- Hoyle1, Sir Fred (1915-2001), English astrophysicist and writer. He was one of the proponents of the steady state theory of cosmology, and, mainly with the American physicist William A. Fowler (1911-95), described the processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars. His later work included the controversial suggestions that life on the earth has an extraterrestrial origin, and that some viruses arrive from space.霍伊尔, 弗雷德爵士（1915-2001, 英国天体物理学家、作家, 是提出宇宙稳恒态学说的人之一, 主要和美国物理学家威廉·A·福勒[1911-1995]一起描述了星体内部核合成过程; 他后来的工作包括提出地球上的生命来源于地球外部, 一些病毒来自太空等有争议的建议）。