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Over the past few centuries, a small number of stars have been named after individual people. It is common in astronomy for objects to be given names, in accordance with accepted astronomical naming conventions. Most stars have not been given proper names, relying instead on alphanumeric designations in star catalogues. However, a few hundred had either long standing traditional names (usually from the Arabic) or historic names from frequent usage. In addition, many stars have catalogue designations that contain the name of their compiler or discoverer. This includes Gliese, Wolf, Ross, Bradley, Piazzi, Lacaille, Struve, Groombridge, Lalande, Krueger, Mayer, Weisse, Gould, Luyten and others. For example, Wolf 359 was discovered and catalogued by Max Wolf. Various private organizations claim to name stars in honor of people in exchange for a fee, but these names are used only within their own publications, and are not recognized by the scientific community.

Apart from the few formally approved by the IAU, and leaving aside commercial attempts, stars named after individuals fall broadly into two groups. The first group are those named openly for an individual connected with them in some way. The second, somewhat more obscurely, are those named after an individual but without explicitly making this clear.

There is a growing number of stars whose common names honour individuals. Many of these were highly significant in some way when discovered, usually through having some unusual characteristic. The best source to get these names is Sky Catalogue 2000.0, Volume 2 (Double Stars, Variable Stars, and Nonstellar Objects), in the chapter Glossary Of Selected Astronomical Names. Abt's Star is SV Crateris (ADS 8115/ HD 98088/ β 600) in Crater. Named after Helmut Abt. Andrews' Star is a suspected variable star in Auriga (HD 37519 / SAO 58319 / HR 1938). Named after A. David Andrews. Anthelm's Nova/Star is Nova 1670 Vulpeculae, observed by Anthelme Voituret (aka père Anthelme / don Anthelme). Argelander's Star is Groombridge 1830, a high proper motion star. Named for Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, who discovered its high proper motion in 1842. Argelander's second star is Lalande 21185, a nearby red dwarf star. Named also for Argelander, who discovered its high proper motion in 1857. Baade's Star is the pulsar in the Crab Nebula (Messier 1, Taurus). Also known as the Crab Pulsar, or PSR B0531+21. Named after Walter Baade. Babcock's Magnetic Star is HD 215441 in Lacerta. Named after Horace W. Babcock. Baxendell's possible Nova (Nova Bootis 1860, T Bootis), discovered by Joseph Baxendell in april 1860. Becklin's Star is IRC 10093 in Messier 42, Orion. Named after Eric Becklin. The Becklin–Neugebauer Object is an infrared source, possibly a protostar, in the Orion molecular cloud complex. Named after Eric Becklin and Gerry Neugebauer. Bennett's Supernova (SN1968L in Messier 83) discovered by John Caister Bennett on 16 july 1968. Bessel's Star is 61 Cygni, for a short time the nearest star whose distance was accurately known (measured by Friedrich Bessel in 1838). Also called Piazzi's Flying Star, since Giuseppe Piazzi nominated it as a good candidate for distance measurements (parallaxes). Bidelman's helium variable star is V761 Centauri (HD 125823). Named after William P. Bidelman. Bidelman's peculiar star is KS Persei (HD 30353), a PV Telescopii variable. Bidelman's high latitude Be star is HD 127617 in Bootes. Bond's Flare Star is V3885 in Sagittarius (Sky Catalogue 2000.0 shows wrong coordinates, 23:31 / 2°45' in Pisces). Borrelly's Star is probably S Ceti (0h 23.8m / 9° 28'). Named after Alphonse Borrelly. Boyajian's Star (or Tabby's Star) is KIC 8462852, an F type main sequence star with a highly unusual light curve in the constellation of Cygnus, named after Tabetha S. Boyajian; its peculiar characteristics engendered speculation that a Dyson sphere of an extraterrestrial civilization had been discovered. Branchett's Object (Star) is a possible nova in Scutum (1981). The Brendan Downs Supernova is SN 1997de, in Pavo (in galaxy NGC 6769). Brewer's Star is HD 50169 (a magnetic star) in Monoceros. Named after K. R. W. Brewer. Butler's Star is BT Tucanae / HD 6090 (a flare star at 1:00:18 / 72°44'35" in the Small Magellanic Cloud). Named after C. J. Butler. Caffau's Star is an ultra metal