Aristotle, al-Fārābī, and the Dawn of Arabic Alchemy
This 10th-century polymath has a main-belt asteroid named after him: 7057 al-Fārābī. Why? Well, why not. A natural philosopher in the 10th century, al-Fārābī learned from the Greeks, but he wrote for Muslims -- and he's responsible for bringing ancient Greek philosophy to the foundation of Arabic alchemy.