Editing List of astronomers (section)

===W===
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*[[Arno Arthur Wachmann]] (Germany, 1902–1990)
*[[Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī|Abul Wáfa]] (Persia, 940–997/998)
*[[Walcher of Malvern]] (England d. 1135)
*[[George Wallerstein]] (1930–2021)
*[[William Wales (astronomer)|William Wales]] (United Kingdom, {{circa|1734}}–1798)
*[[Dennis Walsh]] (United Kingdom, 1933–2005)
*[[Qingde Wang]] (United States/China)
*[[Brian Warner (astronomer)]] (United Kingdom, 1939–)
*[[Brian D. Warner]] (United States, 1952–)
*[[Kazuro Watanabe]] (Japan, 1955–)
*[[James Craig Watson]] (United States, 1838–1880)
*[[Edmund Weaver (astronomer)|Edmund Weaver]] (United Kingdom, 1663–1748)
*[[Kim Weaver]] (United States, 1969–)
*[[Thomas William Webb]] (United Kingdom, 1807–1885)
*[[Rachel Webster]] (Australia, 1951–)
*[[Alfred Lothar Wegener]] (Germany, 1880–1930)
*[[Gary A. Wegner]] (United States, 1944–)
*[[Wei Pu]] (China, 960–1279)
*[[Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker|Karl von Weizsäcker]] (Germany, 1912–2007)
*[[Godefroy Wendelin]] (Belgium, 1580–1667)
*[[Richard M. West]] (Denmark, 1941–)
*[[Gart Westerhout]] (Netherlands, United States, 1927–2012)
*[[Bengt Westerlund]] (Sweden, 1921–2008)
*[[J. G. Westphal]] (Germany, 1824–1859)
*[[Johann Heinrich Westphal]] (Germany, Italy, 1794–1831)
*[[George Wetherill]] (1925–2006)
*[[John Archibald Wheeler]] (United States, 1911–2008)
*[[Fred Lawrence Whipple]] (United States, 1906–2004)
*[[Albert Whitford (astronomer)|Albert Whitford]] (United States, 1905–2002)
*[[Mary Watson Whitney]] (United States, 1847–1921)
*[[Chandra Wickramasinghe]] (United Kingdom, 1939–)
*[[Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer)|Paul Wild]] (Switzerland, 1925–2014)
*[[Olin C. Wilson]] (United States, 1909–1994)
*[[Ida E. Woods]] (United States, 1870–1940)
*[[Robert Woodrow Wilson|Robert Wilson]] (United States, 1936–)
*[[Rogier Windhorst]] (United States, 1955–)
*[[Vincent Wing]] (UK, 1619–1668)
*[[Anna Winlock]] (United States, 1857–1904)
*[[Henry "Trae" Winter]] (United States, 1972)
*[[John Winthrop (educator)|John Winthrop]] ([[Massachusetts Bay Colony]], 1714–1779)
*[[Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke]] (Germany, 1835–1897)
*[[Carl Wirtanen]] (United States, 1910–1990)
*[[Jack Wisdom]] (United States, 1953–)
*[[Gustav Witt]] (Germany, 1866–1946)
*[[Maximilian Wolf]] (Germany, 1863–1932)
*[[Aleksander Wolszczan]] (Poland, 1946–)
*[[Edith Jones Woodward]] (United States), (1914–2002)
*[[Richard van der Riet Woolley]] (United Kingdom, 1906–1986)
*[[Frances Woodworth Wright]] (United States, 1897–1989)
*[[Thomas Wright (astronomer)|Thomas Wright]] (United Kingdom, 1711–1786)
*[[Gillian Wright (Astronomer)|Gillian Wright]] (United Kingdom)
*[[Arthur Bambridge Wyse]] (United States, 1909–1942)
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