List of minor planet discoverers
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This is a list of notable minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). As of 22 October 2025[update], the discovery of over 800,000 numbered minor planets are credited to 2,186 astronomers, observatories, telescopes or surveys.[1]
Discovering astronomers
[edit]The table consist of the following fields:
- Astronomers: links to the corresponding article about the discovering astronomer on Wikipedia.
- Discoveries: displays the total number of discovered and co-discovered minor planets made by the discoverer (numbered bodies only). It links to the corresponding "Discovery by..." category, which are subcategories of Category:Discoveries by astronomer. These categories do not contain discoveries for which no page on Wikipedia exists. Astronomers with only a few discoveries sometimes do not have their own discovery-category (redlinks). For those who have discovered only one single minor planet, the link in the discovery column directly points to the corresponding entry in the list of minor planets.
- DOB–DOD: displays the astronomer's date of birth and, if applicable, death.
- Name(s) at MPC: displays the name of the discoverer as used by the MPC, where the abbreviated first name is written before the family name. Some discoverers have multiple names due to inconsistencies and typos. The first name listed is used in all lists of minor planets.
- Asteroid(s): minor-planet discoverers are often honored with the naming of (one or several) asteroids by their colleagues. This column gives links to those asteroids.
| Astronomer | Discoveries | DOB–DOD | Name(s) at MPC | Asteroid(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshi Abe | 28 | 1958–pres. | H. Abe | (5379) |
| Christopher Aikman | 6 | 1943–pres. | G. C. L. Aikman | (661786) |
| Makio Akiyama | 16 | 1950–pres. | M. Akiyama | (4904) |
| Vladimir Albitsky | 10 | 1891–1952 | V. Albitskij | (1783) |
| Gregory Scott Aldering | 4 | 1962–pres. | G. Aldering | (26533) |
| Heikki A. Alikoski | 13 | 1912–1997 | H. Alikoski | (1567) |
| Jeff T. Alu | 25 | 1966–pres. | J. Alu | (4104) |
| Leonard L. Amburgey | 2 | 1945–pres. | L. L. Amburgey | — |
| A. David Andrews | 1 | 1933–pres. | A. D. Andrews | — |
| Milan Antal | 17 | 1935–1999 | M. Antal | (6717) |
| Plinio Antolini | 4 | 1920–2012 | P. Antolini | — |
| Pierre Antonini | 35 | 1933–pres. | P. Antonini | (12580) |
| Masakatsu Aoki | 2 | 1957–pres. | M. Aoki | (5337) |
| Rolf Apitzsch | 127 | 1943–pres. | R. Apitzsch | (29214) |
| Masaru Arai | 45 | 1952–pres. | M. Arai | (21082) |
| Hiroshi Araki | 3 | 1935–pres. | H. Araki | (8707) |