poor halo star named after the astronomer Elisabetta Caffau. Campbell's Star is HD 184738, which is the nucleus of planetary nebula PK 64 + 5.1, in Cygnus. Named after William Wallace Campbell. Cayrel's Star is an ultra metal poor halo star named after the French astronomer Roger Cayrel. Chanal's variable star is a suspected variable star in Orion (NSV 2229). Chavira's Supernova is SN 1965h in NGC 4666 (in Virgo). Named after E. Chavira. Chevremont's Star is a variable star in globular cluster Messier 2, in Aquarius. Chuadze's Supernova is SN 1967c in NGC 3389 (in Leo). Named after A. D. Chuadze. Chu's Object (Star?) in Perseus, named after You Hua Chu. The Cohen–Schwartz Star is a T Tauri star and infrared source in Orion. Named after M. Cohen and R. D. Schwartz. Eggen's Nearby Star is CoD 31°622 in Sculptor. Briefly thought to be near the Solar System but later found not to be. Named after Olin J. Eggen. Fehrenbach's Star is HD 116745 in globular cluster Omega Centauri. Named after Charles Fehrenbach. Herschel's Garnet Star is Mu Cephei, a red supergiant particularly remarkable for its deep red color, first described by William Herschel. Herschel's Wonder Star is Beta Monocerotis. Hind's Crimson Star is R Leporis, a long period variable star, named after the discoverer John Russell Hind. It is one of the reddest stars visible (a typical Cool Carbon Star, CCS). Hind's New Star is V841 Ophiuchi, or Nova Ophiuchi 1848. Hoffmeister's Star is V442 Cassiopeiae (aka Sonneberg 9484). Named after Cuno Hoffmeister. Honda's Variable Star is a long period variable star (not a nova) in Cygnus
The Hulse–Taylor binary is PSR B1913+16 (a binary pulsar) in Aquila. Named after Russell Alan Hulse and Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. This discovery won them the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993. Huruhata's Object is an eclipsing binary in Canis Minor. Named after Masaaki Huruhata [ja]. Huruhata's Variable is the WZ Sagittae type dwarf nova EG Cancri. Huth's "moving star" of 1801 2, discovered and observed by Hofrath Huth at Frankfurt an der Oder. Huth's "moving star" appeared in the constellation Leo. Innes' star, better known as LHS 40, is a high proper motion star named after Robert T. A. Innes, the discoverer of Proxima Centauri. In 1930 Luyten listed this as the fifth closest star system, but his belief was mistaken as it turned out to be 41 light years away. Kapteyn's Star, a subdwarf, was discovered in 1897 by Jacobus Kapteyn, the star with the highest known proper motion at the time of its discovery and is a halo star. Kepler's Star, name given to the supernova later designated SN 1604 when first observed, after Johannes Kepler, who studied it extensively though he did not have priority of discovery. Klemola's Star is BD +10°2179 (SAO 99230) in Leo. Koiki is HD 106068, a star within the Southern Cross constellation, named after Indigenous Australian land rights campaigner Eddie Koiki Mabo on 3 June 2015, the 23rd anniversary of the Mabo decision, which overturned the notion of terra nullius in Australia. It was named by Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney. The star also falls within the larger Torres Strait Islanders' constellation known as Tagai, which is very culturally significant and used for nautical navigation. Krzeminski's Star is a blue supergiant, part of the pulsar Centaurus X 3, discovered by the Polish astronomer Wojciech Krzemiński in 1974. Kurtz's Light Variable Star is HD 188136 in Octans. These are all named after Yoshiyuki Kuwano [ja]. Lamont's Star is a peculiar star near the nucleus of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31). Latham's planet is the small red dwarf star or massive brown dwarf HD 114762 b in Coma Berenices, unofficially named Latham's planet after its discoverer David Latham (1989). Liller's Star is a star near Centaurus X 3. Named after William Liller. Lovas's Supernova is SN 1964e in MCG 9 20 51 (in Ursa Major). Named after Miklós Lovas. Luyten's Star, another red dwarf, is named after Willem Jacob Luyten, its discoverer. Luyten's Flare Star is a nearby UV Ceti variable (L 726 8). Merrill's Star is the high velocity Wolf–Rayet star WR 124, at the nucleus of the ejecta nebula PK 50+3 1 in Sagitta (which it created). Named after Paul W. Merrill. Olbers' Star is a peculiar star in Virgo (mentioned in the Deep Sky Name Index 2000.0 by Hugh C. Maddocks) (Foxon