Struve

Struve is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Astronomers

• Jacob Struve (1755–1841)
• Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793–1864), son of the preceding
• Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819–1905), son of the preceding
• Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Struve (Ludwig Struve; 1858–1920), son of the preceding
• Karl Hermann Struve (Hermann Struve; 1854–1920), brother of the preceding
• Otto Struve (1897–1963), son of Ludwig
• Georg Hermann Struve (Georg Struve; 1886–1933), son of Hermann
• Wilfried Struve (1914–1992), son of Georg (obtained a Ph.D. in astronomy in 1939, but after World War II became an acoustical engineer)

Things named after the Struve astronomers

768 Struveana - asteroid named jointly after Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Otto Wilhem von Struve, and Karl Hermann Struve

2227 Otto Struve - asteroid named after Otto Struve

Struve (crater) - crater on the Moon

Struve Geodetic Arc - a World Heritage Site

Otto Struve Telescope - telescope of McDonald Observatory

Struve Double Star Catalog - compiled by F. G. W. Struve

• Struve Catalogue of Double Stars entries:
  • Struve 2398 - binary star system
  • Struve 1341 - binary star system with an extrasolar planet

Orientalists

Vasily Vasilievich Struve (1889-1965), Soviet Orientalist

Politicians and journalists

Gustav Struve (1805–1870), Southern German politician and revolutionary

Karl de Struve (1835-1907), Russian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Tokyo, Washington, and the Hague

Peter Berngardovich Struve (1870–1944), Russian political economist, philosopher and editor, grandson of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm

Gleb Struve (1898-1985), Russian-American poet and literary historian, son of Peter

Nikita Struve (1931-2016), Russian-French editor specializing in Russian literature, nephew of Gleb and grandson of Peter

In Sports

Stefan Struve (born 1988), Dutch mixed martial artist

See also

• The Struve function, named after Karl Hermann Struve.