| Sylvain Arend | 51 | 1902–1992 | S. J. Arend | (1502) |
| Mark Armstrong | 2 | 1958–pres. | M. Armstrong | — |
| Atsuo Asami | 7 | n.a. | A. Asami | — |
| David J. Asher | 10 | 1966–pres. | D. J. Asher | (6564) |
| Karl Augustesen | 6 | 1945–pres. | K. Augustesen | (5171) |
| Walter Baade | 10 | 1893–1960 | W. Baade | (1501) |
| Ulrika Babiaková | 14 | 1976–2002 | U. Babiaková U. Babiakova |
(32531) |
| Paolo Bacci | 1 | 1968–pres. | P. Bacci | (108205) |
| Solon Irving Bailey | 1 | 1854–1931 | S. I. Bailey | — |
| David D. Balam | 276 | n.a. | D. D. Balam | (3749) |
| Loren C. Ball | 112 | 1948–pres. | L. Ball | (16095) |
| Thomas J. Balonek | 9 | n.a. | T. J. Balonek | — |
| Odette Bancilhon | 1 | 1908–1998 | O. Bancilhon | (1713) |
| Yoshiaki Banno | 1 | 1952–1991 | Y. Banno | (3394) |
| Kristina M. Barkume | 1 | n.a. | K. M. Barkume | — |
| Ewan Barr | 5 | n.a. | E. Barr | — |
| Maria A. Barucci | 3 | n.a. | M. A. Barucci | (3485) |
| James Bauer | 1 | 1968–pres. | J. Bauer | (16232) |
| Ivo Baueršíma | 1 | 1931–pres. | I. Baueršíma I. Bauersima |
— |
| Johann M. Baur | 15 | 1930–2007 | J. M. Baur | (11673) |
| Andrew C. Becker | 645 | 1973–pres. | A. C. Becker | (5280) |
| Sergey Belyavsky | 36 | 1883–1953 | S. Belyavsky S. Beljavskij |
(1074) |
| Graham E. Bell | 59 | n.a. | G. Bell | — |
| Yuri A. Belyaev | 7 | n.a. | Yu. A. Belyaev | — |
| Zouhair Benkhaldoun | 1 | 1959–pres. | Z. Benkhaldoun | (133892) |
| Fabrizio Bernardi | 55 | 1972–pres. | F. Bernardi | (27983) |
| Laurent Bernasconi | 105 | 1966–pres. | L. Bernasconi | (13793) |
| Wolf Bickel | 1253 | 1942–pres. | W. Bickel | (4324) |
| Guillaume Bigourdan | 1 | 1851–1932 | G. Bigourdan | — |
| Richard P. Binzel | 3 | 1958–pres. | R. P. Binzel | (2873) |
| Kurt Birkle | 9 | 1939–2010 | K. Birkle | (4803) |
| Mirel Bîrlan | 2 | 1963–pres. | M. Birlan | (10034) |
| Andrea Boattini | 907 | 1969–pres. | A. Boattini | (8925) |
| Henri M. J. Boffin | 11 | n.a. | H. M. J. Boffin H. Boffin |
— |
| Alfred Bohrmann | 9 | 1904–2000 | A. Bohrmann | (1635) |
| Tom Boles | 1 | 1944–pres. | T. Boles | (7648) |
| Gennadiy Borisov | 7 | 1962–pres. | G. Borisov | (624448) |
| Freimut Börngen | 539 | 1930–2021 | F. Börngen F. Borngen |
(3859) |
| Alphonse Borrelly | 18 | 1842–1926 | A. Borrelly | (1539) |
| Edward L. G. Bowell | 572 | 1943–pres. | E. Bowell | (2246) |
| Louis Boyer | 40 | 1901–1999 | L. Boyer | (1215) |
| Joseph L. Brady | 8 | n.a. | J. L. Brady | — |
| Alexis Brandeker | 5 | 1974–pres. | A. Brandeker | — |
| John Broughton | 1220 | 1952–pres. | J. Broughton | (24105) |
| Michael E. Brown | 32 | 1965–pres. | M. E. Brown | (11714) |
| Ladislav Brožek | 23 | 1952–pres. | L. Brožek L. Brozek |