Maddocks Associates). Named after Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers. Osawa's Star is V436 Cassiopeiae (HD 221568). Named after Kiwoteru Osawa. Pearce's Star is AO Cassiopeiae. Named after Joseph Algernon Pearce. Persson's Star is V733 Cephei, an FU Orionis type object. Named after R. Persson. Piazzi's Flying Star, see Bessel's Star. Plaskett's Star (also designated HR 2422) is one of the most massive binary stars known, with a total mass of about one hundred times that of the Sun. It is named after John Stanley Plaskett, the Canadian astronomer who discovered its binary nature in 1922. Popper's Star is HD 124448, an extreme helium star in Centaurus. Named after Daniel M. Popper. Przybylski's Star (also designated HD 101065) is a star that shows unusually high abundance of lanthanide elements in its spectral lines, named for Antoni Przybylski. Ptolemy's Cluster is the open star cluster Messier 7 (NGC 6475) in Scorpius. Named after Ptolemy. The Roberts–Altizer Variable Star is a galactic U Geminorum star near NGC 3147, in Draco. Rosino's Supernova is a supernova that was discovered by Leonida Rosino [it] in 1965, near NGC 4753. Sakurai's Object (also designated V4334 Sgr) is an unusual red giant, named after Yukio Sakurai [ja]. Sanduleak's Star is a possible symbiotic star in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Named after Nicholas Sanduleak. The Sanduleak–Pesch Binary Star is a white dwarf binary in Hercules. Named after Sanduleak and Peter Pesch. The Sanduleak–Stephenson Star/Object is also known as Sanduleak Stephenson 433, SS 433 in Aquila, a neutron star in radio source W50. Named after Sanduleak and Charles Bruce Stephenson. Schaeberle's Flaming Star is the source of the Flaming Star Nebula IC 405 (aka Cederblad 42) in Auriga, AE Aurigae. Named after John Martin Schaeberle. Scheiner's Star is BD +15°2083 (HD 83225) in Leo. Named after Julius Scheiner. Sidus Ludoviciana, an 8th magnitude star in the asterism of the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major, halfway between Mizar and Alcor. It was discovered on 2 December 1722 by Johann Georg Liebknecht, who mistook it for a planet and named it after Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt. Scholz's star is a late M dwarf + T type brown dwarf (M9.5 + T5) system, discovered in 2013 by Ralf Dieter Scholz. It has large parallax, but relatively small proper motion, and it is known for its close flyby to the Sun about 70,000 years ago. The Schweizer–Middleditch Star is a star near the center of SN 1006 in Centaurus. Named after Francois Schweizer and John Middleditch. Sneden's Star is a giant star, named after Chris Sneden. The star is known for its high resolution spectroscopic observations. SN Refsdal is the first detected multiply lensed supernova. Stepanian's Star is LX Serpentis, a 14th magnitude flare star (?). Named after Jivan A. Stepanian. Sugano's Star is a variable star in Orion, either V369 or V1143 Orionis. Named after Clyde Tombaugh. Tycho's Star, name given to the supernova later designated SN 1572, after Tycho Brahe, though he did not have priority of discovery. Van Biesbroeck's Star is VB 10, a very small, faint, red dwarf named after George Van Biesbroeck, who discovered it in 1944 – the smallest and faintest star then known. Van Maanen's Star is a white dwarf, discovered in 1917 by Adriaan van Maanen, only the second white dwarf discovered. Wachmann's Flare Star is V371 Orionis. Named after Arno Arthur Wachmann. Walborn's Star is the Wolf–Rayet star BAT99 6 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in Dorado. Named after Nolan R. Walborn. Warren and Penfold's (WP) Star is the optical counterpart of X 3 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Named after P. R. Warren and J. E. Penfold. Weaver's Star is SS 38, the third discovered symbiotic star with a carbon star as the cool component. Named after Wm. Bruce Weaver who first identified it as a symbiotic star in 1972. Wild's Supernova is SN 1966j in NGC 3198 (in Ursa Major). Named after Paul Wild. The Zealey–Lee Supernova in the nucleus of an anonymous galaxy in Grus. Named after W. Zealey and S. Lee. These companies have no legal standing to assign any star a name, and as such these names are never recognized by the astronomical or scientific communities. The IAU does not recognize this practice, and on its website describes it as "charlatanry".