fracastoro
Furnerius: Georges Fournier
G
Gauricus: Luca Gaurico
Geber: Jabir Ibn Aflah Al-Ishbili, Abu Muhammad. Not to be confused with Jabir ibn Hayyan (also known as Geber). ibn Hayyan was the LTO-name for Zwicky N on the moon's farside. See also the Pseudo-Geber problem.
Gemma Frisius: Jemme Reinerszoon (not mentioned in Who's Who on the Moon)
Goclenius: Rudolf Gockel
H
Hagecius: Thaddaeus Hayek / Hagek
Herigonius: Pierre Herigone
Hevelius: Johann Hewelcke
Hortensius: Maarten van den Hove
I
Ibn-Rushd (also known as Averroes)
Isidorus: Saint Isidore of Seville
J
K
Kidinnu: Cidenas
L
Langrenus: Michel Florent van Langren
Lansberg: Philippe van Lansbergen
Licetus: Fortunio Liceto
Lilius: Luigi Giglio/ Aloysius Lilio
Longomontanus: Christian Severin / Christian Sorensen Longberg
M
Magelhaens: Ferdinand Magellan
Maginus: Giovanni Antonio Magini
Manzinus: Carlo Antonio Mancini
Marius: Simon Mayer
Maurolycus: Francesco Maurolico
Mercator: Gerard de Kremer (or Gerard de Kremer van Rupelmonde)
Mersenius: Marin Mersenne
Messala: Masha'allah
Metius: Adriaan Adriaanszoon
Milichius: Jacob Milich
Mutus: Vincente Mut / Muth
N
Nasireddin: Nasir-Al-Din, Mohammed Ibn Hassan. From Wikipedia: Khawaja Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī (which means that the nearside crater known as Nasireddin is named after the same person of the farside crater Al-Tusi, officially known as King Y).
Nearch: Nearkhos of Crete
Nonius: Pedro Nunez
O
Oken: Lorenz Okenfuss
Omar Khayyam: Ghiyathuddin Afbifath Omar Al Khayyami
Orontius: Oronce Fine
P
Paracelsus: Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim
Peirescius: Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc
Petavius: Denis Petau
Phocylides: Jan Fokkesz / Jan Fokker / Johann Holwarda / Johannes Fokkes Holwarda / Jan Fokkens Holwarda / Jan Fokkes van haylen
Pitatus: Pietro Pitati
Pontanus: Giovanni Gioviani Pontano
Q
R
Rabbi Levi: Levi Ben Gershon
Regiomontanus ("King's mountain"): Johann Muller
Reimarus: Nicolai Reymers Baer
Reiner: Vincenzo Reinieri
Rhaeticus: Georg Joachim de Porris / Georg Joachim von Lauchen / Georg Joachim von Iserin
Riccius: Matteo Ricci, and also Augustine Ricci
S
Sacrobosco: John of Holywood
Shirakatsi: Anania Shiracunensis ("The calculator"). Seems to be an Armenian name. I thought it was Japanese.
Sirsalis: Girolamo Sersale
Snellius: Willebrord van Royen Snell
Stadius: Jan Stade
Steno: Niels Stensen
Stiborius: Andreas Stoberl
T
Tannerus: Adam Tanner
Thebit: Thabit ibn Qurra, al-Sabi al-Harrani
Theon Junior: Theon of Alexandria
Theon Senior: Theon of Smyrna
U
V
Vendelinus: Gottfried Wendelin
Vesalius: Andries van Wesele (not mentioned in Who's Who on the Moon)
Vitello: Erazmus Ciokek Witelo
W
Wilhelm: Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse
Wurzelbauer: Johann Philipp von Wurzelbau
X
Y
Z
Zagut: Abraham Ben Samuel Zaguth
Zucchius: Niccolo Zucchi
Zupus: Giovanni Battista Zupi
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