— |
| Marc Buie | 1023 | 1958–pres. | M. W. Buie | (7553) |
| Bella A. Burnasheva | 13 | 1944–pres. | B. A. Burnasheva | (4427) |
| Robert Burnham Jr. | 1 | 1931–1993 | R. Burnham | (3467) |
| Joseph A. Burns | 1 | 1941–pres. | J. A. Burns | (2708) |
| Schelte J. Bus | 1688 | 1956–pres. | S. J. Bus | (3254) |
| Luca Buzzi | 9 | 1982–pres. | L. Buzzi | (6517) |
| Michael P. Candy | 3 | 1928–1994 | M. P. Candy | (3015) |
| Luigi Carnera | 16 | 1875–1962 | L. Carnera | (39653) |
| Rafael Carrasco Garrorena | 1 | 1902–1981 | R. Carrasco | — |
| Claudio Casacci | 8 | 1958–pres. | C. Casacci | (4814) |
| Vincenzo Silvano Casulli | 220 | 1944–2018 | V. S. Casulli | (7132) |
| Gabriele Cattani | 18 | n.a. | G. Cattani | — |
| Marco Cavagna | 19 | 1958–2005 | M. Cavagna | (10149) |
| Kazimieras Černis | 198 | 1958–pres. | K. Černis K. Cernis |
(29692) |
| Vincenzo Cerulli | 1 | 1859–1927 | V. Cerulli | (31028) |
| Carlos Ulrrico Cesco | 19 | 19?–1987 | C. U. Cesco | (1571) |
| Jean Chacornac | 6 | 1823–1873 | J. Chacornac | (1622) |
| Zhang Jiaxiang | 1 | 1932–2019 | C.-H. Chang | (4760) |
| Zhang Yuzhe | 1 | 1902–1986 | Y. C. Chang | (2051) |
| Auguste Charlois | 99 | 1864–1910 | A. Charlois | (1510) |
| Jun Chen | 11 | n.a. | J. Chen | — |
| Tao Chen (astronomer) | 3 | 1980–pres. | T. Chen | (19873) |
| Lyudmila Chernykh | 267 | 1935–2017 | L. I. Chernykh | (2325) |
| Nikolai Chernykh | 537 | 1931–2004 | N. S. Chernykh | (2325) |
| Dennis K. Chesney | 38 | n.a. | D. K. Chesney | — |
| Dmitry Chestnov | 33 | n.a. | D. Chestnov D. N. Chestnov |
— |
| Paolo Chiavenna | 15 | n.a. | P. Chiavenna | — |
| Bernard Christophe | 112 | n.a. | B. Christophe | — |
| Joseph Churms | 2 | 1926–1994 | J. Churms | — |
| Edwin Foster Coddington | 3 | 1870–1950 | E. F. Coddington | — |
| Jérôme Eugène Coggia | 5 | 1849–1919 | J. Coggia | (227147) |
| Michael Collins (astronomer) | 51 | n.a. | M. Collins | (32584) |
| Josep Comas i Solà | 11 | 1868–1937 | J. Comas i Solà J. Comas Solà J. Comas Sola |
(1102), (1655) |
| Paul G. Comba | 701 | 1926–2017 | P. G. Comba | (7636) |
| Martin Connors | 1 | 1954–pres. | M. Connors | (13700) |
| Walter R. Cooney Jr. | 47 | 1962–pres. | W. R. Cooney Jr. | (35365) |
| Pablo Cottenot | 1 | n.a. | P. Cottenot | — |
| Fernand Courty | 2 | 1862–1921 | F. Courty | — |
| Philip Herbert Cowell | 1 | 1870–1949 | P. H. Cowell | (1898) |
| Leland Cunningham | 4 | 1904–1989 | L. E. Cunningham | (1754) |
| Heber Doust Curtis | 1 | 1872–1942 | H. D. Curtis | — |
| Germano D'Abramo | 3 | 1973–pres. | G. D'Abramo | (16154) |
| Heinrich Louis d'Arrest | 1 | 1822–1875 | H. d'Arrest | (9133) |
| Donald R. Davis | 6 | n.a. | D. Davis | (3638) |
