Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473-1543), was  an Earth astronomer, who by the 20th century was recognized as "the father of modern astronomy". He was born in the town of Toruń, Poland.

He was one of six Human astronomers honored with a monument located in front of the Griffith Observatory, the others being Hipparchus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, and William Herschel. 

The statue furthermore featured a plaque commemorating the five hundredth anniversary of the "father of modern astronomy". ()

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