Tycho

Tycho is a masculine given name, a latinization of Greek Τύχων, from the name of Tyche (Ancient Greek: Τύχη), the Greek goddess of fortune or luck. The Russian form of the name is Tikhon (Тихон).

People

Given name

Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), Danish nobleman and astronomer
Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk (1724–1783), Russian bishop
Tycho van Meer (born 1974), Dutch field hockey striker

Surname

Tommy Tycho (1928–2013), Hungarian-Australian pianist, conductor, composer

Pseudonym

Tycho (musician) (born 1977) (Scott Hansen), American ambient music artist and producer, also known as ISO50

Astronomy

Tycho (lunar crater)
Tycho Brahe (Martian crater)
The Tycho-1 Catalogue or Tycho-2 Catalogue of stars
SN 1572, a supernova remnant, often called Tycho's supernova
Tycho G, the companion star of SN 1572
1677 Tycho Brahe, an asteroid

Fiction

Tycho, a desert ranger henchman from the computer game Fallout
Tycho, a shipboard AI in the computer game Marathon
Tycho Brahe, a character from the Penny Arcade webcomic based on writer Jerry Holkins
Tycho Celchu, a character in the Star Wars Universe
Tycho Zeling, protagonist of Edward van de Vendel's young adult novel Days of Bluegrass Love and its sequels.
Brother-Captain Tycho, a character in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
Tycho City, a city located on Earth's moon (presumably on/near Tycho Crater), mentioned in the Star Trek franchise
Tycho Station, a setting in The Expanse novel series and its accompanying TV series