| Denis Denisenko | 1 | 1971–pres. | D. Denisenko | — |
| Leo Anton Karl de Ball | 1 | 1853–1916 | K. de Ball | — |
| Peter De Cat | 28 | n.a. | P. De Cat | — |
| Annibale de Gasparis | 9 | 1819–1892 | A. de Gasparis | (4279) |
| José De Queiroz | 6 | 1954–pres. | J. De Queiroz J. D. Queiroz |
(72042) |
| Charles P. de Saint-Aignan | 12 | 1977–pres. | C. P. de Saint-Aignan | (5995) |
| Giovanni de Sanctis | 42 | 1949–pres. | G. de Sanctis G. De Sanctis |
(3268) |
| Henri Debehogne | 744 | 1928–2007 | H. Debehogne | (2359) |
| Joseph A. Dellinger | 124 | 1961–pres. | J. Dellinger | (78392) |
| Eugène Joseph Delporte | 66 | 1882–1955 | E. Delporte | (1274) |
| Audrey C. Delsanti | 2 | 1976–pres. | A. C. Delsanti A. Dalsanti |
(87142) |
| Christophe Demeautis | 21 | n.a. | C. Demeautis s C. Demeautis es C. Demeautis |
(14141) |
| Alexander Deutsch | 1 | 1901–1986 | A. Deutsch | — |
| Dennis di Cicco | 60 | 1950–pres. | D. di Cicco | (3841) |
| Aldo Di Clemente | 1 | 1948–pres. | A. Di Clemente | (91214) |
| Andrea Di Paola | 14 | 1970–pres. | A. Di Paola A. D. Paola |
(27130) |
| Mario Di Sora | 7 | 1961–pres. | M. Di Sora | (21999) |
| Wilhelm Dieckvoß | 2 | 1908–1982 | W. Dieckvoss | (1706) |
| Alessandro Dimai | 1 | 1962–2019 | A. Dimai | (25276) |
| Anlaug Amanda Djupvik | 1 | n.a. | A. A. Kaas | — |
| Petar Đurković | 2 | 1908–1981 | P. Đurković P. Djurkovic |
— |
| Jerzy Dobrzycki | 1 | 1927–2004 | J. Dobrzycki | — |
| Sauro Donati | 22 | 1959–pres. | S. Donati | (69977) |
| Alain Doressoundiram | 2 | 1968–pres. | A. Doressoundiram | (7456) |
| François Dossin | 5 | 1927–1998 | F. Dossin | — |
| Raymond Smith Dugan | 16 | 1878–1940 | R. S. Dugan | (2772) |
| R. Scott Dunbar | 11 | n.a. | R. S. Dunbar S. Dunbar |
(3718) |
| Philippe Dupouy | 4 | 1952–pres. | P. Dupouy C. R. P. Dupouy |
(214485) |
| Douglas Tybor Durig | 62 | 1961–pres. | D. T. Durig | — |
| Marino Dusić | 2 | n.a. | M. Dusić M. Dusic |
— |
| Ilgmārs Eglītis | 43 | 1951–pres. | I. Eglītis I. Eglitis I. Egliti |
(320153) |
| Leonid Elenin | 480 | 1981–pres. | L. Elenin | — |
| James L. Elliot | 1 | 1943–2011 | J. L. Elliot | (3193) |
| Eric Walter Elst | 3885 | 1936–2022 | E. W. Elst E. Elst |
(3936) |
| Kin Endate | 637 | 1960–pres. | K. Endate | (4282) |
| Emil Ernst | 1 | 1889–1942 | E. Ernst | — |
| James Ferguson | 3 | 1797–1867 | J. Ferguson | (1745) |
| Rafael Ferrando | 305 | 1966–pres. | R. Ferrando | (161545) |
| Walter Ferreri | 15 | 1948–pres. | W. Ferreri | (3308) |
| Martin Fiedler | 7 | 1978–pres. | M. Fiedler | — |
| Alan Fitzsimmons | 46 | n.a. | A. Fitzsimmons | (4985) |
| Wilhelm Julius Foerster | 1 | 1832–1921 | W. Foerster W. Forster |
(6771) |
| Giuseppe Forti | 50 | 1939–2007 | G. Forti | (6876) |
| Royal Harwood Frost | 1 | 1879–1950 | R. H. Frost | — |
| Tetsuya Fujii | 24 | 1960–pres. | T. Fujii | (4343) |
| Toshimasa Furuta | 82 | n.a. | T. Furuta | — |
| Adrián Galád | 89 | 1970–pres. | A. Galád A. Galad |
(32008) |
| Gordon J. Garradd | 39 | 1959–pres. | G. J. Garradd | (5066) |
| Bruce L. Gary | 1 | 1939–pres. | B. Gary | (86279) |
| Tom Gehrels | 4625 | 1925–2011 | T. Gehrels | (1777) |
| Alex R. Gibbs | 1 | 1967–pres. | A. R. Gibbs | (14220) |
| Henry L. Giclas | 17 | 1910–2007 | H. L. Giclas | (1741) |
| Alan C. Gilmore | 44 | n.a. | A. C. Gilmore | (2537) |
| Brett J. Gladman | 25 | 1966–pres. | B. Gladman | (7638) |
| Hermann Goldschmidt | 14 | 1802–1866 | H. Goldschmidt | (1614) |
| François Gonnessiat | 2 | 1856–1934 | F. Gonnessiat | (1177) |
| Vittorio Goretti | 32 | 1939–2016 | V. Goretti | (7801) |
| Paul Götz | 20 | 1883–1962 | P. Götz P. Gotz |
(2278) |
| Andrew Graham | 1 | 1815–1908 | A. Graham | — |
| Tommy Grav | 4 | 1973–pres. | T. Grav | (12309) |
| Markus Griesser (astronomer) | 10 | 1949–pres. | M. Griesser | (11547) |
| Ian P. Griffin | 33 | 1958–pres. | I. P. Griffin I. Griffin |
— |
| Gavril Grueff | 1 | n.a. | G. Grueff | — |
| Daria Guidetti | 2 | 1978–pres. | D. Guidetti | (27005) |
| Cynthia Gustava | 4 | n.a. | C. Gustava | — |
| Knut Anton Walter Gyllenberg | 1 | 1886–1952 | K. Gyllenberg | — |
| Karl Ludwig Harding | 1 | 1765–1843 | K. Harding | (2003) |
| Eugene Albert Harlan | 2 | 1921–2014 | E. A. Harlan | — |
| Malcolm Hartley | 3 | 1947–pres. | M. Hartley | (4768) |
| Johannes Franz Hartmann | 3 | 1865–1936 | J. Hartmann | — |
| Takashi Hasegawa | 1 | n.a. | T. Hasegawa | — |
| David Healy | 279 | 1936–2011 | D. Healy | (66479) |
| Zsuzsanna Heiner | 19 | 1949–pres. | Z. Heiner | — |
| Joseph Helffrich | 13 | 1890–1971 | J. Helffrich | (2290) |
| Eleanor F. Helin | 920 | 1932–2009 | E. F. Helin | (3267) |
| Karl Ludwig Hencke | 2 | 1793–1866 | K. L. Hencke | (2005) |
| Arne Henden | 1 | 1950–pres. | A. Henden | (33529) |
| Prosper-Mathieu Henry | 7 | 1849–1903 | P. M. Henry | — |
| Paul-Pierre Henry | 7 | 1848–1905 | P. P. Henry | (1516) |
| Carl W. Hergenrother | 33 | 1973–pres. | C. W. Hergenrother | (3099) |
| Kenneth E. Herkenhoff | 2 | n.a. | K. Herkenhoff | — |
| Ejnar Hertzsprung | 2 | 1873–1967 | E. Hertzsprung | (1693) |
| Richard Erik Hill | 7 | 1949–pres. | R. Hill | (118945) |
| John Russell Hind | 10 | 1823–1895 | J. R. Hind | (1897) |
| Masanori Hirasawa | 52 | n.a. | M. Hirasawa | — |
| Sebastian F. Hönig | 585 | 1977–pres. | S. F. Hönig S. F. Hoenig S. Hoenig |
(51983) |
| Cuno Hoffmeister | 5 | 1892–1968 | C. Hoffmeister | (1726), (4183) |
| Matthew J. Holman | 14 | 1967–pres. | M. J. Holman | (3666) |
| Robert Holmes | 395 | 1956–pres. | R. Holmes | (5477) |
| Henry E. Holt | 688 | 1929–2019 | H. E. Holt | (4435) |
| Paulo R. Holvorcem | 824 | 1967–pres. | P. R. Holvorcem | (13421) |
| Felix Hormuth | 246 | 1975–pres. | F. Hormuth | (10660) |
| Kamil Hornoch | 4 | 1972–pres. | K. Hornoch | (14124) |
| Léo Houziaux | 3 | 1932–pres. | L. Houziaux | (24945) |
| Edwin Hubble | 1 | 1889–1953 | E. Hubble | (2069) |
| John Huchra | 1 | 1948–2010 | J. Huchra | (4656) |
| Gary Hug | 433 | n.a. | G. Hug | — |
| Kiichirō Furukawa | 92 | 1929–2016 | K. Furukawa K. Hurukawa |
(3425) |
| Kustaa Aadolf Inkeri | 1 | 1908–1997 | K. Inkeri | — |
| Shigeru Inoda | 17 | 1955–2008 | S. Inoda | (5484) |
| Mike Irwin | 8 | n.a. | M. J. Irwin | — |
| Kōichi Itagaki | 3 | 1947–pres. | K. Itagaki | (14551) |
| Kazuyuki Itō | 1 | n.a. | K. Itō K. Ito |
— |
| Miguel Itzigsohn | 15 | ?–1978 | M. Itzigsohn | (1596) |
| Violeta G. Ivanova | 14 | n.a. | V. G. Ivanova V. Ivanova |
(4365) |
| Jurij Mykolajovyč Ivaščenko | 43 | 1961–pres. | Y. Ivaščenko Y. Ivashchenko |
— |
| Masayuki Iwamoto | 6 | 1954–pres. | M. Iwamoto | (4951) |
| Shun-ei Izumikawa | 2 | n.a. | S. Izumikawa | — |
| Cyril Jackson | 72 | 1903–1988 | C. Jackson | (2193) |
| Cristóvão Jacques (astronomer) | 7 | n.a. | C. Jacques | — |
| Jost Jahn | 18 | 1959–pres. | J. Jahn | (10340) |
| Robert Jedicke | 54 | 1963–pres. | R. Jedicke | (5899) |
| Hamilton Jeffers | 1 | 1893–1976 | H. M. Jeffers | (1934) |
| Benjamin Jekhowsky | 12 | 1881–1975 | B. Jekhovsky | (1606) |
| Poul Jensen | 98 | n.a. | P. Jensen | (5900) |
| David C. Jewitt | 57 | 1958–pres. | D. C. Jewitt | (6434) |
| Ernest Leonard Johnson | 18 | ?–1977 | E. L. Johnson | — |
| Amy B. Jordan | 1 | n.a. | A. B. Jordan | — |
| Charles W. Juels | 475 | 1944–2009 | C. W. Juels | (20135) |
| Mario Jurić | 125 | 1979–pres. | M. Jurić M. Juric |
— |
| Tetsuo Kagawa | 115 | 1969–pres. | T. Kagawa | (6665) |
| Franz Kaiser | 21 | 1891–1962 | F. Kaiser | (3183) |
| Dušan Kalmančok | 7 | 1945–pres. | D. Kalmančok D. Kalmancok |
(29824) |
| Karl Walter Kamper | 3 | 1941–1998 | K. W. Kamper | — |
| Kiyotaka Kanai | 1 | 1951–pres. | K. Kanai | (26168) |
| Jens Kandler | 26 | 1973–pres. | J. Kandler | (8861) |
| Hiroshi Kaneda | 705 | 1953–pres. | H. Kaneda | (4677) |
| Lyudmila Karachkina | 130 | 1948–pres. | L. G. Karachkina | (8019) |
| Galina Ričardovna Kastelʹ | 9 | n.a. | G. R. Kastelʹ G. R. Kastel' |
(3982) |
| John J. Kavelaars | 16 | 1966–pres. | J. J. Kavelaars J. Kavelaars |
(154660) |
| Kōyō Kawanishi | 13 | 1959–pres. | K. Kawanishi | (5591) |
| Nobuhiro Kawasato | 105 | n.a. | N. Kawasato | (4910) |
| James Edward Keeler | 2 | 1857–1900 | J. E. Keeler | (2261) |
| Pamela M. Kilmartin | 41 | n.a. | P. M. Kilmartin | (3907) |
| László L. Kiss | 89 | 1972–pres. | L. Kiss | (113202) |
| Minoru Kizawa | 12 | 1947–pres. | M. Kizawa | — |
| Arnold Richard Klemola | 16 | 1931–2019 | A. R. Klemola | (1723) |
| Rainer Kling | 104 | 1952–pres. | R. Kling | (185639) |
| Zoran Knežević | 1 | 1949–pres. | Z. Knežević Z. Knezevic |
(3900) |
| André Knöfel | 32 | 1963–pres. | A. Knöfel A. Knofel A. Kn\"ofel |
(16438) |
| Viktor Knorre | 4 | 1840–1919 | V. Knorre | (14339) |
| Takao Kobayashi | 2479 | 1961–pres. | T. Kobayashi | (3500) |
| Peter Kocher | 138 | 1939–2025 | P. Kocher | (115950) |
| Luboš Kohoutek | 76 | 1935–2023 | L. Kohoutek | (1850) |
| Masahiro Koishikawa | 19 | 1952–pres. | M. Koishikawa | (6097) |
| Takuo Kojima | 45 | 1955–pres. | T. Kojima | (3644) |
| Peter Kolény | 35 | n.a. | P. Kolény P. Koleny |
— |
| August Kopff | 68 | 1882–1960 | A. Kopff | (1631) |
| Korado Korlević | 1295 | 1958–pres. | K. Korlević K. Korlevic |
(10201) |
| Leonard Kornoš | 37 | 1956–pres. | L. Kornoš L. Kornos |
(23899) |
| Hiroki Kosai | 93 | 1933–pres. | H. Kosai | (3370) |
| Lenka Kotková | 262 | 1973–pres. | L. Kotková L. Sarounova L. Šarounová |
(10390) |
| Charles T. Kowal | 24 | 1940–2011 | C. T. Kowal | — |
| Richard Kowalski | 1 | 1963–pres. | R. A. Kowalski | (7392) |
| Rainer Kracht | 5 | 1948–pres. | R. Kracht | (234761) |
| Timur Valer'evič Krjačko | 219 | 1970–pres. | T. V. Krjačko T. V. Kryachko T. Kryachko c. Kryachko |
(269589) |
| Marcin Kubiak | 1 | n.a. | Kubiak | — |
| Kazuo Kubokawa | 1 | 1903–1943 | K. Kubokawa | (6140) |
| György Kulin | 21 | 1905–1989 | G. Kulin | (3019) |
| Nikolaj Efimovič Kuročkin | 2 | 1923–2003 | N. E. Kuročkin N. E. Kurochkin |
— |
| Reiki Kushida | 1 | n.a. | R. Kushida | (5239) |
| Yoshio Kushida | 56 | 1957–pres. | Y. Kushida | (5605) |
| Peter Kušnirák | 310 | 1974–pres. | P. Kušnirák P. Kusnirak |
(17260) |
| Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist | 168 | 1944–pres. | C.-I. Lagerkvist | (2875) |
| Joanny-Philippe Lagrula | 1 | 1870–1941 | J. Lagrula | (1412) |
| Carl Otto Lampland | 1 | 1873–1951 | C. O. Lampland | (1767) |
| Werner Landgraf | 7 | 1959–pres. | W. Landgraf | (3132) |
| Jeffrey A. Larsen | 2 | 1967–pres. | J. A. Larsen | (7657) |
| Stephen M. Larson | 2 | n.a. | S. M. Larson | (3690) |
| Tod R. Lauer | 3 | 1957–pres. | T. Lauer | (3135) |
| Vygandas Laugalys | 15 | 1972–pres. | V. Laugalys | (353404) |
| Marguerite Laugier | 21 | 1896–1976 | M. Laugier | (1597) |
| Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent | 1 | 1823–1900 | J. J. P. Laurent | (162) |